a gloto{n}us hande [[pg 26]]
to streine {and}
p{re}sse
?
Chaucer - Boethius
ou wilt 616
gadre violett?. ne go ?ou not to ?e purp{er} wode whan
?e felde chirkynge agrise? of colde by ?e felnesse of
?e wynde ?at hy?t aquilon
[Sidenote: If you wish for wine in autumn let the tendrils of the
vine be free in the spring.]
Yif ?ou desirest or
? wolt vsen grapes ne seke ?ou nat wi?
a gloto{n}us hande [[pg 26]]
to streine {and}
p{re}sse
?
e stalkes of ?e vine in ?e first 621
somer sesou{n}. for bachus ?e god of wyne ha? ra?er
?euen his ?iftes to autu{m}pne ?e latter ende of somer.
[Sidenote: To every work God assigns a proper time, nor suffers
anything to pass its bounds.]
