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_Quis legem det amantibus?
_Quis legem det amantibus?
Chaucer - Boethius
LOVE.
Wost thou nat wel the olde clerkes sawe,
That who schal yeve a lover eny lawe,
Love is a grettere lawe, by my pan,
Then may be yeve to (of) eny erthly man?
(_Knightes Tale, Aldine Series_, vol. ii. p. 36, 37. )
But what is he ? at may ? eue a lawe to loueres. loue is a gretter
lawe and a strengere to hym self ? an any lawe ? at men may ? euen.
(_Chaucer's Prose Translation_, p. 108.
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_Quis legem det amantibus?
Major lex amor est sibi. _
(Boeth. , lib. iii. met. 12. )
II. A DRUNKEN MAN.
A dronke man wot wel he hath an hous,
But he not[I-8] which the righte wey is thider.
(_Knightes Tale_, vol. ii. p. 39. )
_Ry? t as a dronke man not nat[I-9] by whiche pa?
Wost thou nat wel the olde clerkes sawe,
That who schal yeve a lover eny lawe,
Love is a grettere lawe, by my pan,
Then may be yeve to (of) eny erthly man?
(_Knightes Tale, Aldine Series_, vol. ii. p. 36, 37. )
But what is he ? at may ? eue a lawe to loueres. loue is a gretter
lawe and a strengere to hym self ? an any lawe ? at men may ? euen.
(_Chaucer's Prose Translation_, p. 108.
)
_Quis legem det amantibus?
Major lex amor est sibi. _
(Boeth. , lib. iii. met. 12. )
II. A DRUNKEN MAN.
A dronke man wot wel he hath an hous,
But he not[I-8] which the righte wey is thider.
(_Knightes Tale_, vol. ii. p. 39. )
_Ry? t as a dronke man not nat[I-9] by whiche pa?
