ou
desirest
or
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Chaucer - Boethius
to acorns or okes.
[Sidenote: Think not to ingather violets in the wintry and stormy
season. ]
yif ? ou wilt 616
gadre violett? . ne go ? ou not to ? e purp{er} wode whan
? e felde chirkynge agrise? of colde by ? e felnesse of
? e wynde ? at hy? t aquilon
[Sidenote: If you wish for wine in autumn let the tendrils of the
vine be free in the spring. ]
Yif ?
ou desirest or
? wolt vsen grapes ne seke ? ou nat wi? a gloto{n}us hande [[pg 26]]
to streine {and} p{re}sse ? e stalkes of ? e vine in ? e first 621
somer sesou{n}. for bachus ? e god of wyne ha? ra? er
? euen his ? iftes to autu{m}pne ? e latter ende of somer.
[Sidenote: To every work God assigns a proper time, nor suffers
anything to pass its bounds. ]
[Sidenote: [* fol.
[Sidenote: Think not to ingather violets in the wintry and stormy
season. ]
yif ? ou wilt 616
gadre violett? . ne go ? ou not to ? e purp{er} wode whan
? e felde chirkynge agrise? of colde by ? e felnesse of
? e wynde ? at hy? t aquilon
[Sidenote: If you wish for wine in autumn let the tendrils of the
vine be free in the spring. ]
Yif ?
ou desirest or
? wolt vsen grapes ne seke ? ou nat wi? a gloto{n}us hande [[pg 26]]
to streine {and} p{re}sse ? e stalkes of ? e vine in ? e first 621
somer sesou{n}. for bachus ? e god of wyne ha? ra? er
? euen his ? iftes to autu{m}pne ? e latter ende of somer.
[Sidenote: To every work God assigns a proper time, nor suffers
anything to pass its bounds. ]
[Sidenote: [* fol.
