but lecherye
{and} couetise ouer?
{and} couetise ouer?
Chaucer - Boethius
ei ne knowen nat ?
e goodes.
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[Sidenote: What is more weak and base than the blindness of
ignorance? Or do they know the way they ought to follow, but are
led astray by lust and covetousness? ]
? But what ? ing is more feble {and} more caitif ? an is ? e [[pg 116]]
blyndenesse of ignoraunce. or ellys ? ei knowen ful wel
whiche ? inges ? at ? ei au? ten to folwen ?
but lecherye
{and} couetise ouer? rowe? hem mysturned.
[Sidenote: And so, indeed, weak-minded men are overpowered by
intemperance, for they cannot resist vicious temptations. ]
? and certis 3292
so do? distemp{er}aunce to feble men. ? at ne mowe{n} nat
wrastle a? eins ? e vices
[Sidenote: Do they willingly desert Good and turn to Evil? If they
do so, they not only cease to be powerful, but even cease to
exist. ]
? Ne knowen ? ei nat ? an wel
?
[Sidenote: What is more weak and base than the blindness of
ignorance? Or do they know the way they ought to follow, but are
led astray by lust and covetousness? ]
? But what ? ing is more feble {and} more caitif ? an is ? e [[pg 116]]
blyndenesse of ignoraunce. or ellys ? ei knowen ful wel
whiche ? inges ? at ? ei au? ten to folwen ?
but lecherye
{and} couetise ouer? rowe? hem mysturned.
[Sidenote: And so, indeed, weak-minded men are overpowered by
intemperance, for they cannot resist vicious temptations. ]
? and certis 3292
so do? distemp{er}aunce to feble men. ? at ne mowe{n} nat
wrastle a? eins ? e vices
[Sidenote: Do they willingly desert Good and turn to Evil? If they
do so, they not only cease to be powerful, but even cease to
exist. ]
? Ne knowen ? ei nat ? an wel
?
