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p{ur}ueaunce of god wolde demen ?
p{ur}ueaunce of god wolde demen ?
Chaucer - Boethius
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wise dispensac{i}ou{n} of god spare? hym ? e whiche
man{er}e adu{er}site *my? t[e] enpeyren. ? For ? at god
wil nat suffren hym to trauaile. to whom ? at trauayl 4016
nis nat couenable.
[Sidenote: Another man is thoroughly virtuous, and approaches to
the purity of the deity--him Providence deems it an injustice to
oppress by adversity, and therefore exempts him even from bodily
disease. ]
? An o? {er} man is p{er}fit in alle
uertues. {and} is an holy man {and} neye to god so ? at ?
e
p{ur}ueaunce of god wolde demen ? at it were a felony
? at he were touched wi? any aduersites. so ? at he ne 4020
wil nat suffre ? at swiche a man be moeued wi? any [[pg 140]]
manere maladie. ? But so as seide a philosophre [the
moore excellent by me]. ? e adu{er}sites comen nat (he
seide in grec[;]) ? ere ? {a}t uertues han edified ? e bodie 4024
of ? e holy man.
wise dispensac{i}ou{n} of god spare? hym ? e whiche
man{er}e adu{er}site *my? t[e] enpeyren. ? For ? at god
wil nat suffren hym to trauaile. to whom ? at trauayl 4016
nis nat couenable.
[Sidenote: Another man is thoroughly virtuous, and approaches to
the purity of the deity--him Providence deems it an injustice to
oppress by adversity, and therefore exempts him even from bodily
disease. ]
? An o? {er} man is p{er}fit in alle
uertues. {and} is an holy man {and} neye to god so ? at ?
e
p{ur}ueaunce of god wolde demen ? at it were a felony
? at he were touched wi? any aduersites. so ? at he ne 4020
wil nat suffre ? at swiche a man be moeued wi? any [[pg 140]]
manere maladie. ? But so as seide a philosophre [the
moore excellent by me]. ? e adu{er}sites comen nat (he
seide in grec[;]) ? ere ? {a}t uertues han edified ? e bodie 4024
of ? e holy man.
