e ne
sprede{n}
his name to many manere
peoples.
peoples.
Chaucer - Boethius
1531 _last[e]_--laste
1532 _write? _--writ
1533 _hadde_--hadden
_? itte_--omitted
1534 _hy? t_--hyhte
_? ilk_--thikke
1535 _wexen_--waxen
1536 _Sest ? ou_--sestow
1538 _shew_--shewe
1539 _singlere_--singler]
[Headnote:
FAME IS NOT ETERNAL. ]
[Sidenote: It is not the interest of any man who desires renown to
have his name spread through many countries. ]
? and ? er of come? ? at ? ou? a man delite hy{m} in
p{re}ysyng of his renou{n}. he ne may nat i{n} no wise [[pg 58]]
bryngen fur?
e ne sprede{n} his name to many manere
peoples.
[Sidenote: He ought, therefore, to be satisfied with the glory he
has acquired at home. ]
? And ? erfore euery man{er} man au? te to ben 1548
paied of hys glorie ? at is puplissed among hys owen
ney? bores.
[Sidenote: But of how many personages, illustrious in their times,
have the memorials been lost through the carelessness and neglect
of writers. ]
? And ? ilke noble renou{n} shal be
restreyned wi? -i{n}ne ? e boundes of o maner folk but how
many a man ? at was ful noble in his tyme. ha?
