_ Thou knowest that I did not covet mortal and
transitory things.
transitory things.
Chaucer - Boethius
[Linenotes:
1458 _greet[e]_--grete
1460 _letee_--let
1461 _somtyme slou? _--whilom slow
1463 _let_--lette
1464 _where_--wher
1465 _half_--halue
1466 _my? t[e]_--myhte
1467 _hire_--hyr
1468 _neuer? eles_--natheles
_gouerned[e]_--gou{er}nede
_al_--alle
1469 _from_--fram
_outerest_--owtereste
1470 _hidde_--hide
1471 _seyne_--seyn
1472 _go? _--MS. go? e, C. goth
1473 _goueyrende_--gou{er}nyd
1474 _triones_--tyryones
1475 _gouerned[e]_--gou{er}nede
1476 _parties_--p{ar}ty
_nor? e_--north
_gouerned[e]_--gou{er}nede
1477 _wynde_--wynd
_scorchi? _--scorklith
1479 _seyne_--seyn
_sou? e_--sowth
1479-81 [_but----it is_]--MS. _has_: but ne how greuous fortune is
1482 _swerde_--swerd]
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[Headnote:
THE LOVE OF GLORY. ]
TU{M} EGO SCIS INQ{UA}M.
[Sidenote: [The seuende p{ro}se. ]]
[Sidenote: _B.
_ Thou knowest that I did not covet mortal and
transitory things. ]
++? Anne seide I ? us. ? ou wost wel ? iself ? at ? e 1484
couetise of mortal ? inges ne hadden neuer lordshipe
of me. but I haue wel desired matere of ? inges
to done. as who sei? .
[Sidenote: I only wished to exercise my virtue in public concerns,
lest it should grow feeble by inactivity. ]
I desired[e] to han matere of
gou{er}naunce ouer comunalites.
