men of armes or
seruauntes {and} drede?
seruauntes {and} drede?
Chaucer - Boethius
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ilk[e] man 2084
be my? ty ? at ? {o}u seest ? at he wolde don ? at he may
nat don.
[Sidenote: Is he a mighty man who goes surrounded with an armed
guard, to terrify those whom he himself fears, and whose power
depends solely upon his numerous retinue? ]
? And holdest ? ou ? an hym a my? ty man
? at ha? environed hise sydes wi?
men of armes or
seruauntes {and} drede? more [hem] ? at he make? agast. 2088
? en ? ei dreden hym. {and} ? at is put in ? e handes of hise
seruaunt? . for he sholde seme my? ty but of familiers
[or] seruaunt? of ky{n}ges.
[Sidenote: Why need I enlarge upon the favourites of princes
having thus displayed the imbecility of kings! ]
?
be my? ty ? at ? {o}u seest ? at he wolde don ? at he may
nat don.
[Sidenote: Is he a mighty man who goes surrounded with an armed
guard, to terrify those whom he himself fears, and whose power
depends solely upon his numerous retinue? ]
? And holdest ? ou ? an hym a my? ty man
? at ha? environed hise sydes wi?
men of armes or
seruauntes {and} drede? more [hem] ? at he make? agast. 2088
? en ? ei dreden hym. {and} ? at is put in ? e handes of hise
seruaunt? . for he sholde seme my? ty but of familiers
[or] seruaunt? of ky{n}ges.
[Sidenote: Why need I enlarge upon the favourites of princes
having thus displayed the imbecility of kings! ]
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