e
shynynge
of ?
Chaucer - Boethius
e swyfte cours of ?
e [[pg 81]]
heuene. {and} stynte somtyme to wondren on foule
? inges.
[Sidenote: Admire what is still more admirable, the consummate
wisdom that governs them. ]
? e whiche heuene certys nis nat ra? er for ? ise 2228
? inges to ben wondred vpon. ? an for ? e resou{n} by
whiche it is gouerned.
[Sidenote: How fleeting is beauty! ]
but ?
e shynynge of ? i forme ? at
is to seien ? e beaute of ? i body. how swiftly passyng is
it {and} how transitorie.
[Sidenote: It fades sooner than the vernal flowers. ]
? Certis it is more flittynge 2232
? an ? e mutabilite of floures of ? e som{er} sesou{n}.
[Sidenote: For, as Aristotle says, if a man were lynx-eyed and
could look into the entrails of Alcibiades (so fair outwardly) he
would find all foul and loathsome. ]
For so
as aristotil telle? ? at yif ?
heuene. {and} stynte somtyme to wondren on foule
? inges.
[Sidenote: Admire what is still more admirable, the consummate
wisdom that governs them. ]
? e whiche heuene certys nis nat ra? er for ? ise 2228
? inges to ben wondred vpon. ? an for ? e resou{n} by
whiche it is gouerned.
[Sidenote: How fleeting is beauty! ]
but ?
e shynynge of ? i forme ? at
is to seien ? e beaute of ? i body. how swiftly passyng is
it {and} how transitorie.
[Sidenote: It fades sooner than the vernal flowers. ]
? Certis it is more flittynge 2232
? an ? e mutabilite of floures of ? e som{er} sesou{n}.
[Sidenote: For, as Aristotle says, if a man were lynx-eyed and
could look into the entrails of Alcibiades (so fair outwardly) he
would find all foul and loathsome. ]
For so
as aristotil telle? ? at yif ?
