e depe
westerne see.
westerne see.
Chaucer - Boethius
at, C.
?
{a}t that they
4047 _come? _--comth
_sorweful_--sorwful
4050 _wicked_--wykkede
_merite_--MS. u{er}ite, C. m{er}yte
4051 _o? er_--oothr{e}
_done_--don
4052 _folies_--felonies
4054 _grete_--gret
_good[e]_--goode
4055 _sholde_--sholden
_? ilk_--thilke
4056 _serue_--seruen
_whiche_--which
4057 _dispensi? _--MS. dispisi? , C. dispensith
4059 _my? t[e]_--myhte
4060 _done_--don
4061 _rychesse_--Rychesses
4065 _whiche_--which
4068 MS. wrongly inserts _welefulnesse_ after _wickednesse_
4069-71 _o? er_--oothr{e}
4073 _good[e]_--goode
4074 _none_--non
4075 _good[e]_--goode
4076 _accorden_--acordy
4078 _don_--MS. done, C. don
_oft[e]_--ofte
4079 _don_--MS. done, C. don
4080 _sholde_--sholden
_whiche ? inge_--which thing
4081 _ha? _--MS. ha? e
_oft[e]_--ofte
4082 [_faire_]--from C.
_oftyme_--omitted
4083 _good[e]_--goode
4085 _hat[e]_--hate
_anoien_--anoyeden
4087 _studien_--omitted
_vnlyke_--vnlyk]
[Headnote:
EVIL IS OVERRULED FOR GOOD. ]
[Sidenote: It is only the Divine power that can turn evil to good,
overruling it for his own purposes. ]
? Certys ? is only is ? e deuyne my? t to ? e whiche my? t 4088
yueles ben ? an good. whan it vse? ? o yueles couenably
{and} drawe? out ? e effect of any good. as who sei? ? at
yuel is good oonly by ? e my? t of god. for ? e my? t of
god ordeyne? ? ilk yuel to good. For oon ordre enbrasi? 4092
alle ? inges. so ? at what wy? t [? {a}t] dep{ar}ti? fro
? e resou{n} of ? e ordre whiche ? at is assigned to hym.
algates ? it he slide? in to an o? {er} ordre.
[Sidenote: Nothing occurs by the caprice of chance in the realms
of Divine Providence. ]
so ? at no? ing
nis leueful to folye in ? e realme of ? e deuyne p{ur}ueaunce. 4096
as who sei? no ? ing nis wi? outen ordinaunce in
? e realme of ? e deuyne purueaunce.
[Sidenote: Since God is the governor of all things, it is not
lawful to man to attempt to comprehend the whole of the Divine
economy, or to explain it in words. ]
? Syn ? at ? e ry? t
strong[e] god gouerni? alle ? inges in ? is worlde for it
nis nat leueful to no man to co{m}p{re}henden by witte ne 4100
vnfolden by worde alle ? e subtil ordinaunces {and} disposic{i}ou{n}s
of ? e deuyne entent.
[Sidenote: Let it suffice to know that God orders all things for
the best. ]
for oonly it au? t[e]
suffice to han loked ? at god hym self makere of alle
natures ordeyni? and dressi? alle ? inges to good.
[Sidenote: And while he retains things created after his own
likeness conformably to his goodness, he banishes evil by the
cause of destiny out of his empire. ]
while 4104
? at he hasti? to wi? halden ? e ? inges ? at he ha? maked
in to hys semblaunce. ? at is to seyn forto wi? holden
? inges in to good. for he hym self is good he chase?
oute al yuel of ? e boundes of hys co{m}munalite by ? e 4108
ordre of necessite destinable.
[Sidenote: So that those evils which you seem to see are only
imaginary. ]
For whiche it folwe? ? at
yif ? ou loke ? e p{ur}ueaunce ordeynynge ? e ? inges ? at
men wenen ben haboundaunt in er? es. ? ou ne shalt not
seen in no place no ? ing of yuel.
