suffryng
of
peynes {and} to{ur}mentes.
peynes {and} to{ur}mentes.
Chaucer - Boethius
i{n}g{us} ne descendi?
in to wrecchednesse 1148
by ? e ende of ? e dee? .
[Sidenote: But we know that many have sought to obtain felicity,
by undergoing not only death, but pains and torments. ]
? And syn we knowen
wel ? at many a man ha? sou? t ? e fruit of blisfulnesse
nat only wi? suffryng of dee? . but eke wi?
suffryng of
peynes {and} to{ur}mentes.
[Sidenote: How then can this present life make men truly happy,
since when it is ended they do not become miserable? ]
how my? t[e] ? an ? is p{re}sent 1152
lijf make men blisful. syn ? at whanne ? ilke self[e]
lijf is endid. it ne make? folk no wrecches.
[Linenotes:
1134 _it_--hyt
_sei? _--MS. sei? e, C. seyth
1135 _wot_--MS.
by ? e ende of ? e dee? .
[Sidenote: But we know that many have sought to obtain felicity,
by undergoing not only death, but pains and torments. ]
? And syn we knowen
wel ? at many a man ha? sou? t ? e fruit of blisfulnesse
nat only wi? suffryng of dee? . but eke wi?
suffryng of
peynes {and} to{ur}mentes.
[Sidenote: How then can this present life make men truly happy,
since when it is ended they do not become miserable? ]
how my? t[e] ? an ? is p{re}sent 1152
lijf make men blisful. syn ? at whanne ? ilke self[e]
lijf is endid. it ne make? folk no wrecches.
[Linenotes:
1134 _it_--hyt
_sei? _--MS. sei? e, C. seyth
1135 _wot_--MS.
