{and} it is
wickednesse
{and} wrong ?
Chaucer - Boethius
Moche more ?
an q{uo}d she ben shrewes vnsely 3612
whan ? ei ben wrongfully delyuered fro peyne. ? an
whan ? ei be? punissed by ry? tful vengeaunce.
[Sidenote: It is just to punish evil-doers, and unjust that they
should escape punishment. ]
but ? is is
open ? i{n}g {and} clere ? at it is ry? t ? at shrewes ben
punissed.
{and} it is wickednesse {and} wrong ? at ? ei 3616
escapin vnpunissed.
[Sidenote: _B. _ Nobody denies that. ]
[Sidenote: [* fol. 28 _b_. ]]
? who my? t[e] denye *? at q{uo}d I.
[Sidenote: _P. _ Everything, too, which is just is good; and, on
the contrary, whatsoever is unjust is evil. ]
but q{uo}d she may any ma{n} denye. ? at al ?
whan ? ei ben wrongfully delyuered fro peyne. ? an
whan ? ei be? punissed by ry? tful vengeaunce.
[Sidenote: It is just to punish evil-doers, and unjust that they
should escape punishment. ]
but ? is is
open ? i{n}g {and} clere ? at it is ry? t ? at shrewes ben
punissed.
{and} it is wickednesse {and} wrong ? at ? ei 3616
escapin vnpunissed.
[Sidenote: _B. _ Nobody denies that. ]
[Sidenote: [* fol. 28 _b_. ]]
? who my? t[e] denye *? at q{uo}d I.
[Sidenote: _P. _ Everything, too, which is just is good; and, on
the contrary, whatsoever is unjust is evil. ]
but q{uo}d she may any ma{n} denye. ? at al ?