[Sidenote: But you are exhausted and weary with the prolixity of
my reasoning, and look for relief from the harmony of my verse. ]
? but I se now ? at 4112
? ou art charged wi? ? e wey? te of ? e questiou[n] {and} [[pg 143]]
wery wi? leng? e of my resou{n}. {and} ? at ? ou abidest som
swetnesse of songe.
[Sidenote: Take, then, this draught, with which when refreshed,
you may more strongly proceed to higher matters. ]
tak ? a{n} ? is drau? t {and} whan ? ou
art wel refresshed {and} refet ? ou shalt ben more stedfast 4116
to stye in to heyere questiou{n}s.
[Linenotes:
4089-90 _good_--goode
4092 _? ilk_--thilke
4093 [_? at_]--from C.
4094 _? e_ (2)--thilke
_whiche_--which
4096 _realme_--Reame
4099 _strong[e]_--stronge
_worlde_--world
4100 _no_--omitted
_witte_--wit
4101 _worde alle_--word al
4102 _au? t[e]_--owhte
4104 _good while_--goode wyl
4105 _ha? _--MS. ha? e
4108 _of_ (1)--fro
4109 _whiche_--which
4111 _ben haboundaunt_--ben out{ra}ious / or habowndant
4115 _tak_--MS. take, C. tak
4116 _refet_--refect
_shalt ben_--shal be
_stedfast_--stydefast]
[Headnote:
LOVE TEMPERS ALL THINGS. ]
SI UIS CELSI IURA.
[Sidenote: [The syxte Met{ur}. ]]
[Sidenote: If thou wouldst explore the laws of the high Thunderer,
behold the lofty heavens, where, bound by fixed laws, the stars
keep their ancient peace. ]
++Yif ? ou wolt demen in ? i pur{e} ? ou? t ? e ry? tes or ? e
lawes of ? e heye ? und[ere]re. ? at is to seyne of god.
loke ? ou {and} bihold ? e hey? tes of souereyne heuene. 4120
? ? ere kepen ? e sterres by ry? tful alliaunce of ? inges
hir olde pees.
[Sidenote: There the rosy Sun does not invade the moon's colder
sphere. Nor doth the Bear stray from his appointed bounds, to
quench his light in the western main. ]
? e sonne ymoeued by hys rody fire. ne
destourbi? nat ? e colde cercle of ? e moone. ? Ne ? e
sterre yclepid ? e bere. ? {a}t enclini? hys rauyssynge 4124
courses abouten ? e souereyne hey? t of ? e worlde. ne ? e
same sterre vrsa nis neuer mo wasshen in ?
e depe
westerne see. ne coueiti? nat to dy? en hys flaumbes in
? e see of [the] occian. al ? ou? he see o? er sterres yplounged 4128
in to ? e see.
[Sidenote: Vesper always makes its wonted appearance at eve.
Lucifer ushers in the morn. ]
? And hesperus ? e sterre
bodi? {and} telli? alwey ? e late ny? tes. And lucifer ? e
sterre brynge? a? eyne ? e clere day.
[Sidenote: So mutual love moves all things, and from the starry
region banishes all strife. ]
? And ? us maki?
loue enterchaungeable ? e p{er}durable courses. {and} ? us 4132
is discordable bataile yput oute of ? e contre of ? e sterres.
[Sidenote: This concord in equal measures tempers the elements, so
that the moist atoms war no more with the dry, nor heat with cold
contends; but the aspiring flame soars aloft, while down the heavy
earth descends. ]
? is accordaunce atte{m}pre? by euene-lyke manere[s] ? e
elementes. ? at ? e moyste ? inges striuen nat wi? ? e
drye ? inges. but ? iuen place by stoundes. and ? at ? e 4136
colde ? inges ioynen hem by fei? to ? e hote ? inges. {and}
? at ? e ly? t[e] fyre arist in to hey? te. {and} ? e heuy er? es
aualen by her wey? tes.
