e
brennynge
sandes by his drie hete.
Chaucer - Boethius
? is is to seyn he gouerned[e] alle ? e poeples ? at ben vndir
? e p{ar}ties of ? e nor? e.
[Sidenote: He governed, too, the people in the torrid zone. ]
? And eke Nero gouerned[e] 1476
alle ? e poeples ? at ? e violent wynde Nothus scorchi?
{and} baki? ?
e brennynge sandes by his drie hete. ? at
is to seyne. alle ? e poeples in ? e sou? e.
[Sidenote: But yet Nero's power could not tame his ferocious
mind. ]
[but yit ne
myhte nat al his heye power torne the woodnesse of 1480
this wykkyd nero /
[Sidenote: It is a grievous thing when power strengthens the arm
of him whose will prompts him to deeds of cruelty. ]
Allas it is greuous fortune it is]. as
ofte as wicked swerde is ioygned to cruel venym. ? at is
to sein. venimous cruelte to lordshipe.
[Linenotes:
1458 _greet[e]_--grete
1460 _letee_--let
1461 _somtyme slou? _--whilom slow
1463 _let_--lette
1464 _where_--wher
1465 _half_--halue
1466 _my?
