e 72
cornes plenteuouse of frutes of reson.
cornes plenteuouse of frutes of reson.
Chaucer - Boethius
te goodes (.
s.
temp{or}els.
) ?
e sorouful houre ?
at
is to seyne ? e dee? had[de] almost dreynt myne heued.
? But now for fortune clowdy ha? chaunged hir disceyuable
chere to me warde. myn vnpitouse lijf drawe? 24
a long vnagreable dwellynges in me.
[Sidenote: Why did his friends call him happy? He stood not firm
that hath thus fallen. ]
? O ? e my
frendes what or wherto auaunted[e] ? e me to be weleful: [[pg 5]]
for he ? at ha? fallen stood not i{n} stedfast degree.
[Linenotes:
19 _tourne? _--torneth
_naie? _--nayteth
_wepyng_--wepynge
20 _While_--Whil
_fauored[e]_--fauorede
21 _ly? te_--lyhte
_. s. temporels_--omitted
_sorouful houre_--sorwful howr{e}
22 _seyne_--seyn
_had[de]_--hadde
_myne_--myn
23 _ha? _--MS. ha? e
_chaunged hir disceyuable_--chaungyd hyre deceyuable
24 _vnpitouse lijf_--vnpietous lyf]
[Headnote:
PHILOSOPHY APPEARS TO BOETHIUS. ]
HIC DUM MECUM TACITUS.
[Sidenote: [The firste p{ro}se. ]]
[Sidenote: Philosophy appears to Boethius, like a beautiful woman,
and of great age. ]
++IN ? e mene while ? at I stille recorded[e] ? ise ? inges 28
wi? my self. {and} markede my wepli compleynte wi?
office of poyntel. I saw stondyng aboue ? e hey? t of my
heued a woman of ful greet reuerence by semblaunt
hir eyen brennyng {and} clere seing ouer ? e comune 32
my? t of men. wi? a lijfly colo{ur} {and} wi? swiche vigoure
{and} strenke? ? at it ne my? t[e] not be emptid. ? Al
were it so ? at sche was ful of so greet age. ? at men ne
wolde not trowe i{n} no manere ? at sche were of oure 36
elde.
[Sidenote: Her height could not be determined, for there were
times when she raised her head higher than the heavens. ]
? e stature of hir was of a doutous iugement. for
su{m}tyme sche constreyned[e] {and} schronk hir selue{n}
lyche to ? e comune mesure of men. {and} su{m}tyme it
semed[e] ? at sche touched[e] ? e heuene wi? ? e hey? te 40
of hir heued. and when sche hef hir heued heyer sche
p{er}ced[e] ? e selue heuene. so ? at ? e sy? t of men lokyng
was i{n} ydel.
[Sidenote: Her clothes were finely wrought and indissoluble, but
dark and dusky, like old besmoked images. ]
? Hir clo? es weren maked of ry? t delye
? redes {and} subtil crafte of p{er}durable matere. ? e wyche 44
clo? es sche hadde wouen wi? hir owen hondes: as I
knew wel aftir by hir selfe. declaryng {and} schewyng
to me ? e beaute. ? e wiche clo? es a derkenes of a forleten
and dispised elde had[de] duskid {and} dirkid as 48
it is wo{n}t to dirken by-smoked ymages.
[Sidenote: On the lower hem of her garment was the letter ?
and on the upper ? . ]
? In ? e ne? erest[e]
hem or bordure of ? ese clo? es me{n} redden [[pg 6]]
ywouen in swiche a gregkysche . P. ? at signifie? ? e lijf
actif. And abouen ? {a}t l{ett}re in ? e hey? est[e] bordure 52
a grekysche T. ? at signifie? ? e lijf contemplatif.