[Sidenote: By these same causes the flowing year yields sweet
smells in the warm spring-tide; the hot summer ripens the corn. ]
? by ? ise same cause ? e floury
yere ? elde? swote smellys in ? e fyrste somer sesou{n} 4140
warmynge. {and} ? e hote somer drye? ? e cornes.
[Sidenote: Autumn comes crowned with plenty, and winter wets the
earth with showers. ]
{and} autumpne come? a? eyne heuy of apples. and ? e fletyng [[pg 144]]
reyne bydewe? ? e wynter. ? is attemp{er}aunce noryssi?
{and} bryngge? fur? e al ? inge ? at bredi? lyfe in ? is 4144
worlde.
[Sidenote: These changes give life and growth to all that breathe;
and at last by death efface whatever has had birth. ]
[Sidenote: [* fol. 32 _b_. ]]
? and ? ilk same attemp{er}aunce rauyssyng hide?
{and} bynyme? {and} drenche? vndir ? e last[e] de? e alle
*? inges yborn.
[Sidenote: Meanwhile the world's Creator, the Source of all, the
Lawgiver, the wise Judge, sits above equitably directing all
things. ]
? Amonges ? ise ? inges sitte? ? e heye
makere kyng {and} lorde. welle {and} bygynnynge. lawe 4148
{and} wise Iuge. to don equite {and} gouerni? {and} enclini?
? e bridles of ? inges.
[Sidenote: Those things which have been set in motion by him are
also checked and forced to move in an endless round, lest they go
from their source, and become chaotic. ]
{and} ? o ? inges ? at he stire? to don
by moeuynge he wi? drawe? {and} aresti? {and} affermi? ? e
moeueable or wandryng ? inges. ? For ? if ? at he ne 4152
clepi? nat a? ein ? e ry? t goynge of ? inges. {and} ? if ? at he
ne constreyned[e] hem nat eftesones in to roundenesse
enclined ? e ? inges ? {a}t ben now continued by stable
ordinaunce. ? ei sholde deperten from hir welle. ? at is 4156
to sein from hir bygynnynge {and} failen. ? at is to sein
to{ur}nen in to nau? t.
[Sidenote: This love is common to all things, and all things tend
to good; so, urged by this, they all revert to that First Cause
that gave them being. ]
? ? is is ? e co{m}mune loue of alle
? inges. {and} alle ? i{n}ges axen to be holden by ? e fyn of
good. For ellys ne my? ten ? ei nat lasten yif ? ei ne 4160
come nat eftesones a? eine by loue retourned to ? e cause
? at ha? ? euen he{m} beynge. ? at is to seyn to god.
[Linenotes:
4118 _? ou wolt_--? {o}u wys wilt
4119 _? und[ere]re_--thonderer{e}
_seyne_--seyn
4120 _bihold_--MS. biholde, C. byhold
4122 _rody_--MS. redy, C. rody
_fire_--Fyr
4123 _cercle_--clerke
4125 _courses_--cours
_hey? t_--heyhte
4127 _westerne_--westrene
_dy? en_--deeyn
4128 [_the_]--from C.
_he see_--MS. it sewe, C. he see
_o? er_--oothr{e}
4131 _a? eyne_--ayein
4133 _oute_--owt
4134 _euene-lyke manere[s]_--euenelyk maneres
4135 _striuen_--stryuynge
_nat_--omitted
4136 _but_--omitted
4138 _ly? t[e] fyre arist_--lyhte fyr arysith
4140 _yere_--? er
4142 _come? a? eyne_--comth ayein
4143 _reyne_--reyn
4144 _fur? e al ? inge_--forth alle thing
_bredi? lyfe_--berith lyf
4145 _worlde_--world
_? ilk_--thilke
4146 _last[e] de? e_--laste deth
4147 _yborn_--MS. yborne, C. I-born
4148 _lorde_--lord
4149 _wise_--wys
4150 _stire? _--sterith
_don_--gon
4151 _? e_--omitted
4153 _clepi?
