af[e] me
as a couenable ?
as a couenable ?
Chaucer - Boethius
ne fooldest ? ou nat to gidre by replicac{i}ou{n} of wordes a 2984
maner wondirful cercle or envirounynge of symplicite
deuyne.
[Sidenote: For thou didst first begin with happiness, and didst
say that it was the sovereign good, and that it resided in God;
then, that God was that _Good_ and the perfection of happiness;
and, hence, thou didst infer that nobody could be happy unless he
became likewise a God. ]
? For certys a litel her byforn{e} whan ? ou bygu{n}ne
atte blisfulnesse ? {o}u seidest ? at it is souereyne
good. {and} seidest ? at it is set in souereyne god. {and} ? at 2988
god is ? e ful[le] blisfulnesse. for whiche ? ou ?
af[e] me
as a couenable ? ifte. ? at is to seyne ? {a}t no wy? t nis
blisful. but yif he be good al so ? er wi?
[Sidenote: Again, thou saidst that the very form of good was the
substance whereof God and happiness were composed, and that it was
the object and desire of all things in nature. ]
{and} seidest
eke ? at ? e forme of goode is ? e substaunce of god. {and} 2992
of blisfulnesse. {and} seidest ? {a}t ?