it
answeren
to ?
Chaucer - Boethius
]
++Whan ? at ? e heuy sterre of ? e cancre eschaufe? by
? e beme of pheb{us}. ? at is to seyne whan ? at pheb{us} 612
? e sonne is in ? e signe of ? e Cancre. Who so ? eue?
? an largely hys sedes to ? e feldes ? at refuse to receiuen
hem. lete hym gon bygyled of trust ? at he
hadde to hys corn. to acorns or okes.
[Sidenote: Think not to ingather violets in the wintry and stormy
season. ]
yif ? ou wilt 616
gadre violett? . ne go ? ou not to ? e purp{er} wode whan
? e felde chirkynge agrise? of colde by ? e felnesse of
? e wynde ? at hy? t aquilon
[Sidenote: If you wish for wine in autumn let the tendrils of the
vine be free in the spring. ]
Yif ? ou desirest or
? wolt vsen grapes ne seke ? ou nat wi? a gloto{n}us hande [[pg 26]]
to streine {and} p{re}sse ? e stalkes of ? e vine in ? e first 621
somer sesou{n}. for bachus ? e god of wyne ha? ra? er
? euen his ? iftes to autu{m}pne ? e latter ende of somer.
[Sidenote: To every work God assigns a proper time, nor suffers
anything to pass its bounds. ]
[Sidenote: [* fol. 8. ]]
? God tokeni? {and} assigne? *? e tymes. ablyng hem 624
to her p{ro}pre offices. ? Ne he ne suffre? not stoundes
whiche ? at hym self ha? deuided {and} co{n}streined to
be medeled to gidre
[Sidenote: Success does not await him who departs from the
appointed order of things. ]
? And for? i he ? at forlete?
certeyne ordinaunce of doynge by ou{er}? rowyng wey. 628
he ne ha? no glade issue or ende of hys werkes.
[Linenotes:
612 _beme_--beemes
_seyne_--seyn
614 _hys_--hise
_refuse_--refusen
615 after _hem_ C. adds [s. corn]
_lete hym gon_ (MS. _gone_)--lat hym gon
616 _or_--of
_wilt gadre_--wolt gadery
618 _felde_--feeld
_felnesse_--felnesses
619 _hy? t_--hyhte
620 _hande_--hond
622 _ha? _--MS. ha? e
625 _her propre_--heer{e} propres
_not_--nat the
626 _ha? _--MS. ha? e
627 _be medeled_--ben I-medled
628 _certeyne_--certeyn
629 _ha? _--MS. ha? e]
[Headnote:
DISCOVERS THE CAUSE OF HIS DISTEMPER. ]
PRIMU{M} IGITUR PATERIS ROGACIONIB{US}.
[Sidenote: [The syxte p{ro}se. ]]
[Sidenote: Philosophy proposes to question Boethius. ]
++FIrst wolt ? ou suffre me to touche {and} assaie ? e stat
of ? i ? ou? t by a fewe demaundes. so ? at I may
vnderstonde what be ? e manere of ? i curac{i}ou{n}. ? Axe 632
me q{uod} . I. atte ? i wille what ? ou wilt. {and} I schal
answer{e}.
[Sidenote: _P. _ Is the world governed by Chance? ]
? ? o saide sche ? us. whe? er wenest ? ou q{uo}d
sche ? {a}t ? is worlde be gouerned by foolisshe happes
{and} fortunes. or elles wenest ? ou ? at ? er be i{n} it any 636
gouerneme{n}t of resou{n}.
[Sidenote: _B. _ By no means. The Creator presides over his own
works. ]
Certes q{uod} . I. ne trowe not
in no manere ? at so certeyne ? inges scholde be moeued
by fortunouse fortune. but I wot wel ? at god maker
{and} mayster is gouerno{ur} of ? is werk.
[Sidenote: I shall never swerve from this opinion. ]
Ne neuer nas 640
? it day ? at my? t[e] putte me oute of ? e so? enesse of
? at sentence.
