at
glorifien
hem of hir linage.
Chaucer - Boethius
]
? But now of ? is name of gentilesse. 2148
what man is it ? at ne may wel seen how veyne {and}
how flittyng a ? ing it is.
[Sidenote: Gentility is wholly foreign to renown, and to those who
boast of noble birth. ]
? For if ? e name of gentilesse
be referred to renou{n} {and} clernesse of linage. ? an
is gentil name but a for[e]ine ? ing. ? at is to sein to 2152
hem ?
at glorifien hem of hir linage.
[Sidenote: Nobility is fame derived from the merits of one's
ancestors. ]
? For it seme?
? at gentilesse be a maner p{re}ysynge ? at come? of decert
of auncestres.
[Sidenote: If praise can give nobility they are noble who are
praised. ]
? And yif p{re}ysynge make? gentilesse
? an moten ? ei nedes be gentil ? at ben p{re}ysed. 2156
[Sidenote: Then if thou hast no nobility of thy own, thou canst
not derive any splendour from the merits of others.
? But now of ? is name of gentilesse. 2148
what man is it ? at ne may wel seen how veyne {and}
how flittyng a ? ing it is.
[Sidenote: Gentility is wholly foreign to renown, and to those who
boast of noble birth. ]
? For if ? e name of gentilesse
be referred to renou{n} {and} clernesse of linage. ? an
is gentil name but a for[e]ine ? ing. ? at is to sein to 2152
hem ?
at glorifien hem of hir linage.
[Sidenote: Nobility is fame derived from the merits of one's
ancestors. ]
? For it seme?
? at gentilesse be a maner p{re}ysynge ? at come? of decert
of auncestres.
[Sidenote: If praise can give nobility they are noble who are
praised. ]
? And yif p{re}ysynge make? gentilesse
? an moten ? ei nedes be gentil ? at ben p{re}ysed. 2156
[Sidenote: Then if thou hast no nobility of thy own, thou canst
not derive any splendour from the merits of others.
