ou nat to
gidre by replicac{i}ou{n} of wordes a maner wondirful cercle or
envirounynge of symplicite deuyne.
gidre by replicac{i}ou{n} of wordes a maner wondirful cercle or
envirounynge of symplicite deuyne.
Chaucer - Boethius
?
So as men trowen q{uo}d she {and} ?
at ry?
tfully ?
at god
gouerne? alle ? inges by ? e keye of his goodnesse. ? And alle ? ise same
? inges as I [haue] tau? t ? e. hasten hem by naturel ente{n}c{i}ou{n} to
comen to goode ? er may no man doute{n}. ? at ? ei ne ben gouerned
uoluntariely. {and} ? at ? ei ne conuerten [hem] nat of her owe{n} wille
to ? e wille of hire ordeno{ur}. as ? ei ? at ben accordyng {and}
enclinynge to her gouerno{ur} {and} her kyng. ? It mot nedys be so
q{uo}d. I. ? For ? e realme ne sholde not seme blisful ? if ? ere were a
? ok of mysdrawynges in diu{er}se p{ar}ties ne ? e sauynge of obedient
? inges ne sholde nat be. ? an is ? ere no ? ing q{uo}d she ? {a}t kepi? hys
nature[;] ? at enforce? hym to gone a? eyne god. ? No q{uo}d. I. ? And if
? at any ? i{n}g enforced[e] hym to wi? stonde god. my? t[e] it auayle at ? e
laste a? eyns hym ? at we han g{ra}unted to ben al my? ty by ? e ry? t of
blisfulnesse. ? Certis q{uo}d I al outerly it ne my? t[e] nat auaylen
hym. ? an is ? ere no ? ing q{uo}d she ? at ey? er wol or may wi? stonde to
? is souereyne good. ? I trowe nat q{uo}d. I ? ? an is ? ilke ? e souereyne
good q{uo}d she ? at alle ? i{n}g{us} gouerne? strongly {and} ordeyne? hem
softly. ? a{n} seide I ? us. I delite me q{uo}d I nat oonly in ? e endes or
in ? e so{m}mes of [the] resou{n}s ? at ? ou hast concludid {and} p{ro}ued.
? But ? ilke wordes ? at ? {o}u vsest deliten me moche more. ? So at ? e
last[e] fooles ? at so{m}tyme renden greet[e] ? inges au? te{n} ben
asshamed of hem self. ? ? at is to seyne ? {a}t we fooles ? at
rep{re}henden wickedly ? e ? i{n}g{us} ? at touchen goddes gouernaunce we
au? te{n} ben asshamed of oure self. As I ? at seide god refuse? oonly ? e
werkes of men. {and} ne entremeti? nat of he{m}. _p. _ ? ou hast wel herd
q{uo}d she ? e fables of ? e poetes. how ? e geauntes assailden ? e heuene
wi? ? e goddes. but for so? e ? e debonaire force of god disposed[e] hem so
as it was wor? i. ? at is to seyne distroied[e] ? e geauntes. as it was
wor? i. ? But wilt ? ou ? at we ioygnen togedre ? ilke same resou{n}s. for
p{er}auenture of swiche coniuncc{i}ou{n} may sterten vp some faire
sp{er}kele of so? e ? Do q{uo}d I as ? e list. wenest ? ou q{uo}d she ? at
god ne is almy? ty. no man is in doute of it. Certys q{uo}d I no wy? t ne
defendi? it if he be in hys mynde. but he q{uo}d she ? at is al my? ty
? ere nis no ? ing ? at he ne may do. ? at is so? e q{uo}d I. May god done
yuel q{uo}d she. nay for so? e q{uo}d. I. ? ? an is yuel no ? ing q{uo}d
she. ? Syn ? at he ne may not done yuel ? at may done alle ? inges.
scornest ? ou me q{uo}d. I. or ellys pleyest ? ou or deceiuest ? ou me. ? at
hast so wouen me wi? ? i resou{n}s. ? e house of didalus so entrelaced.
