at so
discordeden
?
Chaucer - Boethius
e by what resou{n}s I am brou?
t to ?
is.
[Sidenote: The discordant elements of this world would never have
assumed their present form unless there had been a wise
Intelligence to unite them; and even after such a union, the
joining of such opposites would have disunited and ruined the
fabric made up of them, had not the same conjoining hand kept them
together. ]
? ? is worlde q{uod} I of so many dyuerse {and} co{n}trarious
p{ar}ties ne my? ten neuer han ben assembled in o forme.
but yif ? ere ne were oon ? at conioigned so many[e 2896
diu{er}se] ? inges. ? And ? e same diuersite of hire
natures ?
at so discordeden ? at oon fro ? at o? er most[e]
dep{ar}ten {and} vnioigne{n} ? e ? i{n}ges ? at ben co{n}ioigned.
yif ? ere ne were oon ? at contened[e] ? at he ha? co{n}ioigned 2900
{and} ybounde.
[Sidenote: The order that reigns throughout nature could not
proceed so regularly and uniformly if there were not a Being,
unchangeable and stedfast, to order and dispose so great a
diversity of changes. ]
ne ? e certein ordre of nature ne
sholde. nat brynge fur?
[Sidenote: The discordant elements of this world would never have
assumed their present form unless there had been a wise
Intelligence to unite them; and even after such a union, the
joining of such opposites would have disunited and ruined the
fabric made up of them, had not the same conjoining hand kept them
together. ]
? ? is worlde q{uod} I of so many dyuerse {and} co{n}trarious
p{ar}ties ne my? ten neuer han ben assembled in o forme.
but yif ? ere ne were oon ? at conioigned so many[e 2896
diu{er}se] ? inges. ? And ? e same diuersite of hire
natures ?
at so discordeden ? at oon fro ? at o? er most[e]
dep{ar}ten {and} vnioigne{n} ? e ? i{n}ges ? at ben co{n}ioigned.
yif ? ere ne were oon ? at contened[e] ? at he ha? co{n}ioigned 2900
{and} ybounde.
[Sidenote: The order that reigns throughout nature could not
proceed so regularly and uniformly if there were not a Being,
unchangeable and stedfast, to order and dispose so great a
diversity of changes. ]
ne ? e certein ordre of nature ne
sholde. nat brynge fur?
