ing is flitti{n}g
fortune but a manere shewyng of wrycchednesse [[pg 32]]
?
Chaucer - Boethius
ful forto dwelle. {and} whan she go? aweye ?at 788
she brynge? a wy?t in sorwe ? For syn she may nat
be wi?holde{n} at a mans wille. she make? hym a wrecche
whe{n} she dep{ar}te? fro hym.
[Sidenote: What is she (Fortune) but the presage of future
calamity?]
? What o?er ?
ing is flitti{n}g
fortune but a manere shewyng of wrycchednesse [[pg 32]]
?
at is to comen. ne it ne suffri? nat oo[n]ly to loken 793
of ?ing ?at is p{re}sent byforne ?e eyen of man. but
wisdom loke? {and} mesure? ?e ende of ?inges.
[Sidenote: Her mutability should make men neither fear her threats
nor desire her favours.]