[Sidenote: He who neither fears nor hopes for
anything
disarms the
tyrant.
Chaucer - Boethius
Ne ?e wey 236
of ?onder ly?t ?at is wont to smyte hey?e toures ne
schal not mouene ?at man.
[Sidenote: Fear not the tyrant's rage.]
? Wherto ?en wrecches
drede ?e tyrauntes ?at ben wode {and} felownes wi?-outen
ony strenke?.
[Sidenote: He who neither fears nor hopes for
anything
disarms the
tyrant.
]
? Hope after no ?ing ne drede nat. {and} 240
so schalt ?ou desarmen ?e ire of ?ilke vnmy?ty tyraunt. [[pg 13]]
[Sidenote: He whose heart fails him, yields his arms, and forges
his own fetters.]
