e heires of
straunge
folk.
Chaucer - Boethius
[Sidenote: A third is blest with both advantages, but is
unmarried. ]
and som ma{n} habunde? bo? e i{n}
rychesse {and} noblesse. but ? it he bywaile? hys chast[e]
lijf. for he ha? no wijf. [[pg 42]]
[Sidenote: This man is happy in a wife, but is childless, while
that other man has the joy of children, but is mortified by their
evil ways. ]
? and som man is wel {and}
selily maried but he ha? no children. {and} norisshe? his 1076
ricchesse to ?
e heires of straunge folk. ? And som
man is gladded wi? children. but he wepi? ful sory for
? e trespas of his son or of his dou? tir.
[Sidenote: Thus we see that no man can agree easily with the state
of his fortune. ]
? and for ? is
? er accorde? no wy? t ly? tly to ?