[Linenotes:
26 _auaunted[e]_--auauntede
_be_--ben
27 _ha? _--MS. ha? e
_not_--nat
_stedfast_--stidefast
28 _In ? e mene_--omitted
_recorded[e]_--recordede
30 _saw_--MS. sawe, C. sawh
_stondyng above_--MS. studiyng aboue, C. stondinge abouen
_hey? t_--heyhte
_my_--myn
31 _greet_--gret
32 _brennyng_--brennynge
_clere seing_--cleer seynge
33 _swiche_--swych
34 _strenke? _--strengthe
_it----emptid_--it myhte nat ben emted
_Al_--alle
36 _wolde----trowe_--wolden nat trowen
37 _iugement_--Iuggement
38 _sumtyme_--somtyme
_constreyned[e]_--constreynede
_schronk_--MS. schronke, C. shronk
39 _lyche_--lyk
40 _semed[e]_--semede
_touched[e]_--towchede
41 _when_--whan
_hef_--MS. heued, C. hef
_heyer_--hyere
42 _perced[e]_--percede
_sy? t_--syhte
_lokyng_--lookynge
44 _crafte_--craft
45 _wouen_--MS. wonnen, C. wouen
_owen hondes_--owne handes
46 _knew_--MS. knewe, C. knewh
_selfe declaryng_--self declarynge
_schewyng_--shewynge
47 _derkenes_--dirknesse
_forleten_--forletyn
48 _dispised_--despised
_had[de] duskid_--hadde dusked
_dirkid_--derked
49 _by-smoked_--the smokede
_ne? erest[e]_--nethereste
50 _? ese_--thise
51 _swiche_--omitted
_gregkysche_--grekyssh{e}
_signifie? _--syngnifieth
52 _hey? est[e]_--heyeste]
[Headnote:
A DESCRIPTION OF PHILOSOPHY. ]
[Sidenote: Between the letters were steps like a ladder. ]
? And by-twene ? ese two l{ett}res ? ere weren seien degrees
nobly wrou? t in manere of laddres. By wyche
degrees men my? t[en] clymbe fro ? e ne? emast[e] l{ett}re 56
to ? e ouermast[e].
[Sidenote: Philosophy's garments were tattered and torn, and
pieces had been carried violently off. ]
? Na? eles hondes of su{m} men
hadde korue ? {a}t clo? e by vyolence {and} by strenke? .
? And eueryche man of hem hadde born away syche
peces as he my? te geet[e].
[Sidenote: In her right hand she bore her books, and in her left a
sceptre. ]
? And forso? e ? is forsaide 60
woman ber bookes in hir ry? t honde. {and} in hir lefte
honde sche ber a ceptre. ? And when sche sau? ? ese
poetical muses ap{ro}chen aboute my bedde. {and} endytyng
wordes to my wepynges. sche was a lytel ameued 64
and glowed[e] wi? cruel eyen.
[Sidenote: Philosophy bids the Muses leave Boethius, as they only
increase his sorrow with their sweet venom. ]
[Sidenote: [* fol. 4. ]]
? Who q{uo}d sche ha?
suffred ap{ro}chen to ? is seek[e] man ? ise comune strumpetis
of siche a place ? at *men clepen ? e theatr{e}.
? ? e wyche only ne asswagen not his sorowes. wi? no 68
remedies. but ? ei wolde fede {and} norysche hem wi?
swete venym. ? Forso? e ? ise ben ? o ? at wi? ? ornes
{and} prykkynges of talent? or affecciou{n}s wiche ? at
ben no ? ing frutefiyng nor p{ro}fitable destroyen ?
e 72
cornes plenteuouse of frutes of reson.
[Sidenote: They may accustom the mind to bear grief, but cannot
free it from its malady. ]
? For ? ei
holden ? e hertes of men i{n} usage. but ? ei ne delyuere
not folk fro maladye. but if ? e muses hadde wi? drawen
fro me wi? ? oure flateries. any vnkonnyng
{and} vnp{ro}fitable [[pg 7]]
man as men ben wont to fynde comunely amonges 77
? e peple. I wolde wene suffre ? e lasse greuously.
