[Sidenote: But, as you are so quick of apprehension, I shall continue
this mode of reasoning.
Chaucer - Boethius
t 3252
byfore me q{uo}d she. {and} ?is is ?e iugement ?at is to
seyn. ? I iuge of ?e ry?t as ?ise leches ben wont forto
hopen of seke folk whan ?ei ap{er}ceyuen ?at nature is
redressed {and} wi?stonde? to ?e maladie.
[Sidenote: But, as you are so quick of apprehension, I shall continue
this mode of reasoning.
]
? But for I 3256
see ?e now al redy to ?e vndirstandynge I shal shewe
?e more ?ilke {and} continuel resou{n}s.
[Sidenote: The weakness of the wicked is conspicuous--they cannot
attain the end to which their natural disposition prompts and
almost compels them; what would become of them without this
natural prompting, so powerful and irresistible?]
? For loke now
how gretly shewi? ?e feblesse {and} infirmite of wicked [[pg 115]]
folke. ?at ne mowen nat come to ?at hire naturel 3260
entenc{i}ou{n} lede? hem.
