e ful[le]
p{er}fecciou{n}
of vertue.
Chaucer - Boethius
[Sidenote: _P. _ A love of glory is one of those things that may
captivate minds naturally great, but not yet arrived at the
perfection of virtue. ]
? _Philosophie. _ ? For so? e q{uo}d
she. {and} ? at is a ? ing ? at may drawen to gouernaunce
swiche hertes as ben wor? i {and} noble of hir nature.
but na? eles it may nat drawen or tollen swiche hertes as 1496
ben y-brou? t to ?
e ful[le] p{er}fecciou{n} of vertue. ? at is
to seyn couetyse of glorie {and} renou{n} to han wel
administred ? e comune ? inges. or doon goode decertes
to p{ro}fit of ? e comune.
[Sidenote: But consider how small and void of weight is that
glory. ]
for se now {and} considere how 1500
litel {and} how voide of al prise is ? ilke glorie.
[Sidenote: Astronomy teaches us that this globe of earth is but a
speck compared with the extent of the heavens, and is as nothing
if compared with the magnitude of the celestial sphere. ]
? Certeine
? ing is as ? ou hast lerned by demonstrac{i}ou{n} of
astronomye ? at al ?
