{a}t shrewes ne ben nat
chaunged
in to
beestes by ?
Chaucer - Boethius
ei ne anoye nat ?e body.
?itte vices wooden to distroien men by wounde of ?ou?t.
TUNC EGO FATEOR INQ{UA}M.
[Sidenote: [The ferthe p{ro}se.]]
++?an seide I ?us I confesse {and} am aknowe q{uo}d I. ne I ne se nat
?at men may seyn as by ry?t. ?
{a}t shrewes ne ben nat
chaunged
in to
beestes by ?
e qualite of hir soules. ? Al be it so ?{a}t ?ei kepen ?itte
?e forme of ?e body of mankynde. but I nolde nat of shrewes of whiche ?e
?ou?t cruel woode? alwey in to destrucc{i}ou{n} of good[e] men. ?at it
wer{e} leueful to hem to done ?
