ALLIAUNCE..........3
Bo4 p6 320 alliaunce bytwixe good folk and schrewes, 1298
Bo4 m6 5 Ther kepin the sterres, be ryghtful alliaunce of 1360
Bo4 m7 16 alliaunce with his goddes and for to han wynd 1536
 
 ALMEST.............1
Bo4 p2 138 almest thilke naturel entencioun constreyneth 250
 
 ALSO...............11
Bo4 p2 57 required of alle, that good also is required and 170
Bo4 p2 187 also therwithal for to been. And peraventure 298
Bo4 p3 62 of gode, that also moot the peyne of yvel answere 466
Bo4 p3 65 to good folk, also is schrewidnesse itself torment 468
Bo4 p3 77 also loke on schrewes, that ben the contrarie 480
Bo4 p4 74 taken also it is necessarie. " (As who seith, it 652
Bo4 p4 138 al that is ryght nis good, and also the contrarie, 714
Bo4 p4 217 wene that he were blynd? Ne also ne accordeth 792
Bo4 p6 181 prosperite, and schrewes also han now 1160
Bo4 p6 205 thinges ben covenable; and also why that some 1184
Bo4 p7 79 of the bataile, ne also it ne semeth nat to 1494
 
 ALTHERMOST.........1
Bo4 p4 51 schrewes wolde I demen althermost unsely 628
 
 ALTHOGHE...........1
Bo4 p6 68 alle thinges to-hepe, althoghe that thei 1046
 
 ALTHOUGH...........5
Bo4 p5 43 the ordre is unknowe. But although that thou 936
Bo4 p6 36 But although the noryssynges of dite of musyk 1014
Bo4 p6 69 ben diverse and although thei ben infinit. 1048
Bo4 m6 14 of the Occian, although it see othere sterres 1368
Bo4 p7 54 quod sche, " that, although it be aspre and 1468
 
 ALWEY..............9
Bo4 p1 50 speke, that certes the gode folk ben alwey 50
Bo4 p1 51 myghty and schrewes ben alwey outcast 50
Bo4 p1 54 mede; and that blisfulnesses comen alwey 54
Bo4 p1 55 to good folk, and infortune comith alwey to 54
Bo4 p2 8 that good folk ben alwey strong and myghti, 122
Bo4 p2 60 I have it gretly alwey ficched in my memorie. " 174
Bo4 p2 70-ch 142 entencioun goth alwey byforn hem and is so gret 254
Bo4 p4 8 alwey into destruccion of gode men, that 586
Bo4 m6 16 bodith and telleth alwey the late nyghtes, and 1370
 
 AM.................2
Bo4 p4 1 Thanne seide I thus: " I confesse and am 578
Bo4 p4 227 " But, " quod sche, " I am certein by many 802
 
 AMENDETH...........1
Bo4 p6 292 and somtyme it amendeth hem that suffren the 1270
 
 AMENUSEN...........1
Bo4 p3 53 amenusen it; that is to seyn, to ben maked 456
 
 AMONG..............5
Bo4 p2 247 that alle power is to be noumbred among 358
Bo4 p4 288 ne hath no place among wise men); for no 864
Bo4 p5 13 gouvernours is, as it ware, ischadde among peples 906
Bo4 p6 321 ne schrewes ne mowen nat acorden among 1300
Bo4 m6 40 " Among thise thinges sitteth the heye 1394
 
 AMONGES............2
Bo4 p6 148 amonges hemself, and transformeth hem by 1126
Bo4 p7 20 nombren [hyt] amonges thilke thingis, of 1434
 
 AMYNISTRETH........1
Bo4 p6 91 amynistreth in many maneris and in diverse 1070
 
 AN.................10
Bo4 p1 38 " that were a greet merveille and an abaysschinge 38
Bo4 p1 42 hous of so mochel a fadir and an ordeynour of 42
Bo4 m2 3 that thow seest sitten an hye in here chayeres, 386
Bo4 p3 118 and lache, he lyveth as an asse; yif he be lyght 522
Bo4 p4 64 an hard thing to accorde hym to a conclusioun, 642
Bo4 p6 103 an unmoevable and symple forme of thinges 1082
Bo4 p6 199 of bodies?) Ne it ne is nat an 1178
Bo4 p6 249 in alle vertus, and is an holi man and neigh 1228
Bo4 p6 347 algatis yit he slideth into an othir ordre; so that 1326
Bo4 m7 38 as it is seyd, hath put an unmeke lord 1558
 
 AND................520
Bo4 p1 2 and delitably the forseide thinges, kepynge the 2
Bo4 p1 3 dignyte of hir cheere and the weyghte of hir 2
Bo4 p1 5 foryeten the wepynge and the moornynge that 4
Bo4 p1 10 seid me hidirto ben to me so cleer and so 10
Bo4 p1 12 and by thy resouns, that they ne mowen nat 12
Bo4 p1 13 ben overcomen. And thilke thinges that thou 12
Bo4 p1 27 and floureth ful of richesses, and vertu nis nat al 26
Bo4 p1 27 and floureth ful of richesses, and vertu nis nat al 26
Bo4 p1 29 and fortroden undir the feet of felenous 28
Bo4 p1 30 folk, and it abyeth the tormentz in stede of 30
Bo4 p1 34 the reigne of God, that alle things woot and 34
Bo4 p1 35 alle thinges may and ne wole nat but only 34
Bo4 p1 38 " that were a greet merveille and an abaysschinge 38
