e
p{ro}pre
wille [ne] sent hem nat to ?
Chaucer - Boethius
ilke ?
inge is al?
er worste whiche
? at is nowe demed. for al? {er} moste iuste {and} moste [[pg 158]]
ry? tful. ? at is to seyn ? at shrewes ben punyssed. or 4564
ellys ? {a}t good[e] folk ben ygerdoned. ? e whiche folk
syn ? at ?
e p{ro}pre wille [ne] sent hem nat to ? {a}t oon ne
to ? at o? er. ? at is to seyn. ne? er to good[e] ne to
harme. but constreine? hem certeyne necessite of ? inges 4568
to comen.
[Sidenote: Nor would there be such things as virtue or vice, but
such a medley of the one and the other as would be productive of
the greatest confusion. ]
? ? anne ne sholle{n} ? er neuer ben ne neuer
weren vice ne vertue.
? at is nowe demed. for al? {er} moste iuste {and} moste [[pg 158]]
ry? tful. ? at is to seyn ? at shrewes ben punyssed. or 4564
ellys ? {a}t good[e] folk ben ygerdoned. ? e whiche folk
syn ? at ?
e p{ro}pre wille [ne] sent hem nat to ? {a}t oon ne
to ? at o? er. ? at is to seyn. ne? er to good[e] ne to
harme. but constreine? hem certeyne necessite of ? inges 4568
to comen.
[Sidenote: Nor would there be such things as virtue or vice, but
such a medley of the one and the other as would be productive of
the greatest confusion. ]
? ? anne ne sholle{n} ? er neuer ben ne neuer
weren vice ne vertue.
