e
condic{i}ou{n} of mankynde ben put vndir ?
condic{i}ou{n} of mankynde ben put vndir ?
Chaucer - Boethius
]
? wher fore whan ? ei ben p{er}uerted {and} torned in to
malice. certys ? an han ? ei forlorn ? e nature of mankynde. 3452
[Sidenote: But as virtue alone exalts one man above other men, it
is evident that vice, which divests a man of his nature, must sink
him below humanity. ]
but so as oonly bounte {and} prowesse may enhawnse
euery man ouer o? er men. ? an mot it nedes be
? at shrewes whiche ? at shrewednesse ha? cast out of ?
e
condic{i}ou{n} of mankynde ben put vndir ? e merite {and} 3456
? e deserte of men.
[Sidenote: You cannot, therefore, esteem him to be a man whom you
see thus transformed by his vices. ]
? an bitidi? it ? at yif ? ou seest a
wy? t ? at be t{ra}nsformed in to vices. ? ou ne mayst nat
wene ? at he be a man.
[Sidenote: The greedy robber, you will say, is like a _wolf_. ]
?
? wher fore whan ? ei ben p{er}uerted {and} torned in to
malice. certys ? an han ? ei forlorn ? e nature of mankynde. 3452
[Sidenote: But as virtue alone exalts one man above other men, it
is evident that vice, which divests a man of his nature, must sink
him below humanity. ]
but so as oonly bounte {and} prowesse may enhawnse
euery man ouer o? er men. ? an mot it nedes be
? at shrewes whiche ? at shrewednesse ha? cast out of ?
e
condic{i}ou{n} of mankynde ben put vndir ? e merite {and} 3456
? e deserte of men.
[Sidenote: You cannot, therefore, esteem him to be a man whom you
see thus transformed by his vices. ]
? an bitidi? it ? at yif ? ou seest a
wy? t ? at be t{ra}nsformed in to vices. ? ou ne mayst nat
wene ? at he be a man.
[Sidenote: The greedy robber, you will say, is like a _wolf_. ]
?
