? ?e wyche only ne asswagen not his sorowes. wi? no 68
remedies. but ?ei wolde fede {and} norysche hem wi?
swete venym. ? Forso?e ?ise ben ?o ?at wi? ?
ornes
{and}
prykkynges
of talent?
or affecciou{n}s wiche ?at
ben no ?ing frutefiyng nor p{ro}fitable destroyen ?e 72
cornes plenteuouse of frutes of reson.
[Sidenote: They may accustom the mind to bear grief, but cannot
free it from its malady.]
? For ?ei
holden ?e hertes of men i{n} usage. but ?ei ne delyuere
not folk fro maladye. but if ?e muses hadde wi?drawen
fro me wi? ?
