ilke inrest
attemp{er}aunce
of corages.
Chaucer - Boethius
at ?
ilke men ?
{a}t so{m}me folk demen
wor? i of mede. o? er folk demen hem wor? i of to{ur}ment.
[Sidenote: But, suppose it were possible for one to distinguish
with certainty between the good and the bad? ]
but lat vs graunt[e] I pose ? at som man may wel demen
or knowen ? e goode folk {and} ? e badde.
[Sidenote: Then he must have as accurate a knowledge of the mind
as one has of the body. ]
May he ? an 3972
knowen {and} seen ?
ilke inrest attemp{er}aunce of corages.
as it ha? ben wont to be said of bodyes. as who sai?
may a man speken {and} determine of attemp{er}aunce in
corages. as men were wont to demen or speken of complexiou{n}s 3976
{and} attemp{er}aunces of bodies (q' non).
[Sidenote: It is miraculous to him who knows it not, why sweet
things are agreeable to some bodies, and bitter to others; why
some sick persons are relieved by lenitives and others by sharper
remedies. ]
ne it [ne] is nat an vnlyke miracle to hem ? at ne knowe{n}
it nat. ? As who sei? . but is lyke a merueil or a
miracle to hem ? at ne knowe{n} it nat. whi ? at swete 3980
?
wor? i of mede. o? er folk demen hem wor? i of to{ur}ment.
[Sidenote: But, suppose it were possible for one to distinguish
with certainty between the good and the bad? ]
but lat vs graunt[e] I pose ? at som man may wel demen
or knowen ? e goode folk {and} ? e badde.
[Sidenote: Then he must have as accurate a knowledge of the mind
as one has of the body. ]
May he ? an 3972
knowen {and} seen ?
ilke inrest attemp{er}aunce of corages.
as it ha? ben wont to be said of bodyes. as who sai?
may a man speken {and} determine of attemp{er}aunce in
corages. as men were wont to demen or speken of complexiou{n}s 3976
{and} attemp{er}aunces of bodies (q' non).
[Sidenote: It is miraculous to him who knows it not, why sweet
things are agreeable to some bodies, and bitter to others; why
some sick persons are relieved by lenitives and others by sharper
remedies. ]
ne it [ne] is nat an vnlyke miracle to hem ? at ne knowe{n}
it nat. ? As who sei? . but is lyke a merueil or a
miracle to hem ? at ne knowe{n} it nat. whi ? at swete 3980
?