4047 _come? _--comth
_sorweful_--sorwful
4050 _wicked_--wykkede
_merite_--MS. u{er}ite, C. m{er}yte
4051 _o? er_--oothr{e}
_done_--don
4052 _folies_--felonies
4054 _grete_--gret
_good[e]_--goode
4055 _sholde_--sholden
_? ilk_--thilke
4056 _serue_--seruen
_whiche_--which
4057 _dispensi? _--MS. dispisi? , C. dispensith
4059 _my? t[e]_--myhte
4060 _done_--don
4061 _rychesse_--Rychesses
4065 _whiche_--which
4068 MS. wrongly inserts _welefulnesse_ after _wickednesse_
4069-71 _o? er_--oothr{e}
4073 _good[e]_--goode
4074 _none_--non
4075 _good[e]_--goode
4076 _accorden_--acordy
4078 _don_--MS. done, C. don
_oft[e]_--ofte
4079 _don_--MS. done, C. don
4080 _sholde_--sholden
_whiche ? inge_--which thing
4081 _ha? _--MS. ha? e
_oft[e]_--ofte
4082 [_faire_]--from C.
_oftyme_--omitted
4083 _good[e]_--goode
4085 _hat[e]_--hate
_anoien_--anoyeden
4087 _studien_--omitted
_vnlyke_--vnlyk]
[Headnote:
EVIL IS OVERRULED FOR GOOD. ]
[Sidenote: It is only the Divine power that can turn evil to good,
overruling it for his own purposes. ]
? Certys ? is only is ? e deuyne my? t to ? e whiche my? t 4088
yueles ben ? an good. whan it vse? ? o yueles couenably
{and} drawe? out ? e effect of any good. as who sei? ? at
yuel is good oonly by ? e my? t of god. for ? e my? t of
god ordeyne? ? ilk yuel to good. For oon ordre enbrasi? 4092
alle ? inges. so ? at what wy? t [? {a}t] dep{ar}ti? fro
? e resou{n} of ? e ordre whiche ? at is assigned to hym.
algates ? it he slide? in to an o? {er} ordre.
[Sidenote: Nothing occurs by the caprice of chance in the realms
of Divine Providence. ]
so ? at no? ing
nis leueful to folye in ? e realme of ? e deuyne p{ur}ueaunce. 4096
as who sei? no ? ing nis wi? outen ordinaunce in
? e realme of ? e deuyne purueaunce.
[Sidenote: Since God is the governor of all things, it is not
lawful to man to attempt to comprehend the whole of the Divine
economy, or to explain it in words. ]
? Syn ? at ? e ry? t
strong[e] god gouerni? alle ? inges in ? is worlde for it
nis nat leueful to no man to co{m}p{re}henden by witte ne 4100
vnfolden by worde alle ? e subtil ordinaunces {and} disposic{i}ou{n}s
of ? e deuyne entent.
[Sidenote: Let it suffice to know that God orders all things for
the best. ]
for oonly it au? t[e]
suffice to han loked ? at god hym self makere of alle
natures ordeyni? and dressi? alle ? inges to good.
[Sidenote: And while he retains things created after his own
likeness conformably to his goodness, he banishes evil by the
cause of destiny out of his empire. ]
while 4104
? at he hasti? to wi? halden ? e ? inges ? at he ha? maked
in to hys semblaunce. ? at is to seyn forto wi? holden
? inges in to good. for he hym self is good he chase?
oute al yuel of ? e boundes of hys co{m}munalite by ? e 4108
ordre of necessite destinable.
[Sidenote: So that those evils which you seem to see are only
imaginary. ]
For whiche it folwe? ? at
yif ? ou loke ? e p{ur}ueaunce ordeynynge ? e ? inges ? at
men wenen ben haboundaunt in er? es. ? ou ne shalt not
seen in no place no ? ing of yuel.
