us I
confesse
{and} am aknowe q{uo}d I.
Chaucer - Boethius
, C.
weepith
3502 _monstruous_--MS. monstronous, C. Monstruos
3504 _Circes_--MS. Cirtes
_folk_--folkys
3509 _yhid_--MS. yhidde, C. I-hydd
3515 _wooden_--MS. wolden, C. wooden]
[Headnote:
THE WICKED ARE TORMENTED BY A THREEFOLD WRETCHEDNESS. ]
TUNC EGO FATEOR INQ{UA}M.
[Sidenote: [The ferthe p{ro}se. ]]
[Sidenote: _B. _ I confess that vicious men are rightly called
beasts. ]
++? an seide I ?
us I confesse {and} am aknowe q{uo}d I. ne
I ne se nat ? at men may seyn as by ry? t.
[Sidenote: They retain the outward form of man, but the qualities
of their souls prove them to be beasts. ]
? {a}t
shrewes ne ben nat chaunged in to beestes by ? e
qualite of hir soules. ? Al be it so ? {a}t ? ei kepen ? itte 3520
? e forme of ? e body of mankynde.
[Sidenote: I wish, however, that the wicked were without the power
to annoy and hurt good men.
3502 _monstruous_--MS. monstronous, C. Monstruos
3504 _Circes_--MS. Cirtes
_folk_--folkys
3509 _yhid_--MS. yhidde, C. I-hydd
3515 _wooden_--MS. wolden, C. wooden]
[Headnote:
THE WICKED ARE TORMENTED BY A THREEFOLD WRETCHEDNESS. ]
TUNC EGO FATEOR INQ{UA}M.
[Sidenote: [The ferthe p{ro}se. ]]
[Sidenote: _B. _ I confess that vicious men are rightly called
beasts. ]
++? an seide I ?
us I confesse {and} am aknowe q{uo}d I. ne
I ne se nat ? at men may seyn as by ry? t.
[Sidenote: They retain the outward form of man, but the qualities
of their souls prove them to be beasts. ]
? {a}t
shrewes ne ben nat chaunged in to beestes by ? e
qualite of hir soules. ? Al be it so ? {a}t ? ei kepen ? itte 3520
? e forme of ? e body of mankynde.
[Sidenote: I wish, however, that the wicked were without the power
to annoy and hurt good men.
