ne
resou{n}
ne take?
Chaucer - Boethius
at ?
e heyest streng?
e to co{m}prehenden ?
inges 4784
enbrace? {and} conteyne? ? e lower[e] streng? e [but the
lower{e} strengthe ne arysith nat in no maner{e} to heyer{e}
strengthe].
[Sidenote: for the senses cannot go beyond the perception of
matter; the imagination cannot comprehend existences in general,
nor can the reason conceive the simple form. ]
for wit ne may no ? inge co{m}p{re}hende oute of
matere. ne ? e ymagynac{i}ou{n} ne loke? nat ? e vniuerseles 4788
speces.
ne resou{n} ne take? nat ? e symple forme. so as
i{n}telligence take? it.
[Sidenote: But the Intelligence looking down (as from above) and
having conceived the form, discerns all things that are below it,
and comprehends what does not fall within the reach of the other
faculties of the mind. ]
but ? e intelligence ? at loke? al
abouen whan it ha? co{m}p{re}hendid ? e forme it knowe?
{and} deme? alle ? e ? inges ?
enbrace? {and} conteyne? ? e lower[e] streng? e [but the
lower{e} strengthe ne arysith nat in no maner{e} to heyer{e}
strengthe].
[Sidenote: for the senses cannot go beyond the perception of
matter; the imagination cannot comprehend existences in general,
nor can the reason conceive the simple form. ]
for wit ne may no ? inge co{m}p{re}hende oute of
matere. ne ? e ymagynac{i}ou{n} ne loke? nat ? e vniuerseles 4788
speces.
ne resou{n} ne take? nat ? e symple forme. so as
i{n}telligence take? it.
[Sidenote: But the Intelligence looking down (as from above) and
having conceived the form, discerns all things that are below it,
and comprehends what does not fall within the reach of the other
faculties of the mind. ]
but ? e intelligence ? at loke? al
abouen whan it ha? co{m}p{re}hendid ? e forme it knowe?
{and} deme? alle ? e ? inges ?
