144 done—doon
wil wipe—wol wypen
146 garment—garnement
147 dried[e]—dryede
were—weeren
148 ful—fulle
BOETHIUS RECOGNIZES HIS PHYSICIAN.
[TUNC ME DISCUSSA.]
Þus when þat Her touch dispels the darkness of his soul, just as the heavy vapours, that darken the skies and obscure the sunlight, are chased away by the north wind, causing the return of the hidden day, when the sun smites our wondering sight with his sudden light. nyȝt was discussed and chased awey.
derknesses forleften me. and to myn eyen repeyre
aȝeyne her firste strenkeþ. and ryȝt by ensample as
þe sonne is hid when þe sterres ben clustred. þat is to [152]
sey when sterres ben couered wiþ cloudes by a swifte
wynde þat hyȝt chorus. and þat þe firmament stont
derked by wete ploungy cloudes. and þat þe sterres not
apperen vpon heuene. ¶ So þat þe nyȝt semeþ sprad [156]
vpon erþe. ¶ Yif þan þe wynde þat hyȝt borias
sent out of þe kaues of þe contre of Trace betiþ þis
nyȝt. þat is to seyn chasiþ it away and descouereþ þe
closed day. ¶ Þan schineþ phebus yshaken wiþ [160]
sodeyne lyȝt and smyteþ wiþ hys bemes in meruelyng
eyen.
149 when—whan
150 myn—myne
repeyre—repeyrede
151 aȝeyne—omitted
her firste—hir fyrst