ei
fayle{n}
of ?
Chaucer - Boethius
e lasse my?
t is he ?
at coueite?
it
{and} may nat acomplisse. ? And for? i philosophie sei?
? us by souereyne good.
[Sidenote: The wicked seek after no trivial things--which they
fail to obtain; but they aspire in vain to the sovereign good,
which they endeavour day and night to obtain. ]
? Sherewes ne requere nat
ly? t[e] medes ne veyne gaines whiche ? ei ne may nat 3272
folwen ne holden. but ?
ei fayle{n} of ? ilke some of ? e
hey? te of ? inges ? at is to seyne souereyne good. ne ? ise
wrecches ne comen nat to ? e effect of souereyne good.
[Sidenote: [* fol. 26. ]]
*? e whiche ? ei enforcen hem oonly to gete{n} by ny? tes 3276
{and} by dayes.
[Sidenote: The good attain the end of their desires, and therein
their power is manifested.
{and} may nat acomplisse. ? And for? i philosophie sei?
? us by souereyne good.
[Sidenote: The wicked seek after no trivial things--which they
fail to obtain; but they aspire in vain to the sovereign good,
which they endeavour day and night to obtain. ]
? Sherewes ne requere nat
ly? t[e] medes ne veyne gaines whiche ? ei ne may nat 3272
folwen ne holden. but ?
ei fayle{n} of ? ilke some of ? e
hey? te of ? inges ? at is to seyne souereyne good. ne ? ise
wrecches ne comen nat to ? e effect of souereyne good.
[Sidenote: [* fol. 26. ]]
*? e whiche ? ei enforcen hem oonly to gete{n} by ny? tes 3276
{and} by dayes.
[Sidenote: The good attain the end of their desires, and therein
their power is manifested.
