to ben oone it mot nedis dien {and}
corrumpe
togidre.
Chaucer - Boethius
_ I cannot gainsay it.
]
I ne may
nat denye it q{uo}d I.
[Sidenote: _P. _ Do you not perceive that everything which exists
is permanent so long as it preserves its unity--but as soon as it
loses this, it is dissolved and annihilated? ]
? Hast ? ou nat knowen wel q{uo}d
she. ? at al ? ing ? at is ha? so longe his dwellyng {and}
his substaunce. as longe is it oone. ? but wha{n} it 2696
forleti?
to ben oone it mot nedis dien {and} corrumpe togidre.
[Sidenote: _B. _ How so? ]
? In whiche manere q{uo}d . I.
[Sidenote: _P. _ In the animal creation as long as the soul and the
body are united and conjoined in one, this being is called an
animal or beast, but when the union is dissolved by the separation
of these, the animal perishes and is no longer a beast. ]
? Ry? t as in
beestes q{uod} she. whan ? e soule {and} ? e body ben
co{n}ioigned in oon {and} dwellen to-gidre it is cleped a 2700
beest. {and} whan hire vnite is destroied by disseueraunce
? at oon fram ?
I ne may
nat denye it q{uo}d I.
[Sidenote: _P. _ Do you not perceive that everything which exists
is permanent so long as it preserves its unity--but as soon as it
loses this, it is dissolved and annihilated? ]
? Hast ? ou nat knowen wel q{uo}d
she. ? at al ? ing ? at is ha? so longe his dwellyng {and}
his substaunce. as longe is it oone. ? but wha{n} it 2696
forleti?
to ben oone it mot nedis dien {and} corrumpe togidre.
[Sidenote: _B. _ How so? ]
? In whiche manere q{uo}d . I.
[Sidenote: _P. _ In the animal creation as long as the soul and the
body are united and conjoined in one, this being is called an
animal or beast, but when the union is dissolved by the separation
of these, the animal perishes and is no longer a beast. ]
? Ry? t as in
beestes q{uod} she. whan ? e soule {and} ? e body ben
co{n}ioigned in oon {and} dwellen to-gidre it is cleped a 2700
beest. {and} whan hire vnite is destroied by disseueraunce
? at oon fram ?