[Linenotes:
54 _by-twene ? ese_--bytwixen thise
_? ere_--ther
_seien_--seyn
55 _nobly wrou? t_--nobely ywroght
_wyche_--whiche
56 _my? t[en] clymbe_--myhten clymbyn
_ne? emast[e]_--nethereste
57 _ouermast[e]_--vppereste
_sum_--some
58 _hadde korue_--hadden koruen
_clo? e_--cloth
_strenke? _--strengthe
59 _born_--MS. borne, C. born
_away syche_--awey swiche
60 _geet[e]_--geten
_forsaide_--forseide
61 _ber_--MS. bere, C. bar
_bookes_--smale bookes
_honde_--hand
_lefte honde_--left hand
62 _ber_--MS. bere, C. baar
_sau? ? ese_--say thise
63 _bedde_--bed
_endytyng_--enditynge
64 _ameued_--amoued
65 _glowed[e]_--glowede
_ha? _--MS. ha? e, C. hath
66 _seek[e]_--sike
_? ise_--the
_strumpetis_--strompetes
67 _siche_--swich
_clepen_--clepyn
68 _only ne_--nat oonly ne
_not his_--nat hise
_no_--none
69 _wolde fede_--wolden feeden
_norysche hem_--noryssyn hym
72 _ben_--ne ben
_frutefiyng_--fructefiynge
73 _cornes plenteuouse_--corn plentyuos
74 _? e_ and _ne_--both omitted
75 _not_--nat
_if ? e_--MS. if ? e, C. yif ye
_hadde_--hadden
76 _vnkonnyng_--vnkunnynge
78 _peple_--poeple]
[Headnote:
PHILOSOPHY REBUKES THE MUSES. ]
[Sidenote: Philosophy is deeply grieved, because they have not
seduced one of the profane, but one who has been brought up in
Eleatic and Academic studies. ]
? For-why in syche an vnp{ro}fitable man myne ententes
weren no ? ing endamaged. ? But ? e wi? drawen me 80
? is man ? at ha? ben norysched in studies or scoles of
Eleaticis {and} of achademicis in grece.
[Sidenote: She bids the syrens begone. ]
? But go? now
ra? er awey ? e meremaydenes wyche ben swete til it
be at ? e laste. {and} suffre? ? is man to be cured {and} 84
heled by myne muses. ? at is to say by notful sciences.
[Sidenote: Blushing for shame they pass the threshold. ]
? And ? us ? is compaygnie of muses I-blamed casten
wro? ely ? e chere adou{n}ward to ? e er? e {and} schewyng
by redenesse hir schame ? ei passeden sorowfuly ? e 88
? reschefolde. ? And I of whom ? e sy? t plonged i{n}
teres was derked so ? at I ne my? t[e] not knowe what
? at woman was of so i{m}perial auctorite.
[Sidenote: Boethius is astonished at the presence of the august
dame. ]
? I wex al
a-besid {and} astoned. {and} caste my sy? t adoune in to ? e 92
er? e. {and} bygan stille forto abide what sche wolde don
afterwarde. ? ? o come sche nere {and} sette hir doun
vpon ? e vterrest[e] corner of my bedde.
[Sidenote: Philosophy expresses her concern for Boethius. ]
{and} sche byholdyng
my chere ? at was cast to ? e er? e heuy {and} 96
greuous of wepyng. co{m}pleinede wi? ? ise wordes ? {a}t I
schal sey ? e p{er}t{ur}bac{i}ou{n} of my ? ou? t.
[Linenotes:
79 _syche_--swhiche
_myne_--myn
80 _weren_--ne weeren
_? e_--ye
81 _ha? _--MS. ha? e, C. hath
_ben_--be
_scoles_--schooles
82 _go? _--MS. go? e, C. goth
83 _wyche_--whiche ? at
85 _say_--seyn
_notful_--noteful
86 _I-blamed_--Iblamyd
87 _wro? ely_--wrothly
_adounward_--downward
88 _redenesse_--rednesse
_sorowfuly_--sorwfully
89 _? reschefolde_--thresshfold
_sy? t_--syhte
90 _derked_--dyrked
_my? t[e]----knowe_--myhte nat knowen
91 _wex_--wax
92 _a-besid_--abaysshed
_caste_--cast
_adoune in to_--down to
93 _don_--MS. done
95 _vterrest[e] corner_--vttereste corner{e}
_bedde_--bed
97 _compleinede_--compley[n]de
98 _sey_--seyen]
[Headnote:
PHILOSOPHY ADDRESSES BOETHIUS. ]
HEU Q{UAM} PRECIPITI MERSA PROFUNDO.
