Comparison of Geoffrey Chaucer Consolatione Philosophie 2 Metre 6 to Geoffrey Chaucer

in-to wrecchednesse by the ende of the deeth. And sin we knowen

wel, that many a man hath sought the fruit of blisfulnesse nat

powers, yif they comen to any wikked man, they don as grete [continues next]

damages and destrucciouns as doth the flaumbe of the mountaigne [continues next]

folk thider as they biheten to leden hem. But with how grete

harmes thise forseyde weyes ben enlaced, I shal shewe thee

As, whan that Nero brende the citee [continues next]

Of Rome, cryden senatoures wyves, [continues next]

[continues previous] powers, yif they comen to any wikked man, they don as grete

[continues previous] damages and destrucciouns as doth the flaumbe of the mountaigne

[continues previous] As, whan that Nero brende the citee

[continues previous] Of Rome, cryden senatoures wyves,

... been thralle and bonde of linage shullen been maad worthy and noble by the richesses." And right so as by richesses ther comen manye goodes, right so by poverte come ther manye harmes and yveles. For greet poverte constreyneth a man to do manye yveles. And therfore clepeth Cassidore poverte "the moder of ruine," that is to seyn, the moder of overthrowinge or fallinge doun. And therfore seith Piers Alfonce: "oon of the gretteste adversitees of this world is whan a free man, by kinde or by burthe, is constreyned by poverte to eten the almesse of his enemy." And the same seith Innocent in oon of hise bokes; he seith: ... [continues next]

[continues previous] ... thralle and bonde of linage shullen been maad worthy and noble by the richesses." And right so as by richesses ther comen manye goodes, right so by poverte come ther manye harmes and yveles. For greet poverte constreyneth a man to do manye yveles. And therfore clepeth Cassidore poverte "the moder of ruine," that is to seyn, the moder of overthrowinge or fallinge doun. And therfore seith Piers Alfonce: "oon of the gretteste adversitees of this world is whan a free man, by kinde or by burthe, is constreyned by poverte to eten the almesse of his enemy." And the same seith Innocent in oon of hise bokes; he ...

... is the love of god principal, and loving of his neighebor as him-self; for soothly, that oon ne may nat been withoute that other. And truste wel, that in the name of thy neighebore thou shalt understonde the name of thy brother; for certes alle we have o fader fleshly, and o moder, that is to seyn, Adam and Eve; and eek o fader espirituel, and that is god of hevene. Thy neighebore artow holden for to love, and wilne him alle goodnesse; and therfore seith god, 'love thy neighebore as thyselve,' that is to seyn, to salvacion bothe of lyf and of soule. And more-over, thou shalt love him in ...

And wel rede I, he loked bisily [continues next]

Up-on this child, and on his doghter thoghte. [continues next]

At every time he loked on hir face;

Gamelyn soughte his brother whider he was flowe,

And saugh wher he loked out at a windowe.

But two goode staves to halle-dore he broughte,

Adam loked on Gamelyn and he was war anoon,

And caste awey the feteres and he bigan to goon:

[continues previous] Up-on this child, and on his doghter thoghte.

Gret wonder is, how that he coude or mighte [continues next]

Be domesman of hir dede beautee. [continues next]

[continues previous] Be domesman of hir dede beautee.

wawes; that is to seyn, he governed alle the poeples by ceptre imperial [continues next]

that the sonne goth aboute, from est to west. And eek this [continues next]

Nero governed by ceptre alle the poeples that ben under the [continues next]

colde sterres that highten "septem triones"; this is to seyn, he [continues next]

governede alle the poeples that ben under the party of the north. [continues next]

And eek Nero governed alle the poeples that the violent wind [continues next]

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

this is to seyn, that al was he behated of alle folk. Yit this [continues next]

wikked Nero hadde gret lordship, and yaf whylom to the [continues next]

bemes of Phebus, that is to seyn, whan that Phebus the sonne is [continues next]

[continues previous] wawes; that is to seyn, he governed alle the poeples by ceptre imperial

[continues previous] that the sonne goth aboute, from est to west. And eek this

[continues previous] Nero governed by ceptre alle the poeples that ben under the

[continues previous] governede alle the poeples that ben under the party of the north. [continues next]

[continues previous] And eek Nero governed alle the poeples that the violent wind [continues next]

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

aliaunce perdurable; that Phebus the sonne with his goldene

up-right to hevene. The sonne Phebus, that falleth at even in

[continues previous] this is to seyn, that al was he behated of alle folk. Yit this

is resolved by the brenninge hete of Phebus the sonne; for heer

seen men redely the causes.

