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BOHN'S ANTIQUARIAN LIBRARY.

\ BOETHIUS

DE C0N80LATI0NE PHILOSOPHIiE.

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KING ALFRED'S '^

ANGLO-SAXON VEKSION OF

BOETHIUS

DE CONSOLATIONE PHILOSOPHIC:

WITH

A LITERAL ENGLISH TRANSLATION,

NOTES, AND GLOSSARY.

THE REV. SAMUEL FOX, M.A.,

or PEXBBOKE COLLSOS, OXfOBD, AND BBOTOB OF VOBLKT, DBBBYSHISE

LONDON:

H. G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN-

1864.

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PREFACE.

A xoxTioir of the works of King Alfred Itaving already
appeared in the series of which this volume forms a part, the
Editor thought that a complete edition of his Aug^o-Saxon
translation of the treatise of Boethius de Gonsoiatione Philo>-
sophiffi would be acceptable. Some years since^ the late Mr«
Gardale published the prose of the Anglo-Saxon yersion with
an English translationy which was soon afterwards followed
bj an edition of the Metres, with a literal translation bj the
present Editor. In the edition now printed, the judicioua
sdection by Mr. Gardale firom the different readings of the
only MSS. in existence has been carefully weighed, and, for
the most part, followed. The MSS. alluded to are the Got^
tonian MS., Qtho, a. vi., now in the library of the Britisb
Mnsenm, and one which contains merely a prosaic version^
in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. The MS. in the Britisb
Museum formerly belonged to ?ir Robert Gotten, and was
so much injured by the fire which destroyed a portion of his
Taluable collection before its removal to our great public
library, that for many years it was utterly useless, con-
sisting merely of detached fragments thrown together in a
box, until, by the skill and industry of the Eev. Joseph
Stevenson and the late John Holmes, Esq., it was rearranged
in 1844, the detached parts being neatly put together within
a border of new parchment, and is now rendered so perfect
that most of it can be read with the greatest ease ! This
MS. contains a similar translation of the prose poition of

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IV PREFACE.

BoethiuB to that in the Bodleian Library, but the Latin
Metres are rendered in Anglo*Sazon verse, while those in
the Bodleian MS. are translated in a prosaic form. In this
edition every word contained in both MSS. is given, and the
variations, which are the result of a careful collation, are
marked at the foot of each page.

The original work of Boethius de Consolatione Philo-
sophise is extremely interesting from the circumstances
tinder which it was written. The author, whose full name
was Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, was born between
A.D. 470 and 475. His father dying while he was young, he
was brought up among his father's friends at Bome, who
were distinguished men, and of whom Symmachus, to whom
allusion is made, was one. Boethius was famous for his
general learning, and also for his extensive charities. He
married Busticiana, the daughter of Symmachus, and was
the father of two sons, Aurelius Anicius Symmachus, and
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, who were consuls a.d.
522. His high character naturally brought him into public
notice, and, after being consul a.d. 510 , he attracted the
attention of Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths, who gave
him a responsible appointment in his court, and consulted
him on many important subjects. After attaining the greatest
height of worldly prosperity, his happiness was suddenly
overcast. His unflinching integrity provoked enmity in the
C jourt of Theod oric ; and his boldness in pleading the cause
of Albinus, when accused of treason by an informer, seems
to have afforded his enemies a plea for charging him and
Symraachus.with the intention of d elivering Bome from th e
barbari an yoke. "Whatever grounds there may have been
for the charge, he was treated with great injustice, not being
allowed a trial, and a sentence of confiscation and death
being passed against him without a hearing ! He was im-
prisoned in the baptistry of the church at Ticinum, which
was to be seen till A.n. 1584 ; and during this imprisonment

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he wrote his books De Consolatione Pbilosopbiie. He was
afterwards beheaded, or, according to some writers, he was
I beaten to death with dubs. Sjmmachus was also beheaded,
and Eusticiana was reduced to poverty, until, through the
kindness of the widow of Theodoric, who was regent during
^ her son's minority, her husband's confiscated property was
^ restored to her. A tomb was erected to the memory of
t Soethius by Luitprand, king of the Lombards, in the
k. church of S. Pietro Cielo d'Oro; and afterwards a more
^B magnificent one by Otho Ill.^with an epitaph by Pope
^^ Sylvester II. There is much diflSculty in deciding whether
r . Boethius was a Christian or a devout heathen. "Whatever
I he may have been, there is not in the original treatise any
I mention of the consolations which Christianity affords to the
' unfortunate. As is elsewhere stated, any Elusions to the
Christian religion which occur in the following pages, are in-
troduced by King Alfred. Yet, as it has been well observed
by an eminent writer, "If, on the one hand, the general
silence on the subject of Christianity in such a book, at such
a period of his life, proves that, if he was a Christian, its
doctrines could hardly have been a part of his living belief;
on the other hand, the incidental phrases which occur, the
. strong religious theism which pervades the whole work, the
real belief which it indicates in prayer and Providence, and
the unusually high tone of his public life, prove that, if a
heathen, his general character must have been deeply tinged
by the contemporaneous influences of Christianity."

The peculiar circumstances of King Alfred's life very
naturally produced a sympathy in his mind for the sufier-
ingB of the noble Eoman, and were the happy means of pro-
ducing a work, in which, at the distance of a thousand years,
ve can hear, as it were, our revered sovereign speaking to us
in his own language on some of the most important topics of
human life ! For although King Alfred professed to trans-
late the work of Boethius, yet he inserted in various parts-

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I manj of bis own thoughts and feelings, and thus composed

! several moral essays, in which he has, in a manner, trans-

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I mitted himself to posterity. The imperfection of King
^ Alfred's early education will account for a few mistakes in
names and historical facts. These, however, by no means
lessen the value of the translation ; and instead of wouder«
ing at their occurrence, one should rather feel surprised that
they are not more numerous and more important, consider-
ing the disadvantages under which he laboured. The trans«
lation was made, as the royal author states, amid '^ various
and manifold worldly occupations, which often busied him
both in mind and in body. The occupations," said he, " are
very difficult to be numbered which in his days came upon
the kingdoms which he had undertaken to govern." On this
account our wonder may well be excited, since we meet with,
literary attainments which, in those days, were to be sought
rather in the retirement of the cloister than in the noise and
tumult of a camp, which was often in the neighbourhood of
harassing foes.

King Alfred entirely altered the arrangement of Boethius,
for, instead of dividing his work into four books, and sub-
dividing each book into chapters, as his author had done, he
divided the whole work into forty-two chapters, alluding
occasionally to the books of the original. The first six
chapters of the Anglo-Saxon version comprise the chief part
of the first book of Boethius, together with a short introduc-
tion. The next fifteen chapters contain the substance of the
second book. The third book is translated in the fourteen
chapters which follow. Pour chapters and part of another,
viz. part of chapter xh, are devoted to the fourth book ; and
the remaining portion of chapter xl., together with chapters
xli. and xlii., completes the whole.

