e chere
adou{n}ward
to ?
Chaucer - Boethius
now
ra? er awey ? e meremaydenes wyche ben swete til it
be at ? e laste. {and} suffre? ? is man to be cured {and} 84
heled by myne muses. ? at is to say by notful sciences.
[Sidenote: Blushing for shame they pass the threshold. ]
? And ? us ? is compaygnie of muses I-blamed casten
wro? ely ?
e chere adou{n}ward to ? e er? e {and} schewyng
by redenesse hir schame ? ei passeden sorowfuly ? e 88
? reschefolde. ? And I of whom ? e sy? t plonged i{n}
teres was derked so ? at I ne my? t[e] not knowe what
? at woman was of so i{m}perial auctorite.
[Sidenote: Boethius is astonished at the presence of the august
dame. ]
? I wex al
a-besid {and} astoned.
ra? er awey ? e meremaydenes wyche ben swete til it
be at ? e laste. {and} suffre? ? is man to be cured {and} 84
heled by myne muses. ? at is to say by notful sciences.
[Sidenote: Blushing for shame they pass the threshold. ]
? And ? us ? is compaygnie of muses I-blamed casten
wro? ely ?
e chere adou{n}ward to ? e er? e {and} schewyng
by redenesse hir schame ? ei passeden sorowfuly ? e 88
? reschefolde. ? And I of whom ? e sy? t plonged i{n}
teres was derked so ? at I ne my? t[e] not knowe what
? at woman was of so i{m}perial auctorite.
[Sidenote: Boethius is astonished at the presence of the august
dame. ]
? I wex al
a-besid {and} astoned.
