[Sidenote: For before the age of Plato she contended against
folly, and by her help Socrates
triumphed
over an unjust death.
Chaucer - Boethius
]
? Scholde I ?an redoute my blame {and} agrisen as ?ou?
?er were byfallen a newe ?ing. q. d. non. ? For
trowest ?ou ?at philosophi be now al?erfirst assailed 180
i{n} p{er}ils by folk of wicked[e] maneres.
[Sidenote: For before the age of Plato she contended against
folly, and by her help Socrates
triumphed
over an unjust death.
]
? Haue I not
stryuen wi? ful greet strife in olde tyme byfore ?e
age of my plato a?eins ?e foolhardines of foly {and}
eke ?e same plato lyuyng. hys maistre socrates 184
deserued[e] victorie of vnry?tful dee? in my presence.
[Sidenote: Of the inheritance of Socrates the rout of Epicureans
and Stoics wanted to get a part.]
