e
godhed of mercurie ?
godhed of mercurie ?
Chaucer - Boethius
]
? ? at 3488
o? er of hem is newliche chaunged in to a wolf. {and}
howeli? whan he wolde wepe. ? at o? er go? debonairly
in ? e house as a tigre of Inde.
[Sidenote: But Mercury, the Arcadian god, rescued Ulysses from the
Circean charms. Yet his mariners, having drunk of her infected
drinks, were changed to swine, and fed on acorns. ]
but al be it so ? at ?
e
godhed of mercurie ? at is cleped ? e bride of arcadie ha? 3492
had mercie of ? e duc vlixes byseged wi? diu{er}se yueles
{and} ha? vnbounden hym fro ? e pestilence of hys
oosteresse algates ? e rowers {and} ? e maryners hadden by
? is ydrawen in to hir mou? es {and} dronken ? e wicked[e] 3496
drynkes ? ei ? at were woxen swyne hadden by ? is [[pg 123]]
chau{n}ged hire mete of brede forto ete acorns of ookes.
? ? at 3488
o? er of hem is newliche chaunged in to a wolf. {and}
howeli? whan he wolde wepe. ? at o? er go? debonairly
in ? e house as a tigre of Inde.
[Sidenote: But Mercury, the Arcadian god, rescued Ulysses from the
Circean charms. Yet his mariners, having drunk of her infected
drinks, were changed to swine, and fed on acorns. ]
but al be it so ? at ?
e
godhed of mercurie ? at is cleped ? e bride of arcadie ha? 3492
had mercie of ? e duc vlixes byseged wi? diu{er}se yueles
{and} ha? vnbounden hym fro ? e pestilence of hys
oosteresse algates ? e rowers {and} ? e maryners hadden by
? is ydrawen in to hir mou? es {and} dronken ? e wicked[e] 3496
drynkes ? ei ? at were woxen swyne hadden by ? is [[pg 123]]
chau{n}ged hire mete of brede forto ete acorns of ookes.