[Sidenote: Honey tastes all the sweeter to a palate disgusted by
offensive flavours.
offensive flavours.
Chaucer - Boethius
]
[Sidenote: * Here the Add. MS. begins again. ]
*QUI SERERE I{N}GENIUM.
[Sidenote: [The fyrst met{ur}. ]]
[Sidenote: He who would sow seed must first clear the ground of
useless weeds, so that he may reap an abundant harvest. ]
? Who so wil sowe a felde plentiuous. lat hym first
delyuer it of ? ornes {and} kerue asondre wi? his hooke 1740
? e bushes {and} ? e ferne so ? at ? e corne may come{n} heuy
of eres {and} of greins.
[Sidenote: Honey tastes all the sweeter to a palate disgusted by
offensive flavours. ]
hony is ? e more swete yif mou? es
han firste tastid sauoures ? {a}t ben wikke.
[Sidenote: The stars shine all the clearer when the southern
showery blasts cease to blow. ]
? ? e sterres
shynen more agreably whan ? e wynde Nothus leti? his 1744
ploungy blastes.
[Sidenote: When Lucifer has chased away the dark night, then
Phoebus mounts his gay chariot. ]
{and} aftir ? at lucifer ? e day sterre ha?
chased awey ?
[Sidenote: * Here the Add. MS. begins again. ]
*QUI SERERE I{N}GENIUM.
[Sidenote: [The fyrst met{ur}. ]]
[Sidenote: He who would sow seed must first clear the ground of
useless weeds, so that he may reap an abundant harvest. ]
? Who so wil sowe a felde plentiuous. lat hym first
delyuer it of ? ornes {and} kerue asondre wi? his hooke 1740
? e bushes {and} ? e ferne so ? at ? e corne may come{n} heuy
of eres {and} of greins.
[Sidenote: Honey tastes all the sweeter to a palate disgusted by
offensive flavours. ]
hony is ? e more swete yif mou? es
han firste tastid sauoures ? {a}t ben wikke.
[Sidenote: The stars shine all the clearer when the southern
showery blasts cease to blow. ]
? ? e sterres
shynen more agreably whan ? e wynde Nothus leti? his 1744
ploungy blastes.
[Sidenote: When Lucifer has chased away the dark night, then
Phoebus mounts his gay chariot. ]
{and} aftir ? at lucifer ? e day sterre ha?
chased awey ?
