t body {and}
byholde?
byholde?
Chaucer - Boethius
]
{and} al be it so ? {a}t ? ou seest ? at ? ei
alle discorden by [[pg 171]]
dyuerse formes. algate hir{e} [faces] enclini[n]g heuie? hir{e}
dulle wittes.
[Sidenote: Man alone doth raise aloft his noble head; light and
erect he spurns the earth. ]
Onlyche ? e lynage of man heue? heyest hys 4968
hey? e heued {and} stonde? ly? t wi? hys vpry?
t body {and}
byholde? ? e er? e vndir hym.
[Sidenote: Thou art admonished by this figure then, unless by
sense deceived, that whilst taught by thy lofty mien to look
above, thou shouldst elevate thy mind lest it sink below its
proper level. ]
[and] but-? if ? ou er? ely man
wexest yuel oute of ? i witte. ? is figure amoneste? ? e ? {a}t
axest ? e heuene wi?
{and} al be it so ? {a}t ? ou seest ? at ? ei
alle discorden by [[pg 171]]
dyuerse formes. algate hir{e} [faces] enclini[n]g heuie? hir{e}
dulle wittes.
[Sidenote: Man alone doth raise aloft his noble head; light and
erect he spurns the earth. ]
Onlyche ? e lynage of man heue? heyest hys 4968
hey? e heued {and} stonde? ly? t wi? hys vpry?
t body {and}
byholde? ? e er? e vndir hym.
[Sidenote: Thou art admonished by this figure then, unless by
sense deceived, that whilst taught by thy lofty mien to look
above, thou shouldst elevate thy mind lest it sink below its
proper level. ]
[and] but-? if ? ou er? ely man
wexest yuel oute of ? i witte. ? is figure amoneste? ? e ? {a}t
axest ? e heuene wi?
