[Sidenote: If you
consider
the infinite space of eternity you will
have no reason to rejoice in this supposition.
Chaucer - Boethius
Al be it so ?at certys ?ilke
writynges p{ro}fiten litel. ?e whiche writy{n}ges longe {and}
derke elde do? aweye bo?e he{m} {and} eke her auto{ur}s. 1556
[Sidenote: But perhaps you suppose that you shall secure
immortality if your names are transmitted to future ages.]
but ?e men semen to geten ?ow a p{er}durablete whan ?e
?enke ?at in tyme comyng ?oure fame shal lasten.
[Sidenote: If you
consider
the infinite space of eternity you will
have no reason to rejoice in this supposition.
]
? But
na?eles yif ?ou wilt maken co{m}parisou{n} to ?e endeles
space of eternite what ?ing hast ?ou by whiche ?ou 1560
maist reioysen ?e of lo{n}g lastyng of ?i name.
[Sidenote: If a _moment_ be compared with 10,000 years, there is a
proportion between them, though a very small one.]
? For
if ?er were maked co{m}parysou{n} of ?e abidyng of a
mome{n}t to ten ?
