e whiche
p{ro}sperite men seen ofte serue to shrewes.
p{ro}sperite men seen ofte serue to shrewes.
Chaucer - Boethius
er to done [[pg 141]]
folies. {and} som tyme it amende? hem ? at suffren ? e 4052
to{ur}mentis.
[Sidenote: When the wicked enjoy felicity--the good should learn
how little these external advantages are to be prized, which may
fall to the lot of the most worthless. ]
? And ? e p{ro}sp{er}ite ? at is ? euen to
shrewes shewe? a grete argument to good[e] folk what
? ing ? ei sholde demen of ? ilk wilfulnesse ?
e whiche
p{ro}sperite men seen ofte serue to shrewes.
[Sidenote: Another reason for dispensing worldly bliss to the
wicked is, that indigence would prompt naturally violent and
rapacious minds to commit the greatest enormities. ]
in ? e whiche 4056
? ing I trowe ? at god dispensi? . for p{er}auenture ? e nature
of som man is so ouer? rowyng to yuel {and} so vncouenable
? at ? e nedy pouerte of hys house-hold my? t[e]
ra? er egren hym to done felonies.
[Sidenote: Their disease God cures by the medicine of money. ]
and to ?
folies. {and} som tyme it amende? hem ? at suffren ? e 4052
to{ur}mentis.
[Sidenote: When the wicked enjoy felicity--the good should learn
how little these external advantages are to be prized, which may
fall to the lot of the most worthless. ]
? And ? e p{ro}sp{er}ite ? at is ? euen to
shrewes shewe? a grete argument to good[e] folk what
? ing ? ei sholde demen of ? ilk wilfulnesse ?
e whiche
p{ro}sperite men seen ofte serue to shrewes.
[Sidenote: Another reason for dispensing worldly bliss to the
wicked is, that indigence would prompt naturally violent and
rapacious minds to commit the greatest enormities. ]
in ? e whiche 4056
? ing I trowe ? at god dispensi? . for p{er}auenture ? e nature
of som man is so ouer? rowyng to yuel {and} so vncouenable
? at ? e nedy pouerte of hys house-hold my? t[e]
ra? er egren hym to done felonies.
[Sidenote: Their disease God cures by the medicine of money. ]
and to ?
