e
remedies
or ?
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inges {and} enoyntid wi?
hony swetnesse of rethorike
{and} musike. {and} only while ? ei ben herd ? ei ben 924
deliciouse.
[Sidenote: They cannot efface the deep impressions that misery has
made in the heart. ]
? But to wrecches is a deppere felyng of
harme. ? is is to seyn ? at wrecches felen ? e harmes ? at
? ei suffren more greuously ? an ?
e remedies or ? e delites
of ? ise wordes mowe gladen or comforten hem. so ? at 928
whan ? ise ? inges stynten forto sou{n}[e] in eres. ? e sorwe [[pg 37]]
? at is inset greue? ? e ? ou? t.
[Sidenote: _P. _ So it is indeed; for my arguments are not designed
as remedies, but as lenitives only.
{and} musike. {and} only while ? ei ben herd ? ei ben 924
deliciouse.
[Sidenote: They cannot efface the deep impressions that misery has
made in the heart. ]
? But to wrecches is a deppere felyng of
harme. ? is is to seyn ? at wrecches felen ? e harmes ? at
? ei suffren more greuously ? an ?
e remedies or ? e delites
of ? ise wordes mowe gladen or comforten hem. so ? at 928
whan ? ise ? inges stynten forto sou{n}[e] in eres. ? e sorwe [[pg 37]]
? at is inset greue? ? e ? ou? t.
[Sidenote: _P. _ So it is indeed; for my arguments are not designed
as remedies, but as lenitives only.