Bo4 p1 39 withouten ende, and wel more horrible than 38
Bo4 p1 42 hous of so mochel a fadir and an ordeynour of 42
Bo4 p1 43 meyne, that the vesselis that ben foule and vyl 42
Bo4 p1 44 schulden ben honoured and heryed, and the 44
Bo4 p1 44 schulden ben honoured and heryed, and the 44
Bo4 p1 45 precious vesselis schulden ben defouled and 44
Bo4 p1 48 hoole and unaraced, thou schalt wel knowe by 48
Bo4 p1 51 myghty and schrewes ben alwey outcast 50
Bo4 p1 52 and feble; ne the vices ben neveremo withouten 52
Bo4 p1 54 mede; and that blisfulnesses comen alwey 54
Bo4 p1 55 to good folk, and infortune comith alwey to 54
Bo4 p1 56 wykkide folk. And thou schalt wel knowe 56
Bo4 p1 58 cesen thi pleyntis and strengthen the with stedfaste 58
Bo4 p1 59 sadnesse. And for thou hast seyn the 58
Bo4 p1 61 have whilom yschewid it the, and thow 60
Bo4 p1 65 schal bryngen the ayen unto thyn hous; and I 64
Bo4 p1 68 idon awey, thow, by my gyding and by 68
Bo4 p1 69 my path and by my sledys, shalt mowen 68
Bo4 p1 70 retourne hool and sownd into thi contree. 70
Bo4 m1 4 fetheris, it despiseth the hateful erthes, and surmounteth 74
Bo4 m1 5 the rowndenesse of the gret ayr; and 74
Bo4 m1 6 it seth the clowdes byhynde his bak, and passeth 76
Bo4 m1 10 houses that beren the sterres, and joyneth 80
Bo4 m1 11 his weies with the sonne, Phebus, and 80
Bo4 m1 13 and he, imaked a knyght of the clere 82
Bo4 m1 17 God) -- and thilke soule renneth by the cercle 86
Bo4 m1 23 of sterres). And whan [that] he hath gon there 92
Bo4 m1 25 hevene, and he schal pressen and wenden on 94
Bo4 m1 25 hevene, and he schal pressen and wenden on 94
Bo4 m1 26 the bak of the swifte firmament, and he schal 96
Bo4 m1 29 lord of kynges the septre of his myght and 98
Bo4 m1 31 and the schynynge juge of thinges, stable in 100
Bo4 m1 34 And yif thi wey ledeth the ayein so that thou be 104
Bo4 p2 8 that good folk ben alwey strong and myghti, 122
Bo4 p2 9 and the schrewes ben feble and desert and 122
Bo4 p2 9 and the schrewes ben feble and desert and 122
Bo4 p2 9 and the schrewes ben feble and desert and 122
Bo4 p2 10 naked of alle strengthes. And of thise 124
Bo4 p2 12 and schewed by other. For so as good and 126
Bo4 p2 12 and schewed by other. For so as good and 126
Bo4 p2 15 al opynly; and yif thow knowe clerly the freelnesse 128
Bo4 p2 18 sentence schal ben the more ferme and haboundant, 132
Bo4 p2 19 I wil gon by the to weye and by the 132
Bo4 p2 20 tothir, and I wil conferme the thinges that 134
Bo4 p2 21 ben purposed, now on this side and now on 134
Bo4 p2 25 seyn, wil and power); and yif that oon of thise 138
Bo4 p2 25 seyn, wil and power); and yif that oon of thise 138
Bo4 p2 28 undirtaketh to done that he wol nat doon; and 142
Bo4 p2 29 yif power faileth, the wil nys but in idel and 142
Bo4 p2 30 stant for naught. And therof cometh it that 144
Bo4 p2 34 " This is open and cler, " quod I, " ne it ne mai 148
Bo4 p2 36 " And yif thou se a wyght, " quod sche, " that 150
Bo4 p2 40 " And in that that every wyght may, in 154
Bo4 p2 44 myghti.) And in that that he ne mai, in that men 158
Bo4 p2 70-ch 48 gaderid and ischewid by forseide resouns that al 162
Bo4 p2 54 " And recordeth the nat thanne, " quod sche, 168
Bo4 p2 57 required of alle, that good also is required and 170
Bo4 p2 62 " Alle folk thanne, " quod sche, " goode and 174
Bo4 p2 66 " And certein is, " quod sche, " that by the 178
Bo4 p2 76 " Than so as the ton and the tothir, " quod 188
Bo4 p2 77 sche, " desiren good, and the gode folk geten 188
Bo4 p2 78 good and not the wikkide folk, than is it no 190
Bo4 p2 80 and wikkid folk ben feble. " 192
Bo4 p2 84 " And over this, " quod sche, " if that ther ben 196
Bo4 p2 86 and that oon of hem pursuweth and performeth 198
Bo4 p2 86 and that oon of hem pursuweth and performeth 198
Bo4 p2 87 thilke same thing by naturel office, and the 198
Bo4 p2 70-ch 91 kyndely, and yit he ne acomplisseth 202
Bo4 p2 106 myghti to moeve, and goth uppon hise feet, and 218
Bo4 p2 106 myghti to moeve, and goth uppon hise feet, and 218
Bo4 p2 116 eveneliche purposed to the good folk and to 228
Bo4 p2 118 vertus, and the schrewes enforcen hem to getin 230
Bo4 p2 124 and schewynge of thinges that I have graunted, 236
Bo4 p2 70-ch 125 that nedes good folk moten be myghty, and 236
