[Sidenote:
Strength
and a good stature seem to give power and
worthiness.
Chaucer - Boethius
ing.
[Sidenote: All else are desired either for the power or pleasure
they afford.]
alle ?ise o?er ?inges forso?e 1796
ben taken for cause of power. or ellis for cause of
delit.
[Sidenote: The goods of the body fall under the same predicament.]
? Certis now am I redy to referen ?e goodes of
?e body to ?ise forseide ?inges abouen.
[Sidenote:
Strength
and a good stature seem to give power and
worthiness.
]
? For it seme?
?{a}t streng?e {and} gretnesse of body ?euen power {and} 1800
wor?inesse.
[Sidenote: Beauty and swiftness give glory and fame; and health
gives delight.]
? and ?at beaute {and} swiftenesse ?euen
noblesse {and} glorie of renou{n}. {and} hele of body seme?
?iuen delit.
