[Sidenote: What constitutes the health of the mind, but
goodness?
Chaucer - Boethius
inges [ben] couenable to some bodies ?
at ben hool {and}
to some bodies bittre ? inges ben couenable. {and} also
whi ? at some seke folk ben holpen w{i}t{h} ly? t medicines
[{and} some folk ben holpen w{i}t{h} sharppe medicynes] 3984
[Sidenote: It is no marvel to the leech, who knows the causes of
disease, and their cures. ]
but na? eles ? e leche ? {a}t knowe? ? e manere {and} ? e attemp{er}aunce
of heele {and} of maladie ne merueile? of it no
? ing.
[Sidenote: What constitutes the health of the mind, but goodness?
And what are its maladies, but vice? ]
but what o? er ? ing seme? hele of corages but
bounte {and} prowesse. {and} what o? er ? ing seme? maladie 3988
of corages but vices.
[Sidenote: Who is the preserver of good, or the driver away of
evil, but God, the physician of souls, who knows what is necessary
for men, and bestows it upon them? ]
who is ellys kep{er}e of good or
dryuere awey of yuel but god gouerno{ur} {and} leecher of [[pg 139]]
? ou? tes. ? e whiche god wha{n} he ha?
to some bodies bittre ? inges ben couenable. {and} also
whi ? at some seke folk ben holpen w{i}t{h} ly? t medicines
[{and} some folk ben holpen w{i}t{h} sharppe medicynes] 3984
[Sidenote: It is no marvel to the leech, who knows the causes of
disease, and their cures. ]
but na? eles ? e leche ? {a}t knowe? ? e manere {and} ? e attemp{er}aunce
of heele {and} of maladie ne merueile? of it no
? ing.
[Sidenote: What constitutes the health of the mind, but goodness?
And what are its maladies, but vice? ]
but what o? er ? ing seme? hele of corages but
bounte {and} prowesse. {and} what o? er ? ing seme? maladie 3988
of corages but vices.
[Sidenote: Who is the preserver of good, or the driver away of
evil, but God, the physician of souls, who knows what is necessary
for men, and bestows it upon them? ]
who is ellys kep{er}e of good or
dryuere awey of yuel but god gouerno{ur} {and} leecher of [[pg 139]]
? ou? tes. ? e whiche god wha{n} he ha?