[Sidenote: [The 2de Met{ur}. ]]
[Sidenote: Drowned in the depth of cares the mind loses its proper
clearness. ]
++Allas how ? e ? ou? t of man dreint in ouer ? rowyng
depnesse dulle? {and} forleti? hys p{ro}pre clerenesse. 100
myntynge to gone in to foreyne derknesses as
ofte as hys anoious bisines wexi? wi? -oute{n} mesure.
? {a}t is dryuen to {and} fro wi? worldly wyndes. [[pg 8]]
[Sidenote: Man in his freedom knew each region of the sky, the
motions of the planets, and was wont to investigate the causes of
storms, the nature and properties of the seasons, and the hidden
causes of nature. ]
? ? is
man ? at su{m}tyme was fre to who{m} ? e heuene was open 104
{and} knowen {and} was wont to gone in heuenelyche
pa? es. {and} sau? ? e ly? tnesse of ? e rede sunne. {and} sau?
? e sterres of ? e colde moone. {and} wyche sterre i{n}
heuene vse? wandryng risorses yflit by dyuerse speres. 108
? ? is man ouer comere hadde co{m}p{re}hendid al ? is by
noumbre. of accountyng in astronomye. ? And ouer
? is he was wont to seche ? e causes whennes ? e sounyng
wy{n}des moeuen {and} bisien ? e smo? e water of ? e 112
see. {and} what spirit turne? ? e stable heuene. {and}
whi ? e sterre ryse? oute of ? e reede eest. to falle
in ? e westren wawes. and what attempri? ? e lusty
houres of ? e fyrste somer sesou{n} ? at hi? te? {and} apparaile? 116
? e er? e wi? rosene floures. ? And who
make? ? at plenteuouse autu{m}pne in fulle ? eres fleti?
wi? heuy grapes. ? And eke ?
is to seyne ? e dee? had[de] almost dreynt myne heued.
? But now for fortune clowdy ha? chaunged hir disceyuable
chere to me warde. myn vnpitouse lijf drawe? 24
a long vnagreable dwellynges in me.
[Sidenote: Why did his friends call him happy? He stood not firm
that hath thus fallen. ]
? O ? e my
frendes what or wherto auaunted[e] ? e me to be weleful: [[pg 5]]
for he ? at ha? fallen stood not i{n} stedfast degree.
[Linenotes:
19 _tourne? _--torneth
_naie? _--nayteth
_wepyng_--wepynge
20 _While_--Whil
_fauored[e]_--fauorede
21 _ly? te_--lyhte
_. s. temporels_--omitted
_sorouful houre_--sorwful howr{e}
22 _seyne_--seyn
_had[de]_--hadde
_myne_--myn
23 _ha? _--MS. ha? e
_chaunged hir disceyuable_--chaungyd hyre deceyuable
24 _vnpitouse lijf_--vnpietous lyf]
[Headnote:
PHILOSOPHY APPEARS TO BOETHIUS. ]
HIC DUM MECUM TACITUS.
[Sidenote: [The firste p{ro}se. ]]
[Sidenote: Philosophy appears to Boethius, like a beautiful woman,
and of great age. ]
++IN ? e mene while ? at I stille recorded[e] ? ise ? inges 28
wi? my self. {and} markede my wepli compleynte wi?
office of poyntel. I saw stondyng aboue ? e hey? t of my
heued a woman of ful greet reuerence by semblaunt
hir eyen brennyng {and} clere seing ouer ? e comune 32
my? t of men. wi? a lijfly colo{ur} {and} wi? swiche vigoure
{and} strenke? ? at it ne my? t[e] not be emptid. ? Al
were it so ? at sche was ful of so greet age. ? at men ne
wolde not trowe i{n} no manere ? at sche were of oure 36
elde.
