ei ne
vndirstoden
ne moeueden it nau?
Chaucer - Boethius
e wra?
?
es of euander.
?
is
is to sein ? at hercules slou? ? e Monstre kacus {and} apaised[e] wi? ? at
dee? ? e wra? ? e of euander. ? And ? e bristled[e] boor marked[e] wi?
scomes ? e sholdres of hercules. ? e whiche sholdres ? e heye cercle of
heuene sholde ? reste. {and} ? e laste of his labo{ur}s was ? at he
sustened[e] ? e heuene vpo{n} his nekke vnbowed. {and} he deserued[e]
eftsones ? e heuene to ben ? e pris of his laste trauayle ? Go? now ? an ? e
stronge men ? ere as ? e heye weye of ? e grete ensample lede? ? ou. ? O
nice men whi nake ? e ? oure bakkes. as who sei? . ? O ? e slowe {and}
delicat men whi fley ? e aduersites. {and} ne fy? te{n} nat a? eins hem by
vertue to wynnen ? e mede of ? e heuene. for ? e er? e ouer-come{n} ? eue? ? e
sterres. ? ? is is to seyne ? at whan ? at er? ely lust is ouer-comen. a man
is maked wor? i to ? e heuene.
EXPLICIT LIBER QUARTUS.
INCIPIT LIBER QUINTUS.
DIXERAT ORACIONISQ{UE} CURSUM.
[Sidenote: [The fyrste prose. ]]
++She hadde seid {and} to{ur}ned[e] ? e cours of hir resou{n} to so{m}me
o? {er} ? inges to ben tretid {and} to ben ysped. ? an seide I. Certys
ry? tful is ? in amonestyng {and} ful digne by auctorite. but ? at ? ou
seidest som tyme ? at ? e questiou{n} of ? e deuyne p{ur}ueaunce is enlaced
wi? many o? er questiou{n}s. I vndir-stonde wel {and} p{ro}ue it by ? e
same ? inge. but I axe yif ? at ? ou wenest ? at hap be any ? ing in any
weys. {and} if ? ou wenest ? at hap be any [thing] what is it. ? an q{uo}d
she. I haste me to ? elden {and} assoilen ? e to ? e dette of my byheste
{and} to shewen {and} opnen ? e wey by whiche wey ? ou maist come a? ein to
? i contre. ? but al be it so ? at ? e ? inges whiche ? at ? ou axest b{e}n
ry? t p{ro}fitable to knowe. ? itte ben ? ei diuers somwhat fro ? e pa? e of
my purpos. And it is to douten ? at ? ou ne be maked weery by mysweys so
? at ? ou ne mayst nat suffise to mesure{n} ? e ry? t weye. ? Ne doute ? e
? er-of no ? ing q{uo}d I. for forto knowen ? ilke ? inges to-gidre in ? e
whiche ? inges I delite me gretly. ? at shal ben to me in stede of reste.
Syn it nis nat to douten of ? e ? inges folwy{n}ge whan euery side of ? i
disputisou{n} shal be stedfast to me by vndoutous fei? . ? an seide she.
? at manere wol I don ? e. {and} byga{n} to speken ry? t ? us ? Certys
q{uo}d she yif any wy? t diffinisse hap in ? is manere. ? at is to seyn.
? at hap is bytidynge y-brou? t for? e by foelyshe moeuynge. {and} by no
knyttyng of causes. ? I conferme ? at hap nis ry? t nau? t in no wise. and
I deme al outerly ? at hap nis ne dwelli? but a voys. ? As who sei? . but
an ydel worde wi? outen any significac{i}ou{n} of ? ing summittid to ? at
vois. for what place my? t[e] ben left or dwellynge to folie {and} to
disordinau{n}ce. syn ? at god ledi? {and} streyni? alle ? inges by ordre.
? For ? is sentence is verray {and} so? e ? at no ? inge ne ha? his beynge
of nou? t. to [the] whiche sentence none of ? ise olde folk ne wi? seide
neuere al be it so ? at ?
ei ne vndirstoden ne moeueden it nau? t by god
p{r}ince {and} gynner of wirkyng. but ? ei casten as a manere foundement
of subgit material. ? at is to seyn of [the] nature of alle resou{n}.
