[Linenotes:
1458 _greet[e]_--grete
1460 _letee_--let
1461 _somtyme slou?
1458 _greet[e]_--grete
1460 _letee_--let
1461 _somtyme slou?
Chaucer - Boethius
?
e brennynge sandes by his drie hete.
?
at
is to seyne. alle ? e poeples in ? e sou? e.
[Sidenote: But yet Nero's power could not tame his ferocious
mind. ]
[but yit ne
myhte nat al his heye power torne the woodnesse of 1480
this wykkyd nero /
[Sidenote: It is a grievous thing when power strengthens the arm
of him whose will prompts him to deeds of cruelty. ]
Allas it is greuous fortune it is]. as
ofte as wicked swerde is ioygned to cruel venym. ? at is
to sein. venimous cruelte to lordshipe.
[Linenotes:
1458 _greet[e]_--grete
1460 _letee_--let
1461 _somtyme slou? _--whilom slow
1463 _let_--lette
1464 _where_--wher
1465 _half_--halue
1466 _my? t[e]_--myhte
1467 _hire_--hyr
1468 _neuer? eles_--natheles
_gouerned[e]_--gou{er}nede
_al_--alle
1469 _from_--fram
_outerest_--owtereste
1470 _hidde_--hide
1471 _seyne_--seyn
1472 _go? _--MS. go? e, C. goth
1473 _goueyrende_--gou{er}nyd
1474 _triones_--tyryones
1475 _gouerned[e]_--gou{er}nede
1476 _parties_--p{ar}ty
_nor? e_--north
_gouerned[e]_--gou{er}nede
1477 _wynde_--wynd
_scorchi? _--scorklith
1479 _seyne_--seyn
_sou? e_--sowth
1479-81 [_but----it is_]--MS. _has_: but ne how greuous fortune is
1482 _swerde_--swerd]
[[pg 56]]
[Headnote:
THE LOVE OF GLORY. ]
TU{M} EGO SCIS INQ{UA}M.
[Sidenote: [The seuende p{ro}se. ]]
[Sidenote: _B. _ Thou knowest that I did not covet mortal and
transitory things.
is to seyne. alle ? e poeples in ? e sou? e.
[Sidenote: But yet Nero's power could not tame his ferocious
mind. ]
[but yit ne
myhte nat al his heye power torne the woodnesse of 1480
this wykkyd nero /
[Sidenote: It is a grievous thing when power strengthens the arm
of him whose will prompts him to deeds of cruelty. ]
Allas it is greuous fortune it is]. as
ofte as wicked swerde is ioygned to cruel venym. ? at is
to sein. venimous cruelte to lordshipe.
[Linenotes:
1458 _greet[e]_--grete
1460 _letee_--let
1461 _somtyme slou? _--whilom slow
1463 _let_--lette
1464 _where_--wher
1465 _half_--halue
1466 _my? t[e]_--myhte
1467 _hire_--hyr
1468 _neuer? eles_--natheles
_gouerned[e]_--gou{er}nede
_al_--alle
1469 _from_--fram
_outerest_--owtereste
1470 _hidde_--hide
1471 _seyne_--seyn
1472 _go? _--MS. go? e, C. goth
1473 _goueyrende_--gou{er}nyd
1474 _triones_--tyryones
1475 _gouerned[e]_--gou{er}nede
1476 _parties_--p{ar}ty
_nor? e_--north
_gouerned[e]_--gou{er}nede
1477 _wynde_--wynd
_scorchi? _--scorklith
1479 _seyne_--seyn
_sou? e_--sowth
1479-81 [_but----it is_]--MS. _has_: but ne how greuous fortune is
1482 _swerde_--swerd]
[[pg 56]]
[Headnote:
THE LOVE OF GLORY. ]
TU{M} EGO SCIS INQ{UA}M.
[Sidenote: [The seuende p{ro}se. ]]
[Sidenote: _B. _ Thou knowest that I did not covet mortal and
transitory things.