e
p{re}misses
ben yg{ra}nted ?
Chaucer - Boethius
but who so euere wene ?
at it be an
harde ? ing to acorde hym to a conclusiou{n}. it is ry? t
? at he shewe ? at so{m}me of ? e p{re}misses ben fals. or 3568
ellys he mot shewe ? at ? e colasiou{n} of p{re}posic{i}ou{n}s
nis nat spedful to a necessarie conclusio{n}. ? and yif it
be nat so. but ? at ?
e p{re}misses ben yg{ra}nted ? er nis
nat whi he sholde blame ? e argument.
[Sidenote: What I am about to say is not less wonderful, and it
follows necessarily from the same premises. ]
for ? is ? ing ? at 3572
I shal telle ? e nowe ne shal not seme lasse wondirful.
[Linenotes:
3517 _aknowe_--aknowe it
3518 _seyn_--sayn
3523 _good[e]_--goode
3524 _done_--don
3526 _ben_--be
3527 _for_--to
3528 _my? ten_--myhte
_don_--MS. done, C. doon
_harme_--harm
3529 _gret_--MS. grete, C. gret
3533-36 _don_--MS. done, C.
harde ? ing to acorde hym to a conclusiou{n}. it is ry? t
? at he shewe ? at so{m}me of ? e p{re}misses ben fals. or 3568
ellys he mot shewe ? at ? e colasiou{n} of p{re}posic{i}ou{n}s
nis nat spedful to a necessarie conclusio{n}. ? and yif it
be nat so. but ? at ?
e p{re}misses ben yg{ra}nted ? er nis
nat whi he sholde blame ? e argument.
[Sidenote: What I am about to say is not less wonderful, and it
follows necessarily from the same premises. ]
for ? is ? ing ? at 3572
I shal telle ? e nowe ne shal not seme lasse wondirful.
[Linenotes:
3517 _aknowe_--aknowe it
3518 _seyn_--sayn
3523 _good[e]_--goode
3524 _done_--don
3526 _ben_--be
3527 _for_--to
3528 _my? ten_--myhte
_don_--MS. done, C. doon
_harme_--harm
3529 _gret_--MS. grete, C. gret
3533-36 _don_--MS. done, C.