[Sidenote: But you are exhausted and weary with the prolixity of
my reasoning, and look for relief from the harmony of my verse. ]
? but I se now ? at 4112
? ou art charged wi? ? e wey? te of ? e questiou[n] {and} [[pg 143]]
wery wi? leng? e of my resou{n}. {and} ? at ? ou abidest som
swetnesse of songe.
[Sidenote: Take, then, this draught, with which when refreshed,
you may more strongly proceed to higher matters. ]
tak ? a{n} ? is drau? t {and} whan ? ou
art wel refresshed {and} refet ? ou shalt ben more stedfast 4116
to stye in to heyere questiou{n}s.
[Linenotes:
4089-90 _good_--goode
4092 _? ilk_--thilke
4093 [_? at_]--from C.
4094 _? e_ (2)--thilke
_whiche_--which
4096 _realme_--Reame
4099 _strong[e]_--stronge
_worlde_--world
4100 _no_--omitted
_witte_--wit
4101 _worde alle_--word al
4102 _au? t[e]_--owhte
4104 _good while_--goode wyl
4105 _ha? _--MS. ha? e
4108 _of_ (1)--fro
4109 _whiche_--which
4111 _ben haboundaunt_--ben out{ra}ious / or habowndant
4115 _tak_--MS. take, C. tak
4116 _refet_--refect
_shalt ben_--shal be
_stedfast_--stydefast]
[Headnote:
LOVE TEMPERS ALL THINGS. ]
SI UIS CELSI IURA.
[Sidenote: [The syxte Met{ur}. ]]
[Sidenote: If thou wouldst explore the laws of the high Thunderer,
behold the lofty heavens, where, bound by fixed laws, the stars
keep their ancient peace. ]
++Yif ? ou wolt demen in ? i pur{e} ? ou? t ? e ry? tes or ? e
lawes of ? e heye ? und[ere]re. ? at is to seyne of god.
loke ? ou {and} bihold ? e hey? tes of souereyne heuene. 4120
? ? ere kepen ? e sterres by ry? tful alliaunce of ? inges
hir olde pees.
[Sidenote: There the rosy Sun does not invade the moon's colder
sphere. Nor doth the Bear stray from his appointed bounds, to
quench his light in the western main. ]
? e sonne ymoeued by hys rody fire. ne
destourbi? nat ? e colde cercle of ? e moone. ? Ne ? e
sterre yclepid ? e bere. ? {a}t enclini? hys rauyssynge 4124
courses abouten ? e souereyne hey? t of ? e worlde. ne ? e
same sterre vrsa nis neuer mo wasshen in ?
e depe
westerne see. ne coueiti? nat to dy? en hys flaumbes in
? e see of [the] occian. al ? ou? he see o? er sterres yplounged 4128
in to ? e see.
[Sidenote: Vesper always makes its wonted appearance at eve.
Lucifer ushers in the morn. ]
? And hesperus ? e sterre
bodi? {and} telli? alwey ? e late ny? tes. And lucifer ? e
sterre brynge? a? eyne ? e clere day.
[Sidenote: So mutual love moves all things, and from the starry
region banishes all strife. ]
? And ? us maki?
loue enterchaungeable ? e p{er}durable courses. {and} ? us 4132
is discordable bataile yput oute of ? e contre of ? e sterres.
[Sidenote: This concord in equal measures tempers the elements, so
that the moist atoms war no more with the dry, nor heat with cold
contends; but the aspiring flame soars aloft, while down the heavy
earth descends. ]
? is accordaunce atte{m}pre? by euene-lyke manere[s] ? e
elementes. ? at ? e moyste ? inges striuen nat wi? ? e
drye ? inges. but ? iuen place by stoundes. and ? at ? e 4136
colde ? inges ioynen hem by fei? to ? e hote ? inges. {and}
? at ? e ly? t[e] fyre arist in to hey? te. {and} ? e heuy er? es
aualen by her wey? tes.