Although the work is deeply interesting, yet the most
striking portion will be found in the following chapters : In
chapter xv., there is a pleasing description of the golden age.

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PBEPACE. VU

In chapter zix., the vanity of a too eager pursuit of fame is
pointed out. In chapter zxi., the power and goodness of
the Creator in governing and upholding the universe are
displayed. Chapter xxv. contains a dissertation on natural
disposition. The iirst part of chapter xxix. describes the
weakness and unhappiness of kings, while the second part
illustrates th^ dangers to which royal favourites are exposed
hy the treatment which Seneca and Papinian met with.
The second part of chapter xxx. declares the natmral equality
of mankind. Chapter xxxiii., part iv., contains an address
to God. Chapter xxxv., part iv., contains the fable of the
giants warring against Jupiter, and the history of the tower
of Babel; and part vi. relates the story of Orpheus and
Eurydice. Chapter xxxviii., part i., gives the account of
Ulysses and Circe. Chapters xl. and xli. are devoted to an
inquiry into divine predestination and human liberty. The
last chapter treats of Q-od and eternity.

The Editor has availed himself of the kind permig^ion of
Martin Tupper, Esq., D.C.L., <&c. <&c«, to substitute his
excellent poetical translation of the Metres for his own
literal one, and he tenders his sincere thanks for the per-
mission which has been so freely accorded. He also begs to
acknowledge the great assistance which he has derived from
the labours of the late J. S. Cardale, Esq», and from the
valuable suggestions of his highly-esteemed friend Dr. Bos-
worth, Professor of Anglo-Saxon in the University of
Oxford.

SAMUEL FOX.

Morley Rectory, March, 1864.

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T^jggl^pime'^ ])e on hif baj^um on ]>a plku becomon,])e he

anbep)»n^en hs&pbe, ^ ]>e£h ]>a he ))af boc h»pbe j^leopnobe ^

^ op Laebene to €n^f cum ppelle ijepenbe, ^ ^epophte Ki ept to

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fl halpa])' »lcne fapa ge fcf boc nagban Ivrte . $Jigjop hme ^e-

bibbe. ^ him i^eTpite jip he hit pihthcop onpte fonne he

mihte.^ pop]>»mt$e »lc mon pcealbehip anb^itep met$e anb be

J 3 hir^a&mettan pppecan t5»t he pppecp. ^ bon -p $ he bef : •

1 Cott mifhcum. > Bod. )x>pbam *}. ' Cott, puna. ^ Cott.^

>a se|H>phte he hi eptep leo)>e. ^ Cott healfa'5. ^ Cott meahce.

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PREFACE.

Kino Al7bed was translator of this book, and turned it
from book Latin into EnglisliIjaBit is now done. Sometimes
he set word ^ word, sometimes meaniu^ fit meaniug^s he
the most plainly and most clearly could explain it, for the
Tarious and manifold worldly occupations which often busied
him both in mind and in body. The occupations are to us
very- difficult to be numbered, which in his dftys came upon
the kingdoms which he had undertaken, ;md yet when he
had learned this book, and turned^ fiy tojjLgfc i into the
English language, he afterwards wmpoo i a jtaai verse, as it is
now done.XAnd he now prays, and for God*s name implores
every one of those who list^^ o read this book, that he would
pray for him, and not blame him, if he more rightly under-
stood it than he could. For every man must, according to
the measure of his understanding, and according to his leisure,
epeak that which he speaketh, and do that which he doeth.

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TITULI CAPITUM.

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iEnejt; hjinCfOCaii ^epunnon Romana pice. "3 humoetiuf h i
5 polbe "fbenaBfean. j^eobpic fa ^ anpinbe. anb hme hec on

// capcepnejeBjunjan ; • p. 2.

IL
S pu Boetiuf on tJam capcepne hif pap f eopenbe p8&f I • p. 4.

l^u f e f^tfbom coiJ to Boetie a&pejt; inne on fam capcepne/*
3 hine onjan fpefpian : • p. 4.

IV.
pu Boetiuf hine pnjenbe jeba&b, -j hir eappopu to IfObe

\ maenb^ : • p. 6.
' V.

pu re p'lfbom hine ept tpete ;) pihte. nub hif anb-

fpopum:* p. 8.

VI.

pu he him pehte \bifpell bi ]>8&pe pinnan. ^ bi o]>pum

tunjlum. 3 bi polcnum r^ "" p. 14.

VII.

pu fe p^ifbom f»be ]7am GDobe ^ him naht rpi)>op na&pe

]>onne hit poplopen hs&pbe J>a populb f8&l)>a pe hit aep to je-

punob h»pbe. 3 fsebe him bifpell hu he hit macian p ceolbe ^ip

he heopa fejen beon pceolbe. 3 be faep pcipep pejele. "] hu hip

/^ S^^^^^ peopca ealpa polbe hep on po]iulbe habban lean : •

p. 16.

vm.

pu -p ClOob anbppopebe faepe Eepceabpipneppe. "3 psebe ^ hit

hit s&^hponan on^^eate pcylbi^. eac peebe ^ hit paepe oppeten

mib t$8&p la]>ep pape ^ hit ne mihte him jeanbppopian. Da cp8e]>

pe p'lpbom. J ip nu jit ]>inpe unpihtpipneppe ^ pu eapp pulneah

Z9 poppoht. tele nu pa jepaelpa pip pam popjiun : • p. 24.

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TITLES OF THE CHAPTEES.

I.

First, how the G-oths conquered the empirfi nf the BomapSj
and how Boettius wished to deliver them,'and Theodoric then
discovered it, and gave orders to take him to prison. ^ p. 3.

IL

How Boethius in the prison was lamenting his hard lot.

p. 5.
HI.

How "Wisdom first came to Boethius in the prison, and
hegan to comfort him. p. 5.

IV.
How Boethius singing prayed, and lamented his misfor-
tunes to God. p. 7.

V.
How "Wisdom again comforted and instructed him with his
answers. p. 9.

VI.
How he related to him a parable of the sun and of the
other heavenly bodies, and of the clouds. p. 15,

vir.

How Wisdom said to the Mind, that nothing affected it
more, than that it had lost the worldly goods which it before
was accustomed to; and spoke to him a parable, how he
should act if he should be their servant ; and concerning the
ship's sail ; and how he wished to hare the reward of all his
good works here in this world. p. 17.

VHL
How the Mind answered the Eeason, and said that it per-
ceived itself every way culpable ; and said that it was oppressed
with the soreness of trouble, so that it could not answer him.
Then said Wisdom : This is still thy fault that thou art almost
despairing ; compare now the felicities with the sorrows. ,

p. 25.