[continues previous] Whan that the hevy sterre of the Cancre eschaufeth by the [continues next]

[continues previous] bemes of Phebus, that is to seyn, whan that Phebus the sonne is [continues next]

[continues previous] governede alle the poeples that ben under the party of the north. [continues next]

Teren the wolf out of his hyde,

Til he be [flayn], bak and syde,

[continues previous] bemes of Phebus, that is to seyn, whan that Phebus the sonne is

hir dede beautee. And natheles, yit governede this Nero by [continues next]

ceptre alle the poeples that Phebus the sonne may seen, cominge [continues next]

that the sonne goth aboute, from est to west. And eek this [continues next]

Nero governed by ceptre alle the poeples that ben under the [continues next]

[continues previous] colde sterres that highten "septem triones"; this is to seyn, he [continues next]

[continues previous] governede alle the poeples that ben under the party of the north. [continues next]

[continues previous] And eek Nero governed alle the poeples that the violent wind [continues next]

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

passinge to ferne poeples, goth by dyverse tonges; and al-though [continues next]

ungovernede brydles, it suffereth brydles, that is to seyn, to be

governed, and passeth by thilke lawe, that is to seyn, by thilke

[continues previous] hir dede beautee. And natheles, yit governede this Nero by [continues next]

[continues previous] ceptre alle the poeples that Phebus the sonne may seen, cominge [continues next]

[continues previous] wawes; that is to seyn, he governed alle the poeples by ceptre imperial [continues next]

[continues previous] Nero governed by ceptre alle the poeples that ben under the [continues next]

[continues previous] governede alle the poeples that ben under the party of the north. [continues next]

[continues previous] And eek Nero governed alle the poeples that the violent wind [continues next]

[continues previous] dedly yok of this worlde? For al-though that renoun y-sprad,

[continues previous] passinge to ferne poeples, goth by dyverse tonges; and al-though

[continues previous] that grete houses or kinredes shynen with clere titles of honours;

Over-thwart this for-seide longe lyne, ther crosseth him another lyne of the same lengthe from est to west. Of the whiche lyne, from a litel croys + in the bordure un-to the centre of the large hole, is cleped the Est lyne, or elles the lyne Orientale; and the remenant of this lyne fro the forseide + un-to the bordure, is cleped the West lyne, or the lyne Occidentale. Now hastow here the ...

The wombe-side of thyn Astrolabie is also devyded with a longe croys in foure quarters from est to west, fro south to north, fro right syde to left syde, as is the bak-syde. And for the more declaracioun, lo here thy figure.

... of the equinoxial maketh an houre equal of the clokke. This equinoxial is cleped the girdel of the firste moeving, or elles of the angulus primi motus vel primi mobilis. And nota, that firste moeving is cleped 'moeving' of the firste moevable of the 8 spere, whiche moeving is fro est to west, and eft agayn in-to est; also it is clepid 'girdel' of the first moeving, for it departeth the firste moevable, that is to seyn, the spere, in two ilyke parties, evene-distantz fro the poles of this world. The wydeste of thise three principal cercles is cleped the Cercle of Capricorne, by-cause ...

... no more but waite in which azimut that thy sonne entreth at his arysing; and take ther the senith of the arysing of the sonne. The manere of the devisioun of thyn Astrolabie is this; I mene, as in this cas. First is it devided in 4 plages principalx with the lyne that goth from est to west, and than with a-nother lyne that goth fro south to north. Than is it devided in smale partiez of azimutz, as est, and est by southe, whereas is the firste azimut above the est lyne; and so forth, fro partie to partie, til that thou come agayn un-to the est lyne. ...

[continues previous] hir dede beautee. And natheles, yit governede this Nero by [continues next]

[continues previous] ceptre alle the poeples that Phebus the sonne may seen, cominge [continues next]

[continues previous] wawes; that is to seyn, he governed alle the poeples by ceptre imperial [continues next]

[continues previous] that the sonne goth aboute, from est to west. And eek this [continues next]

[continues previous] governede alle the poeples that ben under the party of the north. [continues next]

[continues previous] And eek Nero governed alle the poeples that the violent wind [continues next]

comprehended the forme, it knoweth and demeth alle the thinges

that ben under that forme. But she knoweth hem in thilke manere

[continues previous] hir dede beautee. And natheles, yit governede this Nero by [continues next]

[continues previous] wawes; that is to seyn, he governed alle the poeples by ceptre imperial [continues next]

[continues previous] governede alle the poeples that ben under the party of the north. [continues next]