Bo4 p2 126 schrewes feble and unmyghti. " 238
Bo4 p2 128 " and this is the jugement (that is to sein, I juge 240
Bo4 p2 131 that nature is redressed and withstondeth 242
Bo4 p2 134 thikke and contynuel resouns. For loke now, 246
Bo4 p2 135 how greetly scheweth the feblesse and infirmite 246
Bo4 p2 137 hir naturel entencioun ledeth hem; and yit 248
Bo4 p2 139 hem. And what were to demen thanne of 250
Bo4 p2 70-ch 142 entencioun goth alwey byforn hem and is so gret 254
Bo4 p2 144 thanne how gret defaute of power and how gret 256
Bo4 p2 147 and the desir nat acomplissed, of the lasse 258
Bo4 p2 148 myght is he that coveyteth it and mai nat 260
Bo4 p2 149 acomplisse; and forthi Philosophie seith 260
Bo4 p2 153 but thei failen of thilke somme and of the 264
Bo4 p2 157 hem oonly to geten by nyghtes and by 268
Bo4 p2 165 myghty, that geteth and atteyneth to the ende of 276
Bo4 p2 170 and naked of alle strengthe. 282
Bo4 p2 171 " For whi forleten thei vertus and folwen 282
Bo4 p2 173 godes? But what thing is more feble and more 284
Bo4 p2 176 thei oughten folwe, but lecherie and covetise 288
Bo4 p2 177 overthroweth hem mystorned. And certes so 288
Bo4 p2 181 forleten the good wilfully, and turnen hem 292
Bo4 p2 183 " And in this wise thei ne forleten nat oonly to 294
Bo4 p2 187 also therwithal for to been. And peraventure 298
Bo4 p2 70-ch 192 is so, and thus stant this thing. For thei that Bo4 p2 ben304
Bo4 p2 194 I denye and seie simply and pleynly that thei ne 306
Bo4 p2 194 I denye and seie simply and pleynly that thei ne 306
Bo4 p2 200 nat graunten absolutly and symply that thei 312
Bo4 p2 202 ordre and kepeth nature, thilke thing es, and 314
Bo4 p2 202 ordre and kepeth nature, thilke thing es, and 314
Bo4 p2 213 and in the doynge of good folk. And thilke 324
Bo4 p2 213 and in the doynge of good folk. And thilke 324
Bo4 p2 216 and proevid a litil herebyforn that evel is 328
Bo4 p2 217 nawght, and so as schrewes mowen oonly but 328
Bo4 p2 221 " And for as moche as thou undirstonde 332
Bo4 p2 226 " And thilke same sovereyn good may don 338
Bo4 p2 240 alle thinges, and thei that ben myghti to 352
Bo4 p2 242 thinges, thanne is it open thing and manyfest 354
Bo4 p2 245 " And yit to proeve this conclusioun ther 356
Bo4 p2 248 thinges that men oughten requere; and I have 360
Bo4 p2 252 mowen don yvel and felonye ne mai nat ben 364
Bo4 p2 255 But alle power aughte ben desired and requerid; 366
Bo4 p2 256 thanne is it open and cler that the power ne the 368
Bo4 p2 258 " And of alle thise thinges it scheweth wel that 370
Bo4 p2 259 the gode folk ben certeinli myghty, and the 370
Bo4 p2 260 schrewes doutelees ben unmyghty. And 372
Bo4 p2 261 it is cler and opene that thilke sentence 372
Bo4 p2 262 of Plato is verray and soth, that seith that 374
Bo4 p2 264 and schrewes mowen haunten that hem liketh, 376
Bo4 m2 10 with gredy venymes; and trowblable ire, 392
Bo4 m2 13 thought; or sorwe halt hem wery and icawght, 396
Bo4 m2 14 or slidynge and desceyvynge hope turmenteth 396
Bo4 m2 15 hem. And therfore, syn thow seest on heved 398
Bo4 p3 2 schrewes been iwrapped, and with which clernesse 406
Bo4 p3 12 for whiche he renneth. And I have schewed 416
Bo4 p3 36 he forletith to ben good. And at the laste, so 440
Bo4 p3 40 of the mede? And of what mede schal 444
Bo4 p3 42 mede and ryght greet aboven alle medes. Remembre 446
Bo4 p3 44 yaf the a litel herebyforn, and gadre it togidre 448
Bo4 p3 46 thanne is it cler and certein that alle 450
Bo4 p3 48 and thilke folk that ben blisful it accordeth and 452
Bo4 p3 48 and thilke folk that ben blisful it accordeth and 452
Bo4 p3 54 goddes. And syn it is thus (that gode men ne 458
Bo4 p3 59 For so as good and yvel, and peyne and 462
Bo4 p3 59 For so as good and yvel, and peyne and 462
Bo4 p3 59 For so as good and yvel, and peyne and 462
Bo4 p3 64 thanne, so as bounte and pruesse ben the mede 468
Bo4 p3 68 nat that he nys entecchid and defouled 472
Bo4 p3 74 and the worst kynde of schrewednesse) 478
Bo4 p3 76 enfecteth and envenymeth hem greetly? And 480
Bo4 p3 76 enfecteth and envenymeth hem greetly? And 480
Bo4 p3 79 and folweth hem! For thou hast 482
Bo4 p3 81 is and hath beynge is oon, and thilke same 484
Bo4 p3 81 is and hath beynge is oon, and thilke same 484
