Chaucer's 'Boece' Englisht from "Anicii Manlii Severini Boethii Philosophiĉ Consolationis Libri Quinque." |
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alwey ayein blysful blysfulnesse Boece BOOK byforn certes Certes quod certeyn comth comune comyn corage demen deth deuyne dignite diuerse doon dowte erthe euery felonos ffor foolk forto fortune fyrst glorye gloss gret grete han don hath haue heuene knowen knowynge kynde kynges leaf lyht lytel manere METRE Metur margin moche mochel moeuynge moneye moore myhte myhty natheles necessite nedes neuer neyther nis nat oonly oother ouer peyne poeple prescience propre prose margin puruyaunce quod reson Rychesses ryht seyde seyn ŝat seyth shal sholde sholden shrewes sorwe soth souereyn sowle sterres suffren swich swyche thanne thanne quod thilke thing thing bat thise thogh thow hast thowht thylke thyng to-gidere tyme verray vndyr vsen weene weere weeren whan whyche with-owte wolde wolt wyht yeuen yif pat yif thow yif ŝat yowre yuel
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Page vi - And coueyteth nat to ben deseyuyd by no mys weyes // lat hym rollen and trenden witA-Inne hym1self / the Lyht of his inward syhte/ /And lat hym gadere ayein enclynynge 4 in to a compas the longe moeuynges of hys thowhtes / And lat hym techen his corage that he hath enclosed and hyd / in his tresors / al...
Page 119 - Mowth / fat is to seyn/ /Homer with the swete dites / syngith / fat the sonne is deer by pure 8 lyht/ /natheles yit ne may it nat by the Infirme lyht of his beemes / brekyn or percen / the inward entrailes of the erthe / or elles of the see/ /so ne seth nat god makere of the grete world / to hym fat looketh alle thinges from an hegh ne withstondith 12 no thinges by heuynesse of herthe/ /ne the nyht ne...
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Page 89 - Knyt forth the remenaunt," quod I, "for no wight ne douteth that he that mai gon by naturel office of feet ne be more myghti than he that ne may nat.
Page 79 - \Vho-so that sekith soth by a deep thoght and coveyteth nat to ben deseyued by no mys-weyes, lat hym rollen and trenden [revolve] with-inne hymself the lyht of his inward syhte. And lat hym gadere ayein, enclynynge in-to a compas, the longe moeuynges of hys thowhtes ; and lat hym techen his corage that he hath enclosed and hyd in his tresors al that he compaseth or sekith fro with-oute.
Page 73 - ... semblaunce of good / it ne may nat wel in no manere be desired ne required // and the contrarye/ /ffor thogh that thinges by hyr nature / ne ben nat goode/ /Algates yif men...
Page 36 - No man the fyr owt of the flynt yit fonde Vn-koruen and vn-grobbed lay the vyne No man yit in the morter spices grond To clarre ne to sawse of galentyne...