an how streit {and} how
comp{re}ssed
is ?
Chaucer - Boethius
e comune of 1532
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.
[Sidenote: How narrow, then, is that glory which you labour to
propagate. ]
? Sest ? ou 1536
nat ?
an how streit {and} how comp{re}ssed is ? ilke glorie
? at ? e t{ra}uaile{n} aboute to shew {and} to multiplie.
[Sidenote: Shall the glory of a Roman citizen reach those places
where the name even of Rome was never heard? ]
May ? an ? e glorie of a singlere Romeyne strecchen ? ider
as ? e fame of ? e name of Rome may nat clymben ne 1540
passen.
[Sidenote: Customs and institutions differ in different
countries. ]
? And eke sest ? {o}u nat ? at ?
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.
[Sidenote: How narrow, then, is that glory which you labour to
propagate. ]
? Sest ? ou 1536
nat ?
an how streit {and} how comp{re}ssed is ? ilke glorie
? at ? e t{ra}uaile{n} aboute to shew {and} to multiplie.
[Sidenote: Shall the glory of a Roman citizen reach those places
where the name even of Rome was never heard? ]
May ? an ? e glorie of a singlere Romeyne strecchen ? ider
as ? e fame of ? e name of Rome may nat clymben ne 1540
passen.
[Sidenote: Customs and institutions differ in different
countries. ]
? And eke sest ? {o}u nat ? at ?