{and} ? if ? at ony ? inge is woxen or comen of no causes. ? an shal it seme
? at ? ilke ? inge is comen or woxen of nou? t. but yif ? is ne may nat ben
don. ? an is it nat possible ? at ? ere ha? ben any swiche ? ing as I haue
diffinissid a litel here byforne. ? How shal it ? an ben q{uo}d I. nis
? er ? an no ? ing ? at by ry? t may be cleped ey? er hap{pe} or ellis
auenture of fortune. or is ? er ou? t al be it so ? at it is hidd fro ? e
poeple to whiche ? ise wordes ben couenable. Myn aristotul q{uo}d she. in
? e book of his phisik diffinisse? ? is ? ing by short resou{n} and ney? e
to ? e so? e. ? In whiche manere q{uo}d I. ? As ofte q{uo}d she as men don
any ? ing for grace of any o? er ? ing. {and} an o? er ? inge ? an ? ilke ? ing
? at men ententen to doon bytide? by som[e] causes it is ycleped hap{pe}.
? Ry? t as a man dalf ? e er? e by cause of tylienge of ? e felde. {and}
fond ? ere a gobet of golde by-doluen. ? an wenen folk ? at it is fallen by
fortunous bytydyng. but for so? e it nis nat for nau? t for it ha? hys
p{ro}pre causes of whiche causes ? e cours vnforseyn and vnwar semi? to
han maked hap{pe}. ? For yif ? e tilier in ? e er? e ne delue nat in ? e
felde. and yif ? e hider of ? e golde ne hadde hidd ? e golde in ? ilke
place. ? e golde ne had[de] nat ben founde. ? ise ben ? an ? e causes of ? e
abreggynge of fortune hap. ? e whiche abreggynge of fortune hap come? of
causes encountrynge {and} flowyng to-gidre to hem selfe. {and} nat by ? e
entenc{i}ou{n} of ? e doer. ? For nei? er ? e hider of ? e gold. ne ? e
deluer of ? e felde ne vndirstanden nat ? at ? e golde sholde han be
founde. but as I seide. it bytidde {and} ran to-gidre ? at he dalf ? ere
as ? at o? er hadde hidd ? e golde. Now may I ? us diffinissen hap{pe}.
? Hap{pe} is an vnwar bytydyng of causes assembled in ? inges ? at ben don
for som o? er ? inge. but ? ilke ordre p{ro}cedynge by an vneschewable
byndynge to-gidre. whiche ? at descende? fro ? e wel of purueaunce ? at
ordeine? alle ? inges i{n} hir{e} places {and} in hire tymes make? ? at ? e
causes rennen {and} assemblen to-gidre.
RUPIS ACHEMENIE.
[Sidenote: [The fyrste Met{ur}. ]]
++TIgris [{and}] eufrates resoluen {and} spryngen of a welle in ? e
kragges of ? e roche of ? e contre of achemenye ? er{e} as ? e fleenge
[batayle] ficchi? hire dartes reto{ur}nid in ? e brestes of hem ? at
folwen hem. ? And sone aftre ? e same ryueres tigris {and} eufrates
vnioygne{n} {and} dep{ar}ten hir{e} watres. and yif ? ei comen to-gidre
{and} ben assembled {and} clepid to-gidre in to o cours. ? an moten ? ilke
? inges fletyn to-gidre whiche ? at ? e water of ? e entrechau{n}gyng flode
bry{n}ge? ? e shippes {and} ? e stokkes araced wi? ? e flood moten
assemble. {and} ? e watres ymedlyd wrappi? or implie? many fortunel
happes or maneres. ? e whiche wandryng happes na? eles ? ilke enclinyng
lowenes of ? e er? e. {and} ? e flowynge ordre of ? e slidyng water
gouerni? . ? Ry? t so fortune ? at seme? as [? at] it fleti? wi? slaked or
vngouerned[e] bridles. It suffri? bridles ? at is to seyn to ben gouerned
{and} passe? by ? ilke lawe. ? at is to sein by ? e deuyne ordinaunce.
