_ Why should they not if they are
durable?
Chaucer - Boethius
[Linenotes:
2048 _al_ (2)--alle
2049 _kembed_--kembde
_apparailed_--MS. apparailen, C. a-paraylede
2050 _? itte_--yit
2053 _lordship_--lorshippe
_? af somtyme_--yaf whylom
_dredeful_--reu{er}enc?
2055 _fore_--for
_? af_--yaf]
[Headnote:
KINGDOMS DO NOT MAKE A MAN MIGHTY. ]
AN UERO REGNA.
[Sidenote: [The 5^the p{ro}se. ]]
[Sidenote: _P. _ Do kingdoms and a familiarity with princes make a
man mighty? ]
++Bvt regnes {and} familarites of kynges may ? ei maken a
ma{n} to ben my? ty.
[Sidenote: _B.
_ Why should they not if they are durable? ]
how ellys. ? whanne hir 2060
blysfulnesse dure? p{er}petuely
[Sidenote: _P. _ Past ages, as well as the present, furnish us with
many examples of princes who have met with dismal reverses of
fortune. ]
but certys ? e olde age of
tyme passe? . {and} eke of p{re}sent tyme now is ful of
ensau{m}ples how ? {a}t kynges ? at han chaunged in to
wrechednesse out of hir welefulnesse.
[Sidenote: O then how noble and glorious a thing is power that is
too weak to preserve itself! ]
? O a noble ? ing 2064
{and} a cler ?
