]
++Blysful was ?
++Blysful was ?
Chaucer - Boethius
e_--paath
1316 _wayfaryng_--wayferynge
_syng[e]_--synge
1317 _by-fore_--by-forn
_sei? _--MS. sei? e, C. seyth
_poure_--pore
_bere? _--berth
1318 _boldly syng[e]_--boldely synge
1319 _ha? _--MS. ha? e
1320 _preciouse_--p{re}cyos
_clere_--cler
1321 _rycchesse_--rychesses
1322 _lorn_--MS. lorne, C. lorn]
[Headnote:
THE GOLDEN AGE. ]
FELIX IN MIRU{M} PRIOR ETAS.
[Sidenote: [The fyfthe met{ur}. ]]
[Sidenote: Happy was the first age of men. They were contented
with what the faithful earth produced.
]
++Blysful was ? e first age of men. ? ei helden hem
apaied wi? ? e metes ? at ? e trewe er? es brou? ten 1324
fur? e. ? ? ei ne destroyed[e] ne desceyued[e] not hem
self wi? outerage.
[Sidenote: With acorns they satisfied their hunger.
1316 _wayfaryng_--wayferynge
_syng[e]_--synge
1317 _by-fore_--by-forn
_sei? _--MS. sei? e, C. seyth
_poure_--pore
_bere? _--berth
1318 _boldly syng[e]_--boldely synge
1319 _ha? _--MS. ha? e
1320 _preciouse_--p{re}cyos
_clere_--cler
1321 _rycchesse_--rychesses
1322 _lorn_--MS. lorne, C. lorn]
[Headnote:
THE GOLDEN AGE. ]
FELIX IN MIRU{M} PRIOR ETAS.
[Sidenote: [The fyfthe met{ur}. ]]
[Sidenote: Happy was the first age of men. They were contented
with what the faithful earth produced.
]
++Blysful was ? e first age of men. ? ei helden hem
apaied wi? ? e metes ? at ? e trewe er? es brou? ten 1324
fur? e. ? ? ei ne destroyed[e] ne desceyued[e] not hem
self wi? outerage.
[Sidenote: With acorns they satisfied their hunger.
