er folk is
welefulnesse
y?
Chaucer - Boethius
and dredi?
p{er}auenture ?
at hys blisfulnesse 4064
of whiche ? e vsage is ioyful to hym ? at ? e lesynge of
? ilke blisfulnesse ne be nat sorweful to hym. {and} ? erfore
he wol chaunge hys maneres. and for he dredi?
to lese hys fortune. he forleti? hys wickednesse. 4068
[Sidenote: Upon others unmerited happiness is conferred, which at
last precipitates them into deserved destruction. ]
to o?
er folk is welefulnesse y? eue{n} vnwor? ily ? e whiche
ouer? rowe? hem in to destrucc{i}ou{n} ? at ? ei han deserued.
[Sidenote: To some there is given the power of chastisement, in
order both to exercise the virtues of the good and to punish the
wicked. ]
and to som o? er folk is ? euen power to
punisse{n}. for ? at it shal be cause of continuac{i}ou{n} {and} 4072
ex{er}cisinge to good[e] folk. {and} cause of to{ur}ment to
shrewes.
[Sidenote: For as there is no alliance between good and bad, so
neither can the vicious agree together.
of whiche ? e vsage is ioyful to hym ? at ? e lesynge of
? ilke blisfulnesse ne be nat sorweful to hym. {and} ? erfore
he wol chaunge hys maneres. and for he dredi?
to lese hys fortune. he forleti? hys wickednesse. 4068
[Sidenote: Upon others unmerited happiness is conferred, which at
last precipitates them into deserved destruction. ]
to o?
er folk is welefulnesse y? eue{n} vnwor? ily ? e whiche
ouer? rowe? hem in to destrucc{i}ou{n} ? at ? ei han deserued.
[Sidenote: To some there is given the power of chastisement, in
order both to exercise the virtues of the good and to punish the
wicked. ]
and to som o? er folk is ? euen power to
punisse{n}. for ? at it shal be cause of continuac{i}ou{n} {and} 4072
ex{er}cisinge to good[e] folk. {and} cause of to{ur}ment to
shrewes.
[Sidenote: For as there is no alliance between good and bad, so
neither can the vicious agree together.
