ei don [as] greet[e] damages {and}
distrucc{i}ou{n}
as do?
Chaucer - Boethius
for-whi. for ?e
p{re}ciousnesse of swyche ha? many man ben in peril.
QUID AUTE{M} DE DIGNITATIB{US} {ET} C{ETERA}.
[Sidenote: [The sixte p{ro}se.]]
++But what shal I seyne of dignitees {and} of powers. ?e whiche [ye] men
?{a}t nei?er knowen verray dignitee ne verray power areysen hem as heye
as ?e heuene. ?e whiche dignitees {and} powers yif ?ei come to any
wicked man ?
ei don [as] greet[e] damages {and}
distrucc{i}ou{n}
as do?
?e fla{m}me of ?e Mou{n}taigne Ethna whan ?e fla{m}me wit walwi? vp ne
no deluge ne do? so cruel harmes. ? Certys ye remembri? wel as I trowe
?at ?ilke dignitee ?at men clepi? ?e emperie of {con}sulers ?e whiche
?