? at it is vnable to ben vnlaced. ? ou ? at o? er while entrest ? ere ? ou
issest {and} o? er while issest ? ere ? ou entrest. ne fooldest ?
ou nat to
gidre by replicac{i}ou{n} of wordes a maner wondirful cercle or
envirounynge of symplicite deuyne. ? For certys a litel her byforn{e}
whan ? ou bygu{n}ne atte blisfulnesse ? {o}u seidest ? at it is souereyne
good. {and} seidest ? at it is set in souereyne god. {and} ? at god is ? e
ful[le] blisfulnesse. for whiche ? ou ? af[e] me as a couenable ? ifte. ? at
is to seyne ? {a}t no wy? t nis blisful. but yif he be good al so ? er wi?
{and} seidest eke ? at ? e forme of goode is ? e substaunce of god. {and}
of blisfulnesse. {and} seidest ? {a}t ? ilke same oone is ? ilke same goode
? at is requered {and} desired of al ? e kynde of ? inges. {and} ? ou
p{ro}euedest in disputynge ? at god gouerne? alle [the] ? inges of ? e
worlde by ? e gouernementys of bountee. {and} seydest ? at alle ? inges
wolen ybeyen to hym. and seidest ? at ? e nature of yuel nis no ? ing.
{and} ? ise ? inges ne shewedest ? ou nat wi? no resou{n}s ytake fro
wi? oute but by proues in cercles {and} homelyche knowen. ? ? e whiche
p{ro}eues drawen to hem self hir fei? {and} hir accorde eu{er}iche [of]
hem of o? er. ? an seide she ? us. I ne scorne ? e nat ne pleye ne desseyue
? e. but I haue shewed to ? e ? inge ? at is grettest ouer alle ? inges by ? e
? ifte of god ? at we some tyme prayden ? For ? is is ? e forme of [the]
deuyne substaunce. ? at is swiche ? at it ne slyde? nat in to outerest
foreine ? inges. ne ne rec[e]yue? no st{ra}nge ? inges in hym. but ry? t as
p{ar}maynws seide in grek of ? ilke deuyne substaunce. he seide ? us ? at
? ilke deuyne substaunce torne? ? e worlde {and} ? ilke cercle moeueable of
? inges while ? ilke dyuyne substau{n}ce kepi? it self wi? outen moeuynge.
? at is to seyne ? at it ne moeui? neuere mo. {and} ? itte it moeue? alle
o? er ? inges. but na-? eles yif I [haue] stered resou{n}s ? at ne ben nat
taken fro wi? oute ? e compas of ? e ? inge of whiche we treten. but
resou{n}s ? at ben bystowed wi? i{n}ne ? at compas ? ere nis nat whi ? at
? ou sholde[st] merueylen. sen ? ou hast lerned by ? e sentence of plato
? at nedes ? e wordes moten ben cosynes to ? o ? inges of whiche ? ei speken.
FELIX QUI POTERIT. {ET} CET{ER}A.
[Sidenote: [The . 12. Met{ur}. ]]
++Blisful is ? at man ? at may seen ? e clere welle of good. blisful is he
? at may vnbynde hym fro ? e bonde of heuy er? e. ? ? e poete of t{ra}ce
[orphe{us}] ? at somtyme hadde ry? t greet sorowe for ? e dee? of hys wijf.
aftir ? at he hadde maked by hys wepely songes ? e wodes meueable to
rennen. {and} hadde ymaked ? e ryueres to stonden stille. {and} maked ? e
hertys {and} hyndes to ioignen dredles hir sides to cruel lyou{n}s to
herkene his songe. {and} had[de] maked ? at ? e hare was nat agast of ? e
hounde whiche ? at was plesed by hys songe. so ? at whane ? e most[e]
ardaunt loue of hys wijf brende ? e entrailes of his brest. ne ? e songes
? at hadde ouer comen alle ? inges ne my? ten nat assuage hir lorde
orpheus. ? He pleyned[e] hym of ? e godes ? at were{n} cruel to hym. he
wente hym to ? e houses of helle {and} ? ere he tempred[e] hys
blaundissyng songes by resounyng of hys strenges. ? And spak {and} song
in wepynge alle ? at euer he hadde resceyued {and} laued oute of ? e noble
welles of hys modir calliope ? e goddesse. {and} he song wi? as mychel as
he my? t[e] of wepynge. {and} wi? as myche as loue ? at doubled[e] his
sorwe my? t[e] ? euen hym {and} teche hy{m} in his seke h{er}te. ? And he
commoeuede ? e helle {and} requered[e] {and} sou? te by swete p{re}iere ? e
lordes of soules in helle of relesynge. ? at is to seyne to ? elden hym
hys wif. ? Cerberus ? e porter of helle wi? his ?