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

and with whyte perles, algates yit throf he hateful to alle folk: [continues next]

this is to seyn, that al was he behated of alle folk. Yit this [continues next]

which thing nat unskilfully a tragedien, that is to seyn, a maker

of ditees that highten tragedies, cryde and seide: "O glorie,

mede of the hevene? For the erthe, overcomen, yeveth the sterres';

this is to seyn, that, whan that erthely lust is overcomen, a man is

broughte som-tyme olde men, ful derke in hir sentences, that is to

seyn, philosophres that highten Stoiciens, that wenden that images

... that they arysen alle by southe the est lyne; witnesse on Aldeberan and Algomeysa. Generally understond this rewle, that thilke sterres that ben cleped sterres of the north arysen rather than the degree of hir longitude, and alle the sterres of the south arysen after the degree of hir longitude; this is to seyn, sterres fixed in thyn Astrolabie. The mesure of this longitude of sterres is taken in the lyne ecliptik of hevene, under which lyne, whan that the sonne and the mone ben lyne-right or elles in the superfice of this lyne, than is the eclips of the sonne or of the mone; ...

[continues previous] hir dede beautee. And natheles, yit governede this Nero by [continues next]

[continues previous] ceptre alle the poeples that Phebus the sonne may seen, cominge [continues next]

[continues previous] from his outereste arysinge til he hyde his bemes under the [continues next]

[continues previous] wawes; that is to seyn, he governed alle the poeples by ceptre imperial [continues next]

[continues previous] that the sonne goth aboute, from est to west. And eek this [continues next]

Nero governed by ceptre alle the poeples that ben under the [continues next]

[continues previous] colde sterres that highten "septem triones"; this is to seyn, he [continues next]

[continues previous] And eek Nero governed alle the poeples that the violent wind [continues next]

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

[continues previous] and with whyte perles, algates yit throf he hateful to alle folk:

comprehended the forme, it knoweth and demeth alle the thinges

that ben under that forme. But she knoweth hem in thilke manere

[continues previous] hir dede beautee. And natheles, yit governede this Nero by

[continues previous] ceptre alle the poeples that Phebus the sonne may seen, cominge

[continues previous] wawes; that is to seyn, he governed alle the poeples by ceptre imperial

[continues previous] that the sonne goth aboute, from est to west. And eek this

[continues previous] Nero governed by ceptre alle the poeples that ben under the

[continues previous] governede alle the poeples that ben under the party of the north.

regioun of droughte over-streccheth, that is to seyn, sandes and [continues next]

And which of yow that bereth him best of alle,

That is to seyn, that telleth in this cas

Ne mighte him nat bireve of his estaat: [continues next]

But sodeynly he loste his dignitee, [continues next]

vigour and strengthe that it ne mighte nat ben empted; al were it [continues next]

and walwinge the see, medleth the hete, that is to seyn,

the boyling up from the botme; the wawes, that whylom weren

hir dede beautee. And natheles, yit governede this Nero by

ceptre alle the poeples that Phebus the sonne may seen, cominge

wawes; that is to seyn, he governed alle the poeples by ceptre imperial

colde sterres that highten "septem triones"; this is to seyn, he

governede alle the poeples that ben under the party of the north.

[continues previous] regioun of droughte over-streccheth, that is to seyn, sandes and

neither nother habite; for he noot nat al, ne he ne hath nat al [continues next]

foryeten: but yit him remembreth the somme of thinges that he [continues next]

That she ne mighte al abate his prys, [continues next]

Yit wolde she blame his worthinesse, [continues next]

'Allas!' quod he, 'this is a wikked Iape; [continues next]

[continues previous] Ne mighte him nat bireve of his estaat:

[continues previous] vigour and strengthe that it ne mighte nat ben empted; al were it

this is to seyn, that al was he behated of alle folk. Yit this [continues next]

wikked Nero hadde gret lordship, and yaf whylom to the [continues next]

[continues previous] neither nother habite; for he noot nat al, ne he ne hath nat al

[continues previous] That she ne mighte al abate his prys,

[continues previous] 'Allas!' quod he, 'this is a wikked Iape;

[continues previous] wikked Nero hadde gret lordship, and yaf whylom to the

confessioun of felonye hadde ever Iuges so acordaunt in crueltee,

that is to seyn, as myn accusinge hath, that either errour of mannes

fro the cruel lyoun, that is to seyn, he slowh the lyoun and

overcomer, as it is seyd, hath put an unmeke lord foddre to his

cruel hors; this is to seyn, that Hercules slowh Diomedes, and made