]
It is certeyne {and} establissed by lawe p{er}durable ?
It is certeyne {and} establissed by lawe p{er}durable ?
Chaucer - Boethius
[Sidenote: If all things thus vary, will you trust in transitory
riches? ]
? Yif ? e forme of ? is worlde
is so [? eelde] stable. {and} yif it to{ur}ni? by so many
entrechau{n}gynges. wilt ? ou ? a{n} truste{n} in ? e trublynge
fortunes of me{n}. wilt ? ou trowen i{n} flittyng goodes. 1004
[Sidenote: All here below is unstedfast and unstable.
]
It is certeyne {and} establissed by lawe p{er}durable ? at no
? i{n}g ? {a}t is engendred nys stedfast no stable.
[Linenotes:
989 _his_--hyr
990 _? an_--thanne
991 _flamus_--flambes
995 _redy_--rody
_rosene_--rosyn
997 _warme_--warm
998 _go? _--MS. go? e, C. goth
_fayrnesse_--fayrenesse
999 _clere_--cleer
_calme_--kalm
1000 _wynde_--wynd
1001 _whelwe? _--welueeth
1002 [_? eelde_]--from C.
1003, 1004 _wilt ? ou_--wolthow
1003 _? an_--thanne
_trublynge_--towmbly{n}ge
1004 _in flittyng_--on flettynge
1005 _It is_--is it
1006 _no_--ne
_stable_--estable]
[Headnote:
MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR. ]
TUNC EGO UERA INQ{UA}M.
