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self by hu{m}blesse of axing.
self by hu{m}blesse of axing.
Chaucer - Boethius
it.
[Sidenote: Would you shine in dignities, then you must beg for
them and disgrace yourself by a humiliating supplication. ]
and yif ? ou wilt
shynen wi? dignites. ? ou most bysechen {and} supplien
hem ? at ? iue{n} ? o dignitees. ? And yif ? ou coueitest
by hono{ur} to gon by-fore o? er folk ? {o}u shalt defoule ?
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self by hu{m}blesse of axing.
[Sidenote: If power be your ambition, you expose yourself to the
snares of inferiors. ]
yif ? ou desiryst power.
? ou shalt by awaites of ? i subgit? anoyously be cast
vndir many p{er}iles.
[Sidenote: Do you ask for glory, to be distracted by vexations and
so lose all security. ]
axest ? ou glorie ? {o}u shalt ben so
destrat by aspre ? inges ? at ? ou shalt forgone sykernesse. 2216
[Sidenote: Do you prefer a voluptuous life?
[Sidenote: Would you shine in dignities, then you must beg for
them and disgrace yourself by a humiliating supplication. ]
and yif ? ou wilt
shynen wi? dignites. ? ou most bysechen {and} supplien
hem ? at ? iue{n} ? o dignitees. ? And yif ? ou coueitest
by hono{ur} to gon by-fore o? er folk ? {o}u shalt defoule ?
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self by hu{m}blesse of axing.
[Sidenote: If power be your ambition, you expose yourself to the
snares of inferiors. ]
yif ? ou desiryst power.
? ou shalt by awaites of ? i subgit? anoyously be cast
vndir many p{er}iles.
[Sidenote: Do you ask for glory, to be distracted by vexations and
so lose all security. ]
axest ? ou glorie ? {o}u shalt ben so
destrat by aspre ? inges ? at ? ou shalt forgone sykernesse. 2216
[Sidenote: Do you prefer a voluptuous life?