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/ Da onjan fe pif&om ejrt f ecjaiu^ifpell be ]>»|ie pmnan. hu
heo opepLht eal le o{>pe fteopan. "^ ^i iiditpa]! mih hipi p len^ ^fcg.
^ hu )K>ne pnylcan f» ]>»f pinbef ^ I • p. 26.

X.

]?u Boetnif inbe he ] yjt;ole onpten h»pbe f hit eall f o]>
p»pe f f e p'lf bom f »be. 3 f eo opfophnef . 3 t$a f»l]>a fe he a&p
penbe ]>8ec j^F^^I'^^ l>^oi^ fceolban nauhtaf n»jian. 3 hu fe
p'ifbom. f he mihte jepeccan f he [s«r*^X]* p»pe. faebe f hif
ancop p8&pe tSa ^c )»ft on eop]>an : • p. 26.

XI.

pu feo Ijefceabpifnef him anbfpopeb^ anb cp»]>. f heo penbe

/of heo hine hps&thpe^unjej* upahapen hwpbe ;] jrulneah ^e-

bpoht 8&C ]>am ilcan peop]>fcipe tSe he »p h»pbe. anb acpobe

hme hpa hapbe eall f he polbe on fiyfe populbe. pime habba]>

8&]>elo '} nabba]> ape : • p. 30.

xn.

pu pe p'lpbom hme laepbe. jip he p»pc hup timbpian polbe.
j J- f he hic ne pecce up on f one hehrtanlcnoll : • p. 36.

XIII.
pu pe p'lpbom ps&be f hie meahtan t$a n^aeahcop p ppecan>
pp])am]7e peo lap hpa&thpejnunjep eobe on hip anb^ic : • p. 36.

XIV.
pu ]7set COob q?8&]> hpi him ne pceolbe hcian ps&jep lanb. 3 hu
pe pipbom ahpobe hpaet him belumpe to hipa pa&jepneppe I •

p. 40.
XV.

Xj^ pu peo Jjepceabpipnep paebe hu sepsshj peo popme db
pa&p : • p. 48.

XVI.

pu pe pipbom p»be *]$ hihi polbon ahebban pop^am anpealbe
o)> J>one heopen. anb be ^eobjiicer anpealb jTNejionep I -"p. 48.

xvn.

pu f GOob psebe f himna&pne peo m»2)> 3 peo gitpuny T poppe l
jg^jfneljfiobe. buton to hipe &e tuabe : • p. 58.

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Then began Wisdom again to speak a parable concerning
the sun, how she outshines all other stars, and obscures ihem
with her light ; and how the raging of the wind iroMe^ the
placid sea. p. 27.

X.

How Boethius said, he plainly perceived that it was all true
that Wisdom said : and ih<U tne prosperitj, and the enjoy-
ments which he formerly thought should be happiness, were
nothing: and how Wisdom, that he might show that he
was happy, said, that his anchor was still fast in the earth.

p. 27.

n.

How Beason answered him, and said, that she thought she
had in some measiure raised him up, and almost brought him
to the same dignity which he before had : and asked him who
had all that be would in this world : some have nobility and
have not riches. p. 31.

XU.
How Wisdom instructed him, that if he were desirous to
build a firm house, he should not set it upon the highest hill-
top, p. 87.

XIIL
How Wisdom said, that they might then argue more
closely, because the instruction had in some measure entered
into his understanding. p. 37.

XIV.
How the Mind said, why should not fair land delight him p
aiid how Wisdom asked, what of their fairness belonged to
him P p. 41.

XV.
How Beason said, how happy the first age was ! p. 49.

XVI.
How Wisdom said, that men would exalt themselyes for
power to heaven : also ^concerning the power of Theodoric
and Nero.'' p. 49.

XVIL
How the Mind said, that power and covetousness never
well pleased him ; but that he toiled with reluctance, p. 59,

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XX.

Be Jwjie pi]pe]ipea]i6aii p^pbe. ;j be J>»pe oppopx^n :• p. 70.

XXL
Be 9»f ttlmilitijan Cobef anpecdbe. hu be pelr ealhun hif
jefceaptum:. p. 72.

xxn.

S' Pu j-e yifbom 3 r*<> Eefceabpifner h»fbon fsec ODobtajaec^
»jj>ep je mibtpnealicpe jpjis&ce. xe mib pyhfumMi "jiin^'e : •

p. 76.

XXIII.

pa fe p'lfbom l»pbe ]»one )>e he polbe p»ftmb»pelanb f apan.

f he atnh^e of aspejt; )»a ^pnaf . -^ fa pyppif. ^ J^a unnyctan

peob. <;) hu he fiBbe pp hpa bitepef hpen'on^^epebe. f hrni

/o puhte beobpeab ^petpe : • p. 78.

XXIV.
pu menn piliiia)^ tuph un^ehce seapmmja camsn eo anpe
eabi^neije:* p. 80.

XXV.

pu Eob pek ealpajej-ceapramibpam bpiblum hif anpealbef.

^ hu a&lc jef ceajrc ppiS^j' ftp hipe jee^bef . 3 pilna}) J hit cume

/^ fibep ponan pe hit a&p com : • p. 88.

XXVI.

pu fe pifbom f aabe f men mihton be Eobe fpelce hi msste.
;j hpa&pep fe pela mihce ponemon jebon fpa pelme f he mapan
ne poppte. 3 hpa&pepB ^oetie eall hip populb hcobe pa he ge-
p»l3ojx p8Bf :• p. 90.

XX vn.

-^<^ pu ye peopppcipe maeg gebon tu pmj pone bjjejan pam
oppum byj-ejum peoppne. 3 hu Noniuf paBf p opcpeben pop pam
jjjrlbenan pcpibpa&ne. •] hu aBlcep monnep ypel bip py openpe jip
he anpalb ha&p : • p. 94.

xxvm.
^ . Be Nepone pam Hapepe : • p. 100.

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xvnr. XIX.

Of Fame. pp. 61— 69.
XX.

Of advene foitiuie, and of prosperouB. p. 71.

XXL

Of the power of Almighfcj God; and how he governs all

bis creafcores, p. 78.

XXIL

How Wisdom and Beason had restored the Mind, both

wilih profound argument, and with pleasant song. p. 77.

xxin.
How Wisdom instructed the man who would sow fertile
land, that he should first take away the thorns, and the furze»
and the useless \s^&ds : and how he said, that if a person
had tasted anything bitter, honeycomb seemed the sweeter
to him. p. 79.

xxrv.

How n:en desire, by different means, to arrive at one
happiness. p. 81*

XXV.

How God governs all creatures with the bridles of his

power : and how every creature tends towards its kind, and

desires that it may come thither, from whence it before

came. p. 89.

XXVI.

How Wisdom said, that men were able to understand con«
ceming Ood, as in a dream : and askedf whether wealth could
make a man so rich that he should not need more: and
whether to Boethius, all his condition were agreeable, when
he was most prosperous. p. 91.

xxvn.

