¶ Prynses .I. prey yow of yowr{e} gentilesses
Lat nat this man on me thus crye {and} pleyne
And .I. shal quyte yow yowr{e} bysynesse
At my requeste as thre of yow or tweyne 76
Þ{a}t but yow lest releue hym of hys peyne
Preyeth hys best frend of his noblesse
That to som beter{e} estat he may attayne
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_CHAUCER’S TEXT ONLY_
The following section contains the text alone of Chaucer’s translation
of _De Consolatione Philosophiae_, without the editor’s annotations.
It is followed by the Glossarial Index.