{and} whanne she
ap{er}ceiued[e] by atempre
stillenesse
?
Chaucer - Boethius
INCIPIT LIBER SECUNDUS.
POSTEA [PAU]LISPER CONTICUIT.
[Sidenote: [The fyrst p{ro}se.]]
++After ?is she stynte a litel. and after ?at she hadde gadred by
atempre stillenesse myn attenciou{n} she seide ?us. ? As who so my?t[e]
seye ?us. After ?ise ?inges she stynt[e] a lytel.
{and} whanne she
ap{er}ceiued[e] by atempre
stillenesse
?
at I was ententif to herkene
hire. she bygan to speke in ?is wyse. ? Yif I q{uod} she haue
vnderstonde{n} {and} knowe vtterly ?e causes {and} ?e habit of ?i
maladie. ?ou languissed {and} art deffeted for talent {and} desijr of ?i
ra?er fortune. ? She ?at ilke fortune only ?