[Sidenote: Do you ask for glory, to be distracted by
vexations
and
so lose all security.
Chaucer - Boethius
iue{n} ?o dignitees. ? And yif ?ou coueitest
by hono{ur} to gon by-fore o?er folk ?{o}u shalt defoule ?i 2212
self by hu{m}blesse of axing.
[Sidenote: If power be your ambition, you expose yourself to the
snares of inferiors.]
yif ?ou desiryst power.
?ou shalt by awaites of ?i subgit? anoyously be cast
vndir many p{er}iles.
[Sidenote: Do you ask for glory, to be distracted by
vexations
and
so lose all security.
]
axest ?ou glorie ?{o}u shalt ben so
destrat by aspre ?inges ?at ?ou shalt forgone sykernesse. 2216
[Sidenote: Do you prefer a voluptuous life? Think then that all
men will despise him who is a thrall to his body.]
? And yif ?ou wilt leden ?i lijf in delices.
euery whi?t shal dispisen ?e {and} forleten ?
