[Sidenote: They may
accustom
the mind to bear grief, but cannot
free it from its malady.
Chaucer - Boethius
but ?ei wolde fede {and} norysche hem wi?
swete venym. ? Forso?e ?ise ben ?o ?at wi? ?ornes
{and} prykkynges of talent? or affecciou{n}s wiche ?at
ben no ?ing frutefiyng nor p{ro}fitable destroyen ?e 72
cornes plenteuouse of frutes of reson.
[Sidenote: They may
accustom
the mind to bear grief, but cannot
free it from its malady.
]
? For ?ei
holden ?e hertes of men i{n} usage. but ?ei ne delyuere
not folk fro maladye. but if ?e muses hadde wi?drawen
fro me wi? ?oure flateries. any vnkonnyng
{and} vnp{ro}fitable [[pg 7]]
man as men ben wont to fynde comunely amonges 77
?e peple. I wolde wene suffre ?e lasse greuously.
