{and} is
couenable
to ben 3416
godde[s].
godde[s].
Chaucer - Boethius
at I ?
af ?
e a lytel here byforne.
3412
{and} gadre it to gidre in ? is manere.
[Sidenote: Since the supreme good is happiness, it follows that
all good men are happy in as much as they are good; but if they
are happy they must become as it were gods. ]
so as god hym self
is blisfulnesse. ? an is it clere {and} certeyn. ? at alle good
folk ben makid blisful for ? ei ben good[e]. and ? ilke
folk ? at ben blisful it accordi?
{and} is couenable to ben 3416
godde[s].
[Sidenote: The reward (_i. e. _ divinity) of the righteous is such
that no time can impair it, no power can diminish it, nor can any
wickedness obscure it. ]
? an is ? e mede of goode folk swiche. ? at no
day [ne] shal enpeyren it. ne no wickednesse shal endirken
it. ne power of no wy? t ne shal nat amenusen it
? at is to seyn to ben maked goddes.
[Sidenote: Since, then, happiness belongs to good men, punishment
inseparably attends the wicked. ]
? and syn it is 3420
?
{and} gadre it to gidre in ? is manere.
[Sidenote: Since the supreme good is happiness, it follows that
all good men are happy in as much as they are good; but if they
are happy they must become as it were gods. ]
so as god hym self
is blisfulnesse. ? an is it clere {and} certeyn. ? at alle good
folk ben makid blisful for ? ei ben good[e]. and ? ilke
folk ? at ben blisful it accordi?
{and} is couenable to ben 3416
godde[s].
[Sidenote: The reward (_i. e. _ divinity) of the righteous is such
that no time can impair it, no power can diminish it, nor can any
wickedness obscure it. ]
? an is ? e mede of goode folk swiche. ? at no
day [ne] shal enpeyren it. ne no wickednesse shal endirken
it. ne power of no wy? t ne shal nat amenusen it
? at is to seyn to ben maked goddes.
[Sidenote: Since, then, happiness belongs to good men, punishment
inseparably attends the wicked. ]
? and syn it is 3420
?
