ing ne fayled[e] hym of
p{er}fecc{i}ou{n} of ma{n}kynde.
p{er}fecc{i}ou{n} of ma{n}kynde.
Chaucer - Boethius
d.
_--MS.
q{uo}d]
[Headnote:
THE WICKED NEED PITY. ]
[Sidenote: If a man who had lost his sight, having even forgotten
his blindness, should declare that his faculties were all perfect,
shall we weakly believe that those who retain their sight are
blind? ]
? And what wilt ? ou seyne of ? is ? yif ? at a man
hadde al forlorn hys sy? t. {and} had[de] for? eten ? at he 3676
euer saw {and} wende ? {a}t no ?
ing ne fayled[e] hym of
p{er}fecc{i}ou{n} of ma{n}kynde. now we ? at my? ten sen ? e
same ? ing wolde we nat wene ? at he were bly{n}de (q. d.
sic).
[Sidenote: The vulgar will not assent to what I am going to say,
though supported by conclusive arguments--to wit, that persons are
more unhappy that do wrong than those who suffer wrong. ]
ne also ne accorde? nat ? e poeple to ? at I shal 3680
seyne. ? e whiche ?
[Headnote:
THE WICKED NEED PITY. ]
[Sidenote: If a man who had lost his sight, having even forgotten
his blindness, should declare that his faculties were all perfect,
shall we weakly believe that those who retain their sight are
blind? ]
? And what wilt ? ou seyne of ? is ? yif ? at a man
hadde al forlorn hys sy? t. {and} had[de] for? eten ? at he 3676
euer saw {and} wende ? {a}t no ?
ing ne fayled[e] hym of
p{er}fecc{i}ou{n} of ma{n}kynde. now we ? at my? ten sen ? e
same ? ing wolde we nat wene ? at he were bly{n}de (q. d.
sic).
[Sidenote: The vulgar will not assent to what I am going to say,
though supported by conclusive arguments--to wit, that persons are
more unhappy that do wrong than those who suffer wrong. ]
ne also ne accorde? nat ? e poeple to ? at I shal 3680
seyne. ? e whiche ?
