be it golde or 1312
p{re}cious stones.
p{re}cious stones.
Chaucer - Boethius
]
? Gabbe I of ? is. ? ou wolt seye nay. 1308
? Certys rycchesse han anoyed ful ofte hem ? at han ? e
rycchesse.
[Sidenote: Every wicked man desires another's wealth, and esteems
him alone happy who is in possession of riches. ]
? Syn ? at euery wicked shrew {and} for
hys wickednesse ? e more gredy aftir o? er folkes rycchesse
wher so euer it be in any place.
be it golde or 1312
p{re}cious stones. [[pg 50]]
[Sidenote: [* fol. 13. ]]
{and} weni? hym *only most wor? i ? at
ha? hem
[Sidenote: You, therefore, who now so much dread the instruments
of assassination, if you had been born a poor wayfaring man,
might, with an empty purse, have sung in the face of robbers. ]
? ? ou ? an ? at so besy dredest now ? e swerde
{and} ? e spere. yif ?
? Gabbe I of ? is. ? ou wolt seye nay. 1308
? Certys rycchesse han anoyed ful ofte hem ? at han ? e
rycchesse.
[Sidenote: Every wicked man desires another's wealth, and esteems
him alone happy who is in possession of riches. ]
? Syn ? at euery wicked shrew {and} for
hys wickednesse ? e more gredy aftir o? er folkes rycchesse
wher so euer it be in any place.
be it golde or 1312
p{re}cious stones. [[pg 50]]
[Sidenote: [* fol. 13. ]]
{and} weni? hym *only most wor? i ? at
ha? hem
[Sidenote: You, therefore, who now so much dread the instruments
of assassination, if you had been born a poor wayfaring man,
might, with an empty purse, have sung in the face of robbers. ]
? ? ou ? an ? at so besy dredest now ? e swerde
{and} ? e spere. yif ?
