e
p{ro}prete
of hys 5028
symple nature.
symple nature.
Chaucer - Boethius
?
e whiche ?
ing it is clere {and} manifest
? at it is p{ro}pre to ? e deuine ? ou? t. [[pg 173]]
[Sidenote: Nor ought it to seem to us that God is prior to and
more ancient than his creatures by the space of time, but rather
by the simple and undivided properties of his nature. ]
ne it ne sholde nat
semen to vs ? at god is elder ? an ? inges ? at ben ymaked
by quantite of tyme. but ra? er by ?
e p{ro}prete of hys 5028
symple nature.
[Sidenote: The infinite progression of temporal things imitates
the ever-present condition of an immovable life:]
for ? is ilke infinit[e] moeuyng of temp{or}el
? inges folwi? ? is p{re}sentarie estat of ? e lijf i{n}moeueable.
[Linenotes:
4993-4 _ha? _--MS. ha? e
4993 _? e_ (2)--to
4994 _? at_--the tyme
4997 _a[l]? oughe_--al-thogh
[_it_]--from C.
4999 _worlde_--world
5001 _swiche_--swych
5002 _eterne_--from C. , MS.
? at it is p{ro}pre to ? e deuine ? ou? t. [[pg 173]]
[Sidenote: Nor ought it to seem to us that God is prior to and
more ancient than his creatures by the space of time, but rather
by the simple and undivided properties of his nature. ]
ne it ne sholde nat
semen to vs ? at god is elder ? an ? inges ? at ben ymaked
by quantite of tyme. but ra? er by ?
e p{ro}prete of hys 5028
symple nature.
[Sidenote: The infinite progression of temporal things imitates
the ever-present condition of an immovable life:]
for ? is ilke infinit[e] moeuyng of temp{or}el
? inges folwi? ? is p{re}sentarie estat of ? e lijf i{n}moeueable.
[Linenotes:
4993-4 _ha? _--MS. ha? e
4993 _? e_ (2)--to
4994 _? at_--the tyme
4997 _a[l]? oughe_--al-thogh
[_it_]--from C.
4999 _worlde_--world
5001 _swiche_--swych
5002 _eterne_--from C. , MS.