e
dredeful
senatours ?
Chaucer - Boethius
e proude nero wi?
al his woode luxurie 2048
kembed hym {and} apparailed hym wi? faire purp{er}s
of Tirie {and} wi? white perles. Algates ? itte throf he
hateful to alle folk ? ? is is to seyn ? at
al was he by-hated [[pg 75]]
of alle folk.
[Sidenote: Yet he had lordship, and gave to the senators the
dishonoured seats of dignity. ]
? ? itte ? is wicked Nero hadde gret 2052
lordship {and} ? af somtyme to ?
e dredeful senatours ? e
vnworshipful setes of dignites. ? vnworshipful setes
he clepi? here fore ? at Nero ? at was so wikked ? af ? o
dignites.
[Sidenote: Who then can think that felicity resides in honours
given by vicious shrews? ]
who wolde ? anne resonably wenen ? at blysfulnesse 2056
were in swiche hono{ur}s as ben ? euen by vicious
shrewes.
[Linenotes:
2048 _al_ (2)--alle
2049 _kembed_--kembde
_apparailed_--MS. apparailen, C.
kembed hym {and} apparailed hym wi? faire purp{er}s
of Tirie {and} wi? white perles. Algates ? itte throf he
hateful to alle folk ? ? is is to seyn ? at
al was he by-hated [[pg 75]]
of alle folk.
[Sidenote: Yet he had lordship, and gave to the senators the
dishonoured seats of dignity. ]
? ? itte ? is wicked Nero hadde gret 2052
lordship {and} ? af somtyme to ?
e dredeful senatours ? e
vnworshipful setes of dignites. ? vnworshipful setes
he clepi? here fore ? at Nero ? at was so wikked ? af ? o
dignites.
[Sidenote: Who then can think that felicity resides in honours
given by vicious shrews? ]
who wolde ? anne resonably wenen ? at blysfulnesse 2056
were in swiche hono{ur}s as ben ? euen by vicious
shrewes.
[Linenotes:
2048 _al_ (2)--alle
2049 _kembed_--kembde
_apparailed_--MS. apparailen, C.
