e
senatorie
a g{r}et charge.
Chaucer - Boethius
ou sein.
[Sidenote: Do they always endure in those places that gave birth
to them? ]
but amo{n}g{us} 2028
hem ? at ? ei weren born duren ? ilk[e] dignites alwey.
[Sidenote: The Praetorate was once a great honour, but now it is
only an empty name and a heavy expense. ]
? Certys ? e dignite of ? e p{ro}uostrie of Rome was somtyme
a grete power. now is it no ? ing but an ydel
name. {and} ? e rente of ?
e senatorie a g{r}et charge. 2032
[Sidenote: What is more vile than the office of the
superintendency of provisions? ]
{and} yif a whi? t somtyme hadde ? e office to taken he[de] to
? e vitailes of ? e poeple as of corne {and} what o? er ? inges
he was holden amonges grete. but what ? ing is more
nowe out cast ? anne ? ilke p{ro}uostrie
[Sidenote: That which hath no innate beauty must lose its
splendour or value according as popular opinion varies concerning
it. ]
? And as I haue 2036
seid a litel here byforne. ?
[Sidenote: Do they always endure in those places that gave birth
to them? ]
but amo{n}g{us} 2028
hem ? at ? ei weren born duren ? ilk[e] dignites alwey.
[Sidenote: The Praetorate was once a great honour, but now it is
only an empty name and a heavy expense. ]
? Certys ? e dignite of ? e p{ro}uostrie of Rome was somtyme
a grete power. now is it no ? ing but an ydel
name. {and} ? e rente of ?
e senatorie a g{r}et charge. 2032
[Sidenote: What is more vile than the office of the
superintendency of provisions? ]
{and} yif a whi? t somtyme hadde ? e office to taken he[de] to
? e vitailes of ? e poeple as of corne {and} what o? er ? inges
he was holden amonges grete. but what ? ing is more
nowe out cast ? anne ? ilke p{ro}uostrie
[Sidenote: That which hath no innate beauty must lose its
splendour or value according as popular opinion varies concerning
it. ]
? And as I haue 2036
seid a litel here byforne. ?
