e
attendau{n}ce
of hir aduocat?
Chaucer - Boethius
at I haue shewed ?
at
? ei ben lyke to ? e bestes. (q. d. no{n}) ? And what wilt ? ou seyne of
? is ? yif ? at a man hadde al forlorn hys sy? t. {and} had[de] for? eten
? at he euer saw {and} wende ? {a}t no ? ing ne fayled[e] hym of
p{er}fecc{i}ou{n} of ma{n}kynde. now we ? at my? ten sen ? e same ? ing
wolde we nat wene ? at he were bly{n}de (q. d. sic). ne also ne accorde?
nat ? e poeple to ? at I shal seyne. ? e whiche ? ing is susteyned by a
stronge foundement of resou{n}s. ? at is to seyn ? at more vnsely ben ? ei
? at don wrong to o? er folk. ? en ? ei ? at ? e wrong suffren. ? I wolde
heren ? ilke same resou{n}s q{uo}d I ? Deniest ? ou q{uo}d she ? at alle
shrewes ne ben wor? i to han to{ur}ment. nay q{uo}d I. but q{uo}d she I
am certeyne by many resou{n}s ? at shrewes ben vnsely. it accorde? q{uo}d
I. ? an [ne] dowtest ? ou nat q{uo}d she ? at ? ilke folk ? at ben wor? i of
to{ur}ment ? at ? ei ne ben wrecches. It accorde? wel q{uo}d I. yif ? ou
were ? an q{uo}d she yset a Iuge or a knower of ? inges. whe? er trowest
? ou ? {a}t men sholde to{ur}ment[e] hym ? at ha? don ? e wronge. or hym ? at
ha? suffred ? e wronge. I ne doute nat q{uo}d I. ? at I nolde don
suffissaunt satisfacc{i}ou{n} to hym ? at had[de] suffred ? e wrong by ? e
sorwe of hym ? at had[de] don ? e wronge. ? ? an seme? it q{uo}d she ? at ? e
doar of wrong is more wrecche ? an he ? at ha? suffred ? e wrong. ? at
folwe? wel q{uo}d [I]. ? an q{uo}d she by ? ise causes {and} by o? er
causes ? at ben enforced by ? e same roate ? at fil? e or synne by ? e
p{ro}pre nature of it make? men wretches. {and} it shewe? wel ? at ? e
wrong ? at me{n} don nis nat ? e wrecchenesse of hym ? at receyue? ? e
wrong. but ? e wrecchednesse of hym ? at do? ? e wronge ? but certys q{uo}d
she ? ise orato{ur}s or aduocat? don al ? e contrarie for ? ei enforcen hem
to co{m}moeue ? e iuges to han pite of he{m} ? at han suffred {and}
resceyued ? e ? inges ? at ben greuous {and} aspre. {and} ? itte men sholden
more ry? tfully han pitee on hem ? at don ? e greuaunces {and} ? e wronges.
? e whiche shrewes it were a more couenable ? ing ? at ? e accuso{ur}s or
aduocat? not wro? e but pitous {and} debonaire ladden ? e shrewes ? at han
don wro{n}g to ? e Iugement. ry? t as men leden seke folk to ? e leche. for
? at ? ei sholden seken out ? e maladies of synne by to{ur}ment? . and by
? is couenaunt ey? er ? e entent of ? e defendo{ur}s or aduocat? sholde
fayle {and} cesen in al. or ellys yif ? e office of aduocat? wolde
bettre p{ro}fiten to men. it sholde be to{ur}ned in to ? e habit of
accusac{i}ou{n}. ? at is [to] s[e]yn ? ei sholde{n} accuse shrewes.
{and} nat excuse hem. {and} eke ? e shrewes hem self. ? it it were
leueful to hem to seen at any clifte ? e vertue ? at ? ei han forleten.
{and} sawen ? at ? ei sholde putten adou{n} ? e fil? es of hire vices
by [the] to{ur}ment? of peynes. ? ei ne au? ten nat ry? t for ? e
reco{m}pensac{i}ou{n} forto geten hem bounte {and} prowesse whiche ? at
? ei han lost demen ne holden ? at ? ilke peynes weren to{ur}mentes to hem.
{and} eke ? ei wolden refuse ?
e attendau{n}ce of hir aduocat? {and} taken
hem self to hire iuges {and} to hir accusours. for whiche it bytide?