Bo4 p3 83 it semeth wel that al that is and hath beynge 486
Bo4 p3 85 beinge and unite and goodnesse is al oon.) 488
Bo4 p3 85 beinge and unite and goodnesse is al oon.) 488
Bo4 p3 86 And in this manere it folweth thanne that alle 490
Bo4 p3 88 to be and for to han any beynge. Wherfore it 492
Bo4 p3 94 thei ben perverted and turned into malice, 498
Bo4 p3 96 mankynde. But so as oonly bownte and prowesse 500
Bo4 p3 101 the merit and the dissert of men. Than 504
Bo4 p3 105 and that he be a ravynour by violence of foreyne 508
Bo4 p3 107 wolf; and if he be felonows and withoute reste, 510
Bo4 p3 107 wolf; and if he be felonows and withoute reste, 510
Bo4 p3 108 and exercise his tonge to chidynges, thow schalt 512
Bo4 p3 109 likne hym to the hownd; and if he be a 512
Bo4 p3 110 pryve awaytour yhid, and rejoiseth hym to 514
Bo4 p3 112 lik to the fox whelpes; and yif he be distempre, 516
Bo4 p3 113 and quakith for ire, men schal wene that he 516
Bo4 p3 114 bereth the corage of a lyoun; and yif he be 518
Bo4 p3 115 dredful and fleynge, and dredith thinges that ne 518
Bo4 p3 115 dredful and fleynge, and dredith thinges that ne 518
Bo4 p3 117 lik to the hert; and yf he be slow, and astonyd, 520
Bo4 p3 117 lik to the hert; and yf he be slow, and astonyd, 520
Bo4 p3 118 and lache, he lyveth as an asse; yif he be lyght 522
Bo4 p3 119 and unstedfast of corage and chaungith ay 522
Bo4 p3 119 and unstedfast of corage and chaungith ay 522
Bo4 p3 120 his studies, he is likned to briddes; and if he 524
Bo4 p3 121 be ploungid in fowle and unclene luxuris, 524
Bo4 p3 124 bounte and prowesse, he forletith to ben a man; 528
Bo4 m3 2 duc of the cuntre of Narice, and his wandrynge 532
Bo4 m3 6 gestes drynkes that ben touchid and makid 536
Bo4 m3 7 with enchauntementz. And aftir that hir hand, 536
Bo4 m3 12 of the contre of Marmoryke, and his nayles and 542
Bo4 m3 12 of the contre of Marmoryke, and his nayles and 542
Bo4 m3 14 chaunged into a wolf, and howleth whan he 544
Bo4 m3 20 and hath unbownden hym fro the pestilence 550
Bo4 m3 22 and the maryneres hadden by this idrawen into 552
Bo4 m3 23 hir mouthes and dronken the wikkide drynkes. 552
Bo4 m3 28 and the body; oonly hir thought duelleth with 558
Bo4 m3 29 hem stable, that wepeth and bywayleth the 558
Bo4 m3 32 feble and light is the hand of Circes the enchaunteresse, 562
Bo4 m3 34 folk into beestes, to regard and to comparysoun 564
Bo4 m3 40 the strengthe and the vygour of men, in the 570
Bo4 m3 45 that they percen and thurw-passen the corage 574
Bo4 m3 46 withinne; and, thoughe thei ne anoye nat the 576
Bo4 p4 1 Thanne seide I thus: " I confesse and am 578
Bo4 p4 17 ben alegged and releved. For al be it so that 594
Bo4 p4 20 schrewes ben more wrecches and unsely 598
Bo4 p4 21 whan thei mai doon and parforme that 598
Bo4 p4 30 ivel and mowynge to don yvel), it moot 608
Bo4 p4 32 thre unselynesses, that wolen, and mowen, and 610
Bo4 p4 32 thre unselynesses, that wolen, and mowen, and 610
Bo4 p4 33 parformen felonyes and schrewednesses. " 610
Bo4 p4 44 hope and the heye compassynges of schrewednesses 622
Bo4 p4 46 thei ben war; and that thing establisseth to 624
Bo4 p4 52 and kaytifs, yif that hir schrewednesse ne were 630
Bo4 p4 58 " Certes, " quod I, " this conclusioun is hard and 636
Bo4 p4 69 and yif it ne be nat so, but that the premisses 646
Bo4 p4 84 the maneris of schrewes ben coriged and chastised 660
Bo4 p4 85 by vengeaunce and that thei ben brought 662
Bo4 p4 94 " And what manere schal that be, " quod I, 670
Bo4 p4 97 " that good folk ben blisful and schrewes ben 674
Bo4 p4 106 " And what seistow thanne, " quod sche, " of 682
Bo4 p4 109 and yit over al his wikkidnesse, for which 686
Bo4 p4 111 yvel anexed and knyt to hym -- schal nat 688
Bo4 p4 120 good by the resoun of justice); and whanne 696
Bo4 p4 132 But this is opene thing and cleer, that it is ryght 708
Bo4 p4 133 that schrewes ben punyschid, and it is wikkidnesse 710
Bo4 p4 134 and wrong that thei escapen unpunyschid. " 710
Bo4 p4 138 al that is ryght nis good, and also the contrarie, 714
Bo4 p4 141 clere ynowe, and [folwen that] that we han 716
Bo4 p4 148 " Certes, " quod sche, " ye, and that ryght 724
Bo4 p4 151 of peyne, and some soules I trowe 726