How dignity may do two things to the unwise, who is

honoured by other unwise persons : and hq^w Nonius was re-

- buked for the golden chair of state : and how every man's

evil is the more public when he has power. p. 95.

XXVIII.
Of Nero the Casar. pv IQl.

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/ Pjw]>ep y»Y cjninjef neapeft ^ hif jrpeonbfcipe ma&^e
»ni^e mon pebpie 3 jmlbenbne jebon. 3 hu ]>a o]>pe ppienb
cuina|> mib ]>aai pelan. 3 ejit mib )>am pelan se]nta]> : • p. 102.

XXX.

pu fe fcop pang f ma maima pn^obon bypijep polcep je-*

J" bpolan. Sonne hie psepiebon f o]>pa ppella. ^ ip f hi penbon hip

betepan ]>onne he y»jie, tSonne p»piia]> hi )>a&p ]>e hi pceamian

pceolbe:* p. 106.

XXXI.

pu pe pceal p«)a neapaneppa se])olian ]>e ]>»p hchoman luptap

popla&tan pceal. 3 hu mon m»2 ]?y ilcahpeopce cpej^an "p netenu

^0 penb jepa&iije. pp man cyip ]>a&c tSa men pen jeps&hje "Sa heopa

lichoman luptum pylijaf :• ' p. 110.

XXXIL
pu Sep anpeapba pela mep]? Sa men )>e beo)> atihte to ]7am
po]7um ^ep8el]nim. 3 hu pe pi]i>om ip an anhpe cps&pt ]>8&pe paple.
3 ip Secdi betepa ]>onne ea]le]>8ep hchoman cpa&ptap. *] ^eah hpa
/S^ je^abepie ealle J^ap anbpeapban 50b. Sonne ne ma&j he no J>e
pa]>op beon ppa peh^ ppa he polbe. ne he ept him n»p]> S»t f
he 8&P penbe I • p. 114.

xxxni.

pu pe p'lpbom h»pbe ^ecaehc ]>am ClOobe pa anhcneppa ]7apa

po]>ena p»l^a. polbe hi fa pelpe ^eta&can. •] bi fam pip ^e-

^ p»l)>um. f ip pela. 3 anpealb. -3 peop)>pcipe. 3 popemaepnep. -3

piUa:- p. 118.

XXXIV.

pu pe p'lpbom h»pbe ^epeht hpset f hehpte ^ob psep. polbe
him ]>a jepeccan hpa&p hit pa&p. "j hu op ]?am mycelan ^obe
cuma]> ]>a l»ppan : • p. 134.

* XXXV.

j' pu pe pipbom l»pbe f ClOob f hitpohte on mnan him f hiti
8Bp ;^butan hit pohte. 3 popl»te unnytte ymbhojan ppa^he
'y 7 ppipopt mihte. 3 hu Iiob pealt ealpa ^epceapta 3 eallpa joba
// mib )>am pteoppo]>pe hip jobneppe : • p. 1^.

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XXIX.

Whether the king's favour and his friendship are able to
make any man wealthy and powerful : and how other friends
come with wealth, and again with wealth depart. p. 103.

XXX.

How the poet sung, that more men rejoiced at the error of
the foolish people, than rejoiced at true sayings : that is, that
they thought any one better than he was. Then do they re-
joice at that which should make them ashamed. p. 107.

XXXI.

, How he shall suffer many troubles, who shall yield to the
lusts of the body ; and how any one may, by the same rule,
say that cattle are happy, if he say that those men are happy
who follow the lusts of their body. p. 111.

xxxn.

How this present wealth hinders the men who are attracted
to the true felicities : and how wisdom is one single faculty of
the soul, and is, nevertheless, better than all the faculties of
the body; and though any one should collect together all
these present goods, yet cannot he the sooner be so happy as
he would, nor has he afterwards that which he before ex-
pected, p. 115.

How Wisdom, having taught the Mind the resemblances
of the true felicities, would then teach \tthe true felicities
themselves : also of the five object? of desire, namely, wealth,
and power, and honour, and glory, and pleasure. p. 119.

XXXIV.

How Wisdom, having explained what the highest good was,
would then explain to him where it was ; and how from the
great good come the less. p. 13S.

XXXV.

How Wisdom instructed the Mind, that it should seek
within itself what it before sought around it, and should dis-
miss vain anxieties as it best might : and how God directs all
creatures and all good things with the rudder of his goodness.

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XXXVI.

/ VvL f OOob f »be ]>am yifbome f hit onjeate f him Cob

peahte t$uph hme -p ^ he pehce. "3 pop hpy fe joba EfOb Usee

»nij ypel beon. 3 hu feo jepceabpifnef ba&b f OOob ^ hic fa&ce

/ on hipe fcpibpaene. 3 heo fceolbe beon hif labteap. ;) hu heo

i /^8Bbe t5»c tn )>in^ p»pen pilla ^ anpealb. jip hpam ^apa aufpef

^ P^^^ft pa&pe. *]) heopa ne mihte napep bucon oppum nauht

bon;. p. 170..

XXXVII.

Be pom opepmoban pican 3 unpihtpipan. 3 hu mon hehp

pone heafob beah »c paef aepnepejep enbe. anb hu mon

/{I pceolbe s&lcne mon hatan be fam beope J>e he jehcopc pa&pe;^

' p. 186.

XXXVIII.

Be Tpoia ^epmne. hu Gulixep r® cyninj h»pbe tpa t^eoba
unbep pam I^pepe. anb hu hip ^ejnap pupban popfceapene Co
pilbeopum : » p. 194..

XXXIX.

Be pyhtp e pioun^e "3 be unpihcne. '^ be pyhcum eableane. 3

/ff hu [mipthce pica "3 mam jpealbe eappoJ>a] cuma]> Co Jam ^obum

rpa hi CO fam ypelum pceolban. 3 be pa&pe'([:opeceohunxa liober

3 be Saepe pypbe : • p. 210.

XL. ,

Pu sslc pynb beol> xob . jam heo mannum job pmce. fsxn heo
him ypel tSince I • p. 234.

XLI.

2C Pu Qmepup r^ ^oba pceop hepebe pa punnan. 3 be fam
ppeobome ; • p. 244.

XLII.

pu pe pceolban eallon ma&jne ppyjiian a&pcep Irobe. a&lc be
^S- hip anbxicer yg}>g : » p. 256.

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XXXVL

How the Mind said to Wisdom, that it perceived that God
said to it through him that which he said : and askedy why
the good Orod suffers any evil to be : and how Eeason desired
the Mind to sit in her chariot, and she would be its guide :
and how she said that will and power were two things ; and
that if to any nfan there were a deficiency of either oFthem,
neither of them could without the other effect anything.

p. 171.
XXXVIL

Of proud and unjust rulers ; and how man should have the
crown at the end of the course : and how we should deacribe

every man by the beast which he was most like

xxxvin.