[Sidenote: Her height could not be determined, for there were
times when she raised her head higher than the heavens. ]
? e stature of hir was of a doutous iugement. for
su{m}tyme sche constreyned[e] {and} schronk hir selue{n}
lyche to ? e comune mesure of men. {and} su{m}tyme it
semed[e] ? at sche touched[e] ? e heuene wi? ? e hey? te 40
of hir heued. and when sche hef hir heued heyer sche
p{er}ced[e] ? e selue heuene. so ? at ? e sy? t of men lokyng
was i{n} ydel.
[Sidenote: Her clothes were finely wrought and indissoluble, but
dark and dusky, like old besmoked images. ]
? Hir clo? es weren maked of ry? t delye
? redes {and} subtil crafte of p{er}durable matere. ? e wyche 44
clo? es sche hadde wouen wi? hir owen hondes: as I
knew wel aftir by hir selfe. declaryng {and} schewyng
to me ? e beaute. ? e wiche clo? es a derkenes of a forleten
and dispised elde had[de] duskid {and} dirkid as 48
it is wo{n}t to dirken by-smoked ymages.
[Sidenote: On the lower hem of her garment was the letter ?
and on the upper ? . ]
? In ? e ne? erest[e]
hem or bordure of ? ese clo? es me{n} redden [[pg 6]]
ywouen in swiche a gregkysche . P. ? at signifie? ? e lijf
actif. And abouen ? {a}t l{ett}re in ? e hey? est[e] bordure 52
a grekysche T. ? at signifie? ? e lijf contemplatif.
[Linenotes:
26 _auaunted[e]_--auauntede
_be_--ben
27 _ha? _--MS. ha? e
_not_--nat
_stedfast_--stidefast
28 _In ? e mene_--omitted
_recorded[e]_--recordede
30 _saw_--MS. sawe, C. sawh
_stondyng above_--MS. studiyng aboue, C. stondinge abouen
_hey? t_--heyhte
_my_--myn
31 _greet_--gret
32 _brennyng_--brennynge
_clere seing_--cleer seynge
33 _swiche_--swych
34 _strenke? _--strengthe
_it----emptid_--it myhte nat ben emted
_Al_--alle
36 _wolde----trowe_--wolden nat trowen
37 _iugement_--Iuggement
38 _sumtyme_--somtyme
_constreyned[e]_--constreynede
_schronk_--MS. schronke, C. shronk
39 _lyche_--lyk
40 _semed[e]_--semede
_touched[e]_--towchede
41 _when_--whan
_hef_--MS. heued, C. hef
_heyer_--hyere
42 _perced[e]_--percede
_sy? t_--syhte
_lokyng_--lookynge
44 _crafte_--craft
45 _wouen_--MS. wonnen, C. wouen
_owen hondes_--owne handes
46 _knew_--MS. knewe, C. knewh
_selfe declaryng_--self declarynge
_schewyng_--shewynge
47 _derkenes_--dirknesse
_forleten_--forletyn
48 _dispised_--despised
_had[de] duskid_--hadde dusked
_dirkid_--derked
49 _by-smoked_--the smokede
_ne? erest[e]_--nethereste
50 _? ese_--thise
51 _swiche_--omitted
_gregkysche_--grekyssh{e}
_signifie? _--syngnifieth
52 _hey? est[e]_--heyeste]
[Headnote:
A DESCRIPTION OF PHILOSOPHY. ]
[Sidenote: Between the letters were steps like a ladder. ]
? And by-twene ? ese two l{ett}res ? ere weren seien degrees
nobly wrou? t in manere of laddres. By wyche
degrees men my? t[en] clymbe fro ? e ne? emast[e] l{ett}re 56
to ? e ouermast[e].
[Sidenote: Philosophy's garments were tattered and torn, and
pieces had been carried violently off. ]
? Na? eles hondes of su{m} men
hadde korue ? {a}t clo? e by vyolence {and} by strenke? .
? And eueryche man of hem hadde born away syche
peces as he my? te geet[e].
