[Sidenote: In
heavenly
substances, as spirits, &c.
Chaucer - Boethius
]
[Sidenote: A rational being possesses, then, the liberty of
choosing and rejecting. ]
? wher-fore in alle ? inges ? {a}t resou{n} is. i{n} hem also is 4400
libertee of willyng {and} of nillynge.
[Sidenote: This liberty is not equal in all beings. ]
? But I ne ordeyne
nat. as who sei? . I ne graunte nat ? at ? is lib{er}tee be
euene like in alle ? inges.
[Sidenote: In heavenly substances, as spirits, &c. , judgment is
clear, and the will is incorruptible, and has a ready and
efficacious power of doing things which are desired. ]
forwhi in ? e souereyns deuynes
substau{n}ces.
[Sidenote: [* fol. 34 _b_. ]]
? at is to *seyn in spirit? ? Iugement is 4404
more clere {and} wil nat be corumped. {and} ha? my? t [[pg 153]]
redy to speden ? inges ? at ben desired.
[Sidenote: The souls of men must needs be more free when employed
in the contemplation of the Divine Mind, and less so when they
enter into a body, and still less free when enclosed and confined
in earthly members; but the most extreme servitude is when they
are given over to vice and wholly fallen from their proper
reason.
[Sidenote: A rational being possesses, then, the liberty of
choosing and rejecting. ]
? wher-fore in alle ? inges ? {a}t resou{n} is. i{n} hem also is 4400
libertee of willyng {and} of nillynge.
[Sidenote: This liberty is not equal in all beings. ]
? But I ne ordeyne
nat. as who sei? . I ne graunte nat ? at ? is lib{er}tee be
euene like in alle ? inges.
[Sidenote: In heavenly substances, as spirits, &c. , judgment is
clear, and the will is incorruptible, and has a ready and
efficacious power of doing things which are desired. ]
forwhi in ? e souereyns deuynes
substau{n}ces.
[Sidenote: [* fol. 34 _b_. ]]
? at is to *seyn in spirit? ? Iugement is 4404
more clere {and} wil nat be corumped. {and} ha? my? t [[pg 153]]
redy to speden ? inges ? at ben desired.
[Sidenote: The souls of men must needs be more free when employed
in the contemplation of the Divine Mind, and less so when they
enter into a body, and still less free when enclosed and confined
in earthly members; but the most extreme servitude is when they
are given over to vice and wholly fallen from their proper
reason.
