]
and enforcest ?
and enforcest ?
Chaucer - Boethius
er while plenteuous {and} o?
{er} while bareyne.
[Sidenote: You have given yourself up to Fortune; it becomes you
therefore to obey her commands. ]
? ? ou 812
hast bytaken ? iself to ? e gouernaunce of fortune.
{and} for? i it byhoue? ? e to ben obeisaunt to ? e manere
of ? i lady.
[Sidenote: Would you stop the rolling of her wheel?
]
and enforcest ? ou ? e to aresten or wi? stonden
? e swyftnesse {and} ? e sweyes of hir to{ur}nyng 816
whele.
[Sidenote: Fool! if Fortune once became stable she would cease to
exist. ]
? O ? ou fool of alle mortel fooles if fortune
bygan to dwelle stable. she cesed[e] ? an to ben fortune.
[Linenotes:
801 _seyne_--seyn
_worlde_--world
802 _Sy? en_--Syn
_? okke_--yok{e}
803 _if_--yif
_write_--wryten
804 _whiche_--which
805 _lady_--ladye
_Art ?
[Sidenote: You have given yourself up to Fortune; it becomes you
therefore to obey her commands. ]
? ? ou 812
hast bytaken ? iself to ? e gouernaunce of fortune.
{and} for? i it byhoue? ? e to ben obeisaunt to ? e manere
of ? i lady.
[Sidenote: Would you stop the rolling of her wheel?
]
and enforcest ? ou ? e to aresten or wi? stonden
? e swyftnesse {and} ? e sweyes of hir to{ur}nyng 816
whele.
[Sidenote: Fool! if Fortune once became stable she would cease to
exist. ]
? O ? ou fool of alle mortel fooles if fortune
bygan to dwelle stable. she cesed[e] ? an to ben fortune.
[Linenotes:
801 _seyne_--seyn
_worlde_--world
802 _Sy? en_--Syn
_? okke_--yok{e}
803 _if_--yif
_write_--wryten
804 _whiche_--which
805 _lady_--ladye
_Art ?