[Sidenote: You cannot, therefore, esteem him to be a man whom you
see thus
transformed
by his vices.
Chaucer - Boethius
certys ?an han ?ei forlorn ?e nature of mankynde. 3452
[Sidenote: But as virtue alone exalts one man above other men, it
is evident that vice, which divests a man of his nature, must sink
him below humanity.]
but so as oonly bounte {and} prowesse may enhawnse
euery man ouer o?er men. ?an mot it nedes be
?at shrewes whiche ?at shrewednesse ha? cast out of ?e
condic{i}ou{n} of mankynde ben put vndir ?e merite {and} 3456
?e deserte of men.
[Sidenote: You cannot, therefore, esteem him to be a man whom you
see thus
transformed
by his vices.
]
?an bitidi? it ?at yif ?ou seest a
wy?t ?at be t{ra}nsformed in to vices. ?ou ne mayst nat
wene ?at he be a man.
[Sidenote: The greedy robber, you will say, is like a _wolf_.]
