e wise
dispensac{i}ou{n}
of god spare?
Chaucer - Boethius
i wicked[e] oppiniou{n} it is a co{n}fusiou{n}.
but I suppose ?
at
som man be so wel y? ewed. ? at ? e deuyne Iugement {and} ? e Iugeme{n}t of
mankynde accorden hem to gidre of hym. but he is so vnstedfast of corage
[? at] yif any aduersite come to hym he wolde for-leten p{er}auenture to
continue i{n}nocence by ? e whiche he ne may nat wi? holden fortune. ? ? an
?
e wise dispensac{i}ou{n} of god spare? hym ? e whiche man{er}e
adu{er}site my? t[e] enpeyren. ? For ? at god wil nat suffren hym to
trauaile. to whom ? at trauayl nis nat couenable. ? An o? {er} man is
p{er}fit in alle uertues. {and} is an holy man {and} neye to god so ? at
? e p{ur}ueaunce of god wolde demen ? at it were a felony ?
som man be so wel y? ewed. ? at ? e deuyne Iugement {and} ? e Iugeme{n}t of
mankynde accorden hem to gidre of hym. but he is so vnstedfast of corage
[? at] yif any aduersite come to hym he wolde for-leten p{er}auenture to
continue i{n}nocence by ? e whiche he ne may nat wi? holden fortune. ? ? an
?
e wise dispensac{i}ou{n} of god spare? hym ? e whiche man{er}e
adu{er}site my? t[e] enpeyren. ? For ? at god wil nat suffren hym to
trauaile. to whom ? at trauayl nis nat couenable. ? An o? {er} man is
p{er}fit in alle uertues. {and} is an holy man {and} neye to god so ? at
? e p{ur}ueaunce of god wolde demen ? at it were a felony ?