[Sidenote: It is the
remembrance
of former happiness that adds
most to man's infelicity.
Chaucer - Boethius
e. ? Ne I may nat forsake ?e ry?t[e] 1008
swifte cours of my p{ro}speritee. ?at is to seine. ?at
p{ro}speritee ne be comen to me wondir swiftly {and}
soone. but ?is is a ?ing ?at gretly smerti? me whan it
remembre? me.
[Sidenote: It is the
remembrance
of former happiness that adds
most to man's infelicity.
]
? For in alle aduersitees of fortune ?e 1012
most vnsely kynde of contrariouse fortune is to han
ben weleful.
[Sidenote: _P._ Recollect that you have yet much affluence.]
? But ?at ?ou q{uo}d she abaist ?us ?e
to{ur}ment of ?i fals[e] opiniou{n} ?at maist ?ou not ry?tfully
blamen ne aretten to ?
