an how gret defaute of power {and} how gret
feblesse
?
Chaucer - Boethius
hem.
? and what wer{e} to deme ?an of shrewes. yif ?ilke naturel helpe hadde
for-leten hem. ? ?e whiche naturel helpe of entenc{i}ou{n} go? alwey
byforne hem. {and} is so grete ?at vnne? it may be ou{er}comen.
? Considre ?
an how gret defaute of power {and} how gret
feblesse
?
ere is
in grete felonous folk as who sei? ?e gretter ?i{n}ges ?at ben coueited
{and} ?e desire nat accomplissed of ?e lasse my?t is he ?at coueite? it
{and} may nat acomplisse. ? And for?i philosophie sei? ?us by souereyne
good.
