e by vyolence {and} by
strenke?
Chaucer - Boethius
]
? And by-twene ? ese two l{ett}res ? ere weren seien degrees
nobly wrou? t in manere of laddres. By wyche
degrees men my? t[en] clymbe fro ? e ne? emast[e] l{ett}re 56
to ? e ouermast[e].
[Sidenote: Philosophy's garments were tattered and torn, and
pieces had been carried violently off. ]
? Na? eles hondes of su{m} men
hadde korue ? {a}t clo?
e by vyolence {and} by strenke? .
? And eueryche man of hem hadde born away syche
peces as he my? te geet[e].
[Sidenote: In her right hand she bore her books, and in her left a
sceptre. ]
? And forso? e ? is forsaide 60
woman ber bookes in hir ry? t honde. {and} in hir lefte
honde sche ber a ceptre. ? And when sche sau? ? ese
poetical muses ap{ro}chen aboute my bedde.
? And by-twene ? ese two l{ett}res ? ere weren seien degrees
nobly wrou? t in manere of laddres. By wyche
degrees men my? t[en] clymbe fro ? e ne? emast[e] l{ett}re 56
to ? e ouermast[e].
[Sidenote: Philosophy's garments were tattered and torn, and
pieces had been carried violently off. ]
? Na? eles hondes of su{m} men
hadde korue ? {a}t clo?
e by vyolence {and} by strenke? .
? And eueryche man of hem hadde born away syche
peces as he my? te geet[e].
[Sidenote: In her right hand she bore her books, and in her left a
sceptre. ]
? And forso? e ? is forsaide 60
woman ber bookes in hir ry? t honde. {and} in hir lefte
honde sche ber a ceptre. ? And when sche sau? ? ese
poetical muses ap{ro}chen aboute my bedde.
