at hire naturel 3260
entenc{i}ou{n} lede?
entenc{i}ou{n} lede?
Chaucer - Boethius
e maladie.
[Sidenote: But, as you are so quick of apprehension, I shall
continue this mode of reasoning. ]
? But for I 3256
see ? e now al redy to ? e vndirstandynge I shal shewe
? e more ? ilke {and} continuel resou{n}s.
[Sidenote: The weakness of the wicked is conspicuous--they cannot
attain the end to which their natural disposition prompts and
almost compels them; what would become of them without this
natural prompting, so powerful and irresistible? ]
? For loke now
how gretly shewi? ? e feblesse {and} infirmite of wicked [[pg 115]]
folke. ? at ne mowen nat come to ?
at hire naturel 3260
entenc{i}ou{n} lede? hem. {and} ? itte almost ? ilk naturel
entenc{i}ou{n} constreine? hem. ? and what wer{e} to deme
? an of shrewes. yif ? ilke naturel helpe hadde for-leten
hem. ? ? e whiche naturel helpe of entenc{i}ou{n} go? alwey 3264
byforne hem. {and} is so grete ?
[Sidenote: But, as you are so quick of apprehension, I shall
continue this mode of reasoning. ]
? But for I 3256
see ? e now al redy to ? e vndirstandynge I shal shewe
? e more ? ilke {and} continuel resou{n}s.
[Sidenote: The weakness of the wicked is conspicuous--they cannot
attain the end to which their natural disposition prompts and
almost compels them; what would become of them without this
natural prompting, so powerful and irresistible? ]
? For loke now
how gretly shewi? ? e feblesse {and} infirmite of wicked [[pg 115]]
folke. ? at ne mowen nat come to ?
at hire naturel 3260
entenc{i}ou{n} lede? hem. {and} ? itte almost ? ilk naturel
entenc{i}ou{n} constreine? hem. ? and what wer{e} to deme
? an of shrewes. yif ? ilke naturel helpe hadde for-leten
hem. ? ? e whiche naturel helpe of entenc{i}ou{n} go? alwey 3264
byforne hem. {and} is so grete ?
