_ Then happiness is not to be sought in these things
which are falsely supposed capable of satisfying our
desires?
Chaucer - Boethius
o ?inges 2364
?at .I. haue shewed ?at ne mowe nat ?euen ?at ?ei by-heten.
[Sidenote: _B._ No, surely!]
_boice._ Certys no q{uo}d .I.
[Sidenote: _P.
_ Then happiness is not to be sought in these things
which are falsely supposed capable of satisfying our
desires?]
? ?an q{uod} she ne
sholden men nat by no weye seken blysfulnesse in
swiche ?inges as men wenen ?at ?ei ne mowe 2368
?euen but o ?ing senglely of alle ?{a}t me{n} seken.
[Sidenote: _B._ I confess it, and nothing can be more truly
affirmed than this.]