[Sidenote: The remembrance of criminal
indulgence
brings with it
bitter remorse.
bitter remorse.
Chaucer - Boethius
]
++But what shal I seie of delices of body. of whic[h]e 2176
delices ? e desiringes ben ful of anguisse. {and} ? e
fulfillinges of he{m} ben ful of penaunce.
[Sidenote: What diseases and intolerable pains (the merited fruits
of vice) are these delights wont to bring upon those who enjoy
them! ]
? How grete
sekenesse {and} how grete sorwes vnsuffrable ry? t as a
manere fruit of wickednesse ben ? ilke delices wont to 2180
bryngen to ? e bo[d]ies of folk ? at vsen hem.
[Sidenote: I am unable to see what joy is to be found in the
gratification of them. ]
? Of
whiche delices I not what ioye may ben had of hir
moeuyng.
[Sidenote: The remembrance of criminal indulgence brings with it
bitter remorse. ]
? But ? is woot I wel ? at who so euere wil
remembren hym of hys luxuries. he shal wel vndirstonde. 2184
? at ? e issues of delices ben sorowful {and} sory.
[Sidenote: If such things make men happy, then may brutes attain
to felicity, since by their instinct they are urged to satisfy
their bodily delights. ]
? And yif ? ilke delices mowen make folk blisful. ? an
by ? e same cause moten ?
++But what shal I seie of delices of body. of whic[h]e 2176
delices ? e desiringes ben ful of anguisse. {and} ? e
fulfillinges of he{m} ben ful of penaunce.
[Sidenote: What diseases and intolerable pains (the merited fruits
of vice) are these delights wont to bring upon those who enjoy
them! ]
? How grete
sekenesse {and} how grete sorwes vnsuffrable ry? t as a
manere fruit of wickednesse ben ? ilke delices wont to 2180
bryngen to ? e bo[d]ies of folk ? at vsen hem.
[Sidenote: I am unable to see what joy is to be found in the
gratification of them. ]
? Of
whiche delices I not what ioye may ben had of hir
moeuyng.
[Sidenote: The remembrance of criminal indulgence brings with it
bitter remorse. ]
? But ? is woot I wel ? at who so euere wil
remembren hym of hys luxuries. he shal wel vndirstonde. 2184
? at ? e issues of delices ben sorowful {and} sory.
[Sidenote: If such things make men happy, then may brutes attain
to felicity, since by their instinct they are urged to satisfy
their bodily delights. ]
? And yif ? ilke delices mowen make folk blisful. ? an
by ? e same cause moten ?
