]
++Allas I wepyng am constreined to bygynne vers of
sorouful matere.
++Allas I wepyng am constreined to bygynne vers of
sorouful matere.
Chaucer - Boethius
EXPLICIT LIBER QUI{N}TUS {ET} ULTIMUS.
[Footnote C-1: MS. hanc. ]
[Footnote C-2: MS. luper. ]
[Footnote C-3: MS. arituri. ]
[[pg 4]]
[Headnote:
BOETHIUS DEPLORES HIS MISFORTUNES. ]
[Sidenote: [* fol. 3 _b_. ]]
*LIBER PRIMUS.
INCIPIT LIBER BOICII DE CO{N}SOLAC{I}O{N}E PHILOSOPHIE.
Car{m}i{n}a qui q{u}onda{m} studio flore{n}te p{er}egi.
[Sidenote: [The fyrste Met{ur}. ]]
[Sidenote: Boethius deplores his misfortunes in the following
pathetic elegy.
]
++Allas I wepyng am constreined to bygynne vers of
sorouful matere. ? ? at whilom in florysching
studie made delitable ditees. For loo rendyng muses
of poetes enditen to me ? inges to be writen. and drery 4
v{er}s of wrecchednes weten my face wi? v{er}ray teers.
? At ? e leest no drede ne my? t[e] ouer-come ? o muses.
? at ? ei ne were{n} felawes {and} folweden my wey.
