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LE RESPOU{N}CE DU PLEINTIF COU{N}TR{E} FORTUNE.
LE RESPOU{N}CE DU PLEINTIF COU{N}TR{E} FORTUNE.
Chaucer - Boethius
I haue the tawht deuisyou{n} by-twene
Frend of effect+ {and} frende of cowntenau{n}ce
The nedeth nat the galle of no hyene
? {a}t cureth eyen derkyd for penau{n}ce 36
Now se[st] thow cleer ? {a}t weere in ignorau{n}ce
Yit halt thin ancre {and} yit thow mayst aryue
Ther bownte berth the keye of my substau{n}ce
{And} ek ? {o}u hast thy beste frende alyue 40
? How manye haue . I. refused to sustigne
Syn . I. the fostred haue in thy plesau{n}ce
Wolthow thanne make a statute on ? y quyene
? {a}t . I. shal ben ay at thy ordynau{n}ce 44
Thow born art in my regne of varyau{n}ce
Abowte the wheel w{i}t{h} oother most thow dryue
My loore is bet than wikke is thi greuau{n}ce
{And} ek ? ou hast thy beste frende a-lyue 48
[Linenotes:
37 _se[st]_--partly erased and _ist_ written on it in a later hand.
41 _igne_ of _sustigne_ is in a later hand.
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[Sidenote: [fol. 54. ]]
? Thy loor{e} y dempne / it is adu{er}syte
My frend maysthow nat reuen blynde goddesse
? {a}t . I. thy frendes knowe . I. thanke to the
Tak hem agayn / lat hem go lye on p{re}sse 52
The negardye in kepynge hyr rychesse
P{re}nostik is thow wolt hir+ towr+ asayle
Wikke appetyt comth ay before sykenesse [[pg 184]]
In general this rewle may nat fayle 56
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? Thow pynchest at my mutabylyte
For . I. the lente a drope of my rychesse
And now me lykyth to w{i}t{h}-drawe me
Whi sholdysthow my realte ap{re}sse 60
The see may ebbe {and} flowen moor{e} or lesse
The welkne hath myht to shyne reyne or hayle
Ryht so mot . I. kythen my brutelnesse
In general this rewle may nat fayle 64
LE PLEINTIF
? Lo excussyou{n} of the maieste
?
Frend of effect+ {and} frende of cowntenau{n}ce
The nedeth nat the galle of no hyene
? {a}t cureth eyen derkyd for penau{n}ce 36
Now se[st] thow cleer ? {a}t weere in ignorau{n}ce
Yit halt thin ancre {and} yit thow mayst aryue
Ther bownte berth the keye of my substau{n}ce
{And} ek ? {o}u hast thy beste frende alyue 40
? How manye haue . I. refused to sustigne
Syn . I. the fostred haue in thy plesau{n}ce
Wolthow thanne make a statute on ? y quyene
? {a}t . I. shal ben ay at thy ordynau{n}ce 44
Thow born art in my regne of varyau{n}ce
Abowte the wheel w{i}t{h} oother most thow dryue
My loore is bet than wikke is thi greuau{n}ce
{And} ek ? ou hast thy beste frende a-lyue 48
[Linenotes:
37 _se[st]_--partly erased and _ist_ written on it in a later hand.
41 _igne_ of _sustigne_ is in a later hand.
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LE RESPOU{N}CE DU PLEINTIF COU{N}TR{E} FORTUNE.
[Sidenote: [fol. 54. ]]
? Thy loor{e} y dempne / it is adu{er}syte
My frend maysthow nat reuen blynde goddesse
? {a}t . I. thy frendes knowe . I. thanke to the
Tak hem agayn / lat hem go lye on p{re}sse 52
The negardye in kepynge hyr rychesse
P{re}nostik is thow wolt hir+ towr+ asayle
Wikke appetyt comth ay before sykenesse [[pg 184]]
In general this rewle may nat fayle 56
LE RESPOU{N}CE DE FORTUNE COU{N}TR{E} LE PLEINTIF
? Thow pynchest at my mutabylyte
For . I. the lente a drope of my rychesse
And now me lykyth to w{i}t{h}-drawe me
Whi sholdysthow my realte ap{re}sse 60
The see may ebbe {and} flowen moor{e} or lesse
The welkne hath myht to shyne reyne or hayle
Ryht so mot . I. kythen my brutelnesse
In general this rewle may nat fayle 64
LE PLEINTIF
? Lo excussyou{n} of the maieste
?