e felonus couines of
wikked men abounden in ioie {and} in gladnes.
wikked men abounden in ioie {and} in gladnes.
Chaucer - Boethius
at ony blame is 488
laid vpon a caytif. men wenen ? at he ha? deserued ? at
he suffre? .
[Sidenote: Boethius laments the loss of his dignities and
reputation. ]
? And I ? at am put awey fro{m} goode men
{and} despoiled from dignitees {and} defoulid of my name
by gessyng haue suffred torment for my goode dedis. 492
[Sidenote: The wicked, he says, sin with impunity, while the
innocent are deprived of security, protection, and defence. ]
? Certys me seme? ? at I se ?
e felonus couines of
wikked men abounden in ioie {and} in gladnes. ? And
I se ? at euery lorel shapi? hy{m} to fynde oute newe
fraudes forto accusen goode folke. and I se ? at goode 496
men ben ou{er}? rowen for drede of my p{er}il. ? and
euery luxurious to{ur}mentour dar don alle felonie vnpunissed
{and} ben excited ? erto by ? iftes. and i{n}nocent?
ne ben not oonly despoiled of sykernesse but of defence 500
{and} ? erfore me list to crien to god in ? is manere.
laid vpon a caytif. men wenen ? at he ha? deserued ? at
he suffre? .
[Sidenote: Boethius laments the loss of his dignities and
reputation. ]
? And I ? at am put awey fro{m} goode men
{and} despoiled from dignitees {and} defoulid of my name
by gessyng haue suffred torment for my goode dedis. 492
[Sidenote: The wicked, he says, sin with impunity, while the
innocent are deprived of security, protection, and defence. ]
? Certys me seme? ? at I se ?
e felonus couines of
wikked men abounden in ioie {and} in gladnes. ? And
I se ? at euery lorel shapi? hy{m} to fynde oute newe
fraudes forto accusen goode folke. and I se ? at goode 496
men ben ou{er}? rowen for drede of my p{er}il. ? and
euery luxurious to{ur}mentour dar don alle felonie vnpunissed
{and} ben excited ? erto by ? iftes. and i{n}nocent?
ne ben not oonly despoiled of sykernesse but of defence 500
{and} ? erfore me list to crien to god in ? is manere.
