e grete
ensample
lede?
Chaucer - Boethius
]
{and} ? e laste of his labo{ur}s was ? at he
sustened[e] ? e heuene vpo{n} his nekke vnbowed.
[Sidenote: These labours justly raised him to the rank of a god. ]
{and} he 4284
deserued[e] eftsones ? e heuene to ben ? e pris of his
laste trauayle
[Sidenote: Go then, ye noble souls, and follow the path of this
great example. ]
? Go? now ? an ? e stronge men ? ere as
? e heye weye of ?
e grete ensample lede? ? ou. ? O nice
men whi nake ? e ? oure bakkes. as who sei? .
[Sidenote: O ye slothful ones, wherefore do ye basely fly! ]
? O ? e 4288
slowe {and} delicat men whi fley ? e aduersites. {and} ne [[pg 149]]
fy? te{n} nat a?
{and} ? e laste of his labo{ur}s was ? at he
sustened[e] ? e heuene vpo{n} his nekke vnbowed.
[Sidenote: These labours justly raised him to the rank of a god. ]
{and} he 4284
deserued[e] eftsones ? e heuene to ben ? e pris of his
laste trauayle
[Sidenote: Go then, ye noble souls, and follow the path of this
great example. ]
? Go? now ? an ? e stronge men ? ere as
? e heye weye of ?
e grete ensample lede? ? ou. ? O nice
men whi nake ? e ? oure bakkes. as who sei? .
[Sidenote: O ye slothful ones, wherefore do ye basely fly! ]
? O ? e 4288
slowe {and} delicat men whi fley ? e aduersites. {and} ne [[pg 149]]
fy? te{n} nat a?
