at gouerneth heuene
gouerned yowre corages /.
gouerned yowre corages /.
Chaucer - Boethius
_
(_Knightes Tale_, p. 92. )
That ? e world with stable feith / varieth acordable chaungynges //
? at the contraryos qualite of element? holden amonge hem self
aliaunce perdurable / ? at phebus the sonne with his goldene
chariet / bryngeth forth the rosene day / ? at the mone hath
commaundement ouer the nyhtes // whiche nyhtes hesperus the eue
sterre hat[h] browt // ? at ? e se gredy to flowen constreyneth with
a certeyn ende hise floodes / so ? at it is nat l[e]ueful to
strechche hise brode termes or bowndes vp-on the erthes // ? at is
to seyn to couere alle the erthe // Al this a-cordaunce of thinges
is bownden with looue / ? at gouerneth erthe and see / and [he]
hath also commaundement? to the heuenes / and yif this looue
slakede the brydelis / alle thinges ? at now louen hem to-gederes /
wolden maken a batayle contynuely and stryuen to fordoon the
fasoun of this worlde / the which they now leden in acordable
feith by fayre moeuynges // this looue halt to-gideres poeples /
ioygned with an hooly bond / and knytteth sacrement of maryages of
chaste looues // And loue enditeth lawes to trewe felawes // O
weleful weere mankynde / yif thilke loue ?
at gouerneth heuene
gouerned yowre corages /.
(_Chaucer's Boethius_, bk. ii. met. 8. )
Quod mundus stabili fide
Concordes variat vices,
Quod pugnantia semina
Foedus perpetuum tenent,
Quod Phoebus roseum diem
Curru provehit aureo,
Ut quas duxerit Hesperus
Phoebe noctibus imperet,
Ut fluctus avidum mare
Certo fine coerceat,
Ne terris liceat vagis
Latos tundere terminos;
_Hanc rerum seriem ligat,
Terras ac pelagus regens,
Et coelo imperitans amor. _
Hic si fraena remiserit,
Quicquid nunc amat invicem,
Bellum continuo geret:
Et quam nunc socia fide
Pulcris motibus incitant,
Certent solvere machinam.
Hic sancto populos quoque
Junctos foedere continet,
Hic et conjugii sacrum
Castis nectit amoribus,
Hic fidis etiam sua
Dictat jura sodalibus.
O felix hominum genus,
Si vestros animos amor,
Quo caelum regitur, regat.
(_Boeth. _, lib. ii. met. 8. )
Love, that of erth and se hath governaunce!
Love, that his hestes hath in hevene hye!
(_Knightes Tale_, p. 92. )
That ? e world with stable feith / varieth acordable chaungynges //
? at the contraryos qualite of element? holden amonge hem self
aliaunce perdurable / ? at phebus the sonne with his goldene
chariet / bryngeth forth the rosene day / ? at the mone hath
commaundement ouer the nyhtes // whiche nyhtes hesperus the eue
sterre hat[h] browt // ? at ? e se gredy to flowen constreyneth with
a certeyn ende hise floodes / so ? at it is nat l[e]ueful to
strechche hise brode termes or bowndes vp-on the erthes // ? at is
to seyn to couere alle the erthe // Al this a-cordaunce of thinges
is bownden with looue / ? at gouerneth erthe and see / and [he]
hath also commaundement? to the heuenes / and yif this looue
slakede the brydelis / alle thinges ? at now louen hem to-gederes /
wolden maken a batayle contynuely and stryuen to fordoon the
fasoun of this worlde / the which they now leden in acordable
feith by fayre moeuynges // this looue halt to-gideres poeples /
ioygned with an hooly bond / and knytteth sacrement of maryages of
chaste looues // And loue enditeth lawes to trewe felawes // O
weleful weere mankynde / yif thilke loue ?
at gouerneth heuene
gouerned yowre corages /.
(_Chaucer's Boethius_, bk. ii. met. 8. )
Quod mundus stabili fide
Concordes variat vices,
Quod pugnantia semina
Foedus perpetuum tenent,
Quod Phoebus roseum diem
Curru provehit aureo,
Ut quas duxerit Hesperus
Phoebe noctibus imperet,
Ut fluctus avidum mare
Certo fine coerceat,
Ne terris liceat vagis
Latos tundere terminos;
_Hanc rerum seriem ligat,
Terras ac pelagus regens,
Et coelo imperitans amor. _
Hic si fraena remiserit,
Quicquid nunc amat invicem,
Bellum continuo geret:
Et quam nunc socia fide
Pulcris motibus incitant,
Certent solvere machinam.
Hic sancto populos quoque
Junctos foedere continet,
Hic et conjugii sacrum
Castis nectit amoribus,
Hic fidis etiam sua
Dictat jura sodalibus.
O felix hominum genus,
Si vestros animos amor,
Quo caelum regitur, regat.
(_Boeth. _, lib. ii. met. 8. )
Love, that of erth and se hath governaunce!
Love, that his hestes hath in hevene hye!