[? {a}t] as to ? e wise folk ? er nis no place ylete to hate. ? at is to
seyn. ? at hate ne ha? no place amonges wise men. ? For no wy? t wolde
haten gode men. but yif he were ouer moche a fole. ? and forto haten
shrewes it nis no resou{n}. ? For ry? t so as languissing is maladie of
body. ry? t so ben vices {and} sy{n}ne maladies of corage. ? and so as we
ne deme nat ? at ? ei ? at ben seek of hire body ben wor? i to ben hated.
but ra? er wor? i of pite. wel more wor? i nat to ben hated. but forto ben
had in pite ben ? ei of whiche ? e ? ou? tes ben constreined by felonous
wickednesse. ? at is more cruel ? a{n} any languissinge of body.
QUID TANTOS IUUAT.
[Sidenote: [The ferthe Met{ur}. ]]
++What delite? it ? ow to exciten so grete moewynges of hatredes {and} to
hasten {and} bisien [the] fatal disposic{i}ou{n} of ? oure dee? wi? ? oure
p{ro}pre handes. ? at is to seyn by batailes or [by] contek. for yif ? e
axen ? e dee? it hastisi? hym of hys owen wille. ne dee? ne tarie? nat
hys swifte hors. and [the] men ? at ? e serpent? {and} ? e lyou{n}s. {and}
? e tigre. {and} ? e beere {and} ? e boore seken to sleen wi? her te? e. ? it
? ilke same men seken to sleen eueryche of hem o? er wi? swerde. loo for
her man{er}s ben diuerse {and} discordaunt ? ? ei moeuen vnry? tful oostes
{and} cruel batailes. {and} wilne to p{er}isse by enterchaungynge of
dartes. but ? e resou{n} of cruelte nis nat ynou? ry? tful. wilt ? ou ? an
? elden a couenable gerdou{n} to ? e desertes of men ? Loue ry? tfully
goode folk[;] {and} haue pite on shrewes.
HINC EGO UIDEO INQ{UA}M. {ET} CET{ERA}.
[Sidenote: [The fyfthe p{ro}se. ]]
++? us see I wel q{uo}d I. ey? er what blisfulnesse or ellys what
vnselinesse is estab[l]issed in ? e desertys of goode men {and} of
shrewes. ? but in ? is ilke fortune of poeple I see somwhat of goode.
{and} somwhat of yuel. for no wise man ha? nat leuer ben exiled pore
{and} nedy {and} nameles. ? an forto dwellen in hys Citee {and} flouren
of rychesses. {and} be redoutable by honoure. {and} stronge of power for
in ? is wise more clerely {and} more witnesfully is ? e office of wise men
ytretid whan ? e blisfulnes {and} [the] pouste of gouerno{ur}s is as it
were yshad amonges poeples ? at ben ney? boures {and} subgit? . syn ? at
namely prisou{n} lawe {and} ? ise o? er to{ur}ment? of lawful peynes ben
ra? er owed to felonous Cite? eins. for ? e whiche felonous Cite? eins ? o
peynes ben establissed. ? an for goode folk. ? ? an I m{er}ueile me gretly
q{uo}d I. whi [? {a}t] ? e ? inges ben so mys entrechaunged. ? at
to{ur}ment? felounes pressen {and} confounden goode folk. {and} shrewes
rauyssen medes of vertue {and} ben i{n} hono{ur}s. {and} in grete
estatis. and I desire eke to wite{n} of ? e. what seme? ? e to ben ? e
resou{n} of ? is so wrongful a confusiou{n} ? For I wolde wondre wel ? e
lasse yif I trowed[e] ? at alle ? ise ? inges were medeled by fortuouse
hap. ? But now hepe? {and} encrese? myne astonyenge god gouerno{ur} of
? inges. ? at so as god ? eue? ofte tymes to good[e] men goodes {and}
myr? es. {and} to shrewes yuel and aspre ? inges. {and} ? eue? a? eynewarde
to goode folk hardnesse. {and} to shrewes [he] g{ra}unte? hem her wille
{and} ? at ? ei desiren. what difference ? an may ? er be bitwixen ? {a}t ? at
god do? . {and} ? e hap of fortune. yif men ne knowe nat ? e cause whi ? at
[it] is. it nis no merueile q{uo}d she ? ou? ? at men wenen ? at ? er be
somwhat folysche and confus whan ? e resou{n} of ? e order is vnknowe.
? But alle ? ou? ? ou ne know nat ? e cause of so gret a disposic{i}ou{n}.
na?