[Sidenote: In her right hand she bore her books, and in her left a
sceptre. ]
? And forso? e ? is forsaide 60
woman ber bookes in hir ry? t honde. {and} in hir lefte
honde sche ber a ceptre. ? And when sche sau? ? ese
poetical muses ap{ro}chen aboute my bedde. {and} endytyng
wordes to my wepynges. sche was a lytel ameued 64
and glowed[e] wi? cruel eyen.
[Sidenote: Philosophy bids the Muses leave Boethius, as they only
increase his sorrow with their sweet venom. ]
[Sidenote: [* fol. 4. ]]
? Who q{uo}d sche ha?
suffred ap{ro}chen to ? is seek[e] man ? ise comune strumpetis
of siche a place ? at *men clepen ? e theatr{e}.
? ? e wyche only ne asswagen not his sorowes. wi? no 68
remedies. but ? ei wolde fede {and} norysche hem wi?
swete venym. ? Forso? e ? ise ben ? o ? at wi? ? ornes
{and} prykkynges of talent? or affecciou{n}s wiche ? at
ben no ? ing frutefiyng nor p{ro}fitable destroyen ?
e 72
cornes plenteuouse of frutes of reson.
[Sidenote: They may accustom the mind to bear grief, but cannot
free it from its malady. ]
? For ? ei
holden ? e hertes of men i{n} usage. but ? ei ne delyuere
not folk fro maladye. but if ? e muses hadde wi? drawen
fro me wi? ? oure flateries. any vnkonnyng
{and} vnp{ro}fitable [[pg 7]]
man as men ben wont to fynde comunely amonges 77
? e peple. I wolde wene suffre ? e lasse greuously.
[Linenotes:
54 _by-twene ? ese_--bytwixen thise
_? ere_--ther
_seien_--seyn
55 _nobly wrou? t_--nobely ywroght
_wyche_--whiche
56 _my? t[en] clymbe_--myhten clymbyn
_ne? emast[e]_--nethereste
57 _ouermast[e]_--vppereste
_sum_--some
58 _hadde korue_--hadden koruen
_clo? e_--cloth
_strenke? _--strengthe
59 _born_--MS. borne, C. born
_away syche_--awey swiche
60 _geet[e]_--geten
_forsaide_--forseide
61 _ber_--MS. bere, C. bar
_bookes_--smale bookes
_honde_--hand
_lefte honde_--left hand
62 _ber_--MS. bere, C. baar
_sau? ? ese_--say thise
63 _bedde_--bed
_endytyng_--enditynge
64 _ameued_--amoued
65 _glowed[e]_--glowede
_ha? _--MS. ha? e, C. hath
66 _seek[e]_--sike
_? ise_--the
_strumpetis_--strompetes
67 _siche_--swich
_clepen_--clepyn
68 _only ne_--nat oonly ne
_not his_--nat hise
_no_--none
69 _wolde fede_--wolden feeden
_norysche hem_--noryssyn hym
72 _ben_--ne ben
_frutefiyng_--fructefiynge
73 _cornes plenteuouse_--corn plentyuos
74 _? e_ and _ne_--both omitted
75 _not_--nat
_if ? e_--MS. if ? e, C. yif ye
_hadde_--hadden
76 _vnkonnyng_--vnkunnynge
78 _peple_--poeple]
[Headnote:
PHILOSOPHY REBUKES THE MUSES. ]
[Sidenote: Philosophy is deeply grieved, because they have not
seduced one of the profane, but one who has been brought up in
Eleatic and Academic studies. ]
? For-why in syche an vnp{ro}fitable man myne ententes
weren no ? ing endamaged. ? But ? e wi? drawen me 80
? is man ? at ha? ben norysched in studies or scoles of
Eleaticis {and} of achademicis in grece.
[Sidenote: She bids the syrens begone. ]
? But go? now
ra? er awey ? e meremaydenes wyche ben swete til it
be at ? e laste. {and} suffre? ? is man to be cured {and} 84
heled by myne muses. ? at is to say by notful sciences.
