Comparison of Geoffrey Chaucer Consolatione Philosophie 3 Metre 6 to Geoffrey Chaucer

thy lawe; so that the mone som-tyme shyning with hir ful hornes, [continues next]

meting with alle the bemes of the sonne hir brother, hydeth the [continues next]

sterres that ben lesse; and somtyme, whan the mone, pale with [continues next]

hir derke hornes, approcheth the sonne, leseth hir lightes; and [continues next]

alle thinges. He yaf to the sonne hise bemes; he yaf to the [continues next]

mone hir hornes. He yaf the men to the erthe; he yaf the [continues next]

Thurgh brightnesse of the sonne bemes [continues next]

That yeveth to hir ageyn hir lemes. [continues next]

The bente mone with hir hornes pale, [continues next]

[continues previous] thy lawe; so that the mone som-tyme shyning with hir ful hornes,

[continues previous] sterres that ben lesse; and somtyme, whan the mone, pale with

[continues previous] hir derke hornes, approcheth the sonne, leseth hir lightes; and

[continues previous] alle thinges. He yaf to the sonne hise bemes; he yaf to the

[continues previous] mone hir hornes. He yaf the men to the erthe; he yaf the

mede of the hevene? For the erthe, overcomen, yeveth the sterres'; [continues next]

[continues previous] That yeveth to hir ageyn hir lemes.

[continues previous] The bente mone with hir hornes pale,

[continues previous] mede of the hevene? For the erthe, overcomen, yeveth the sterres';

... to your trewe freendes that been approved and y-knowe; and of hem shul ye axen help your persone for to kepe. For Catoun seith: "if thou hast nede of help, axe it of thy freendes; for ther nis noon so good a phisicien as thy trewe freend." And after this, thanne shul ye kepe yow fro alle straunge folk, and fro lyeres, and have alwey in suspect hir companye. For Piers Alfonce seith: "ne tak no companye by the weye of a straunge man, but-if so be that thou have knowe him of a lenger tyme. And if so be that he falle in-to thy companye paraventure withouten thyn ...

wit or elles condicioun of Fortune, that is uncertein to alle mortal

folk, ne submittede some of hem, that is to seyn, that it ne enclynede

the whiche blisfulnesse, as I have seyd, alle mortal folk enforcen

parchemin, so that alle figures mosten first comen fro thinges fro

whiche that whylom was biginninge of fredom, youre eldres [continues next]

men; the body hath power over the body. For yif thou loke wel [continues next]

the auctor and the maker of hele, that nature hath not al [continues next]

[continues previous] whiche that whylom was biginninge of fredom, youre eldres

[continues previous] men; the body hath power over the body. For yif thou loke wel

mowen nat ben wist biforn certeinly to bityden. And thanne [continues next]

nis ther no prescience of thilke thinges; and yif we trowe that [continues next]

In al his lyf, un-to no maner wight. [continues next]

He was a verray parfit gentil knight. [continues next]

For un-to no wight dooth he daliaunce. [continues next]

[continues previous] the auctor and the maker of hele, that nature hath not al

thou yave me as a covenable yift, that is to seyn, that no wight

nis blisful but-yif he be god also ther-with. And seidest eek,

ther nis no wight that may merveylen y-nough, ne compleine,

ther nis nothing that may be don. For yif that wil lakketh, ther

nis no wight that undertaketh to don that he wol nat don; and

'Certes, no,' quod I.

'Is ther any wight thanne,' quod she, 'that weneth that men

For no wight nil haten goode men, but-yif he were over-mochel a

'How shal it thanne be?' quod I. 'Nis ther thanne no-thing

how so that this knowinge is universel, yet nis ther no wight that

[continues previous] mowen nat ben wist biforn certeinly to bityden. And thanne

[continues previous] nis ther no prescience of thilke thinges; and yif we trowe that

[continues previous] In al his lyf, un-to no maner wight.

[continues previous] He semeth elvish by his contenaunce,

[continues previous] For un-to no wight dooth he daliaunce.