ou
drouppedest
euery day in myn
eer{e}s {and} in my ?
Chaucer - Boethius
at art plaunted in me chacedest oute 452
?e sege of my corage al couetise of mortal ?inges. ne
sacrilege ne had[de] no leue to han a place in me byforne
?ine eyen.
[Sidenote: He affirms that he has always followed the golden maxim
of Pythagoras,-- ???? ???.]
? For ?
ou
drouppedest
euery day in myn
eer{e}s {and} in my ?
ou?t ?ilk comaundement of pictogoras. 456
?at is to seyne men schal seruen to god. {and} not to
goddes. ? Ne it was no couenaunt ne no nede to
taken helpe of ?e foulest spirites. ? I ?at ?ou hast
ordeyned or set in syche excellence ?{a}t [?ou] makedest 460
me lyke to god.