ilk tyme rome wel wexen {and} gretly
redouted
of ?
Chaucer - Boethius
e fame of Citees ne may nat strecchen.
? At ?e last[e] Certis in ?e tyme of Marcus tulyus as hym self write? in
his book ?at ?e renou{n} of ?e comune of Rome ne hadde nat ?itte passed
ne clou{m}ben ou{er} ?e mou{n}taigne ?at hy?t Caucasus. {and} ?itte was
?
ilk tyme rome wel wexen {and} gretly
redouted
of ?
e p{ar}thes. and eke
of o?er folk enhabityng aboute. ? Sest ?ou nat ?an how streit {and} how
comp{re}ssed is ?ilke glorie ?at ?e t{ra}uaile{n} aboute to shew {and}
to multiplie. May ?an ?e glorie of a singlere Romeyne strecchen ?ider as
?e fame of ?
