{a}t is a
moore verray thing{e} // And certes the remenau{n}t of thinges ?
moore verray thing{e} // And certes the remenau{n}t of thinges ?
Chaucer - Boethius
{a}t thow seydest hir{e} byforn weren
ryht sharpe Nat oonly p{a}t . I. am nat agrysen of hem now // but . I.
desiros of herynge axe gretely to heeren tho remedyes // than seyde she
thus // ? {a}t feelede . I. ful wel q{uod} she // whan ? {a}t thow ententyf
{and} stylle rauysshedest my wordes // {and} . I. abood til ? {a}t thow
haddest swych habyte of thy thowght as thow hast now // or elles tyl
? {a}t . I. my self had[de] maked to the the same habyt / which ?
{a}t is a
moore verray thing{e} // And certes the remenau{n}t of thinges ? {a}t ben
yit to seye / ben swyche // ? {a}t fyrst whan men tasten hem they ben
bytynge / but whan they ben resseyuyd w{i}t{h}-inne a whyht than ben
they swete // but for thow seyst ? {a}t thow art so desirous to herkne
hem // wit[h] how gret brennynge woldesthow glowen / yif thow wystest
whyder . I. wol leden the // whydyr{e} is ? {a}t q{uod} . I. // to thilke
verray welefulnesse q{uod} she // of whyche thynge herte dremeth // but
for as moche as thy syhte is ocupied {and} distorbed / by Imagynasyon of
herthely thynges / thow mayst nat yit sen thilke selue welefulnesse //
do q{uod} . I. {and} shewe me / what is thilke verray welefulnesse / . I.
preye the w{i}t{h}-howte tarynge // ? {a}t wole . I. gladly don q{uod} she
/ for the cause of the // but .
ryht sharpe Nat oonly p{a}t . I. am nat agrysen of hem now // but . I.
desiros of herynge axe gretely to heeren tho remedyes // than seyde she
thus // ? {a}t feelede . I. ful wel q{uod} she // whan ? {a}t thow ententyf
{and} stylle rauysshedest my wordes // {and} . I. abood til ? {a}t thow
haddest swych habyte of thy thowght as thow hast now // or elles tyl
? {a}t . I. my self had[de] maked to the the same habyt / which ?
{a}t is a
moore verray thing{e} // And certes the remenau{n}t of thinges ? {a}t ben
yit to seye / ben swyche // ? {a}t fyrst whan men tasten hem they ben
bytynge / but whan they ben resseyuyd w{i}t{h}-inne a whyht than ben
they swete // but for thow seyst ? {a}t thow art so desirous to herkne
hem // wit[h] how gret brennynge woldesthow glowen / yif thow wystest
whyder . I. wol leden the // whydyr{e} is ? {a}t q{uod} . I. // to thilke
verray welefulnesse q{uod} she // of whyche thynge herte dremeth // but
for as moche as thy syhte is ocupied {and} distorbed / by Imagynasyon of
herthely thynges / thow mayst nat yit sen thilke selue welefulnesse //
do q{uod} . I. {and} shewe me / what is thilke verray welefulnesse / . I.
preye the w{i}t{h}-howte tarynge // ? {a}t wole . I. gladly don q{uod} she
/ for the cause of the // but .