Haue we nat
graunted
?
Chaucer - Boethius
ei ne ben nat punissed al be it
so ? at ? ere ne ben had no resou{n} or lawe of correcc{i}ou{n}.
ne none ensample of lokynge.
[Sidenote: _B. _ In what way do you mean? ]
? And what manere 3588
shal ? at ben q{uo}d I. ou? er ? an ha? ben told here [[pg 126]]
byforn
[Sidenote: _P. _ Are not good people happy, and evil folk
miserable? ]
?
Haue we nat graunted ? an q{uo}d she ? at
good[e] folk ben blysful. {and} shrewes ben wrecches.
[Sidenote: _B. _ Yes. ]
? is q{uo}d I.
[Sidenote: _P. _ If good be added to the wretchedness of a man,
will not he be happier than another whose misery has no element of
good in it? ]
[thanne q{uod} she] ? if ? at any good were 3592
added to ? e wrecchenesse of any wy? t. nis he nat more
blisful ?
so ? at ? ere ne ben had no resou{n} or lawe of correcc{i}ou{n}.
ne none ensample of lokynge.
[Sidenote: _B. _ In what way do you mean? ]
? And what manere 3588
shal ? at ben q{uo}d I. ou? er ? an ha? ben told here [[pg 126]]
byforn
[Sidenote: _P. _ Are not good people happy, and evil folk
miserable? ]
?
Haue we nat graunted ? an q{uo}d she ? at
good[e] folk ben blysful. {and} shrewes ben wrecches.
[Sidenote: _B. _ Yes. ]
? is q{uo}d I.
[Sidenote: _P. _ If good be added to the wretchedness of a man,
will not he be happier than another whose misery has no element of
good in it? ]
[thanne q{uod} she] ? if ? at any good were 3592
added to ? e wrecchenesse of any wy? t. nis he nat more
blisful ?
