Happy the man that hath freed himself from
terrestrial
chains!
Chaucer - Boethius
outen_--w{i}t{h} owte
3013 _seyne_--seyn
3014 _? itte_--yit
_o? er_--oothre
3015 [_haue_]--from C.
3016 _whiche_--which
3017 _wi? inne_--w{i}t{h} in
3020 _cosynes_--MS. conceyued, C. cosynes
_? o_--? e
_whiche_--which]
[Headnote:
THE POWER OF MUSIC. ]
FELIX QUI POTERIT. {ET} CET{ER}A.
[Sidenote: [The . 12. Met{ur}. ]]
[Sidenote: Happy is he that hath seen the lucid spring of truth!
Happy the man that hath freed himself from terrestrial chains! ]
++Blisful is ? at man ? at may seen ? e clere welle of good.
blisful is he ? at may vnbynde hym fro ? e bonde of
heuy er? e.
[Sidenote: The Thracian poet, consumed with grief for the loss of
his wife, sought relief from music. ]
? ? e poete of t{ra}ce [orphe{us}] ? at somtyme
hadde ry? t greet sorowe for ? e dee?
3013 _seyne_--seyn
3014 _? itte_--yit
_o? er_--oothre
3015 [_haue_]--from C.
3016 _whiche_--which
3017 _wi? inne_--w{i}t{h} in
3020 _cosynes_--MS. conceyued, C. cosynes
_? o_--? e
_whiche_--which]
[Headnote:
THE POWER OF MUSIC. ]
FELIX QUI POTERIT. {ET} CET{ER}A.
[Sidenote: [The . 12. Met{ur}. ]]
[Sidenote: Happy is he that hath seen the lucid spring of truth!
Happy the man that hath freed himself from terrestrial chains! ]
++Blisful is ? at man ? at may seen ? e clere welle of good.
blisful is he ? at may vnbynde hym fro ? e bonde of
heuy er? e.
[Sidenote: The Thracian poet, consumed with grief for the loss of
his wife, sought relief from music. ]
? ? e poete of t{ra}ce [orphe{us}] ? at somtyme
hadde ry? t greet sorowe for ? e dee?
