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ne forein causes necesseden ?
ne forein causes necesseden ?
Chaucer - Boethius
ou fadir creatour of heuene {and} of er?
es ?
at
gouernest ? is worlde by p{er}durable resou{n} ? at comaundist
? e tymes for to gon from tyme ? at age had[de] 2416
bygy{n}ny{n}g. ? ou ? at dwellest ? i self ay stedfast {and}
stable {and} ? iuest alle o? er ? inges to ben moeued.
[Sidenote: Thy sovereign will to floating matter gave its various
forms, impelled by no exterior causes, but by the Idea of the Best
in thy great mind conceived void of malice.
]
ne forein causes necesseden ? e neuer to co{m}poune werke
of floterynge mater. but only ? e forme of souereyne 2420
goode y-set wi? i{n}ne [? e] wi? outen envie ? at moeued[e]
? e frely.
[Sidenote: Fairest thyself bearing the world's figure in thy
thought, thou didst create the world after that prototype, and
dost draw all things from the image of the fair Supreme, and dost
command that this world should have perfect parts. ]
? ou ? at art al? erfairest beryng ? e faire worlde
in ? i ?
gouernest ? is worlde by p{er}durable resou{n} ? at comaundist
? e tymes for to gon from tyme ? at age had[de] 2416
bygy{n}ny{n}g. ? ou ? at dwellest ? i self ay stedfast {and}
stable {and} ? iuest alle o? er ? inges to ben moeued.
[Sidenote: Thy sovereign will to floating matter gave its various
forms, impelled by no exterior causes, but by the Idea of the Best
in thy great mind conceived void of malice.
]
ne forein causes necesseden ? e neuer to co{m}poune werke
of floterynge mater. but only ? e forme of souereyne 2420
goode y-set wi? i{n}ne [? e] wi? outen envie ? at moeued[e]
? e frely.
[Sidenote: Fairest thyself bearing the world's figure in thy
thought, thou didst create the world after that prototype, and
dost draw all things from the image of the fair Supreme, and dost
command that this world should have perfect parts. ]
? ou ? at art al? erfairest beryng ? e faire worlde
in ? i ?