_ I confess it, and nothing can be more truly affirmed
than this.
Chaucer - Boethius
]
_boice._ Certys no q{uo}d .I.
[Sidenote: _P._ Then happiness is not to be sought in these things
which are falsely supposed capable of satisfying our desires?]
? ?an q{uod} she ne
sholden men nat by no weye seken blysfulnesse in
swiche ?inges as men wenen ?at ?ei ne mowe 2368
?euen but o ?ing senglely of alle ?{a}t me{n} seken.
[Sidenote: _B.
_ I confess it, and nothing can be more truly affirmed
than this.
]
I graunt[e] wel q{uo}d .I. ne no so?er ?ing ne may nat
ben said.
[Sidenote: Turn your mind's eye upon the reverse of all this
_false felicity_ and you will perceive _the true happiness_.]
_P._ ? Now hast ?ou ?an q{uo}d she ?e forme
{and} ?e causes of false welefulnesse. ? Now turne {and} 2372
flitte ?