Bo4 p4 154 " But I have travailed and told yit hiderto for 730
Bo4 p4 157 unworthy, nis no mowynge; and ek of schrewes, 732
Bo4 p4 161 tormentz of hir wikkidnesse; and of the 736
Bo4 p4 163 preyedest that it myghte sone ben ended, and 738
Bo4 p4 165 nat longe endure, and that schrewes ben more 740
Bo4 p4 166 unsely yif thei were of lengere durynge, and 742
Bo4 p4 167 most unsely yif thei weren perdurable. And aftir 742
Bo4 p4 171 punyschid by ryghtful venjaunce; and of 746
Bo4 p4 178 verrayly. And yif I turne ayein to the studies of 754
Bo4 p4 187 lightneth hir lokynge and the day blendith hem. 762
Bo4 p4 189 hir lustes and talentz, they wene that either 764
Bo4 p4 197 thiself to the most excellent thing. And yif thow 772
Bo4 p4 202 diverse tymes the fowle erthe and the hevene, 778
Bo4 p4 203 and that alle othere thinges stynten fro withoute, 778
Bo4 p4 207 thow were now in the sterres, and now in the 782
Bo4 p4 211 that thei ben lyke to beestes? And what 786
Bo4 p4 213 forlorn his syghte, and hadde foryeten that he 788
Bo4 p4 214 evere sawhe, and wende that no thing ne faylede 790
Bo4 p4 247 " Than, " quod sche, " by thise causes and by 822
Bo4 p4 258 and resceyved the thinges that ben grevous 834
Bo4 p4 259 and aspre, and yit men scholden more 834
Bo4 p4 259 and aspre, and yit men scholden more 834
Bo4 p4 261 grevances and the wronges: the whiche 836
Bo4 p4 264 and debonayre, ledden tho schrewes that han 840
Bo4 p4 267 out the maladyes of synne by torment. And 842
Bo4 p4 269 deffendours or advocatz sholde fayle and 844
Bo4 p4 274 schrewes, and nat excusen hem.) And eek the 850
Bo4 p4 274 schrewes, and nat excusen hem.) And eek the 850
Bo4 p4 277 and sawen that they scholden putten adoun the 852
Bo4 p4 281 and prowesse whiche that thei han lost, 856
Bo4 p4 283 tormentz to hem; and eek thei wolden refuse the 858
Bo4 p4 284 attendaunce of hir advocattz, and taken hemself 860
Bo4 p4 285 to hir juges and to hir accusours. For whiche it 860
Bo4 p4 290 overmochel a fool, and for to haten 866
Bo4 p4 293 vices and synne maladye of corage; and so as we 868
Bo4 p4 293 vices and synne maladye of corage; and so as we 868
Bo4 m4 2 of hatredes, and to hasten and bysien 878
Bo4 m4 2 of hatredes, and to hasten and bysien 878
Bo4 m4 7 his swifte hors. And the men that the serpent, 882
Bo4 m4 8 and the lyoun, and the tigre, and the 884
Bo4 m4 8 and the lyoun, and the tigre, and the 884
Bo4 m4 8 and the lyoun, and the tigre, and the 884
Bo4 m4 9 bere, and the boor, seken to sleen with hir 884
Bo4 m4 12 hir maneres ben diverse and discordaunt, thei 888
Bo4 m4 13 moeven unryghtful oostes and cruel batayles, 888
Bo4 m4 14 and wilnen to perise by entrechaungynge of 890
Bo4 m4 18 good folk, and have pite on schrewes. " 894
Bo4 p5 3 in the dissertes of gode men and of 896
Bo4 p5 5 se somwhat of good and somwhat of yvel. For 898
Bo4 p5 7 and nedy and nameles, thanne for to duellen 900
Bo4 p5 7 and nedy and nameles, thanne for to duellen 900
Bo4 p5 8 in his cyte, and flouren of rychesses, and be 902
Bo4 p5 8 in his cyte, and flouren of rychesses, and be 902
Bo4 p5 9 redowtable by honour and strong of power. 902
Bo4 p5 10 For in this wise more clerly and more witnesfully 904
Bo4 p5 12 whanne the blisfulnesse and the pouste of 906
Bo4 p5 14 that ben neyghbors and subgitz; syn that 908
Bo4 p5 15 namely prisown, lawe, and thise othere tormentz 908
Bo4 p5 22 that tormentz of felonyes pressen and 916
Bo4 p5 23 confounden good folk, and schrewes ravysschen 916
Bo4 p5 24 medes of vertu and ben in honours 918
Bo4 p5 25 and in grete estatz; and I desire eek for to 918
Bo4 p5 25 and in grete estatz; and I desire eek for to 918
Bo4 p5 30 hap. But now hepith and encreseth myn 924
Bo4 p5 33 godes and myrthes, and to schrewes yvelis and 926
Bo4 p5 33 godes and myrthes, and to schrewes yvelis and 926
Bo4 p5 33 godes and myrthes, and to schrewes yvelis and 926
Bo4 p5 34 aspre thinges, and yeveth ayeinward to good 928
Bo4 p5 35 folk hardnesses, and to schrewes he graunteth 928
Bo4 p5 36 hem hir wil and that they desiren -- what difference 930
Bo4 p5 38 God doth and the hap of fortune, yif men ne 932
Bo4 p5 42 foolisshe and confus, whan the resoun of 936
Bo4 p5 46 governour, atempreth and governeth the world, 940
Bo4 m5 4 the sovereyne pool of the firmament), and wot 946
