nat hem oonly but
infecti?
Chaucer - Boethius
[Sidenote: If, then, the wicked did rightly understand themselves
they would perceive that they are not exempted from punishment. ]
yif shrewes wolen ? an p{re}isen hem self may it semen 3432
to hem ? at ? ei ben wi? oute{n} p{ar}tye of tourment.
[Sidenote: Since vice, the extreme and worst kind of evil, not
only afflicts them, but infects and entirely pollutes them. ]
syn ? ei ben swiche ? at ? e [vtteriste wikkednesse / ? {a}t is to
seyn wikkede thewes / which ? {a}t is the] out{er}este {and}
? e w[or]ste kynde of shrewednesse ne defouli? nat ne 3436
entecehi?
nat hem oonly but infecti? {and} enuenemy?
he{m} gretely
[Sidenote: But contemplate the punishment of the wicked. ]
? And al so loke on shrewes ? at ben ? e
contrarie p{ar}tye of goode men.
how grete peyne felawshipe? [[pg 121]]
{and} folwe? hem.
[Sidenote: You have been taught that _unity_ is essential to being
and is good--and all that have this unity are good; whatsoever,
then, fails to be good ceases to exist. ]
? For ? ou hast lerned a litel 3440
here byforn ? at al ? i{n}g ?
