But as I trowe I shal not
gretly trauaile to don ?
gretly trauaile to don ?
Chaucer - Boethius
vnsuffreable sorwe hem ?
at she ha?
left
in despeir vnpurueyed.
[Sidenote: Though she has left thee, thou hast not lost anything
of beauty or of worth. ]
? and if ? ou remembrest wel
? e kynde ? e maners {and} ? e desert of ? ilke fortune. ? ow 744
shalt wel knowe as in hir ? ou neuer ne haddest ne
hast ylost any fair ? ing.
But as I trowe I shal not
gretly trauaile to don ? e remembren of ? ise ? inges.
[Sidenote: Thou wert once proof against her allurements. ]
? For ? ou were wont to hurtlen [{and} despysen] hir 748
wi? manly wordes whan she was blaundissinge {and}
presente {and} p{ur}sewedest hir wi? sentences ? at were
drawe{n} oute of myne entre. ? at is to seyne out of
myn i{n}formac{i}ou{n}
[Sidenote: But sudden change works a great alteration in the minds
of men, hence it is that thou art departed from thy usual peace of
mind. ]
? But no sudeyne mutac{i}ou{n} ne 752
bytide? nat wi?
in despeir vnpurueyed.
[Sidenote: Though she has left thee, thou hast not lost anything
of beauty or of worth. ]
? and if ? ou remembrest wel
? e kynde ? e maners {and} ? e desert of ? ilke fortune. ? ow 744
shalt wel knowe as in hir ? ou neuer ne haddest ne
hast ylost any fair ? ing.
But as I trowe I shal not
gretly trauaile to don ? e remembren of ? ise ? inges.
[Sidenote: Thou wert once proof against her allurements. ]
? For ? ou were wont to hurtlen [{and} despysen] hir 748
wi? manly wordes whan she was blaundissinge {and}
presente {and} p{ur}sewedest hir wi? sentences ? at were
drawe{n} oute of myne entre. ? at is to seyne out of
myn i{n}formac{i}ou{n}
[Sidenote: But sudden change works a great alteration in the minds
of men, hence it is that thou art departed from thy usual peace of
mind. ]
? But no sudeyne mutac{i}ou{n} ne 752
bytide? nat wi?