at haddest
haboundaunces
of rycchesses nat long
agon.
Chaucer - Boethius
at ?ei by-heten {and} ?at ?er be defaute of
many goodes. ? Shewe? it nat ?an clerely ?{a}t fals beaute of
blisfulnesse is knowe {and} a-teint in ?ilke ?inges. ? First {and}
forward ?ou ?i self ?
at haddest
haboundaunces
of rycchesses nat long
agon.
? I axe ?if ?at in ?e haboundaunce of alle ?ilk[e] rycchesses ?ou
were neuer anguissous or sory in ?i corage of any wrong or greuau{n}ce
?at by-tidde ?e on any syde. ? Certys q{uo}d I it remembre? me nat ?at
euere I was so free of my ?ou?
