[Sidenote: But it is the nature of these perturbations (which thou endurest)
to unsettle men's minds.
Chaucer - Boethius
[Sidenote: _P._ How, then, art thou ignorant of their end?]
? And how may ?is be 664
q{uod} sche ?at si?en ?{o}u knowest ?e bygynnyng of
?inges. ?at ?ou ne knowest not what is ?e endyng of
?inges.
[Sidenote: But it is the nature of these perturbations (which thou endurest)
to unsettle men's minds.
]
but swiche ben ?e customes of p{er}turbac{i}ou{n}s.
{and} ?is power ?ei han. ?at ?ei may moeue a ma{n} fro 668
hys place. ?at is to seyne from ?e stablenes {and} p{er}fecc{i}ou{n}
of hys knowyng. but certys ?ei may not al
arace hym ne alyene hy{m} in al. ? But I wolde ?