? ei ben lyke to ? e bestes. (q. d. no{n}) ? And what wilt ? ou seyne of
? is ? yif ? at a man hadde al forlorn hys sy? t. {and} had[de] for? eten
? at he euer saw {and} wende ? {a}t no ? ing ne fayled[e] hym of
p{er}fecc{i}ou{n} of ma{n}kynde. now we ? at my? ten sen ? e same ? ing
wolde we nat wene ? at he were bly{n}de (q. d. sic). ne also ne accorde?
nat ? e poeple to ? at I shal seyne. ? e whiche ? ing is susteyned by a
stronge foundement of resou{n}s. ? at is to seyn ? at more vnsely ben ? ei
? at don wrong to o? er folk. ? en ? ei ? at ? e wrong suffren. ? I wolde
heren ? ilke same resou{n}s q{uo}d I ? Deniest ? ou q{uo}d she ? at alle
shrewes ne ben wor? i to han to{ur}ment. nay q{uo}d I. but q{uo}d she I
am certeyne by many resou{n}s ? at shrewes ben vnsely. it accorde? q{uo}d
I. ? an [ne] dowtest ? ou nat q{uo}d she ? at ? ilke folk ? at ben wor? i of
to{ur}ment ? at ? ei ne ben wrecches. It accorde? wel q{uo}d I. yif ? ou
were ? an q{uo}d she yset a Iuge or a knower of ? inges. whe? er trowest
? ou ? {a}t men sholde to{ur}ment[e] hym ? at ha? don ? e wronge. or hym ? at
ha? suffred ? e wronge. I ne doute nat q{uo}d I. ? at I nolde don
suffissaunt satisfacc{i}ou{n} to hym ? at had[de] suffred ? e wrong by ? e
sorwe of hym ? at had[de] don ? e wronge. ? ? an seme? it q{uo}d she ? at ? e
doar of wrong is more wrecche ? an he ? at ha? suffred ? e wrong. ? at
folwe? wel q{uo}d [I]. ? an q{uo}d she by ? ise causes {and} by o? er
causes ? at ben enforced by ? e same roate ? at fil? e or synne by ? e
p{ro}pre nature of it make? men wretches. {and} it shewe? wel ? at ? e
wrong ? at me{n} don nis nat ? e wrecchenesse of hym ? at receyue? ? e
wrong. but ? e wrecchednesse of hym ? at do? ? e wronge ? but certys q{uo}d
she ? ise orato{ur}s or aduocat? don al ? e contrarie for ? ei enforcen hem
to co{m}moeue ? e iuges to han pite of he{m} ? at han suffred {and}
resceyued ? e ? inges ? at ben greuous {and} aspre. {and} ? itte men sholden
more ry? tfully han pitee on hem ? at don ? e greuaunces {and} ? e wronges.
? e whiche shrewes it were a more couenable ? ing ? at ? e accuso{ur}s or
aduocat? not wro? e but pitous {and} debonaire ladden ? e shrewes ? at han
don wro{n}g to ? e Iugement. ry? t as men leden seke folk to ? e leche. for
? at ? ei sholden seken out ? e maladies of synne by to{ur}ment? . and by
? is couenaunt ey? er ? e entent of ? e defendo{ur}s or aduocat? sholde
fayle {and} cesen in al. or ellys yif ? e office of aduocat? wolde
bettre p{ro}fiten to men. it sholde be to{ur}ned in to ? e habit of
accusac{i}ou{n}. ? at is [to] s[e]yn ? ei sholde{n} accuse shrewes.
{and} nat excuse hem. {and} eke ? e shrewes hem self. ? it it were
leueful to hem to seen at any clifte ? e vertue ? at ? ei han forleten.
{and} sawen ? at ? ei sholde putten adou{n} ? e fil? es of hire vices
by [the] to{ur}ment? of peynes. ? ei ne au? ten nat ry? t for ? e
reco{m}pensac{i}ou{n} forto geten hem bounte {and} prowesse whiche ? at
? ei han lost demen ne holden ? at ? ilke peynes weren to{ur}mentes to hem.
{and} eke ? ei wolden refuse ?
e attendau{n}ce of hir aduocat? {and} taken
hem self to hire iuges {and} to hir accusours. for whiche it bytide?
