[Sidenote: That thing exists that preserves its rank, nature, and
constitution, but when it loses these
essentials
it ceases to be.
Chaucer - Boethius
test
seyn of ?e careyne of a man ?at it were a ded man.
? but ?ou ne my?test nat symplely callen it a man. 3308
[Sidenote: So the vicious are profligate men, but I cannot confess
they absolutely exist.]
? So graunt[e] I wel for so?e ?at vicious folk ben
wicked. but I ne may nat graunten absolutely {and}
symplely ?at ?ei ben.
[Sidenote: That thing exists that preserves its rank, nature, and
constitution, but when it loses these
essentials
it ceases to be.
]
? For ?ilk ?ing ?at wi?
holde? ordre {and} kepi? nature. ?ilk ?ing is {and} ha? 3312
beynge. but ?at ?ing ?
