e
mou{n}taigne ?
mou{n}taigne ?
Chaucer - Boethius
{and} what for defaute of
vnusage entercomunynge of marchau{n}dise. nat only ? e 1528
names of singler men ne may [nat] strecchen. but eke
? e fame of Citees ne may nat strecchen.
[Sidenote: In the time of Marcus Tullius the fame of Rome did not
reach beyond Mount Caucasus. ]
? At ? e
last[e] Certis in ? e tyme of Marcus tulyus as hym
self write? in his book ? at ? e renou{n} of ? e comune of 1532
Rome ne hadde nat ? itte passed ne clou{m}ben ou{er} ?
e
mou{n}taigne ? at hy? t Caucasus. {and} ? itte was ? ilk
tyme rome wel wexen {and} gretly redouted of ? e p{ar}thes.
and eke of o? er folk enhabityng aboute.
[Sidenote: How narrow, then, is that glory which you labour to
propagate. ]
? Sest ? ou 1536
nat ? an how streit {and} how comp{re}ssed is ? ilke glorie
? at ?
vnusage entercomunynge of marchau{n}dise. nat only ? e 1528
names of singler men ne may [nat] strecchen. but eke
? e fame of Citees ne may nat strecchen.
[Sidenote: In the time of Marcus Tullius the fame of Rome did not
reach beyond Mount Caucasus. ]
? At ? e
last[e] Certis in ? e tyme of Marcus tulyus as hym
self write? in his book ? at ? e renou{n} of ? e comune of 1532
Rome ne hadde nat ? itte passed ne clou{m}ben ou{er} ?
e
mou{n}taigne ? at hy? t Caucasus. {and} ? itte was ? ilk
tyme rome wel wexen {and} gretly redouted of ? e p{ar}thes.
and eke of o? er folk enhabityng aboute.
[Sidenote: How narrow, then, is that glory which you labour to
propagate. ]
? Sest ? ou 1536
nat ? an how streit {and} how comp{re}ssed is ? ilke glorie
? at ?
