e moment some 1564
porciou{n} of hit al ?
porciou{n} of hit al ?
Chaucer - Boethius
e of lo{n}g lastyng of ?
i name.
[Sidenote: If a _moment_ be compared with 10,000 years, there is a
proportion between them, though a very small one. ]
? For
if ? er were maked co{m}parysou{n} of ? e abidyng of a
mome{n}t to ten ? ousand wynter. for as myche as bo? e
? o spaces ben endid. ? For ? it ha? ?
e moment some 1564
porciou{n} of hit al ? ou? it a litel be.
[Sidenote: But this number of years, multiplied by whatever sum
you please, vanishes when compared with the infinite extent of
eternity. ]
? But na? eles
? ilke self nou{m}bre of ? eres. and eke as many ? eres as
? er to may be multiplied. ne may nat certys be comparisou{n}d
to ? e p{er}durablete ? at is een[de]les.
[Sidenote: There may be comparison between finite things, but none
between the infinite and finite.
[Sidenote: If a _moment_ be compared with 10,000 years, there is a
proportion between them, though a very small one. ]
? For
if ? er were maked co{m}parysou{n} of ? e abidyng of a
mome{n}t to ten ? ousand wynter. for as myche as bo? e
? o spaces ben endid. ? For ? it ha? ?
e moment some 1564
porciou{n} of hit al ? ou? it a litel be.
[Sidenote: But this number of years, multiplied by whatever sum
you please, vanishes when compared with the infinite extent of
eternity. ]
? But na? eles
? ilke self nou{m}bre of ? eres. and eke as many ? eres as
? er to may be multiplied. ne may nat certys be comparisou{n}d
to ? e p{er}durablete ? at is een[de]les.
[Sidenote: There may be comparison between finite things, but none
between the infinite and finite.
