is is my most
p{ur}pos
?
Chaucer - Boethius
e studies of wicked folk.
?
And for?
i ?
ou au?
test
not to wondre ? ou? ? {a}t I in ? e bitter see of ? is lijf be
fordryuen wi? tempestes blowyng aboute. [[pg 12]]
[Sidenote: It is the aim of Philosophy to displease the wicked,
who are more to be despised than dreaded, for they have no
leader. ]
in ? e whiche
te{m}peste ?
is is my most p{ur}pos ? at is to seyn to displese 216
to wikked[e] men. ? Of whiche schrews al be
? e oost neuer so grete it is to dispyse. for it nis gouerned
wi? no leder of resoune. but it is rauysched only by
flityng errour folyly {and} ly? tly.
[Sidenote: If Philosophy is attacked by the wicked, she retires
within her fortress, leaving the enemy busy among the useless
baggage, and laughing to scorn such hunters of trifles. ]
? And if ? ei somtyme 220
maky{n}g an ost a? eynest vs assaile vs as strengere. oure
leder drawe? to gedir hys rycchesse i{n} to hys toure.
not to wondre ? ou? ? {a}t I in ? e bitter see of ? is lijf be
fordryuen wi? tempestes blowyng aboute. [[pg 12]]
[Sidenote: It is the aim of Philosophy to displease the wicked,
who are more to be despised than dreaded, for they have no
leader. ]
in ? e whiche
te{m}peste ?
is is my most p{ur}pos ? at is to seyn to displese 216
to wikked[e] men. ? Of whiche schrews al be
? e oost neuer so grete it is to dispyse. for it nis gouerned
wi? no leder of resoune. but it is rauysched only by
flityng errour folyly {and} ly? tly.
[Sidenote: If Philosophy is attacked by the wicked, she retires
within her fortress, leaving the enemy busy among the useless
baggage, and laughing to scorn such hunters of trifles. ]
? And if ? ei somtyme 220
maky{n}g an ost a? eynest vs assaile vs as strengere. oure
leder drawe? to gedir hys rycchesse i{n} to hys toure.
