[Sidenote: If, then, the wicked did rightly understand themselves
they would perceive that they are not exempted from punishment.
they would perceive that they are not exempted from punishment.
Chaucer - Boethius
t as we seen by-tiden
in gerdou{n} of goode.
[Sidenote: It is evident that rewards follow good actions, and
punishments attend evil actions; then as virtue itself is the
reward of the virtuous, so vice is the punishment of the vicious. ]
? at also mot ? e peyne of yuel
answer{e} by ? e contrarie partye to shrewes. now ? an so 3428
as bounte {and} prowesse ben ? e medes to goode folk.
also is shrewednesse it self torment to shrewes
[Sidenote: He who is punished with pain and uneasiness knows that
he is afflicted with evil. ]
? ? an
who so ? at euer is entecched {and} defouled wi? yuel.
[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?
in gerdou{n} of goode.
[Sidenote: It is evident that rewards follow good actions, and
punishments attend evil actions; then as virtue itself is the
reward of the virtuous, so vice is the punishment of the vicious. ]
? at also mot ? e peyne of yuel
answer{e} by ? e contrarie partye to shrewes. now ? an so 3428
as bounte {and} prowesse ben ? e medes to goode folk.
also is shrewednesse it self torment to shrewes
[Sidenote: He who is punished with pain and uneasiness knows that
he is afflicted with evil. ]
? ? an
who so ? at euer is entecched {and} defouled wi? yuel.
[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?
