{and} þat he may so done I wil wipe a litel hys eyen. 144 þat ben derked by þe cloude of mortel þinges ¶ Þise wordes seide sche. and wiþ þe lappe of hir garment yplitid in a frounce sche dried[e] myn eyen þat were ful of þe wawes of my wepynges. 148 [Linenotes: 125, 126 _þen_--than 127 _al_--alle _saide_--seyde 128 _sumtyme_--whilom _I-norschid_--MS. I-norschide, C. noryssed 129 _fostre[d]_--fostered _my_--myne 130 _Certys_--Certes _ȝaf_, yaf 131 _syche_--swiche _ȝif_--yif _caste_--C. cast 132 _away_--awey _schulden haue_--sholden han 133 _not be_--nat ben _Knowest þou_--knowestow 134 _art þou_--artow 136 _haþ_--MS. haþe 138 _tonge_--tunge _doumbe_--dowmb _honde_--hand 139 _Here_--her 140 _litargie whiche_--litarge which 141 _sekenes_--sykenesse 141, 143 _haþ_--MS. haþe 144 _done_--doon _wil wipe_--wol wypen 146 _garment_--garnement 147 _dried[e]_--dryede _were_--weeren 148 _ful_--fulle] [Headnote: BOETHIUS RECOGNIZES HIS PHYSICIAN.] TUNC ME DISCUSSA. [Sidenote: [The 3^de Met{ur}.]] [Sidenote: 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.] ++Þus when þat 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 whe{n} sterres ben couered wiþ cloudes by a swifte wynde þat hyȝt chorus. {and} þat þe firmame{n}t stont derked by wete ploungy cloudes. and þat þe sterres not apperen vpo{n} heuene. ¶ So þat þe nyȝt semeþ sprad 156 vpo{n} erþe. ¶ Yif þan þe wynde þat hyȝt borias sent out of þe kaues of þe contre of Trace betiþ þis [[pg 10]] nyȝt. þat is to seyn chasiþ it away {and} descouereþ þe closed day. ¶ Þan schineþ pheb{us} yshaken wiþ 160 sodeyne lyȝt {and} smyteþ wiþ hys bemes i{n} m{er}uely{n}g eyen. [Linenotes: 149 _when_--whan 150 _myn_--myne _repeyre_--repeyrede 151 _aȝeyne_--omitted _her firste_--hir fyrst 152 _hid_--MS. hidde, C. hid _when_--whan 153 _sey_--seyn _when_--whan 154 _hyȝt_--heyhte _chorus_--MS. thorus _stont_--MS. stonde, C. stant 157 _þan_--thanne _wynde_--wynd _hyȝt_--hyhte 158 _sent_--isent 160 _þan_--thanne 161 _sodeyne_--sodeyn] [Headnote: THE TRIALS OF PHILOSOPHY AND PHILOSOPHERS.] HAUT[1] ALITER TRISTICIE. [Footnote 1: MS. hanc.] [Sidenote: [The 3^de p{ro}se.]]