[Sidenote: In the narrow limits of this life, nothing, however
tardy it appears, can seem to an
immortal
soul to have a very long
duration.
Chaucer - Boethius
3544
?at is to seyne ?at shrewes were despoyled of moeuyng
to don yuel.
[Sidenote: _P._ They shall be despoiled of it sooner than you wish
perhaps, or than they themselves imagine.]
? so shulle{n} ?ei q{uo}d she.
[Sidenote: [* fol. 28.]]
sonnere
p{er}auenture ?en ?{o}u woldest *or sonnere ?en ?ei hem
self wenen to lakken mowynge to done yuel.
[Sidenote: In the narrow limits of this life, nothing, however
tardy it appears, can seem to an
immortal
soul to have a very long
duration.
]
? For 3548
?ere nis no ?ing so late in so short bou{n}des of ?is lijf
?at is longe to abide. namelyche to a corage inmortel.
[Sidenote: The great hopes, and the subtle machinations of the
wicked, are often suddenly frustrated, by which an end is put to
their wickedness.]
Of whiche shrewes ?e grete hope {and} ?e heye co{m}passy{n}g{us}
of shrewednesse is often destroyed by a 3552
sodeyne ende or ?ei ben war. {and} ?at ?ing establi?
