ou
descende
dou{n} whanne
resou{n} of my pleye axe?
Chaucer - Boethius
{and}
?e heyest to ?e loweste. wor?e vp yif ?ou wilt. so it be by ?is lawe.
?at ?ou ne holde not ?at I do ?e wronge ?ou? ?
ou
descende
dou{n} whanne
resou{n} of my pleye axe?
it. Wost ?ou not how Cresus kyng of lyndens of
whiche kyng Cir{us} was ful sore agast a litel byforne ?at ?is rewlyche
Cresus was cau?t of Cirus {and} lad to ?e fijr to be brent. but ?at a
reyne desce{n}ded[e] dou{n} from heuene ?at rescowed[e] hym ? And is it
out of ?i mynde how ?at Paulus consul of Rome whan he hadde take ?e kyng
of p{er}ciens weep pitou[s]ly for ?e captiuitee of ?