e
goodenes
of folk ?
Chaucer - Boethius
?
ei nolden haue no
lenger no kyng ? But now yif so be ? {a}t dignitees
{and} powers ben ? euen to goode men. ? e whiche ? ing
is ful ? elde. what agreable ? i{n}ges is ? er in ? o dignitees. 1372
or powers. but only ?
e goodenes of folk ? at vsen hem.
[Linenotes:
1368 _don_--MS. done, C. don
1369 _seien_--seyn
1370 _lenger_--lenger{e}
_kyng_--kynge
1371 _whiche_--which
1373 _folk_--foolkys]
[Headnote:
FOR THEY FALL TO THE LOT OF THE WICKED. ]
[Sidenote: Virtue is not embellished by dignities, but dignities
derive honour from virtue. ]
? And ? erfore it is ? us ? at hono{ur} ne come? nat to
vertue for cause of dignite. but a? einward. hono{ur}
come? to dignite by cause of vertue.
lenger no kyng ? But now yif so be ? {a}t dignitees
{and} powers ben ? euen to goode men. ? e whiche ? ing
is ful ? elde. what agreable ? i{n}ges is ? er in ? o dignitees. 1372
or powers. but only ?
e goodenes of folk ? at vsen hem.
[Linenotes:
1368 _don_--MS. done, C. don
1369 _seien_--seyn
1370 _lenger_--lenger{e}
_kyng_--kynge
1371 _whiche_--which
1373 _folk_--foolkys]
[Headnote:
FOR THEY FALL TO THE LOT OF THE WICKED. ]
[Sidenote: Virtue is not embellished by dignities, but dignities
derive honour from virtue. ]
? And ? erfore it is ? us ? at hono{ur} ne come? nat to
vertue for cause of dignite. but a? einward. hono{ur}
come? to dignite by cause of vertue.
