us by
souereyne
good.
Chaucer - Boethius
an how gret defaute of power
{and} how gret feblesse ? ere is in grete felonous folk as
who sei? ? e gretter ? i{n}ges ? at ben coueited {and} ? e desire 3268
nat accomplissed of ? e lasse my? t is he ? at coueite? it
{and} may nat acomplisse. ? And for? i philosophie sei?
?
us by souereyne good.
[Sidenote: The wicked seek after no trivial things--which they
fail to obtain; but they aspire in vain to the sovereign good,
which they endeavour day and night to obtain. ]
? Sherewes ne requere nat
ly? t[e] medes ne veyne gaines whiche ? ei ne may nat 3272
folwen ne holden. but ? ei fayle{n} of ? ilke some of ? e
hey? te of ? inges ? at is to seyne souereyne good. ne ? ise
wrecches ne comen nat to ? e effect of souereyne good.
{and} how gret feblesse ? ere is in grete felonous folk as
who sei? ? e gretter ? i{n}ges ? at ben coueited {and} ? e desire 3268
nat accomplissed of ? e lasse my? t is he ? at coueite? it
{and} may nat acomplisse. ? And for? i philosophie sei?
?
us by souereyne good.
[Sidenote: The wicked seek after no trivial things--which they
fail to obtain; but they aspire in vain to the sovereign good,
which they endeavour day and night to obtain. ]
? Sherewes ne requere nat
ly? t[e] medes ne veyne gaines whiche ? ei ne may nat 3272
folwen ne holden. but ? ei fayle{n} of ? ilke some of ? e
hey? te of ? inges ? at is to seyne souereyne good. ne ? ise
wrecches ne comen nat to ? e effect of souereyne good.
