{and} 3648
yif I to{ur}ne a?
yif I to{ur}ne a?
Chaucer - Boethius
at ?
an be{n} shrewes constreyned atte laste wi?
most greuous tourment. whan men wene ? at ? ei ne ben
nat ypunissed.
[Sidenote: _B. _ Your reasoning appears convincing and conclusive.
But your arguments are opposed to current opinions, and would
hardly command assent, or even a hearing. ]
whan I considre ? i resou{n}s q{uo}d I. I.
ne trowe nat ? at men seyn any ? ing more verrely.
{and} 3648
yif I to{ur}ne a? eyn to ? e studies of men. who is [he] to
who{m} it sholde seme ? at [he] ne sholde nat only leue{n}
? ise ? inges. but eke gladly herkene he{m}.
[Sidenote: _P. _ It is so. For those accustomed to the darkness of
error cannot fix their eyes on the light of perspicuous truth,
like birds of night which are blinded by the full light of day. ]
Certys q{uo}d
she so it is. but men may nat. for ? ei han hire eyen so [[pg 128]]
wont to derkenesse of er? ely ?
most greuous tourment. whan men wene ? at ? ei ne ben
nat ypunissed.
[Sidenote: _B. _ Your reasoning appears convincing and conclusive.
But your arguments are opposed to current opinions, and would
hardly command assent, or even a hearing. ]
whan I considre ? i resou{n}s q{uo}d I. I.
ne trowe nat ? at men seyn any ? ing more verrely.
{and} 3648
yif I to{ur}ne a? eyn to ? e studies of men. who is [he] to
who{m} it sholde seme ? at [he] ne sholde nat only leue{n}
? ise ? inges. but eke gladly herkene he{m}.
[Sidenote: _P. _ It is so. For those accustomed to the darkness of
error cannot fix their eyes on the light of perspicuous truth,
like birds of night which are blinded by the full light of day. ]
Certys q{uo}d
she so it is. but men may nat. for ? ei han hire eyen so [[pg 128]]
wont to derkenesse of er? ely ?