gouerne? alle ? inges by ? e keye of his goodnesse. ? And alle ? ise same
? inges as I [haue] tau? t ? e. hasten hem by naturel ente{n}c{i}ou{n} to
comen to goode ? er may no man doute{n}. ? at ? ei ne ben gouerned
uoluntariely. {and} ? at ? ei ne conuerten [hem] nat of her owe{n} wille
to ? e wille of hire ordeno{ur}. as ? ei ? at ben accordyng {and}
enclinynge to her gouerno{ur} {and} her kyng. ? It mot nedys be so
q{uo}d. I. ? For ? e realme ne sholde not seme blisful ? if ? ere were a
? ok of mysdrawynges in diu{er}se p{ar}ties ne ? e sauynge of obedient
? inges ne sholde nat be. ? an is ? ere no ? ing q{uo}d she ? {a}t kepi? hys
nature[;] ? at enforce? hym to gone a? eyne god. ? No q{uo}d. I. ? And if
? at any ? i{n}g enforced[e] hym to wi? stonde god. my? t[e] it auayle at ? e
laste a? eyns hym ? at we han g{ra}unted to ben al my? ty by ? e ry? t of
blisfulnesse. ? Certis q{uo}d I al outerly it ne my? t[e] nat auaylen
hym. ? an is ? ere no ? ing q{uo}d she ? at ey? er wol or may wi? stonde to
? is souereyne good. ? I trowe nat q{uo}d. I ? ? an is ? ilke ? e souereyne
good q{uo}d she ? at alle ? i{n}g{us} gouerne? strongly {and} ordeyne? hem
softly. ? a{n} seide I ? us. I delite me q{uo}d I nat oonly in ? e endes or
in ? e so{m}mes of [the] resou{n}s ? at ? ou hast concludid {and} p{ro}ued.
? But ? ilke wordes ? at ? {o}u vsest deliten me moche more. ? So at ? e
last[e] fooles ? at so{m}tyme renden greet[e] ? inges au? te{n} ben
asshamed of hem self. ? ? at is to seyne ? {a}t we fooles ? at
rep{re}henden wickedly ? e ? i{n}g{us} ? at touchen goddes gouernaunce we
au? te{n} ben asshamed of oure self. As I ? at seide god refuse? oonly ? e
werkes of men. {and} ne entremeti? nat of he{m}. _p. _ ? ou hast wel herd
q{uo}d she ? e fables of ? e poetes. how ? e geauntes assailden ? e heuene
wi? ? e goddes. but for so? e ? e debonaire force of god disposed[e] hem so
as it was wor? i. ? at is to seyne distroied[e] ? e geauntes. as it was
wor? i. ? But wilt ? ou ? at we ioygnen togedre ? ilke same resou{n}s. for
p{er}auenture of swiche coniuncc{i}ou{n} may sterten vp some faire
sp{er}kele of so? e ? Do q{uo}d I as ? e list. wenest ? ou q{uo}d she ? at
god ne is almy? ty. no man is in doute of it. Certys q{uo}d I no wy? t ne
defendi? it if he be in hys mynde. but he q{uo}d she ? at is al my? ty
? ere nis no ? ing ? at he ne may do. ? at is so? e q{uo}d I. May god done
yuel q{uo}d she. nay for so? e q{uo}d. I. ? ? an is yuel no ? ing q{uo}d
she. ? Syn ? at he ne may not done yuel ? at may done alle ? inges.
scornest ? ou me q{uo}d. I. or ellys pleyest ? ou or deceiuest ? ou me. ? at
hast so wouen me wi? ? i resou{n}s. ? e house of didalus so entrelaced.
? at it is vnable to ben vnlaced. ? ou ? at o? er while entrest ? ere ? ou
issest {and} o? er while issest ? ere ? ou entrest. ne fooldest ?
ou nat to
gidre by replicac{i}ou{n} of wordes a maner wondirful cercle or
envirounynge of symplicite deuyne. ? For certys a litel her byforn{e}
whan ? ou bygu{n}ne atte blisfulnesse ? {o}u seidest ? at it is souereyne
good. {and} seidest ? at it is set in souereyne god. {and} ? at god is ? e
ful[le] blisfulnesse. for whiche ? ou ? af[e] me as a couenable ? ifte. ? at
is to seyne ? {a}t no wy? t nis blisful. but yif he be good al so ? er wi?
