[Sidenote: They cannot efface the deep
impressions
that misery has
made in the heart.
Chaucer - Boethius
I. wol ?eue ?e space to
tellen it.
[Sidenote: _B._ What you have said is very specious, but such
discourses are only sweet while they strike our ears.]
? Certeynely q{uod} I ?an ?ise ben faire
?inges {and} enoyntid wi? hony swetnesse of rethorike
{and} musike. {and} only while ?ei ben herd ?ei ben 924
deliciouse.
[Sidenote: They cannot efface the deep
impressions
that misery has
made in the heart.
]
? But to wrecches is a deppere felyng of
harme. ?is is to seyn ?at wrecches felen ?e harmes ?at
?ei suffren more greuously ?an ?e remedies or ?e delites
of ?ise wordes mowe gladen or comforten hem. so ?at 928
whan ?ise ?
