Comparison of Geoffrey Chaucer Consolatione Philosophie 2 Metre 7 to Geoffrey Chaucer

... hir entente to plesen hir housbondes, but nat by hir queyntise of array. Seint Ierome seith, that wyves that been apparailled in silk and in precious purpre ne mowe nat clothen hem in Iesu Crist. What seith seint Iohn eek in this matere? Seint Gregorie eek seith, that no wight seketh precious array but only for veyne glorie, to been honoured the more biforn the peple. It is a greet folye, a womman to have a fair array outward and in hir-self be foul inward. A wyf sholde eek be mesurable in lokinge and in beringe and in laughinge, and discreet in alle hir wordes and hir dedes. ...

yit, natheles, deeth despyseth alle heye glorie of fame: and deeth [continues next]

[continues previous] yit, natheles, deeth despyseth alle heye glorie of fame: and deeth

desireth most over alle thinges, he demeth that it be the sovereyn

good; but I have defyned that blisfulnesse is the sovereyn good;

Is in this large worlde y-sprad — quod she: —

For noght only thy laude precious

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

And forthy is it that, al-though renoun, of as long tyme as ever

[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]

men with noble or clere honours: yit semeth hem haven y-geten [continues next]

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

[continues previous] men with noble or clere honours: yit semeth hem haven y-geten

Who-so that, with overthrowinge thought, only seketh glorie of

fame, and weneth that it be sovereyn good: lat him loken up-on

... he, 'ther is ful many a man that cryeth "werre! werre!" that woot ful litel what werre amounteth. Werre at his biginning hath so greet an entree and so large, that every wight may entre whan him lyketh, and lightly finde werre. But, certes, what ende that shal ther-of bifalle, it is nat light to knowe. For sothly, whan that werre is ones bigonne, ther is ful many a child unborn of his moder, that shal sterve yong by-cause of that ilke werre, or elles live in sorwe and dye in wrecchednesse. And ther-fore, er that any werre biginne, men moste have greet conseil and greet ...

... is lyk to a place that hath no walles; the develes may entre on every syde and sheten at him at discovert, by temptacion on every syde. This ydelnesse is the thurrok of alle wikked and vileyns thoghtes, and of alle Iangles, trufles, and of alle ordure. Certes, the hevene is yeven to hem that wol labouren, and nat to ydel folk. Eek David seith: that 'they ne been nat in the labour of men, ne they shul nat been whipped with men,' that is to seyn, in purgatorie. Certes, thanne semeth it, they shul be tormented with the devel in helle, but-if they doon penitence. [continues next]

... the sinnes of the world, at regard of this sinne, am as thing of noght'; for it is the gretteste sinne that may be, after the sinne of Lucifer and Antecrist. For, by this sinne, god forleseth the chirche, and the soule that he boghte with his precious blood, by hem that yeven chirches to hem that been nat digne. For they putten in theves, that stelen the soules of Iesu Christ and destroyen his patrimoine. By swiche undigne preestes and curates han lewed men the lasse reverence of the sacraments of holy chirche; and swiche yeveres of chirches putten out the children of Crist, and putten in-to the ... [continues next]

... he leseth foule his good, that ne seketh with the yifte of his good no-thing but sinne. He is lyk to an hors that seketh rather to drinken drovy or trouble water than for to drinken water of the clere welle. And for-as-muchel as they yeven ther as they sholde nat yeven, to hem aperteneth thilke malisoun that Crist shal yeven at the day of dome to hem that shullen been dampned. [continues next]

fortune receiven agreablely or egaly, ne it delyteth nat in al to [continues next]

cheynes that ne mowen nat be unbounden. And dignitees that [continues next]

ben yeven to shrewede folk nat only ne maketh hem nat digne, [continues next]

that hem ne reccheth nat to knowe where thilke goodes ben [continues next]

they departen lightly, and yeven place to hem that breken or [continues next]

devyden hem; but natheles, they retornen sone ayein in-to [continues next]

[continues previous] ... a place that hath no walles; the develes may entre on every syde and sheten at him at discovert, by temptacion on every syde. This ydelnesse is the thurrok of alle wikked and vileyns thoghtes, and of alle Iangles, trufles, and of alle ordure. Certes, the hevene is yeven to hem that wol labouren, and nat to ydel folk. Eek David seith: that 'they ne been nat in the labour of men, ne they shul nat been whipped with men,' that is to seyn, in purgatorie. Certes, thanne semeth it, they shul be tormented with the devel in helle, but-if they doon penitence.

[continues previous] ... the sinnes of the world, at regard of this sinne, am as thing of noght'; for it is the gretteste sinne that may be, after the sinne of Lucifer and Antecrist. For, by this sinne, god forleseth the chirche, and the soule that he boghte with his precious blood, by hem that yeven chirches to hem that been nat digne. For they putten in theves, that stelen the soules of Iesu Christ and destroyen his patrimoine. By swiche undigne preestes and curates han lewed men the lasse reverence of the sacraments of holy chirche; and swiche yeveres of chirches putten out the children of Crist, and putten ...