Bo4 m5 6 his waynes and drencheth his late flaumbes in 948
Bo4 m5 7 the see; and whi that Boetes, the sterre, unfooldeth 948
Bo4 m5 10 And eek yif that he ne knowe nat why that 952
Bo4 m5 12 and infect by bowndes of the derk nyght, and 954
Bo4 m5 12 and infect by bowndes of the derk nyght, and 954
Bo4 m5 13 how the mone derk and confus discovereth the 954
Bo4 m5 15 vysage. The comune errour moeveth folk, and 956
Bo4 m5 16 [the Coribantes maken hir tabours sounen and 958
Bo4 m5 21 it be enchaunted, and therfore for to 962
Bo4 m5 33 comen seelde and sodeynly in our age; but yif 974
Bo4 p6 3 causes of thinges, and to discovere me the 982
Bo4 p6 5 thou devyse and juge me of this matere, and 984
Bo4 p6 5 thou devyse and juge me of this matere, and 984
Bo4 p6 9 And thanne sche, a litelwhat smylinge, 988
Bo4 p6 12 that mowen ben axed, and to the whiche questioun 990
Bo4 p6 17 whan o doute is determined and kut awey, ther 996
Bo4 p6 22 constreynede tho doutes by a ryght lifly and 1000
Bo4 p6 24 and strengthe of wit). For in this matere 1002
Bo4 p6 26 symplicite of the purveaunce of God, and of 1004
Bo4 p6 27 the ordre of destyne, and of sodeyn hap, and 1006
Bo4 p6 27 the ordre of destyne, and of sodeyn hap, and 1006
Bo4 p6 28 of the knowynge and predestinacioun devyne, 1006
Bo4 p6 29 and of the liberte of fre wil; the whiche 1008
Bo4 p6 37 deliteth the, thou most suffren and forberen a 1016
Bo4 p6 42 and seide thus: " The engendrynge 1020
Bo4 p6 43 of alle thinges, " quod sche, " and alle the progressiouns 1022
Bo4 p6 44 of muable nature, and al that moeveth 1022
Bo4 p6 46 and his formes, of the stablenesse of the devyne 1024
Bo4 p6 47 thought. And thilke devyne thought that 1026
Bo4 p6 48 is iset and put in the tour (that is to seyn, in 1026
Bo4 p6 55 to thinges that it moeveth and disponyth, than 1034
Bo4 p6 58 thought the strengthe of that oon and of that 1036
Bo4 p6 64 certes, destyne is the disposicioun and ordenance 1042
Bo4 p6 69 ben diverse and although thei ben infinit. 1048
Bo4 p6 70 But destyne, certes, departeth and ordeyneth 1048
Bo4 p6 71 alle thinges singulerly and devyded in 1050
Bo4 p6 74 assembled and oonyd in the lokynge 1052
Bo4 p6 76 and thilke same assemblynge and oonynge, devyded 1054
Bo4 p6 76 and thilke same assemblynge and oonynge, devyded 1054
Bo4 p6 77 and unfolden by tymes, lat that ben 1056
Bo4 p6 79 " And al be it so that thise thinges ben 1058
Bo4 p6 85 and moeveth the effect of the werk, and ledith 1064
Bo4 p6 85 and moeveth the effect of the werk, and ledith 1064
Bo4 p6 87 symplely and presently by temporel ordenaunce; 1066
Bo4 p6 89 purveaunce singulerly and stablely the 1068
Bo4 p6 91 amynistreth in many maneris and in diverse 1070
Bo4 p6 101 ordenaunce is ywoven and acomplissid, 1080
Bo4 p6 103 an unmoevable and symple forme of thinges 1082
Bo4 p6 104 to doone, and the moevable bond and the 1082
Bo4 p6 104 to doone, and the moevable bond and the 1082
Bo4 p6 111 itself is subgit and under. But some thinges 1090
Bo4 p6 113 the ordenance of destyne; and tho ben thilke 1092
Bo4 p6 120 and is, as it were, a centre or a poynt to the 1098
Bo4 p6 122 and thilke that is utterest, compased by a largere 1100
Bo4 p6 125 symplicite of the poynt; and yif ther be any thing 1104
Bo4 p6 126 that knytteth and felawschipeth hymself to thilke 1104
Bo4 p6 128 (that is to seyn, into unmoevablete), and it 1106
Bo4 p6 129 ceseth to ben schad and to fleten diversely; 1108
Bo4 p6 132 of God, it is unfolden and summittid to grettere 1110
Bo4 p6 133 bondes of destyne; and in so moche is the thing 1112
Bo4 p6 134 more fre and laus fro destyne, as it axeth and 1112
Bo4 p6 134 more fre and laus fro destyne, as it axeth and 1112
Bo4 p6 136 (that is to seyn, to God); and yif the thing 1114
Bo4 p6 138 God and be withoute moevynge, certes it 1116
Bo4 p6 141 skillynge to undirstondyng, and of thing 1120
Bo4 p6 142 that ys engendrid to thing that is, and of tyme to 1120
Bo4 p6 143 eternite, and of the cercle to the centre; ryght so 1122
Bo4 p6 146 " Thilke ordenaunce moveth the hevene and 1124
Bo4 p6 147 the sterres, and atemprith the elementz togidre 1126
Bo4 p6 148 amonges hemself, and transformeth hem by 1126
Bo4 p6 149 entrechaungeable mutacioun. And thilke 1128
