e moten seken
outwardes
?
Chaucer - Boethius
inges han.
[Sidenote: They want the fewest who measure their abundance by the
necessities of nature, and not by the superfluity of their
desires. ]
{and} a? eyneward of litel nedi? 1268
hem ? at mesuren hir fille after ? e nede of kynde {and}
nat after ? e outrage of couetyse
[Sidenote: Is there no good planted within ourselves, that we are
obliged to go abroad to seek it? ]
? Is it ? an so ? at ye
men ne han no p{ro}pre goode. I-set in ? ow. For
whiche ?
e moten seken outwardes ? oure goodes in 1272
foreine {and} subgit ? inges.
[Sidenote: Are things so changed and inverted, that god-like man
should think that he has no other worth but what he derives from
the possession of inanimate objects? ]
? So is ? an ? e condic{i}ou{n}
of ? inges turned vpso dou{n}. ? at a man ? at is a devyne
beest by merit of hys resou{n}. ? inke? ? at hy{m}
self nys ney?
[Sidenote: They want the fewest who measure their abundance by the
necessities of nature, and not by the superfluity of their
desires. ]
{and} a? eyneward of litel nedi? 1268
hem ? at mesuren hir fille after ? e nede of kynde {and}
nat after ? e outrage of couetyse
[Sidenote: Is there no good planted within ourselves, that we are
obliged to go abroad to seek it? ]
? Is it ? an so ? at ye
men ne han no p{ro}pre goode. I-set in ? ow. For
whiche ?
e moten seken outwardes ? oure goodes in 1272
foreine {and} subgit ? inges.
[Sidenote: Are things so changed and inverted, that god-like man
should think that he has no other worth but what he derives from
the possession of inanimate objects? ]
? So is ? an ? e condic{i}ou{n}
of ? inges turned vpso dou{n}. ? at a man ? at is a devyne
beest by merit of hys resou{n}. ? inke? ? at hy{m}
self nys ney?
