at a ryche
couetous
man hadde riuer fletynge alle of
golde ?
Chaucer - Boethius
inge. ? For syn ?at rychesse ne may nat al don awey
nede. but rychesse maken nede. what may it ?anne be ?at ?e wenen ?at
rychesses mowen ?eue{n} ?ow suffisau{n}ce.
QUAMUIS FLUENTER DIUES.
[Sidenote: [The 3^de Met{ur}.]]
++Al were it so ?
at a ryche
couetous
man hadde riuer fletynge alle of
golde ?
itte sholde it neuer staunche hys couetise. ? And ?ou? he hadde
his nekke I-charged wi? p{re}ciouse stones of ?e rede see. {and} ?ou? he
do erye his feldes plentiuo{us} wi? an hundre? oxen neuere ne shal his
bytyng bysynesse forleten hym while he lyue?. ne ?e ly?