Bo4 p6 151 growynge and fallynge adoun, by semblable 1130
Bo4 p6 152 progressions of sedes and of sexes (that 1130
Bo4 p6 153 is to seyn, male and femele). And this ilke 1132
Bo4 p6 153 is to seyn, male and femele). And this ilke 1132
Bo4 p6 154 ordre constreyneth the fortunes and the dedes of 1132
Bo4 p6 159 thei ne be nat mutable. And thus ben the 1138
Bo4 p6 163 ibowed. And this ordre constreyneth by his 1142
Bo4 p6 167 ben confus and trouble to us men, for we ne 1146
Bo4 p6 180 han somtyme adversite and somtyme 1158
Bo4 p6 181 prosperite, and schrewes also han now 1160
Bo4 p6 182 thingis that they desiren and now thinges that 1160
Bo4 p6 192 may wel demen or knowen the good folk and 1170
Bo4 p6 193 the badde; may he thanne knowen and seen 1172
Bo4 p6 196 seith, may a man speken and determinen of 1174
Bo4 p6 198 demen or speken of complexions and atempraunces 1176
Bo4 p6 204 that ben hole, and to some bodies byttere 1182
Bo4 p6 205 thinges ben covenable; and also why that some 1184
Bo4 p6 206 syk folk ben holpen with lyghte medicynes, and 1184
Bo4 p6 209 and the atempraunce of hele and of 1188
Bo4 p6 209 and the atempraunce of hele and of 1188
Bo4 p6 212 bounte and prowesse? And what othir thing 1190
Bo4 p6 212 bounte and prowesse? And what othir thing 1190
Bo4 p6 215 God, governour and lechere of thoughtes? The 1194
Bo4 p6 218 covenable to every wight, and lenyth hem that 1196
Bo4 p6 220 comyth and herof is don this noble miracle 1198
Bo4 p6 225 to comprehende and to telle) a fewe thingis of 1204
Bo4 p6 228 wenest to ben ryght just and ryght kepynge of 1206
Bo4 p6 230 devyne purveaunce, that al woot. And 1208
Bo4 p6 232 victorious cause likide to the goddes, and the 1210
Bo4 p6 239 jugement and the jugement of mankynde 1218
Bo4 p6 249 in alle vertus, and is an holi man and neigh 1228
Bo4 p6 249 in alle vertus, and is an holi man and neigh 1228
Bo4 p6 258 " And ofte tyme it betydeth that the somme of 1236
Bo4 p6 262 abated. And God yeveth and departeth to other 1240
Bo4 p6 262 abated. And God yeveth and departeth to other 1240
Bo4 p6 263 folk prosperites and adversites imedled to-hepe 1242
Bo4 p6 264 aftir the qualite of hir corages, and remordith 1242
Bo4 p6 266 waxen proude by long welefulnesse; and other 1244
Bo4 p6 269 vertues of corage by the usage and the 1248
Bo4 p6 270 exercitacioun of pacience. And other folk 1248
Bo4 p6 272 thei myghte wel beren, and thilke folk God 1250
Bo4 p6 273 ledeth into experience of hemself by aspre and 1252
Bo4 p6 274 sorweful thingis. And many other folk han 1252
Bo4 p6 276 prys of glorious deth; and som men, that ne 1254
Bo4 p6 279 ben overcomyn by adversites. And of alle 1258
Bo4 p6 281 ben doon ryghtfully and ordeynly, to the 1260
Bo4 p6 285 schrewes and somtyme that that they desiren, it 1264
Bo4 p6 286 comith of thise forseyde causes. And of sorweful 1264
Bo4 p6 289 wel desservid it, and that thei ben of wykkid 1268
Bo4 p6 292 and somtyme it amendeth hem that suffren the 1270
Bo4 p6 293 tormentz; and the prosperite that is yeven to 1272
Bo4 p6 300 yvel, and so uncovenable, that the nedy 1278
Bo4 p6 302 egren hym to don felonyes; and to the maladye 1280
Bo4 p6 304 rychesses. And som othir man byholdeth his 1282
Bo4 p6 305 conscience defouled with synnes, and makith 1284
Bo4 p6 306 comparysoun of his fortune and of hymself, and 1284
Bo4 p6 306 comparysoun of his fortune and of hymself, and 1284
Bo4 p6 310 sorwful to hym; and therfore he wol 1288
Bo4 p6 311 chaunge his maneris, and, for he dredith to 1290
Bo4 p6 315 destruccioun, that thei han disservid; and to som 1294
Bo4 p6 317 that it schal be cause of contynuacioun and 1296
Bo4 p6 318 exercisynge to good folk, and cause of torment 1296
Bo4 p6 320 alliaunce bytwixe good folk and schrewes, 1298
Bo4 p6 322 hemself. And whi nat? For schrewes discorden 1300
Bo4 p6 324 toreenden her consciences, and doon ofte time 1302
Bo4 p6 335 and retornen to the fruyt of vertu, whan thei 1314
Bo4 p6 339 useth the yvelis covenably and draweth out 1318
Bo4 p6 355 alle the subtil ordenaunces and disposiciounis of 1334
Bo4 p6 358 natures, ordeineth and dresseth alle thingis to 1336
Bo4 p6 371 the weyghte of the questioun, and wery 1350
Bo4 p6 372 with the lengthe of my resoun, and that thou 1350
