{and} by resou{n} of supplicac{i}ou{n}
ben
conioigned
[[pg 159]]
to ?
Chaucer - Boethius
e deuyne grace whiche ?at is inestimable. ?at is to
sein ?at it is so grete ?at it ne may nat ben ful yp{re}ised.
{and} ?is is oonly ?e manere. ?at is to seyen hope {and} 4592
prayeres. for whiche it seme? ?at [men] mowen speken
wi? god.
{and} by resou{n} of supplicac{i}ou{n}
ben
conioigned
[[pg 159]]
to ?
ilk clernesse ?at nis nat app{ro}ched no ra?er or
?at men byseken it {and} emp{re}nten it.
[Sidenote: If men believe that hope and prayer have no power
because of the necessity of future events, by what other way can
we be united, and hold fast to the sovereign Lord of all things?]
And yif men 4596
ne wene [nat] ?at [hope] ne p{re}iers ne han no streng?es.
by ?e necessite of ?inges to comen y-resceiued. what
?i{n}g is ?er ?an by whiche we mowen be co{n}ioygned
{and} clyuen to ?
