hir derke hornes
approche?
Chaucer - Boethius
{a}t ?
e 505
mone somtyme schynyng wi? hir ful hornes metyng
wi? alle ? e bemes of ? e sonne.
[Sidenote: The sun obscures the lesser lights, and quenches even
the moon's light. ]
? Hir bro? er hide? ? e
sterres ? at ben lasse. {and} somtyme whan ? e mone 508
pale wi?
hir derke hornes approche? ? e sonne. leesith
hir ly? tes.
[Sidenote: Thou raisest Hesperus to usher in the shades of night,
and again causest him to be the harbinger of day, whence his name
Lucifer. ]
? And ? at ? e euesterre esperus whiche
? at in ? e first[e] tyme of ? e ny? t brynge? fur? e hir
colde arysynges come?
mone somtyme schynyng wi? hir ful hornes metyng
wi? alle ? e bemes of ? e sonne.
[Sidenote: The sun obscures the lesser lights, and quenches even
the moon's light. ]
? Hir bro? er hide? ? e
sterres ? at ben lasse. {and} somtyme whan ? e mone 508
pale wi?
hir derke hornes approche? ? e sonne. leesith
hir ly? tes.
[Sidenote: Thou raisest Hesperus to usher in the shades of night,
and again causest him to be the harbinger of day, whence his name
Lucifer. ]
? And ? at ? e euesterre esperus whiche
? at in ? e first[e] tyme of ? e ny? t brynge? fur? e hir
colde arysynges come?
