e
captiuitee
of ?
Chaucer - Boethius
it.
[Sidenote: Know you not the history of Croesus and of Paulus
AEmilius? ]
Wost ? ou 876
not how Cresus kyng of lyndens of whiche kyng Cir{us}
was ful sore agast a litel byforne ? at ? is rewlyche
Cresus was cau? t of Cirus {and} lad to ? e fijr to be
brent. but ? at a reyne desce{n}ded[e] dou{n} from heuene 880
? at rescowed[e] hym ? And is it out of ? i mynde how
? at Paulus consul of Rome whan he hadde take ? e
kyng of p{er}ciens weep pitou[s]ly for ?
e captiuitee of ? e
self[e] kyng.
[Sidenote: What else does the weeping muse of Tragedy deplore but
the overthrow of kingdoms by the indiscriminate strokes of
Fortune? ]
What o? er ? inges bywaylen ? e criinges of 884
Tragedies. but only ? e dedes of fortune. ? at wi? an
vnwar stroke ouert{ur}ne? ? e realmes of grete nobley
? _Glose. _ Tragedie is to seyne a dite of a p{ro}sp{er}ite for
a tyme ?
[Sidenote: Know you not the history of Croesus and of Paulus
AEmilius? ]
Wost ? ou 876
not how Cresus kyng of lyndens of whiche kyng Cir{us}
was ful sore agast a litel byforne ? at ? is rewlyche
Cresus was cau? t of Cirus {and} lad to ? e fijr to be
brent. but ? at a reyne desce{n}ded[e] dou{n} from heuene 880
? at rescowed[e] hym ? And is it out of ? i mynde how
? at Paulus consul of Rome whan he hadde take ? e
kyng of p{er}ciens weep pitou[s]ly for ?
e captiuitee of ? e
self[e] kyng.
[Sidenote: What else does the weeping muse of Tragedy deplore but
the overthrow of kingdoms by the indiscriminate strokes of
Fortune? ]
What o? er ? inges bywaylen ? e criinges of 884
Tragedies. but only ? e dedes of fortune. ? at wi? an
vnwar stroke ouert{ur}ne? ? e realmes of grete nobley
? _Glose. _ Tragedie is to seyne a dite of a p{ro}sp{er}ite for
a tyme ?