[Sidenote: _P. _ Yes! Thou didst say as much when thou didst
declare man alone to be destitute of divine care. ]
? So is it q{uod} sche. for ? e same ? ing
songe ? ou a lytel here byforne {and} byweyledest {and}
byweptest. ? at only men weren put oute of ? e cure of 644
god. ? For of alle o? er ? inges ? ou ne doutest nat
? at ? ei nere gouerned by reso{n}.
[Sidenote: Still thou seemest to labour under some defect even in
this conviction. ]
but how (. i. pape. ).
I wondre gretly certes whi ? at ? ou art seek. si? en ? ou
art put in to so holesom a sentence. but lat vs seken 648
depper. I coniecte ? at ? ere lakke? I not what. [[pg 27]]
[Sidenote: Tell me how the world is governed. ]
but sey me ? is. si? en ? at ? ou ne doutest nat ? {a}t ? is worlde
be gouerned by god ? wi? swycche gouernailes takest
? ou hede ? at it is gouerned.
[Sidenote: _B. _ I do not thoroughly comprehend your question. ]
? vnne? q{uod} . I. knowe 652
. I. ? e sente{n}ce of ? i q{ue}stiou{n}. so ? at I ne may nat
?
it answeren to ? i demaundes.
[Sidenote: _P. _ I was not deceived, then, when I said there was
some defect in thy sentiment. ]
? I nas nat deceiued
q{uod} sche ? at ? ere ne faile? su{m}what. by whiche ? e
maladie of p{er}turbac{i}ou{n} is crept in to ? i ? ou? t. so 656
as ? e streng? e of ? e paleys schynyng is open.
[Sidenote: Tell me what is the chief end of all things; and
whither all things tend. ]
? But
seye me ? is reme{m}brest ? ou ou? t what is ? e ende of
? i ? inges. whider ? at ? e entenc{i}ou{n} of al kynde tende? .
? I haue herd told it somtyme q{uod} . I. but drerynesse 660
ha? dulled my memorie. ? Certys q{uod} sche
? ou wost wel whe{n}nes ? at alle ? inges ben comen {and}
p{ro}ceded.
[Sidenote: _B. _ God is the beginning of all things. ]
I wot wel q{uod} . I. {and} ansewered[e] ? at
god is ? e bygynnyng of al.
[Sidenote: _P. _ How, then, art thou ignorant of their end? ]
? And how may ? is be 664
q{uod} sche ? at si? en ? {o}u knowest ? e bygynnyng of
? inges. ? at ? ou ne knowest not what is ? e endyng of
? inges.
[Sidenote: But it is the nature of these perturbations (which thou
endurest) to unsettle men's minds. ]
but swiche ben ? e customes of p{er}turbac{i}ou{n}s.
{and} ? is power ? ei han. ? at ? ei may moeue a ma{n} fro 668
hys place. ? at is to seyne from ? e stablenes {and} p{er}fecc{i}ou{n}
of hys knowyng. but certys ? ei may not al
arace hym ne alyene hy{m} in al. ? But I wolde ? at
? ou woldest answere to ? is.
[Sidenote: Dost thou remember that thou art a man? ]
? Remembrest ? ou ? at 672
? ou art a man
[Sidenote: _B. _ Certainly I do. ]
? _Boice. _ ? Whi scholde I nat remembre
? at q{uod} . I.
[Sidenote: _P. _ What is man? ]
_Philosophie. _ ? Maiste ? ou not telle
me ? an q{uod} sche what ? ing is a man.
[Sidenote: _B. _ If you ask me whether I am a rational and mortal
creature, I know and confess I am. ]
? Axest not
me q{uod} I. whe? ir ? at be a resonable best mortel. I 676
wot wel {and} I confesse wel ? at I am it.
[Sidenote: _P. _ But dost thou not know that thou art more than
this? ]
? Wistest
? ou neuer ? it ? at ? ou were ony o? er ? ing q{uod} she.
