at ben foule {and} vyle sholde ben
hono{ur}ed
{and} heried.
Chaucer - Boethius
certys q{uo}d she ?at were a grete meruayle
{and} an enbaissynge wi?outen ende. {and} wel more horrible ?an alle
monstres yif it were as ?{o}u wenest. ?at is to sein. ?at in ?e ry?t
ordeyne house of so mochel a fader {and} an ordenour of meyne. ?at ?e
vesseles ?
at ben foule {and} vyle sholde ben
hono{ur}ed
{and} heried.
and ?e p{re}cious uesseles sholde ben defouled {and} vyle. but it nis
nat so. For yif ?e ?inges ?at I haue co{n}cluded a litel here byforne
ben kept hoole {and} vnraced. ?ou shalt wel knowe by ?e auctorite of
god. of ?e whos regne I speke ?at certys ?e good[e] folk ben alwey
my?ty.
