e partie is
enhabitid
wi?
Chaucer - Boethius
?
at yif ?
at ?
er were
maked co{m}parisou{n} of ? e er? e to ? e gretnesse of
heuene. men wolde Iugen in alle ? at er? e [ne] helde
no space
[Sidenote: Ptolemy shows that only one-fourth of this earth is
inhabited by living creatures. ]
? Of ? e whiche litel regiou{n} of ? is worlde 1508
? e fer?
e partie is enhabitid wi? lyuyng beestes ? at
we knowen. as ? ou hast ? i self lerned by tholome ? at
p{ro}uit? it.
[Sidenote: Deduct from this the space occupied by seas, marshes,
lakes, and deserts, and there remains but a small proportion left
for the abode of man. ]
? yif ? ou haddest wi? drawen {and} abated
in ? i ? ou? te fro ?
maked co{m}parisou{n} of ? e er? e to ? e gretnesse of
heuene. men wolde Iugen in alle ? at er? e [ne] helde
no space
[Sidenote: Ptolemy shows that only one-fourth of this earth is
inhabited by living creatures. ]
? Of ? e whiche litel regiou{n} of ? is worlde 1508
? e fer?
e partie is enhabitid wi? lyuyng beestes ? at
we knowen. as ? ou hast ? i self lerned by tholome ? at
p{ro}uit? it.
[Sidenote: Deduct from this the space occupied by seas, marshes,
lakes, and deserts, and there remains but a small proportion left
for the abode of man. ]
? yif ? ou haddest wi? drawen {and} abated
in ? i ? ou? te fro ?
