oxen neuere ne shal his
bytyng bysynesse
forleten
hym while he lyue?
Chaucer - Boethius
QUAMUIS FLUENTER DIUES.
[Sidenote: [The 3^de Met{ur}.]]
++Al were it so ?at a ryche couetous man hadde riuer fletynge alle of
golde ?itte sholde it neuer staunche hys couetise. ? And ?ou? he hadde
his nekke I-charged wi? p{re}ciouse stones of ?e rede see. {and} ?ou? he
do erye his feldes plentiuo{us} wi? an hundre?
oxen neuere ne shal his
bytyng bysynesse
forleten
hym while he lyue?
. ne ?e ly?t[e] rychesses ne
shal nat beren hym compaignie whanne he is dede.
SET DIGNITATIB{US}.
[Sidenote: [The 4^the p{ro}se.]]
++Bvt dignitees to whom ?ei ben comen make ?ei hym honorable {and}
reuerent. han ?ei nat so grete streng?e ?at ?ei may putte vertues in ?e
hertis of folk.