[Sidenote: By these same causes the flowing year yields sweet
smells in the warm spring-tide; the hot summer ripens the corn. ]
? by ? ise same cause ? e floury
yere ? elde? swote smellys in ? e fyrste somer sesou{n} 4140
warmynge. {and} ? e hote somer drye? ? e cornes.
[Sidenote: Autumn comes crowned with plenty, and winter wets the
earth with showers. ]
{and} autumpne come? a? eyne heuy of apples. and ? e fletyng [[pg 144]]
reyne bydewe? ? e wynter. ? is attemp{er}aunce noryssi?
{and} bryngge? fur? e al ? inge ? at bredi? lyfe in ? is 4144
worlde.
[Sidenote: These changes give life and growth to all that breathe;
and at last by death efface whatever has had birth. ]
[Sidenote: [* fol. 32 _b_. ]]
? and ? ilk same attemp{er}aunce rauyssyng hide?
{and} bynyme? {and} drenche? vndir ? e last[e] de? e alle
*? inges yborn.
[Sidenote: Meanwhile the world's Creator, the Source of all, the
Lawgiver, the wise Judge, sits above equitably directing all
things. ]
? Amonges ? ise ? inges sitte? ? e heye
makere kyng {and} lorde. welle {and} bygynnynge. lawe 4148
{and} wise Iuge. to don equite {and} gouerni? {and} enclini?
? e bridles of ? inges.
[Sidenote: Those things which have been set in motion by him are
also checked and forced to move in an endless round, lest they go
from their source, and become chaotic. ]
{and} ? o ? inges ? at he stire? to don
by moeuynge he wi? drawe? {and} aresti? {and} affermi? ? e
moeueable or wandryng ? inges. ? For ? if ? at he ne 4152
clepi? nat a? ein ? e ry? t goynge of ? inges. {and} ? if ? at he
ne constreyned[e] hem nat eftesones in to roundenesse
enclined ? e ? inges ? {a}t ben now continued by stable
ordinaunce. ? ei sholde deperten from hir welle. ? at is 4156
to sein from hir bygynnynge {and} failen. ? at is to sein
to{ur}nen in to nau? t.
[Sidenote: This love is common to all things, and all things tend
to good; so, urged by this, they all revert to that First Cause
that gave them being. ]
? ? is is ? e co{m}mune loue of alle
? inges. {and} alle ? i{n}ges axen to be holden by ? e fyn of
good. For ellys ne my? ten ? ei nat lasten yif ? ei ne 4160
come nat eftesones a? eine by loue retourned to ? e cause
? at ha? ? euen he{m} beynge. ? at is to seyn to god.
[Linenotes:
4118 _? ou wolt_--? {o}u wys wilt
4119 _? und[ere]re_--thonderer{e}
_seyne_--seyn
4120 _bihold_--MS. biholde, C. byhold
4122 _rody_--MS. redy, C. rody
_fire_--Fyr
4123 _cercle_--clerke
4125 _courses_--cours
_hey? t_--heyhte
4127 _westerne_--westrene
_dy? en_--deeyn
4128 [_the_]--from C.
_he see_--MS. it sewe, C. he see
_o? er_--oothr{e}
4131 _a? eyne_--ayein
4133 _oute_--owt
4134 _euene-lyke manere[s]_--euenelyk maneres
4135 _striuen_--stryuynge
_nat_--omitted
4136 _but_--omitted
4138 _ly? t[e] fyre arist_--lyhte fyr arysith
4140 _yere_--? er
4142 _come? a? eyne_--comth ayein
4143 _reyne_--reyn
4144 _fur? e al ? inge_--forth alle thing
_bredi? lyfe_--berith lyf
4145 _worlde_--world
_? ilk_--thilke
4146 _last[e] de? e_--laste deth
4147 _yborn_--MS. yborne, C. I-born
4148 _lorde_--lord
4149 _wise_--wys
4150 _stire? _--sterith
_don_--gon
4151 _? e_--omitted
4153 _clepi?