[? {a}t] as to ? e wise folk ? er nis no place ylete to hate. ? at is to
seyn. ? at hate ne ha? no place amonges wise men. ? For no wy? t wolde
haten gode men. but yif he were ouer moche a fole. ? and forto haten
shrewes it nis no resou{n}. ? For ry? t so as languissing is maladie of
body. ry? t so ben vices {and} sy{n}ne maladies of corage. ? and so as we
ne deme nat ? at ? ei ? at ben seek of hire body ben wor? i to ben hated.
but ra? er wor? i of pite. wel more wor? i nat to ben hated. but forto ben
had in pite ben ? ei of whiche ? e ? ou? tes ben constreined by felonous
wickednesse. ? at is more cruel ? a{n} any languissinge of body.
QUID TANTOS IUUAT.
[Sidenote: [The ferthe Met{ur}. ]]
++What delite? it ? ow to exciten so grete moewynges of hatredes {and} to
hasten {and} bisien [the] fatal disposic{i}ou{n} of ? oure dee? wi? ? oure
p{ro}pre handes. ? at is to seyn by batailes or [by] contek. for yif ? e
axen ? e dee? it hastisi? hym of hys owen wille. ne dee? ne tarie? nat
hys swifte hors. and [the] men ? at ? e serpent? {and} ? e lyou{n}s. {and}
? e tigre. {and} ? e beere {and} ? e boore seken to sleen wi? her te? e. ? it
? ilke same men seken to sleen eueryche of hem o? er wi? swerde. loo for
her man{er}s ben diuerse {and} discordaunt ? ? ei moeuen vnry? tful oostes
{and} cruel batailes. {and} wilne to p{er}isse by enterchaungynge of
dartes. but ? e resou{n} of cruelte nis nat ynou? ry? tful. wilt ? ou ? an
? elden a couenable gerdou{n} to ? e desertes of men ? Loue ry? tfully
goode folk[;] {and} haue pite on shrewes.
HINC EGO UIDEO INQ{UA}M. {ET} CET{ERA}.
[Sidenote: [The fyfthe p{ro}se. ]]
++? us see I wel q{uo}d I. ey? er what blisfulnesse or ellys what
vnselinesse is estab[l]issed in ? e desertys of goode men {and} of
shrewes. ? but in ? is ilke fortune of poeple I see somwhat of goode.
{and} somwhat of yuel. for no wise man ha? nat leuer ben exiled pore
{and} nedy {and} nameles. ? an forto dwellen in hys Citee {and} flouren
of rychesses. {and} be redoutable by honoure. {and} stronge of power for
in ? is wise more clerely {and} more witnesfully is ? e office of wise men
ytretid whan ? e blisfulnes {and} [the] pouste of gouerno{ur}s is as it
were yshad amonges poeples ? at ben ney? boures {and} subgit? . syn ? at
namely prisou{n} lawe {and} ? ise o? er to{ur}ment? of lawful peynes ben
ra? er owed to felonous Cite? eins. for ? e whiche felonous Cite? eins ? o
peynes ben establissed. ? an for goode folk. ? ? an I m{er}ueile me gretly
q{uo}d I. whi [? {a}t] ? e ? inges ben so mys entrechaunged. ? at
to{ur}ment? felounes pressen {and} confounden goode folk. {and} shrewes
rauyssen medes of vertue {and} ben i{n} hono{ur}s. {and} in grete
estatis. and I desire eke to wite{n} of ? e. what seme? ? e to ben ? e
resou{n} of ? is so wrongful a confusiou{n} ? For I wolde wondre wel ? e
lasse yif I trowed[e] ? at alle ? ise ? inges were medeled by fortuouse
hap. ? But now hepe? {and} encrese? myne astonyenge god gouerno{ur} of
? inges. ? at so as god ? eue? ofte tymes to good[e] men goodes {and}
myr? es. {and} to shrewes yuel and aspre ? inges. {and} ? eue? a? eynewarde
to goode folk hardnesse. {and} to shrewes [he] g{ra}unte? hem her wille
{and} ? at ? ei desiren. what difference ? an may ? er be bitwixen ? {a}t ? at
god do? . {and} ? e hap of fortune. yif men ne knowe nat ? e cause whi ? at
[it] is. it nis no merueile q{uo}d she ? ou? ? at men wenen ? at ? er be
somwhat folysche and confus whan ? e resou{n} of ? e order is vnknowe.
? But alle ? ou? ? ou ne know nat ? e cause of so gret a disposic{i}ou{n}.
na?
