No More Learning

e_--mowht
268 _comunabletes_--comunalitees
270 _by-felle_--byfille
271 _in grete wisdomes_--to geten wysdom]

[Headnote:
PHILOSOPHERS TO BE POLITICIANS. ]

[Sidenote: The same Plato urged philosophers to take upon them the
management of public affairs, lest it should fall into the hands
of unprincipled citizens. ]

? ? ou saidest eke by ? e mou? e of ? e same 272
plato ? at it was a necessarie cause wyse men to taken
{and} desire ? e gou{er}nau{n}ce of comune ? i{n}ges. for ? at ? e
gou{er}nementes of comune citees y-left in ? e hondes of
felonous to{ur}mento{ur}s Citi?
enis ne scholde not brynge 276
inne pestile{n}ce {and} destrucc{i}ou{n} to goode folk.

[Sidenote: Boethius declares that he desired to put in practice
(in the management of public affairs) what he had learnt in his
retirement. ]

? And
? erfore I folowynge ? ilk auctoritee (. s. platonis). desiryng
to put[te] fur? e in execusiou{n} {and} in acte of comune
admi{ni}st{ra}c{i}ou{n} ? o ? inges ? at . I. hadde lerned of ? e 280
among my secre restyng whiles.