[Linenotes:
630 _wolt ? ou_--woltow
_stat_--estat
633 _atte_--at
_wilt_--wolt
635 _worlde_--world
_foolisshe_--foolyssh
636 _fortunes_--fortunows
638 _scholde_--sholden
639 _wot_--MS. wote, C. woot
641 _my? t[e] putte_--myhte put
644 _put_--MS. putte
645 _doutest_--dowtedest
646 _how_--owh
647 _seek si? en_--syk{e} syn
648 _put_--MS. putte, C. put
649 _depper_--depper{e}
_not what_--not ner{e} what
650 _si? en_--syn
_worlde_--world
651 _takest ? ou_--takestow
658 _seye_--sey
_remembrest ? ou_--remenbres thow
_ou? t_--omitted
659 _al_--alle
660 _herd told_--MS. herde tolde
_herd told it_--herd yt toold
661 _ha? _--MS. ha? e
663 _proceded_--procedeth
_ansewered[e]_--answerede
664 _? e_--omitted
_al_--alle
665 _si? en_--syn
668 _fro_--owt of
669 _seyne from_--seyn fro
672 _Remembrest ? ou_--Remenbresthow
674 _Maiste ? ou_--Maysthow
675 _? an_--? anne
_? ing_--thinge
_Axest_--Axestow
677 _Wistest ? ou_--wystesthow
678 _? ing_--thinge]
[[pg 28]]
[Headnote:
BOETHIUS NEEDS LIGHT REMEDIES. ]
[Sidenote: _B. _ No. ]
No q{uod} . I.
[Sidenote: _P. _ Now I know the principal cause of thy distemper. ]
now wot I q{uod} she o? er cause of ? i
maladie {and} ? at ry? t grete ? ? ou hast left forto 680
knowe ? i self what ? ou art. ? oru? whiche I haue pleynelyche
knowen ? e cause of ? i maladie. or ellis ? e
entre of recoueryng of ? in hele.
[Sidenote: Thou hast lost the knowledge of thyself, thou knowest
not the end of things, and hast forgotten how the world is
governed. ]
? Forwhy for ? ou
art co{n}founded wi? for? etyng of ? i self. for? i sorwest 684
? ou ? at ? ou art exiled of ? i p{ro}pre goodes. ? And
for ? ou ne wost what is ? e ende of ? inges. for[? i] demest
[? ou] ? at felono{us} {and} wikked men ben my? ty {and} weleful
for ? ou hast for? eten by whiche gouernement? ? e worlde 688
is gouerned. ? For? i wenest ?
++Whan ? at ? e heuy sterre of ? e cancre eschaufe? by
? e beme of pheb{us}. ? at is to seyne whan ? at pheb{us} 612
? e sonne is in ? e signe of ? e Cancre. Who so ? eue?
? an largely hys sedes to ? e feldes ? at refuse to receiuen
hem. lete hym gon bygyled of trust ? at he
hadde to hys corn. to acorns or okes.
[Sidenote: Think not to ingather violets in the wintry and stormy
season. ]
yif ? ou wilt 616
gadre violett? . ne go ? ou not to ? e purp{er} wode whan
? e felde chirkynge agrise? of colde by ? e felnesse of
? e wynde ? at hy? t aquilon
[Sidenote: If you wish for wine in autumn let the tendrils of the
vine be free in the spring. ]
Yif ? ou desirest or
? wolt vsen grapes ne seke ? ou nat wi? a gloto{n}us hande [[pg 26]]
to streine {and} p{re}sse ? e stalkes of ? e vine in ? e first 621
somer sesou{n}. for bachus ? e god of wyne ha? ra? er
? euen his ? iftes to autu{m}pne ? e latter ende of somer.
[Sidenote: To every work God assigns a proper time, nor suffers
anything to pass its bounds. ]
[Sidenote: [* fol. 8. ]]
? God tokeni? {and} assigne? *? e tymes. ablyng hem 624
to her p{ro}pre offices. ? Ne he ne suffre? not stoundes
whiche ? at hym self ha? deuided {and} co{n}streined to
be medeled to gidre
[Sidenote: Success does not await him who departs from the
appointed order of things. ]
? And for? i he ? at forlete?
certeyne ordinaunce of doynge by ou{er}? rowyng wey. 628
he ne ha? no glade issue or ende of hys werkes.
