ou
sholdest
knowe ?
Chaucer - Boethius
Certis q{uo}d
she ? e {and} ? at ry? t grete. of whiche soules q{uo}d she I
trowe ? at so{m}me ben to{ur}mentid by asprenesse of
peyne.
[Sidenote: Others have a corrective and purifying force, and are
of finite duration. ]
{and} so{m}me soules I trowe be exc{er}cised by a 3628
p{ur}ging mekenesse.
[Sidenote: But this is not to our purpose. ]
but my conseil nys nat to determyne
of ? is peyne. but I haue trauayled and told it
hider to.
[Sidenote: I want you to see that the power of the wicked is in
reality nothing, that the wicked never go unpunished; that their
licence to do evil is not of long duration, and that the wicked
would be more unhappy if it were longer, and infinitely wretched
if it were to continue for ever. ]
? For ?
ou sholdest knowe ? at ? e mowynge
[. i. myght] of shrewes whiche mowynge ? e seme? to 3632
ben. vnwor? i nis no mowynge. {and} eke of shrewes of
whiche ? ou pleynedest ? at ? ei ne were nat punissed.
? at ? ou woldest seen ?
she ? e {and} ? at ry? t grete. of whiche soules q{uo}d she I
trowe ? at so{m}me ben to{ur}mentid by asprenesse of
peyne.
[Sidenote: Others have a corrective and purifying force, and are
of finite duration. ]
{and} so{m}me soules I trowe be exc{er}cised by a 3628
p{ur}ging mekenesse.
[Sidenote: But this is not to our purpose. ]
but my conseil nys nat to determyne
of ? is peyne. but I haue trauayled and told it
hider to.
[Sidenote: I want you to see that the power of the wicked is in
reality nothing, that the wicked never go unpunished; that their
licence to do evil is not of long duration, and that the wicked
would be more unhappy if it were longer, and infinitely wretched
if it were to continue for ever. ]
? For ?
ou sholdest knowe ? at ? e mowynge
[. i. myght] of shrewes whiche mowynge ? e seme? to 3632
ben. vnwor? i nis no mowynge. {and} eke of shrewes of
whiche ? ou pleynedest ? at ? ei ne were nat punissed.
? at ? ou woldest seen ?
