e
simplicite
of [the] p{re}sence
of god.
of god.
Chaucer - Boethius
ilk[e]_--thilke
_or_--{and}
5014 _by_--be
5016 _semid[e]_--semede
5017 _worlde_--world
_had[de]_--hadde
5018 _haue_--han
5019-20 _worlde_--world
5022 _yladd_--MS. yladde, C. I-lad
5023 _worlde_--world
5024 _embracen_--enbrace
_alle_--al
_presence to_--p{re}sent of
5025 _clere_--cleer]
[Headnote:
GOD IS ETERNAL. ]
[Sidenote: and since it cannot copy nor equal it from an immovable
and simply present state, it passes into motion and into an
infinite measure of past and future time. ]
{and} so as it ne may nat contrefeten it ne feyne{n}
it ne ben euene lyke to it. for ? e inmoeueablete. ? at is 5032
to seyn ? at is i{n} ? e eternite of god. ? it faile? {and}
falle? in to moeuynge fro ?
e simplicite of [the] p{re}sence
of god. {and} disencresi? to ? e infinite quantite of
fut{ur}e {and} of p{re}terit.
[Sidenote: But since it cannot possess at once the whole extent of
its duration, yet, as it never ceases wholly to be, it faintly
emulates _that_ whose perfection it can neither attain nor
express, by attaching itself to the present fleeting moment,
which, because it resembles the durable present time, imparts to
those things that partake of it an appearance of existence. ]
{and} so as it ne may nat han togidre 5036
al ? e plente of ? e lif. algates ? itte for as moche as
it ne cesi? neuere forto ben in som manere it seme?
somde[l] to vs ? at it folwi? {and} resembli? ? ilke ?
_or_--{and}
5014 _by_--be
5016 _semid[e]_--semede
5017 _worlde_--world
_had[de]_--hadde
5018 _haue_--han
5019-20 _worlde_--world
5022 _yladd_--MS. yladde, C. I-lad
5023 _worlde_--world
5024 _embracen_--enbrace
_alle_--al
_presence to_--p{re}sent of
5025 _clere_--cleer]
[Headnote:
GOD IS ETERNAL. ]
[Sidenote: and since it cannot copy nor equal it from an immovable
and simply present state, it passes into motion and into an
infinite measure of past and future time. ]
{and} so as it ne may nat contrefeten it ne feyne{n}
it ne ben euene lyke to it. for ? e inmoeueablete. ? at is 5032
to seyn ? at is i{n} ? e eternite of god. ? it faile? {and}
falle? in to moeuynge fro ?
e simplicite of [the] p{re}sence
of god. {and} disencresi? to ? e infinite quantite of
fut{ur}e {and} of p{re}terit.
[Sidenote: But since it cannot possess at once the whole extent of
its duration, yet, as it never ceases wholly to be, it faintly
emulates _that_ whose perfection it can neither attain nor
express, by attaching itself to the present fleeting moment,
which, because it resembles the durable present time, imparts to
those things that partake of it an appearance of existence. ]
{and} so as it ne may nat han togidre 5036
al ? e plente of ? e lif. algates ? itte for as moche as
it ne cesi? neuere forto ben in som manere it seme?
somde[l] to vs ? at it folwi? {and} resembli? ? ilke ?
