or
affecciou{n}s
wiche ?
Chaucer - Boethius
?
e wyche only ne asswagen not his sorowes.
wi?
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remedies. 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.
remedies. 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.