A{N}I{M}ADUERTO INQ{UA}M.
is to sein ? at hercules slou? ? e Monstre kacus {and} apaised[e] wi? ? at
dee? ? e wra? ? e of euander. ? And ? e bristled[e] boor marked[e] wi?
scomes ? e sholdres of hercules. ? e whiche sholdres ? e heye cercle of
heuene sholde ? reste. {and} ? e laste of his labo{ur}s was ? at he
sustened[e] ? e heuene vpo{n} his nekke vnbowed. {and} he deserued[e]
eftsones ? e heuene to ben ? e pris of his laste trauayle ? Go? now ? an ? e
stronge men ? ere as ? e heye weye of ? e grete ensample lede? ? ou. ? O
nice men whi nake ? e ? oure bakkes. as who sei? . ? O ? e slowe {and}
delicat men whi fley ? e aduersites. {and} ne fy? te{n} nat a? eins hem by
vertue to wynnen ? e mede of ? e heuene. for ? e er? e ouer-come{n} ? eue? ? e
sterres. ? ? is is to seyne ? at whan ? at er? ely lust is ouer-comen. a man
is maked wor? i to ? e heuene.
EXPLICIT LIBER QUARTUS.
INCIPIT LIBER QUINTUS.
DIXERAT ORACIONISQ{UE} CURSUM.
[Sidenote: [The fyrste prose. ]]
++She hadde seid {and} to{ur}ned[e] ? e cours of hir resou{n} to so{m}me
o? {er} ? inges to ben tretid {and} to ben ysped. ? an seide I. Certys
ry? tful is ? in amonestyng {and} ful digne by auctorite. but ? at ? ou
seidest som tyme ? at ? e questiou{n} of ? e deuyne p{ur}ueaunce is enlaced
wi? many o? er questiou{n}s. I vndir-stonde wel {and} p{ro}ue it by ? e
same ? inge. but I axe yif ? at ? ou wenest ? at hap be any ? ing in any
weys. {and} if ? ou wenest ? at hap be any [thing] what is it. ? an q{uo}d
she. I haste me to ? elden {and} assoilen ? e to ? e dette of my byheste
{and} to shewen {and} opnen ? e wey by whiche wey ? ou maist come a? ein to
? i contre. ? but al be it so ? at ? e ? inges whiche ? at ? ou axest b{e}n
ry? t p{ro}fitable to knowe. ? itte ben ? ei diuers somwhat fro ? e pa? e of
my purpos. And it is to douten ? at ? ou ne be maked weery by mysweys so
? at ? ou ne mayst nat suffise to mesure{n} ? e ry? t weye. ? Ne doute ? e
? er-of no ? ing q{uo}d I. for forto knowen ? ilke ? inges to-gidre in ? e
whiche ? inges I delite me gretly. ? at shal ben to me in stede of reste.
Syn it nis nat to douten of ? e ? inges folwy{n}ge whan euery side of ? i
disputisou{n} shal be stedfast to me by vndoutous fei? . ? an seide she.
? at manere wol I don ? e. {and} byga{n} to speken ry? t ? us ? Certys
q{uo}d she yif any wy? t diffinisse hap in ? is manere. ? at is to seyn.
? at hap is bytidynge y-brou? t for? e by foelyshe moeuynge. {and} by no
knyttyng of causes. ? I conferme ? at hap nis ry? t nau? t in no wise. and
I deme al outerly ? at hap nis ne dwelli? but a voys. ? As who sei? . but
an ydel worde wi? outen any significac{i}ou{n} of ? ing summittid to ? at
vois. for what place my? t[e] ben left or dwellynge to folie {and} to
disordinau{n}ce. syn ? at god ledi? {and} streyni? alle ? inges by ordre.
? For ? is sentence is verray {and} so? e ? at no ? inge ne ha? his beynge
of nou? t. to [the] whiche sentence none of ? ise olde folk ne wi? seide
neuere al be it so ? at ?
ei ne vndirstoden ne moeueden it nau? t by god
p{r}ince {and} gynner of wirkyng. but ? ei casten as a manere foundement
of subgit material. ? at is to seyn of [the] nature of alle resou{n}.