Of the Trojan war : how Ulysses the king had two countries
under the Caesar : and how his thanes were transformed into
wild beasts. p. 195.

XXXIX.

Of right hatred, and of unright, and of just recompense :
and how various punishments and manifold misfortunes come
to the good, as they should to the wicked : and concerning
the predestination of Qod , and concerning destiny, p. 211.

XL.
How every fnr^uTift is good^ whether it seem good to men,
or whether it seem evil to them. p. 235.

XLI.
How Homer the good poet praised the sun : and concern-
ing freedom. p. 245.

XLII.
How we ought with all our power to inquire after God,
everv one according to the measure of his un derstanding.

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/ f ON ^sBpe tibe. fejijotan op 8cit5giu-m »;i|?e pip^Romau a pice

gepinm >ali6fon; ;3^ift heopa cyninjum. Es&bgota anbl ^ille-

^ pica pa&p on hacne^ Bomane bupij abpsecon* anb gall I talia

^tktr / Tuce^ Jl ij betjnix ^fem miintnim ] 8icilia tSam ealonbe^S TahpalS '

r| jUjepehconT 1 fe a&pten j&m popefppecenan cyninjum Ddobpic

penj to ^Ein ilcan jtice. ye Deobplc paef Amulinja. he paer

/

Cnirten, |£ali he on (feia Appiauif can ^ebpolan "Suphpunobe.
Pe jehet Bomanum hjf ppeo]:]6fcipe. fpa f hi moftan heopa
ealbpihta pyptSe beon. Ac he fa ^ehat ppitJe ypele jelaejtje.
/^ "3 Ypi^e PP^f^ jeenbobe mib tnanfeyiift mane , f paej- co
y/ teacan opnuin unapimebum yplum. *p lie lohannef fone papan

et >o]:rlean/- D&* par nim conpil ^ ^ ye henetohEtthata^.

/^ Boetnij- paBr]15aten# fc pae r in boccpasit^um t ori^nulb peamim

^ ' re ni'htpiy-eyraT 'SeJSa onjeat fa mani^pealban ypel fe fe cyninj

/Jc* , /<flDeobpic pif panaPpiftenanbome ^ pij? l?am Romanircuyn pitnm

I bybe. hte fa' ^emunbe 'Say^a' fefnejT'a ^ fapa ealbpihta tSe hi

unbep tSam Eafepum haepbon heopa ealbhlapopbum. Da on^an

he pmeajan -^ leopni^an on him pelpum hu he f pice "Sam

unpihtpipan cyninje apeppan mihte.- "j on pyht jeleappulpa anb

j2^on pihtpippa anpalb jebpinjan. Senbe fa bijeUice s&nenbjeppitu

to f am liapepe to Conrtantinopohm. l>s&p ir CnecaTheah bup ^

^Z 1 heopa fyyneproL pop f am p ^Apppe p»p hgnj^a; ^bhlafopb

cynne^. \a&bon hme fast he him to heopa Epi ptenbome " | tg.

heoTxatealbpihtum TerultumebeT Da f onjeat pe pa&lhpeoja

2^cymn^ ijeobpic. t5a net he hme jebpmjan on capceTinej f» p

inne belucan. Da ^t ^a jelomp -p pe appypSa paep_ Qn4ya micelpe

jfyneapaneppe becom. fa paep he ppa micle ppitSop on hip GDobe

BOETHIUS.

CHAPTEE L

At the time when the Goths #f the coiintry nf Sftythin
made war against the empire of the Eomans, and with their
kings, who were called Ehadgast and Alyifi. sacked the Boman
citjfand reduced to subjection all theldngdom of Italy, which
is between the mountains and the island of Sicily-,"and then,
after the before-mentioned kings, Theodoric obtamed posses-
sion of that same kingdom:, Theodoric was of the race of the
Amali^ be was a Christian, but he persisted in the Arian
heresy. He promised tp the Eomans his friendship, so that
they might enjoy their -ancient rights. But he very ill per-
formed that promise, and speedily ended with much wicked-
ness; which was,' that iir addition to other unnunikbered
erimes, he gave order to slay John the Pope. Thegi^W&s'
iknm a certain consul, that we call heretoha, who was named
Boethiufi. He was in book^eaming and in worldly affairs
the mosfime. ^^ He theo obseired the manifold evil, which
the king ^eedarkudid afi ptinst ChristianitY * and against the ''
Boman senators. He then called to mind the favours and
the.«aiiciMit rights which they had under the CsBsars, their
aneient^ords. Then began he to inquire, and study in him-
self, how he might take the kingdom from the unrighteous
king/and faring it under the power of faithful and righteous
meiL Se therefore privately sent letters to the Csesar, at
Cpnstantinople, which is the chief ci^ y Q^ the fflreek a, and
their king's dwelling-place, because the UaBsar was of the kin
^f their ancient lords : they prayed him that he would succour .
them with resp6ct to their ChriatianitY and liieir anoient^
lights* When the cruel king Theodorie discovered this, he
gave order to take him to prison, and therein lock up. When
it happened that the venerable man was fallen into so great

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/ jebpepeb. f^^lL-???^. .®P. JT^^^ILJ^ i*^ pojiulb jaelj^um

Tegunob p»f . ;3 he^t$a nanne rnocneyemnan l>am cancenne ne

Xemiinbe. ac he jepeoU nipol op June on fa'^jdop. 3 hine

aptpente JT?i)>e unpoc. anb opmoy hine pelpne onjan pepan 3

^ f uf j-mjenbe cpaej>.

^ CAPUT IL

/ I jyR liog/be ic imeccag go p^ ronx. ic rceal no*

^ he o rienbe png an. p mib Fp^l^el unjepabum popbum ^erectan.

^ peah ic geo hpi luj feecopl^ cunbe . ac ic nu pepenbe -j gjTienbe

/Ooj. gepabfm popb at laM^ "^^ ablenban fap imjecpeopan^populb

// f^^- 5 n^e paTpoplecan j^ja blmbne on | )i pmm^6 [libK f)a.

"Bepeapobon a&lcepe luptba&pneppe fa ^ ic Lim a&tne betrc

tnupobe. '8^ penbon hi me heopa ba&c to anb me mib ealle

ppom^epitan. To phon rceolban la mme Tmienb pejjan faec ic

/^jepsBLj mon ip2i\ie, hu masj pe beon jepselij pe "Se on "Sam je-

/^paelfum t $unhpuiiian.n e moc I •

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CAPUT III.*

li § I. DS IC fa t$ip leof. cp»t5 Boeciup. jeompienbe ap^nsea.
/i^ .haepbe. "Sa com ^»p jan m to me heopencunb'f^ipbom. 3 -f
^mm'mujmenbe ClOob mib hippopbum jejpette. 3 fup cp»)>. pu

ne eapt fu pe mon fe on mmpe rcole pa&pe apeb^ t xel»neb.

