ne sacrilege
ne had[de] no leue to han a place in me byforne
?
Chaucer - Boethius
ei wolde derken it 448
wi? medelyng of some felonye. ?ei beren me on honde
{and} lieden. ?at I hadde polute {and} defouled my conscience
wi? sacrelege. for couetise of dignite. ? And
certys ?ou ?i self ?at art plaunted in me chacedest oute 452
?e sege of my corage al couetise of mortal ?inges.
ne sacrilege
ne had[de] no leue to han a place in me byforne
?
ine eyen.
[Sidenote: He affirms that he has always followed the golden maxim
of Pythagoras,-- ???? ???.]
? For ?ou drouppedest euery day in myn
eer{e}s {and} in my ?ou?t ?ilk comaundement of pictogoras.
