Comparison of Geoffrey Chaucer Consolatione Philosophie 1 Metre 7 to Geoffrey Chaucer

whan the sterres ben clustred (that is to seyn, whan sterres ben

covered with cloudes) by a swifte winde that highte Chorus, and

hevinesse of erthe; ne the night ne withstondeth nat to him by

the blake cloudes. Thilke god seeth, in oo strok of thought, alle

sesoun, thorugh the brethe of the winde Zephirus that wexeth

warm, yif the cloudy wind Auster blowe felliche, than goth awey

hete; that is to seyn, alle the poeples in the south. But yit ne [continues next]

With wawes grene, and brighte as any glas. [continues next]

in a frounce, she dryede myn eyen, that weren fulle of the wawes

[continues previous] hete; that is to seyn, alle the poeples in the south. But yit ne

And whylom dim, and whylom clere. [continues next]

[continues previous] With wawes grene, and brighte as any glas.

Certes, it is leveful to the hevene to make clere dayes, and,

lighte y-founde, graunte him to fichen the clere sightes of his [continues next]

[continues previous] And whylom dim, and whylom clere.

[continues previous] As sone as Poverte ginneth take,

[continues previous] lighte y-founde, graunte him to fichen the clere sightes of his

thou most bireven him his moneye that hath it. And yif

thou wolt shynen with dignitees, thou most bisechen and

... til the prikke of F sat up-on the orisonte; thanne saw I wel that the body of Iuppiter, in his latitude of 3 degrees meridional, ascended with 14 degrees of Pisces in horoscopo. And in this maner maistow wirke with any latitude meridional, as I first seide, save in Capricorne. And yif thou wolt pleye this craft with the arysing of the mone, loke thou rekne wel hir cours houre by houre; for she ne dwelleth nat in a degree of hir longitude but a litel whyle, as thou wel knowest; but natheles, yif thou rekne hir verreye moeving by thy tables houre after houre, [thou shall do ...

... harm-doinge to any other persone. For the lawe seith: that "ther maketh no man himselven riche, if he do harm to another wight;" this is to seyn, that nature defendeth and forbedeth by right, that no man make him-self riche un-to the harm of another persone. And Tullius seith: that "no sorwe ne no drede of deeth, ne no-thing that may falle un-to a man is so muchel agayns nature, as a man to encressen his owene profit to the harm of another man. And though the grete men and the mighty men geten richesses more lightly than thou, yet shaltou nat been ydel ne slow to do ...

Lat Troye and Troyan fro your herte pace!

Dryf out that bittre hope, and make good chere,

soverein delyt. Conclusio. What seyst thou thanne of alle thise

thinges, that is to seyn, suffisaunce, power, and this othre thinges;