Kc hponon pupbe pu mib pippum populb popjum fup ppife
2i jeppenceb. buton ic pat -f fu hasppt tSapa paftpnaTto^hnaf ^

pgmjtg^Se ic fe »p pealbe. Da chpobe^ pe pipbom '^ cpaef.

i'ifljepica}) nu apip^ebe populb popja ojijninep fejenej ClOobe.

J^ popfam je jmb f a maajtan_j;ceajan. Lsetaf hme ept hpeoppan

to minnm lapnm. Da eobe pe p^ip'bom neap, cpaef Boetiup.
^V mmum hpeoppenban jefohte. 3 hit ppa niopul^ hp»t hpeja*

upapa&jibe . abpijbe fa minep^ GOobep eatan. anb hit ppag
J/yblifum popbimi.® l^ paBpep hit oncneope h ij fjFoptepmobop / mib
/ tSam fe "Sa f GOob pif hip bepenbeTTajecneop hit ppif e ppeotele

hip ajne® mobop. f p»p pe pipbom fe hit lan^e »p tybe '^ l»pbe.
J^ ac hit onjeat hip lape ppif e totojLOnne 3 ppife tobpocenne^^ mib

* Boet. lib. i. metrnm 1. — Cannina qui quondam, &c.

* Boet lib. i. prosa 1. — Hsec dum mecum, &c.

' Cott. apebeb. ' Cott. cleopobe. • Bod. niopohl. * Cott. hposu.
» Bod. minenep. • Cott pp»sn li>um popbum. ' Cott jpEjepcgpnaabop,
* Bod. PI'S bepenbe. • Cott. asene, »• Cott. totopene "j ppi>e

tobposbene.

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trouble, then was he so much the more disturbed in his mind,
as his mind had foMperlj been the more accustomed to worldly
prosperity ; and he then thought of no comf ort in the prison ;
but he fell down prostrate on the floor, and stretched himself,
very sorrowful, and distracted began to lament himself, and
thus singing said :

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CHAPTEE^IL ,

The lays- which I, an exile, formerly with delight sung, I
shall now mourning sing, and with very unfit words compose.
Though I form .^ ]^e^ife^yented, yet I now, weeping and fJ^M^^
' BobbiDg , wflmS e g fipomoppjo pckte words. To blind me, these ^ *"'
untaitbM^ wfljrialy riches , and to leave me so blinded^tn this
dim hole ! At that time they bereaved me of all happiness,
when I ever best trusted in them : at that time they turned
their back upon me, and altogether departed from me!
Wherefore should my friends say that I was a prosperous
man ? How can he be prosperous, who in prosperity cannot
always remain p

CHAPTEE III.

§ I. When I, said Boethius, had mournfully sung this lay,
then came there into me heavenly Wisdom, and greeted my
sorrowful Mind with his words, and thus said : How, art not
thou the man who was nourished and instructed in my school ?-
But whence art thou become so greatly afflioled by these
worldly cares ? unless, I wot, thou hast too soon forgotten
the weapons which I formerly gave theef Then Wisdom
called out and said. Depart now ye execrable worldly cares
firom my disciple's mind, for ye are the greatest enemies..^
Let him again turn to my precepts. Then came Wisdom
near, said Boethius, to my sorrowing thought, and it so
prostrate somewhat raised, then dried the eyes of my Mind,
and asked it with pleasant words, whether it knew its foster -
mother. Thereupon, when the Mind turned towards him, it
knew very plainly its own mother, that was the Wisdom that
long before had instructed and taught it. But it perceived
his doctrine much torn and greatly broken, by the nands of
foolish persons, and therefore asked him how that happened.

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/ b^^p& konbum. 3 hiae )>a j^an^ hu f jepupbe. Da anbfpypbe
fe f^ifbom<luia ^ f»be. ^ hif ;^in2pan hsepbon hine j^a toto-
penne. f9^ ymji lu teolikobon,^JiLLme eallne habban jceo lbon .
ac hi ^e^abepai^ monipealb byp^ on )w]ie jxipcpofun;^ •] on

^ Jjgmtilpe. bacan heopa hpdc qt; to hype^ bote ^ecippe ; •

§ II .•^Da on^an fe |7ij-bom hpeopfi^ pop f»r CDobef

tjrbepn ejje. ^ onjan fa jibbian ;) fup cpa& y^^a on hu XP^nb -

^ leafum rea^e ^ GDob Vnin3:l>. ^ fonne hit ' ^e)t:ypTnft)i ))ijyft

populbe unjefpaepnef pa. jif hit "Sonne If opjet hif ajen leohfc.

//; f If ece ^pea. anb ])pin|jt-Qn.jiafapjnban totpQ . 'p ffinb popnlb

f op2;a. f pa fpa }>if QOob nu bej). nu hit nauht ellef nat butan

// ^opnun^:*

y ly^/f^ ^11' Qa pe f^ifbom l>a t reaC^rceabpim er f if leof afun^en

^^^^^^^^a&fbon. fa on^an lie eft fppecan ;) cpse]?^ to fam GDobe. Ic

A ^^6 § IV. Tk'opjjam 5f }>u Se offceamian^ pilt Dinep jebpolan.

J/^^^^oone on^inne ic fe fona bepan ;] fe bpin^e nub me to

^It^ /f hepfonum.-Da anbfpopobe him ■g' foipote, COob ^ cp»f . Ppset;

la hp»t f int f If nu fa 50b ^ jfeJl^lflB f^^" ealne p^ jehete

f;^am monnum f e "Se heo ppimi an polban* if f if nu fe cpibe fe

fu me jeo fsebeft. f fe pipa Plato cpaebe. f pap. f set nan

anpealb n»pe piht butan pihtum feapum. I jephft f u nu_tet

jfpopfpycte . popf am hi t5inum pillan

pytiCiyiran^ reonbaii^ upehapene fuph

^/lieopa j^nbaeba '7Vuphhe6pa relFlice. \^ hi liy e^ mse^en heopa
unpiht j^piH popf bpmjan. hi nnb^miVjipttm ^ mib jeptpeo-
.num^ Sepypfpobe. popfam ic nu pilXe jeopnliee to Iiobe
;^ ^cleopian. Oagan fa jibbien. ^ fup fic^ende cpsef •

CAPUT IV.*

J^ €ALA f u f cippenb h^ponep ^ eopfan. |?u\t$e on fam ec a n

re9e_ picfart. l>u pe on jnpae&um Fa&peipe fon^e heofQif^ ml v :

' hpeoppert. ^ tJa tun^lu pu jebeft fe jehypfume. *] f^^junngg

Boet. lib. i. metnim 2. — ^Heu, quam prsecipiti, &c.

^ Boet. lib. L metrum 5. — stelliferi conditor orbis, &c.

o prceamifta . *• Cott goob anb fa eblean. • Cott.1

' Cott. septpobum.

