is were a
merueile
to seyne ?
Chaucer - Boethius
ei forleten al outerly in any
wise forto ben
[Sidenote: For those who neglect the common end of all beings,
cease to exist. ]
? For ? ei ? at forleten ? e comune fyn of
alle ? inges ? at ben. ? ei for-leten also ? erwi? al forto
ben.
[Sidenote: You may marvel that I assert that the wicked, the
majority of the human race, have no existence--but it is, however,
most true. ]
and p{er}auenture it sholde semen to som folk ? at 3300
?
is were a merueile to seyne ? at shrewes whiche ? at
contienen ? e more p{ar}tie of me{n} ne ben nat. ne han no
beynge. ? but na? eles it is so. {and} ? us stant ? is ? ing
[Sidenote: That the wicked are bad I do not deny--but I do not
admit that they have any real existence. ]
for ? ei ? at ben shrewes I denye nat ? at ?
wise forto ben
[Sidenote: For those who neglect the common end of all beings,
cease to exist. ]
? For ? ei ? at forleten ? e comune fyn of
alle ? inges ? at ben. ? ei for-leten also ? erwi? al forto
ben.
[Sidenote: You may marvel that I assert that the wicked, the
majority of the human race, have no existence--but it is, however,
most true. ]
and p{er}auenture it sholde semen to som folk ? at 3300
?
is were a merueile to seyne ? at shrewes whiche ? at
contienen ? e more p{ar}tie of me{n} ne ben nat. ne han no
beynge. ? but na? eles it is so. {and} ? us stant ? is ? ing
[Sidenote: That the wicked are bad I do not deny--but I do not
admit that they have any real existence. ]
for ? ei ? at ben shrewes I denye nat ? at ?