[Linenotes:
612 _beme_--beemes
_seyne_--seyn
614 _hys_--hise
_refuse_--refusen
615 after _hem_ C. adds [s. corn]
_lete hym gon_ (MS. _gone_)--lat hym gon
616 _or_--of
_wilt gadre_--wolt gadery
618 _felde_--feeld
_felnesse_--felnesses
619 _hy? t_--hyhte
620 _hande_--hond
622 _ha? _--MS. ha? e
625 _her propre_--heer{e} propres
_not_--nat the
626 _ha? _--MS. ha? e
627 _be medeled_--ben I-medled
628 _certeyne_--certeyn
629 _ha? _--MS. ha? e]
[Headnote:
DISCOVERS THE CAUSE OF HIS DISTEMPER. ]
PRIMU{M} IGITUR PATERIS ROGACIONIB{US}.
[Sidenote: [The syxte p{ro}se. ]]
[Sidenote: Philosophy proposes to question Boethius. ]
++FIrst wolt ? ou suffre me to touche {and} assaie ? e stat
of ? i ? ou? t by a fewe demaundes. so ? at I may
vnderstonde what be ? e manere of ? i curac{i}ou{n}. ? Axe 632
me q{uod} . I. atte ? i wille what ? ou wilt. {and} I schal
answer{e}.
[Sidenote: _P. _ Is the world governed by Chance? ]
? ? o saide sche ? us. whe? er wenest ? ou q{uo}d
sche ? {a}t ? is worlde be gouerned by foolisshe happes
{and} fortunes. or elles wenest ? ou ? at ? er be i{n} it any 636
gouerneme{n}t of resou{n}.
[Sidenote: _B. _ By no means. The Creator presides over his own
works. ]
Certes q{uod} . I. ne trowe not
in no manere ? at so certeyne ? inges scholde be moeued
by fortunouse fortune. but I wot wel ? at god maker
{and} mayster is gouerno{ur} of ? is werk.
[Sidenote: I shall never swerve from this opinion. ]
Ne neuer nas 640
? it day ? at my? t[e] putte me oute of ? e so? enesse of
? at sentence.
[Sidenote: _P. _ Yes! Thou didst say as much when thou didst
declare man alone to be destitute of divine care. ]
? So is it q{uod} sche. for ? e same ? ing
songe ? ou a lytel here byforne {and} byweyledest {and}
byweptest. ? at only men weren put oute of ? e cure of 644
god. ? For of alle o? er ? inges ? ou ne doutest nat
? at ? ei nere gouerned by reso{n}.
[Sidenote: Still thou seemest to labour under some defect even in
this conviction. ]
but how (. i. pape. ).
I wondre gretly certes whi ? at ? ou art seek. si? en ? ou
art put in to so holesom a sentence. but lat vs seken 648
depper. I coniecte ? at ? ere lakke? I not what. [[pg 27]]
[Sidenote: Tell me how the world is governed. ]
but sey me ? is. si? en ? at ? ou ne doutest nat ? {a}t ? is worlde
be gouerned by god ? wi? swycche gouernailes takest
? ou hede ? at it is gouerned.
[Sidenote: _B. _ I do not thoroughly comprehend your question. ]
? vnne? q{uod} . I. knowe 652
. I. ? e sente{n}ce of ? i q{ue}stiou{n}. so ? at I ne may nat
?
it answeren to ? i demaundes.
[Sidenote: _P. _ I was not deceived, then, when I said there was
some defect in thy sentiment. ]
? I nas nat deceiued
q{uod} sche ? at ? ere ne faile? su{m}what. by whiche ? e
maladie of p{er}turbac{i}ou{n} is crept in to ? i ? ou? t. so 656
as ? e streng? e of ? e paleys schynyng is open.
[Sidenote: Tell me what is the chief end of all things; and
whither all things tend. ]
? But
seye me ? is reme{m}brest ? ou ou? t what is ? e ende of
? i ? inges. whider ? at ? e entenc{i}ou{n} of al kynde tende? .
? I haue herd told it somtyme q{uod} . I. but drerynesse 660
ha? dulled my memorie. ? Certys q{uod} sche
? ou wost wel whe{n}nes ? at alle ? inges ben comen {and}
p{ro}ceded.
[Sidenote: _B. _ God is the beginning of all things. ]
I wot wel q{uod} . I. {and} ansewered[e] ? at
god is ? e bygynnyng of al.