[Sidenote: Blushing for shame they pass the threshold. ]
? And ? us ? is compaygnie of muses I-blamed casten
wro? ely ? e chere adou{n}ward to ? e er? e {and} schewyng
by redenesse hir schame ? ei passeden sorowfuly ? e 88
? reschefolde. ? And I of whom ? e sy? t plonged i{n}
teres was derked so ? at I ne my? t[e] not knowe what
? at woman was of so i{m}perial auctorite.
[Sidenote: Boethius is astonished at the presence of the august
dame. ]
? I wex al
a-besid {and} astoned. {and} caste my sy? t adoune in to ? e 92
er? e. {and} bygan stille forto abide what sche wolde don
afterwarde. ? ? o come sche nere {and} sette hir doun
vpon ? e vterrest[e] corner of my bedde.
[Sidenote: Philosophy expresses her concern for Boethius. ]
{and} sche byholdyng
my chere ? at was cast to ? e er? e heuy {and} 96
greuous of wepyng. co{m}pleinede wi? ? ise wordes ? {a}t I
schal sey ? e p{er}t{ur}bac{i}ou{n} of my ? ou? t.
[Linenotes:
79 _syche_--swhiche
_myne_--myn
80 _weren_--ne weeren
_? e_--ye
81 _ha? _--MS. ha? e, C. hath
_ben_--be
_scoles_--schooles
82 _go? _--MS. go? e, C. goth
83 _wyche_--whiche ? at
85 _say_--seyn
_notful_--noteful
86 _I-blamed_--Iblamyd
87 _wro? ely_--wrothly
_adounward_--downward
88 _redenesse_--rednesse
_sorowfuly_--sorwfully
89 _? reschefolde_--thresshfold
_sy? t_--syhte
90 _derked_--dyrked
_my? t[e]----knowe_--myhte nat knowen
91 _wex_--wax
92 _a-besid_--abaysshed
_caste_--cast
_adoune in to_--down to
93 _don_--MS. done
95 _vterrest[e] corner_--vttereste corner{e}
_bedde_--bed
97 _compleinede_--compley[n]de
98 _sey_--seyen]
[Headnote:
PHILOSOPHY ADDRESSES BOETHIUS. ]
HEU Q{UAM} PRECIPITI MERSA PROFUNDO.
[Sidenote: [The 2de Met{ur}. ]]
[Sidenote: Drowned in the depth of cares the mind loses its proper
clearness. ]
++Allas how ? e ? ou? t of man dreint in ouer ? rowyng
depnesse dulle? {and} forleti? hys p{ro}pre clerenesse. 100
myntynge to gone in to foreyne derknesses as
ofte as hys anoious bisines wexi? wi? -oute{n} mesure.
? {a}t is dryuen to {and} fro wi? worldly wyndes. [[pg 8]]
[Sidenote: Man in his freedom knew each region of the sky, the
motions of the planets, and was wont to investigate the causes of
storms, the nature and properties of the seasons, and the hidden
causes of nature. ]
? ? is
man ? at su{m}tyme was fre to who{m} ? e heuene was open 104
{and} knowen {and} was wont to gone in heuenelyche
pa? es. {and} sau? ? e ly? tnesse of ? e rede sunne. {and} sau?
? e sterres of ? e colde moone. {and} wyche sterre i{n}
heuene vse? wandryng risorses yflit by dyuerse speres. 108
? ? is man ouer comere hadde co{m}p{re}hendid al ? is by
noumbre. of accountyng in astronomye. ? And ouer
? is he was wont to seche ? e causes whennes ? e sounyng
wy{n}des moeuen {and} bisien ? e smo? e water of ? e 112
see. {and} what spirit turne? ? e stable heuene. {and}
whi ? e sterre ryse? oute of ? e reede eest. to falle
in ? e westren wawes. and what attempri? ? e lusty
houres of ? e fyrste somer sesou{n} ? at hi? te? {and} apparaile? 116
? e er? e wi? rosene floures. ? And who
make? ? at plenteuouse autu{m}pne in fulle ? eres fleti?
wi? heuy grapes. ? And eke ?
