er knowen verray
dignitee
ne verray power areysen hem as heye
as ?
Chaucer - Boethius
?at is to seyne ?at he
?at hem first vp dalf. he dalf vp a p{re}cious peril. for-whi. for ?e
p{re}ciousnesse of swyche ha? many man ben in peril.
QUID AUTE{M} DE DIGNITATIB{US} {ET} C{ETERA}.
[Sidenote: [The sixte p{ro}se.]]
++But what shal I seyne of dignitees {and} of powers. ?e whiche [ye] men
?{a}t nei?
er knowen verray
dignitee
ne verray power areysen hem as heye
as ?
e heuene. ?e whiche dignitees {and} powers yif ?ei come to any
wicked man ?ei don [as] greet[e] damages {and} distrucc{i}ou{n} as do?
?e fla{m}me of ?e Mou{n}taigne Ethna whan ?e fla{m}me wit walwi? vp ne
no deluge ne do? so cruel harmes. ? Certys ye remembri? wel as I trowe
?at ?
