[Sidenote: I should not marvel so much if
_Chance_
were the cause
of all this confusion.
Chaucer - Boethius
{a}t] ?e ?inges ben so mys 3772
entrechaunged. ?at to{ur}ment? felounes pressen {and}
confounden goode folk. {and} shrewes rauyssen medes of
vertue {and} ben i{n} hono{ur}s. {and} in grete estatis. [[pg 132]]
[Sidenote: I should like to hear the reason of so unjust a
distribution.]
and I
desire eke to wite{n} of ?e. what seme? ?e to ben ?e 3776
resou{n} of ?
is so wrongful a confusiou{n}
[Sidenote: I should not marvel so much if
_Chance_
were the cause
of all this confusion.
]
? For I wolde
wondre wel ?e lasse yif I trowed[e] ?at alle ?ise ?inges
were medeled by fortuouse hap.
[Sidenote: But I am overwhelmed with astonishment when I reflect,
that God the director of all things thus unequally distributes
rewards and punishments.]
? But now hepe?
{and} encrese? myne astonyenge god gouerno{ur} of ?inges. 3780
?at so as god ?eue?