[Sidenote: _P. _ How, then, art thou ignorant of their end? ]
? And how may ? is be 664
q{uod} sche ? at si? en ? {o}u knowest ? e bygynnyng of
? inges. ? at ? ou ne knowest not what is ? e endyng of
? inges.
[Sidenote: But it is the nature of these perturbations (which thou
endurest) to unsettle men's minds. ]
but swiche ben ? e customes of p{er}turbac{i}ou{n}s.
{and} ? is power ? ei han. ? at ? ei may moeue a ma{n} fro 668
hys place. ? at is to seyne from ? e stablenes {and} p{er}fecc{i}ou{n}
of hys knowyng. but certys ? ei may not al
arace hym ne alyene hy{m} in al. ? But I wolde ? at
? ou woldest answere to ? is.
[Sidenote: Dost thou remember that thou art a man? ]
? Remembrest ? ou ? at 672
? ou art a man
[Sidenote: _B. _ Certainly I do. ]
? _Boice. _ ? Whi scholde I nat remembre
? at q{uod} . I.
[Sidenote: _P. _ What is man? ]
_Philosophie. _ ? Maiste ? ou not telle
me ? an q{uod} sche what ? ing is a man.
[Sidenote: _B. _ If you ask me whether I am a rational and mortal
creature, I know and confess I am. ]
? Axest not
me q{uod} I. whe? ir ? at be a resonable best mortel. I 676
wot wel {and} I confesse wel ? at I am it.
[Sidenote: _P. _ But dost thou not know that thou art more than
this? ]
? Wistest
? ou neuer ? it ? at ? ou were ony o? er ? ing q{uod} she.
[Linenotes:
630 _wolt ? ou_--woltow
_stat_--estat
633 _atte_--at
_wilt_--wolt
635 _worlde_--world
_foolisshe_--foolyssh
636 _fortunes_--fortunows
638 _scholde_--sholden
639 _wot_--MS. wote, C. woot
641 _my? t[e] putte_--myhte put
644 _put_--MS. putte
645 _doutest_--dowtedest
646 _how_--owh
647 _seek si? en_--syk{e} syn
648 _put_--MS. putte, C. put
649 _depper_--depper{e}
_not what_--not ner{e} what
650 _si? en_--syn
_worlde_--world
651 _takest ? ou_--takestow
658 _seye_--sey
_remembrest ? ou_--remenbres thow
_ou? t_--omitted
659 _al_--alle
660 _herd told_--MS. herde tolde
_herd told it_--herd yt toold
661 _ha? _--MS. ha? e
663 _proceded_--procedeth
_ansewered[e]_--answerede
664 _? e_--omitted
_al_--alle
665 _si? en_--syn
668 _fro_--owt of
669 _seyne from_--seyn fro
672 _Remembrest ? ou_--Remenbresthow
674 _Maiste ? ou_--Maysthow
675 _? an_--? anne
_? ing_--thinge
_Axest_--Axestow
677 _Wistest ? ou_--wystesthow
678 _? ing_--thinge]
[[pg 28]]
[Headnote:
BOETHIUS NEEDS LIGHT REMEDIES. ]
[Sidenote: _B. _ No. ]
No q{uod} . I.
[Sidenote: _P. _ Now I know the principal cause of thy distemper. ]
now wot I q{uod} she o? er cause of ? i
maladie {and} ? at ry? t grete ? ? ou hast left forto 680
knowe ? i self what ? ou art. ? oru? whiche I haue pleynelyche
knowen ? e cause of ? i maladie. or ellis ? e
entre of recoueryng of ? in hele.
[Sidenote: Thou hast lost the knowledge of thyself, thou knowest
not the end of things, and hast forgotten how the world is
governed. ]
? Forwhy for ? ou
art co{n}founded wi? for? etyng of ? i self. for? i sorwest 684
? ou ? at ? ou art exiled of ? i p{ro}pre goodes. ? And
for ? ou ne wost what is ? e ende of ? inges. for[? i] demest
[? ou] ? at felono{us} {and} wikked men ben my? ty {and} weleful
for ? ou hast for? eten by whiche gouernement? ? e worlde 688
is gouerned. ? For? i wenest ?
