]
++By this she hadde endid hir{e} song{e} / whan the swetnesse 1700
of hir{e} ditee hadde thorw p{er}ced me ?
++By this she hadde endid hir{e} song{e} / whan the swetnesse 1700
of hir{e} ditee hadde thorw p{er}ced me ?
Chaucer - Boethius
{a}t is to seyn
to cou{er}e alle the erthe //
[Sidenote: This concord is produced by love, which governeth earth
and sea, and extends its influence to the heavens. ]
Al this a-cordau{n}ce of thinges 1688
is bownden w{i}t{h} looue / ? {a}t gou{er}neth erthe {and} see / {and}
hath also {com}mau{n}dement? to the heuenes /
[Sidenote: If this chain of love were broken all things would be
in perpetual strife, and the world would go to ruin. ]
{and} yif
this looue slakede the brydelis / alle thinges ? {a}t now
louen hem to gederes / wolden maken a batayle contynuely 1692
{and} stryuen to fordoon the fasou{n} of this worlde /
the which they now leden in acordable feith by fayre
moeuynges //
[Sidenote: Love binds nations together, it ties the nuptial knot,
and dictates binding laws to friendship. ]
this looue halt to gideres poeples Ioygned
w{i}t{h} an hooly bond / {and} knytteth sacrement of maryages 1696
of chaste looues // And loue enditeth lawes to
trewe felawes //
[Sidenote: Men were truly blest if governed by this celestial
love! ']
O weleful weer{e} mankynde / yif thilke
loue ? {a}t gouerneth heuene gouerned[e] yowr{e} corages /
EXPLICIT LIB{ER} 2_^us_.
[Linenote:
1690 _hath_--H. he hath]
[[pg 63]]
[Headnote:
BOETHIUS IS COMFORTED BY PHILOSOPHY'S SONG. ]
INCIPIT LIB{ER} 3^_us_.
IAM CANTU{M} ILLA FINIERAT.
[Sidenote: [The fyrste p{ro}se. ]]
[Sidenote: Philosophy now ended her song.
]
++By this she hadde endid hir{e} song{e} / whan the swetnesse 1700
of hir{e} ditee hadde thorw p{er}ced me ? {a}t was desirous
of herkninge /
[Sidenote: I was so charmed that I kept a listening as if she were
still speaking. ]
{and} . I. astoned hadde yit streyhte myn
Eres / ? {a}t is to seyn to herkne the bet / what she wolde
seye //
[Sidenote: At last I said, O sovereign comforter of dejected
minds, how much hast thou refreshed me with the energy of thy
discourse, so that I now think myself almost an equal match for
Fortune and able to resist her blows. ]
so ? {a}t a litel her{e} aft{er} . I. seyde thus // O thow 1704
? {a}t art sou{er}eyn comfort of Angwissos corages // So thow
hast remou{n}ted {and} norysshed me w{i}t{h} the weyhte of thy
sentenses {and} w{i}t{h} delit of thy syngynge // so ? {a}t . I. trowe
nat now ? {a}t . I.
to cou{er}e alle the erthe //
[Sidenote: This concord is produced by love, which governeth earth
and sea, and extends its influence to the heavens. ]
Al this a-cordau{n}ce of thinges 1688
is bownden w{i}t{h} looue / ? {a}t gou{er}neth erthe {and} see / {and}
hath also {com}mau{n}dement? to the heuenes /
[Sidenote: If this chain of love were broken all things would be
in perpetual strife, and the world would go to ruin. ]
{and} yif
this looue slakede the brydelis / alle thinges ? {a}t now
louen hem to gederes / wolden maken a batayle contynuely 1692
{and} stryuen to fordoon the fasou{n} of this worlde /
the which they now leden in acordable feith by fayre
moeuynges //
[Sidenote: Love binds nations together, it ties the nuptial knot,
and dictates binding laws to friendship. ]
this looue halt to gideres poeples Ioygned
w{i}t{h} an hooly bond / {and} knytteth sacrement of maryages 1696
of chaste looues // And loue enditeth lawes to
trewe felawes //
[Sidenote: Men were truly blest if governed by this celestial
love! ']
O weleful weer{e} mankynde / yif thilke
loue ? {a}t gouerneth heuene gouerned[e] yowr{e} corages /
EXPLICIT LIB{ER} 2_^us_.
[Linenote:
1690 _hath_--H. he hath]
[[pg 63]]
[Headnote:
BOETHIUS IS COMFORTED BY PHILOSOPHY'S SONG. ]
INCIPIT LIB{ER} 3^_us_.
IAM CANTU{M} ILLA FINIERAT.
[Sidenote: [The fyrste p{ro}se. ]]
[Sidenote: Philosophy now ended her song.
]
++By this she hadde endid hir{e} song{e} / whan the swetnesse 1700
of hir{e} ditee hadde thorw p{er}ced me ? {a}t was desirous
of herkninge /
[Sidenote: I was so charmed that I kept a listening as if she were
still speaking. ]
{and} . I. astoned hadde yit streyhte myn
Eres / ? {a}t is to seyn to herkne the bet / what she wolde
seye //
[Sidenote: At last I said, O sovereign comforter of dejected
minds, how much hast thou refreshed me with the energy of thy
discourse, so that I now think myself almost an equal match for
Fortune and able to resist her blows. ]
so ? {a}t a litel her{e} aft{er} . I. seyde thus // O thow 1704
? {a}t art sou{er}eyn comfort of Angwissos corages // So thow
hast remou{n}ted {and} norysshed me w{i}t{h} the weyhte of thy
sentenses {and} w{i}t{h} delit of thy syngynge // so ? {a}t . I. trowe
nat now ? {a}t . I.
