e name of gentilesse be
referred
to renoun and clernesse
of linage.
of linage.
Chaucer - Boethius
_Neque
enim ab diminutis inconsummatisque natura rerum cepit exordium,
sed ab integris absolutisque procedens in haec extrema atque effoeta
dilabitur. _ Quod si, uti paulo ante monstravimus, est quaedam boni
fragilis imperfecta felicitas, esse aliquam solidam perfectamque
non potest dubitari.
(_Boeth. _, lib. iii. pr. 10. )
VI. GENTILITY.
For gentilnesse nys but renome
Of thin auncestres, for her heigh bounte
Which is a straunge thing to thy persone.
(_The Wyf of Bathes Tale_, vol. ii. p. 241. )
For if ?
e name of gentilesse be referred to renoun and clernesse
of linage. ? an is gentil name but a foreine ? ing.
(_Chaucer's Boethius_, p. 78. )
_Quae_ [nobilitas], _si ad claritudinem refertur, aliena est. _
(_Boethius_, lib. iii. pr. 6. )
VII. NERO'S CRUELTY.
No teer out of his eyen for that sighte
Ne cam; but sayde, a fair womman was sche.
Gret wonder is how that he couthe or mighte
Be domesman on hir dede beaute.
(_The Monkes Tale_, vol.
enim ab diminutis inconsummatisque natura rerum cepit exordium,
sed ab integris absolutisque procedens in haec extrema atque effoeta
dilabitur. _ Quod si, uti paulo ante monstravimus, est quaedam boni
fragilis imperfecta felicitas, esse aliquam solidam perfectamque
non potest dubitari.
(_Boeth. _, lib. iii. pr. 10. )
VI. GENTILITY.
For gentilnesse nys but renome
Of thin auncestres, for her heigh bounte
Which is a straunge thing to thy persone.
(_The Wyf of Bathes Tale_, vol. ii. p. 241. )
For if ?
e name of gentilesse be referred to renoun and clernesse
of linage. ? an is gentil name but a foreine ? ing.
(_Chaucer's Boethius_, p. 78. )
_Quae_ [nobilitas], _si ad claritudinem refertur, aliena est. _
(_Boethius_, lib. iii. pr. 6. )
VII. NERO'S CRUELTY.
No teer out of his eyen for that sighte
Ne cam; but sayde, a fair womman was sche.
Gret wonder is how that he couthe or mighte
Be domesman on hir dede beaute.
(_The Monkes Tale_, vol.