[continues previous] ... his good, that ne seketh with the yifte of his good no-thing but sinne. He is lyk to an hors that seketh rather to drinken drovy or trouble water than for to drinken water of the clere welle. And for-as-muchel as they yeven ther as they sholde nat yeven, to hem aperteneth thilke malisoun that Crist shal yeven at the day of dome to hem that shullen been dampned.

[continues previous] hem that ben anguissous. O ye mortal folk, what seke ye thanne

[continues previous] cheynes that ne mowen nat be unbounden. And dignitees that

[continues previous] ben yeven to shrewede folk nat only ne maketh hem nat digne,

[continues previous] that hem ne reccheth nat to knowe where thilke goodes ben

[continues previous] they departen lightly, and yeven place to hem that breken or

[continues previous] devyden hem; but natheles, they retornen sone ayein in-to

Ther good thrift on that wyse gentil herte!

But liggeth stille, and taketh him right here,

Ne of swiche Iapes wol I nat be shriven.

Stomak ne conscience ne knowe I noon;

Now sir, as to the thridde point; wher-as your olde and wise conseillours seyden, that yow ne oghte nat sodeynly ne hastily proceden in this nede, but that yow oghte purveyen and apparaillen yow in this caas with greet diligence and greet deliberacioun; trewely, I trowe that they seyden right wysly and right sooth. For Tullius seith, "in every nede, er thou biginne it, apparaille thee with greet diligence." Thanne seye ...

... So faren they by wommen. For right as a free bole is y-nough for al a toun, right so is a wikked preest corrupcioun y-nough for al a parisshe, or for al a contree. Thise preestes, as seith the book, ne conne nat the misterie of preesthode to the peple, ne god ne knowe they nat; they ne helde hem nat apayd, as seith the book, of soden flesh that was to hem offred, but they toke by force the flesh that is rawe. Certes, so thise shrewes ne holden hem nat apayed of rosted flesh and sode flesh, with which the peple fedden hem in greet reverence, but they wole ...

avarice unstaunched; ne power ne maketh nat a man mighty

gentilesse ne maketh thee nat gentil. But certes, yif ther be [continues next]

thogh that thinges by hir nature ne ben nat goode, algates, yif [continues next]

And eek, yif that he ne knowe nat why that the hornes of the fulle [continues next]

god doth, and the happe of fortune, yif men ne knowe nat the [continues next]

beseken it and impetren it. And yif men wene nat that hope ne [continues next]

preyeres ne han no strengthes, by the necessitee of thinges to [continues next]

is encharged and commaunded to yow, yif ye nil nat dissimulen; [continues next]

[continues previous] gentilesse ne maketh thee nat gentil. But certes, yif ther be

[continues previous] thogh that thinges by hir nature ne ben nat goode, algates, yif

[continues previous] men wene that ben goode, yit ben they desired as though that

[continues previous] And eek, yif that he ne knowe nat why that the hornes of the fulle

[continues previous] god doth, and the happe of fortune, yif men ne knowe nat the

[continues previous] beseken it and impetren it. And yif men wene nat that hope ne

[continues previous] is encharged and commaunded to yow, yif ye nil nat dissimulen;

... to go to oure lord Iesu Crist and biknowe to him hir sinnes. The fifthe signe is, that a man or a womman be obeisant to receyven the penaunce that him is enioyned for hise sinnes; for certes Iesu Crist, for the giltes of a man, was obedient to the deeth. [continues next]

The seconde condicion of verray confession is, that it be hastily doon; for certes, if a man hadde a deedly wounde, evere the lenger that he taried to warisshe him-self, the more wolde it corrupte and haste him to his deeth; and eek the wounde wolde be the wors for to hele. ... [continues next]

From hennes-forth to ravisshe any quene,

So cruel shal our wreche on hem be sene.

[continues previous] ... to go to oure lord Iesu Crist and biknowe to him hir sinnes. The fifthe signe is, that a man or a womman be obeisant to receyven the penaunce that him is enioyned for hise sinnes; for certes Iesu Crist, for the giltes of a man, was obedient to the deeth.

[continues previous] The seconde condicion of verray confession is, that it be hastily doon; for certes, if a man hadde a deedly wounde, evere the lenger that he taried to warisshe him-self, the more wolde it corrupte and haste him to his deeth; and eek the wounde wolde be the wors for to ...

departinge of the body and the sowle; and the seconde deeth he [continues next]

clepeth, as heer, the stintinge of the renoun of fame. [continues next]

[continues previous] dwellinge un-to yow.' Glose. The first deeth he clepeth heer the [continues next]

[continues previous] departinge of the body and the sowle; and the seconde deeth he [continues next]

[continues previous] clepeth, as heer, the stintinge of the renoun of fame. [continues next]

'Right as in bestes,' quod she, 'whan the sowle and the body

contagious coniunccioun of the body with the sowle; and

[continues previous] dwellinge un-to yow.' Glose. The first deeth he clepeth heer the

[continues previous] departinge of the body and the sowle; and the seconde deeth he