{and} seidest eke ? at ? e forme of goode is ? e substaunce of god. {and}
of blisfulnesse. {and} seidest ? {a}t ? ilke same oone is ? ilke same goode
? at is requered {and} desired of al ? e kynde of ? inges. {and} ? ou
p{ro}euedest in disputynge ? at god gouerne? alle [the] ? inges of ? e
worlde by ? e gouernementys of bountee. {and} seydest ? at alle ? inges
wolen ybeyen to hym. and seidest ? at ? e nature of yuel nis no ? ing.
{and} ? ise ? inges ne shewedest ? ou nat wi? no resou{n}s ytake fro
wi? oute but by proues in cercles {and} homelyche knowen. ? ? e whiche
p{ro}eues drawen to hem self hir fei? {and} hir accorde eu{er}iche [of]
hem of o? er. ? an seide she ? us. I ne scorne ? e nat ne pleye ne desseyue
? e. but I haue shewed to ? e ? inge ? at is grettest ouer alle ? inges by ? e
? ifte of god ? at we some tyme prayden ? For ? is is ? e forme of [the]
deuyne substaunce. ? at is swiche ? at it ne slyde? nat in to outerest
foreine ? inges. ne ne rec[e]yue? no st{ra}nge ? inges in hym. but ry? t as
p{ar}maynws seide in grek of ? ilke deuyne substaunce. he seide ? us ? at
? ilke deuyne substaunce torne? ? e worlde {and} ? ilke cercle moeueable of
? inges while ? ilke dyuyne substau{n}ce kepi? it self wi? outen moeuynge.
? at is to seyne ? at it ne moeui? neuere mo. {and} ? itte it moeue? alle
o? er ? inges. but na-? eles yif I [haue] stered resou{n}s ? at ne ben nat
taken fro wi? oute ? e compas of ? e ? inge of whiche we treten. but
resou{n}s ? at ben bystowed wi? i{n}ne ? at compas ? ere nis nat whi ? at
? ou sholde[st] merueylen. sen ? ou hast lerned by ? e sentence of plato
? at nedes ? e wordes moten ben cosynes to ? o ? inges of whiche ? ei speken.
FELIX QUI POTERIT. {ET} CET{ER}A.
[Sidenote: [The . 12. Met{ur}. ]]
++Blisful is ? at man ? at may seen ? e clere welle of good. blisful is he
? at may vnbynde hym fro ? e bonde of heuy er? e. ? ? e poete of t{ra}ce
[orphe{us}] ? at somtyme hadde ry? t greet sorowe for ? e dee? of hys wijf.
aftir ? at he hadde maked by hys wepely songes ? e wodes meueable to
rennen. {and} hadde ymaked ? e ryueres to stonden stille. {and} maked ? e
hertys {and} hyndes to ioignen dredles hir sides to cruel lyou{n}s to
herkene his songe. {and} had[de] maked ? at ? e hare was nat agast of ? e
hounde whiche ? at was plesed by hys songe. so ? at whane ? e most[e]
ardaunt loue of hys wijf brende ? e entrailes of his brest. ne ? e songes
? at hadde ouer comen alle ? inges ne my? ten nat assuage hir lorde
orpheus. ? He pleyned[e] hym of ? e godes ? at were{n} cruel to hym. he
wente hym to ? e houses of helle {and} ? ere he tempred[e] hys
blaundissyng songes by resounyng of hys strenges. ? And spak {and} song
in wepynge alle ? at euer he hadde resceyued {and} laued oute of ? e noble
welles of hys modir calliope ? e goddesse. {and} he song wi? as mychel as
he my? t[e] of wepynge. {and} wi? as myche as loue ? at doubled[e] his
sorwe my? t[e] ? euen hym {and} teche hy{m} in his seke h{er}te. ? And he
commoeuede ? e helle {and} requered[e] {and} sou? te by swete p{re}iere ? e
lordes of soules in helle of relesynge. ? at is to seyne to ? elden hym
hys wif. ? Cerberus ? e porter of helle wi? his ?
