{and} yif it
to{ur}ni?
Chaucer - Boethius
[Sidenote: Now the sea is calm, and again it is tempestuous. ]
Ofte ? e see is
clere {and} calme wi? oute moeuy{n}g floodes. And ofte
? e horrible wynde aq{u}ilon moeue? boylyng tempestes 1000
{and} ouer whelwe? ? e see.
[Sidenote: If all things thus vary, will you trust in transitory
riches? ]
? Yif ? e forme of ? is worlde
is so [? eelde] stable.
{and} yif it to{ur}ni? by so many
entrechau{n}gynges. wilt ? ou ? a{n} truste{n} in ? e trublynge
fortunes of me{n}. wilt ? ou trowen i{n} flittyng goodes. 1004
[Sidenote: All here below is unstedfast and unstable. ]
It is certeyne {and} establissed by lawe p{er}durable ? at no
? i{n}g ? {a}t is engendred nys stedfast no stable.
[Linenotes:
989 _his_--hyr
990 _? an_--thanne
991 _flamus_--flambes
995 _redy_--rody
_rosene_--rosyn
997 _warme_--warm
998 _go? _--MS.
