nat by
resou{n}
sensible of demynge.
Chaucer - Boethius
Also ymaginac{i}ou{n}
al be it so. ? at it take? of wit ? e bygyny{n}g{us}
to seen {and} to formen ? e figures. algates al ? ou? ? at wit 4816
ne ware not p{re}sent. ? it it envirouni? {and} co{m}p{re}hendi?
alle ? inges sensible.
nat by resou{n} sensible of demynge.
but by resou{n} ymaginatif.
[Sidenote: Do not you see that men attain to the knowledge of
things more by their own faculties, than by the inherent property
of things? ]
? sest ? ou nat ? an ? at alle
? e ? inges in knowynge vsen more of hir faculte or of hir 4820
power. ? an ? ei don of [the] faculte or of power of ? inges
? at ben yknowen.
[Sidenote: Nor is it unreasonable that it should be so--for since
every judgment is the act of the person judging; every one must
needs do his own work by the help of his own faculties, and not by
the aid of foreign power.
al be it so. ? at it take? of wit ? e bygyny{n}g{us}
to seen {and} to formen ? e figures. algates al ? ou? ? at wit 4816
ne ware not p{re}sent. ? it it envirouni? {and} co{m}p{re}hendi?
alle ? inges sensible.
nat by resou{n} sensible of demynge.
but by resou{n} ymaginatif.
[Sidenote: Do not you see that men attain to the knowledge of
things more by their own faculties, than by the inherent property
of things? ]
? sest ? ou nat ? an ? at alle
? e ? inges in knowynge vsen more of hir faculte or of hir 4820
power. ? an ? ei don of [the] faculte or of power of ? inges
? at ben yknowen.
[Sidenote: Nor is it unreasonable that it should be so--for since
every judgment is the act of the person judging; every one must
needs do his own work by the help of his own faculties, and not by
the aid of foreign power.