{and} ? if ? at ony ? inge is woxen or comen of no causes. ? an shal it seme
? at ? ilke ? inge is comen or woxen of nou? t. but yif ? is ne may nat ben
don. ? an is it nat possible ? at ? ere ha? ben any swiche ? ing as I haue
diffinissid a litel here byforne. ? How shal it ? an ben q{uo}d I. nis
? er ? an no ? ing ? at by ry? t may be cleped ey? er hap{pe} or ellis
auenture of fortune. or is ? er ou? t al be it so ? at it is hidd fro ? e
poeple to whiche ? ise wordes ben couenable. Myn aristotul q{uo}d she. in
? e book of his phisik diffinisse? ? is ? ing by short resou{n} and ney? e
to ? e so? e. ? In whiche manere q{uo}d I. ? As ofte q{uo}d she as men don
any ? ing for grace of any o? er ? ing. {and} an o? er ? inge ? an ? ilke ? ing
? at men ententen to doon bytide? by som[e] causes it is ycleped hap{pe}.
? Ry? t as a man dalf ? e er? e by cause of tylienge of ? e felde. {and}
fond ? ere a gobet of golde by-doluen. ? an wenen folk ? at it is fallen by
fortunous bytydyng. but for so? e it nis nat for nau? t for it ha? hys
p{ro}pre causes of whiche causes ? e cours vnforseyn and vnwar semi? to
han maked hap{pe}. ? For yif ? e tilier in ? e er? e ne delue nat in ? e
felde. and yif ? e hider of ? e golde ne hadde hidd ? e golde in ? ilke
place. ? e golde ne had[de] nat ben founde. ? ise ben ? an ? e causes of ? e
abreggynge of fortune hap. ? e whiche abreggynge of fortune hap come? of
causes encountrynge {and} flowyng to-gidre to hem selfe. {and} nat by ? e
entenc{i}ou{n} of ? e doer. ? For nei? er ? e hider of ? e gold. ne ? e
deluer of ? e felde ne vndirstanden nat ? at ? e golde sholde han be
founde. but as I seide. it bytidde {and} ran to-gidre ? at he dalf ? ere
as ? at o? er hadde hidd ? e golde. Now may I ? us diffinissen hap{pe}.
? Hap{pe} is an vnwar bytydyng of causes assembled in ? inges ? at ben don
for som o? er ? inge. but ? ilke ordre p{ro}cedynge by an vneschewable
byndynge to-gidre. whiche ? at descende? fro ? e wel of purueaunce ? at
ordeine? alle ? inges i{n} hir{e} places {and} in hire tymes make? ? at ? e
causes rennen {and} assemblen to-gidre.
RUPIS ACHEMENIE.
[Sidenote: [The fyrste Met{ur}. ]]
++TIgris [{and}] eufrates resoluen {and} spryngen of a welle in ? e
kragges of ? e roche of ? e contre of achemenye ? er{e} as ? e fleenge
[batayle] ficchi? hire dartes reto{ur}nid in ? e brestes of hem ? at
folwen hem. ? And sone aftre ? e same ryueres tigris {and} eufrates
vnioygne{n} {and} dep{ar}ten hir{e} watres. and yif ? ei comen to-gidre
{and} ben assembled {and} clepid to-gidre in to o cours. ? an moten ? ilke
? inges fletyn to-gidre whiche ? at ? e water of ? e entrechau{n}gyng flode
bry{n}ge? ? e shippes {and} ? e stokkes araced wi? ? e flood moten
assemble. {and} ? e watres ymedlyd wrappi? or implie? many fortunel
happes or maneres. ? e whiche wandryng happes na? eles ? ilke enclinyng
lowenes of ? e er? e. {and} ? e flowynge ordre of ? e slidyng water
gouerni? . ? Ry? t so fortune ? at seme? as [? at] it fleti? wi? slaked or
vngouerned[e] bridles. It suffri? bridles ? at is to seyn to ben gouerned
{and} passe? by ? ilke lawe. ? at is to sein by ? e deuyne ordinaunce.
A{N}I{M}ADUERTO INQ{UA}M.