Bo4 p6 374 drawght, and, whanne thou art wel reffressched 1352
Bo4 p6 375 and refect, thou schalt be more stedfast to stye 1354
Bo4 m6 3 (that is to seyn, of God), loke thou and byhoold 1358
Bo4 m6 15 iplowngid in the see. And Hesperus the sterre 1370
Bo4 m6 16 bodith and telleth alwey the late nyghtes, and 1370
Bo4 m6 16 bodith and telleth alwey the late nyghtes, and 1370
Bo4 m6 19 " And thus maketh Love entrechaungeable 1374
Bo4 m6 20 the perdurable courses; and thus is discordable 1374
Bo4 m6 25 place by stoundes; and that the colde thingis 1380
Bo4 m6 26 joynen hem by feyth to the hote thingis; and 1380
Bo4 m6 27 that the lyghte fyr ariseth into heighte, and 1382
Bo4 m6 31 warmynge; and the hote somer dryeth the 1386
Bo4 m6 32 cornes; and autumpne comith ayein hevy of 1386
Bo4 m6 33 apples; and the fletyng reyn bydeweth the 1388
Bo4 m6 34 wynter. This atempraunce norysscheth and 1388
Bo4 m6 36 in this world; and thilke same attempraunce, 1390
Bo4 m6 37 ravysschynge, hideth and bynymeth, and 1392
Bo4 m6 37 ravysschynge, hideth and bynymeth, and 1392
Bo4 m6 41 makere, kyng and lord, welle and bygynnynge, 1396
Bo4 m6 41 makere, kyng and lord, welle and bygynnynge, 1396
Bo4 m6 42 lawe and wys juge to don equite, and 1396
Bo4 m6 42 lawe and wys juge to don equite, and 1396
Bo4 m6 43 governeth and enclyneth the brydles of thinges. 1398
Bo4 m6 44 And tho thinges that he stireth to gon by 1398
Bo4 m6 45 moevynge, he withdraweth and aresteth, and 1400
Bo4 m6 45 moevynge, he withdraweth and aresteth, and 1400
Bo4 m6 48 goynge of thinges, and yif that he ne constreynede 1402
Bo4 m6 53 from hir bygynnynge), and failen (that is to 1408
Bo4 m6 55 love to alle thingis, and alle thinges axen to ben 1410
Bo4 p7 6 " And how may that be? " quod I. 1420
Bo4 p7 16 I; " and yif I considere the purveaunce and the 1430
Bo4 p7 16 I; " and yif I considere the purveaunce and the 1430
Bo4 p7 26 " mysuseth this manere speche of fortune, and 1440
Bo4 p7 37 " And certes thilke thing that exerciseth or 1452
Bo4 p7 43 that eyther ben put in vertu and batayllen 1458
Bo4 p7 45 and declynen fro vices and taken the 1460
Bo4 p7 45 and declynen fro vices and taken the 1460
Bo4 p7 53 " And what seistow of that othir fortune, " 1468
Bo4 p7 54 quod sche, " that, although it be aspre and 1468
Bo4 p7 60 " War now and loke wel, " quod sche, 1474
Bo4 p7 62 the peple, have confessid and concluded thing 1476
Bo4 p7 70 fortune is good; and that alle fortune is 1484
Bo4 p7 72 schrewidnesse. " (As who seith. " And thus 1486
Bo4 p7 82 bothe to the to man and eek to the tothir thilke 1496
Bo4 p7 84 of his glorious renoun, and to the tothir man 1498
Bo4 p7 87 called `vertu,' for that it sustenith and enforceth 1502
Bo4 p7 91 hast nat comen to fleten with delices, and 1506
Bo4 p7 100 is vycious), and ne hath no mede of his 1514
Bo4 m7 2 that wrought and contynued the batailes 1522
Bo4 m7 3 by ten yer, recovered and purgide in 1524
Bo4 m7 10 naveye, and boughte ayein the wyndes by 1530
Bo4 m7 12 and the sory preest yeveth in sacrifyenge the 1532
Bo4 m7 16 alliaunce with his goddes and for to han wynd 1536
Bo4 m7 21 had fretyn and dreynt in his empty wombe. 1542
Bo4 m7 27 wepynge and blynd). 1548
Bo4 m7 30 hors, half man), and he byrafte the dispoilynge 1550
Bo4 m7 32 slouhe the lyoun and rafte hym his skyn); he 1552
Bo4 m7 35 dragoun, and his hand was the more hevy 1556
Bo4 m7 40 Hercules slowh Diomedes, and made his 1560
Bo4 m7 41 hors to freten hym); and he, Hercules, 1562
Bo4 m7 42 slowh Idra the serpent, and brende the venym; 1562
Bo4 m7 43 and Acheleous the flod, defowled in his forheed, 1564
Bo4 m7 46 transfiguren hymself into diverse liknesse, and, 1566
Bo4 m7 48 torned hym into a bole, and Hercules brak of 1568
Bo4 m7 49 oon of his hornes, and he for schame hidde 1570
Bo4 m7 50 hym in his ryver); and he, Hercules, caste 1570
Bo4 m7 52 of Libye; and Kacus apaysede the wratthes of 1572
Bo4 m7 54 monstre Kacus, and apaysed with that deth the 1574
Bo4 m7 55 wratthe of Evander); and the bristilede boor 1576
Bo4 m7 58 hevene sholde thriste; and the laste of his labours 1578
Bo4 m7 60 uppon his nekke unbowed; and he disservide 1580
Bo4 m7 66 (As who seith, " O ye slowe and delicat men! 1586
Bo4 m7 67 whi flee ye adversites, and ne fyghte nat ayeins 1588