_ Tragedie is to seyne a dite of a
p{ro}sp{er}ite
for a tyme
?
Chaucer - Boethius
e kyng
of p{er}ciens weep pitou[s]ly for ?e captiuitee of ?e self[e] kyng. What
o?er ?inges bywaylen ?e criinges of 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
?
at endi? in wrechednesse. Lernedest nat ?ou in grek whan ?ou were ?onge
?at in ?e entre or in ?e seler of Iuppiter ?er ben couched two tunnes.
?at on is ful of good ?at o?er is ful of harme. ?