1 Cott. rp8&sn. « Cott. Tuhtpe. » Bod. bpiDgS. j>

lb fa eblean. • CottT]

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Then answered Wisdom to htm a&d said, that his seholars
had thus torn huu, when they endeaTouredto possess them-
selves of him entirely. But. they gather much folly by pre-
Biimpt^. And by arrogance, unless any of them to tReir
axnendiii^iit return.

§ II. Then began "Wisdom to grieve for the frailty of the
Mxnd, and began to sing, and thus said : Alas ! into how un-
fathomable gulf the Mind rushes when the troubles of this
world agitate it. If it then £^g^ its oWn hght,' nf hlch' is
eternal joy, and rush into the^^^^I'darkness, which are the
eares of this world, as this Mind now does, now.it knows
nothing else but lamentations.

§ III. When Wisdom aod Beason had sung this lay, then
beigan he again to speak, and said to the Mind : I see that
there is now more need to thee of comfort, than of bewailing.

§ IV. .Therefore, if thou wilt be ashamed of thine error,
then wiin soon b^n to bear thee up, and will bring thee
with me to the heaYens. Then answered the sorrowful Mind
to him, and said : What ! O, what ! are these now the goods,
and the reward, which thou always promisedst to the men
who would obey thee ? Is this now the saying, which thou
formerly toldest me that the wise Plato said, that was, that
no power was right without right manners? Seest thou
now, that the virtuous are hated'an'ii oppressed, because thigy
would follow tEywHT: and the wicked are exalte d through
their (srimes and through their seK-love? That they may
thebetteif (accomplish their wicked purpose they are promoted
with gifts and with riches. Wherefore I will mow earnestly
caU upon Gbod. He then began to sing, and thus singing
said:

CHAPTEE IV.

O THom Creator of heaven and earth ! thou who reignest
on the eternal seat ! thou who tumest the heaven in a swift
course ! thou makest the stars obedient to thee..: and thou
makest the sun, that she with her bright splendour dispels
the darkness of the swarthy night. So does also {he moon
with his pale light, ii&leh obscures the bright stars in the

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/ eac bfnlnm ]7a funntiii heojieleohtef bepeafa]> ]M>nne he betpox

y ikY'} hiji® PyP^ ^ eac bpiluni ]?one beojibtan fteoppan pe pe

hata]> nnnp;z;i»Ti pr:finp pn*]>nTi^ llcan' "pe ^ata]? 0]?yie r >aTnan fl^ffiT^-

J, p:eopna/ l?tt J^ jyan rffpjntepbaguin .|^eleps> rcopte tiba i l?a&r

^rumepert bahum lanxpanT^pTT^eVa rpedpa t>ufih pone fteapcan

pilib uojipaii'j eaftan on ha&pfeft tib heop^leajia bepeajaft. ^

ej* on lencten oppu leaf YeUejt, j?uph j pShe pnyltan ru)>an

d» peftepnan pmb. Dpaat pe ealle jefceajxa ,heoppiiniap "] pa je-

j-etnejja pmpa beboba healbap. butan men anum f j^ ^g

y/qopepjj^py. 6ala "5u sehnihti^a rcippenb anb pihceno eaHHa'

jefoeafta. help nu pinum eapmum moncynne. Ppy pu la

Dpihfcen a&fpe polbert'^'^ r eo pypb rpafh pvppan rceolbe . heo

• ppeap pa unj-cilbi^an *] nauht ne ppeap |)ain j-ciioijum. f itfcap

manpullie m heaJbrefclum. ;) halije unbep heopa pcum ppy-

/sTcaJ). fticiapKehybbe beophce cpa&ftaf . ^ y & unpjhbp ifan ts&la^^

fajLihSpii-aa. nanh t nepepei i^a p monnum mane j^r.'ne *^

^eafe loc pe rbeop mib pam ppencum beppijen. foppam penc nii

/ j julneah eall tmoncvn on tpeon unxa xip po pvnb TPa hpeoppan

. 1 eprnT^ pu h — ' ' ~ "^

mot on yf elpa manng^epiHT^ pu heope nelc ytipan, €ala mm
Z^Djiihten. pu pe eaQe ^efceapta opennhrt . hapa nu milbelice on

pa]' eapman eopt^an. anb eac on eall moncyn. pop]7am hit nu
/^ esJl pmp onjam ^ um iSirve populbe ;«

CAPUT V.^

§ I. DA f GOob pa piUic pap cpepenbe psef. ^ pif leop pn-

^Y^Sfej^S^nbe pa&j*. x^ rir^pm pa "J jeo Ijei'ceqhpipier him blipum

Ao^d^^^ajum on loSibeA "3 lie pop paej* GOobej- jeomepunje^ na&f

nauht ^^jie^eb, ac cp»p to pam OOobe. Sona ppa ic pe a&pejt;

/;on "Siffe unpotnepfe jepeah t$uf mujjclfinbe.^ ic onjeat f ^u

psepe utap apen* op pinep p»bep epele. f ip op minum lapum.

paep ^ him popeop "Sa pu tSme paeptpsBbneppe poplete. *] pen-

i^c^ bert '^ reo peonb4pa|- ponulb penbe heope ajenepponcep buton

:^J IfObep xepeahte. "i hir papunxe. ^ ■] monna jepyphtum. Ic

pipte f pu utapapen paepe. ac ic nypte hu peop. aep pu pe pelp

T?/ hit me jepehtejt mib pinum ppfysum, Sc peah pu nuTpiep

pie^ ponne pu paepe. ne eapt pu peah eallep op pam eapbe

J^tibpipen. peah pu "Saep on gebpolobe. ne gebpohte t5e eac

• Boet. lib. i. prosa 5. — Hac ubi continuato dolore, &c.

* Bod. eahum on locobon. * Cott. Seompunsa. • Cott. mupc
nienbe, * Cott, ufcabpipen. « Cott. pio pyjib. • Cott. se]>apunsa
" Bod.pryppeo.

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he a re n ; a&d Bometimes bereares the sttn of her ^gbt, wh«ii
b» ifl- batvixt us and her ; and so motica ofl the brigfht star
which we call tbe morning star^ the s%ne we call by another
lyme^ the evenin g star. y* Thou, who to the winter days givest
short times, and*jto"The summer's dajs, longer ! Thou, who
the trees, by the stark north-east w'lnd in harvest-time, of
their leaves bereavest; and again in spring, other leaves
givest, through the mild south-west wind! "What! do all
creatures obey thee, and keep the institutions of thy com-
mandments, except man alone, who is disobedient ? 0,Jthou
almighty maker and governor of all creatures, help now thy
miserable mankind. Wherefore, O Lord, everwouldest thou,
that fortune should so vary ? She afflicts the innocent, and
afflicts not the guilty. The wicked sit on high seats, and
trample the holy under their feet. Bright virttfes lie hid,
and the wicked deride the virtuous. Wicked oaths in no
wise injure men, nor the false lot which is with fraud con-
cealed. Therefore jalmost all mankind will now proceed in
doubt, if forhine may thus vary^ accoriSng to the will of evil
men, and thou wilt not control her. O, ray Lord, thou who
overseest all creatures, look now mercifully on this miserable
earth, and also on all mankind : because it now all struggles
in the waves of this world,

CHAPTEE V.

