[Sidenote: Thou raisest Hesperus to usher in the shades of night,
and again causest him to be the
harbinger
of day, whence his name
Lucifer.
Chaucer - Boethius
e sonne.
[Sidenote: The sun obscures the lesser lights, and quenches even
the moon's light.]
? Hir bro?er hide? ?e
sterres ?at ben lasse. {and} somtyme whan ?e mone 508
pale wi? hir derke hornes approche? ?e sonne. leesith
hir ly?tes.
[Sidenote: Thou raisest Hesperus to usher in the shades of night,
and again causest him to be the
harbinger
of day, whence his name
Lucifer.
]
? And ?at ?e euesterre esperus whiche
?at in ?e first[e] tyme of ?e ny?t brynge? fur?e hir
colde arysynges come? eft a?eynes hir vsed cours. {and} 512
is pale by ?e morwe at ?e rysynge of ?
