e whiche
dignitees
{and} powers yif ?
Chaucer - Boethius
at hem first vp dalf.
he dalf vp a p{re}cious peril.
for-whi.
for ?
e
p{re}ciousnesse of swyche ha? many man ben in peril.
QUID AUTE{M} DE DIGNITATIB{US} {ET} C{ETERA}.
[Sidenote: [The sixte p{ro}se. ]]
++But what shal I seyne of dignitees {and} of powers. ? e whiche [ye] men
? {a}t nei? er knowen verray dignitee ne verray power areysen hem as heye
as ? e heuene. ?
e whiche dignitees {and} powers yif ? ei come to any
wicked man ? ei don [as] greet[e] damages {and} distrucc{i}ou{n} as do?
? e fla{m}me of ? e Mou{n}taigne Ethna whan ? e fla{m}me wit walwi? vp ne
no deluge ne do? so cruel harmes. ? Certys ye remembri? wel as I trowe
? at ? ilke dignitee ? at men clepi? ?
p{re}ciousnesse of swyche ha? many man ben in peril.
QUID AUTE{M} DE DIGNITATIB{US} {ET} C{ETERA}.
[Sidenote: [The sixte p{ro}se. ]]
++But what shal I seyne of dignitees {and} of powers. ? e whiche [ye] men
? {a}t nei? er knowen verray dignitee ne verray power areysen hem as heye
as ? e heuene. ?
e whiche dignitees {and} powers yif ? ei come to any
wicked man ? ei don [as] greet[e] damages {and} distrucc{i}ou{n} as do?
? e fla{m}me of ? e Mou{n}taigne Ethna whan ? e fla{m}me wit walwi? vp ne
no deluge ne do? so cruel harmes. ? Certys ye remembri? wel as I trowe
? at ? ilke dignitee ? at men clepi? ?