§ I. Whilst the Mind was uttering such sorrow, and was ^^
singing this lay. Wisdom and Eeason looked on him with
cheerful eyes ; and he was nothing disturbed on account of
the Mind's lamentation, but said to the Mind : As soon as I
first saw thee in this trouble, thus complaining, I perceived
that thou wast departed from thy father's countrv, that is
from my precepts. Thou departedst therefrom when thou
didst abandon thy fixed state of mind, and thoughtest that
PortunfLgoyerneithis^WQcld according to her own pleasure,
without God's counsel, and his permission, and men's deserts.
I knew that thou wast departed, but I knew not how far,
until thou thvself toldest it to me, by thy lamentations*
But though thou art now farther than thou wast, thou art
not nevertheless entirely driven from the country ; though
thou hast wandered therein. Nor, moreover, could any other

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/ Ban olTep man on ^m ^polsn butan ]»e yfipmi, ]>uph ]>iiie
a^ene'nemelefte.^ njs fceolbe ]>e eac naoi man jpelcef to
^elepanj^ji ' tfu .^emunan polbe^t; hp^lqia ^eb^pfca pa psepe '3
kpylcpa bupspapa poji pqralbe. o)>pe ejtr 2;afdice lipdcep S^F^-

^ j-cipef t5u pa^pe on^mumOOobe. "] on ])iiq*e^ ^ef ceabptjTaejje. -^ if
■^ pu eapt; anf^apa liJitpiren pa i ]}apa mhtiaileD^pa. pa beo^

y ^aepe heopeiu^ban lepnj-alm^ bupjpap67 op )i»pe n»ppe nan.

' buton^'Eej-elf polbe. ne peap]> abpif«i. f if of hif jofcwan piUa.
psepe ]>8sp be pe&pe. pmle he bsepbe poae mib ium. ]7onne he

/O'poxie mib kan haepbe. ps^^e }n&p he ps&pe. )Knine pssf^ he
mib hif apxam cyime. *] mib hif a^um bup^papum on hif
a^um eapbe ]Hnme he ps&f on ])ape pyhtpipqia ^emanan.
8pa hpa ]M)nne fpa fsef pypfe bif -f he on heopa "Seopbome
beon moc. ]>onne bi^ he on Jam hehftan ppeobome. Ne

//onfcunije ic no fsef neopepan anb p»f unclseoan ftope, pfj£_

//ppe j^jiBbne gemeti e, Ne me na^ ne lyfC mib gjaj-e jepopTicpa
pa^a ne heahfetla^ mib ^olbe "j mib ^immnan ^epenebpa. ne

/^ boca mib jolbe appitenpa me Qjajpjje.ne lyfC. ipa. me lypt on

^& )>e pihcep piUan. Ne fece ic no h^ pa bee. ac ^ ^ pa bee

y ;;/ ' ponpcen c^ ^a&t; ic lnn ^_xepit; fpipe p hte. f u f eopobepc ]>a pon-

pjpb^ a&xV»P S€ on ^pa unpihtpifpa anpealba heancf f e. je

;,'Jon mmpe unpug^ejje anbTp apef ettpenejje. je on papa majU

/ ; yulpa |onl?po]il8&tenerre on par ponnlb rpeba . Ac popfon fe Jje

£JiY fpi|>?^ micel unpocnef f nu jetenje.^^ je op 'Sinum yppe. je

op "Sinum^^ jnopnunja. ic tSe ne maegnu jet geanbpypban sep

t$on '6aef Cib^® pypb : •

^'l. § 11/ Popfan eall f mon imcifehjce onjm]),^* na&p]? hit no

^ jaeltaBp i ^e^^ enbe. Donnfe ]>agpe ruapan rcima on Su^ftuf

J monbe hatartTf5h|> . iHiyfe jbyreii^ap re l! H » lwun e pile - jaf tie psBb

J/ o]?i:»rtan ])ami bninm^ ^nnipum. fpa bef eac f e ^e ^mcjae^SSL

pebepnin^^letgSSSil rgggP -'^e- iP^bt; }?u pin ppmgan on

^ mjq ^jintep:^^ ^eah t$e peFljx^ peapmef muftef I •

§ TIT.^T)k chpobe pe f^ifbom "] cpsef . GOot ic ntTTcunnian
^S hpon ]yinne^ ^Eagrtns&bnerre . l?agt ic fanon^^ onjiton mteje hpo-
^S nan^^ ic )nn tilian p cyle ^ hn. Da anbpj^be -f 0^5^ II cp^^f •

' Boet. lib. i. metrum 6. — Cum Phoebi radiis grave, *&c.

ff Boet. lib. i. prosa 6. — Primum igitnr paterisne, &c.

* Cott. Siemeherte. « Bod. pinne. ' Bod. buca. * Bod. p»pe.
* Cott. no. 8 Bod- ^ephtpa heafaf eda. ^ Bod. j:opJ>eiit. « Cott.
|>afc If >m. » Cott. poonpyjib. 1° Cott. f pa. " Cott get setenge.
» Cott. >mpe. »VCott. tub. " Cott uncubbce onsyn«. »^ Bod.
8eh»ne. " Cottlbpygnm. ^ Cott. bloftnnan. ^ Bod. ppmsan
on mebbe pintep, ^ Bod. >id. 20 Qq^^ >onaii. '• Cott hponon.

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man lead thee into error, except tbyself, through thine awn
neglig^EMse. iN«r oould any one thus believe it of the^ when
tboii wQioldest call to mind, of what families thou wast, and
of what dtiseBSy.as to the world: or again, spiritually, of
what sooietj thou wast in thy mind,^nd in thy reason: tiiat
iff that thou art one of the just, and of those wno will rightly,
who are the citizens of the heavenly Jerusalem. Thence no
one was ever dnven against his own will, that is- from his
right will. Wheresoever he might be, he had this always
with him ; when he had this with him, wheresoever he might
be, he was with his^own kin, and with his cnrn citizens, in
his own land, when he was in the company of the just.
Whosoever, then, is worthy of this, that he may be in their
service, he is in the highest freedom. I shun not this
inferior, and this unclean place, if I £nd thee well in-
structed. I ^ not desirous of walls wrought with glass, or
of thrones ornamented with gold and with jewels ; nor am I
so desirous of books written with gold, as I am desirous of a
right will in ihee. I seek not here books, but that which
books are profitable for, that I may make thy mind perfectly
ri^rt. Thou complainedest. of evil fortune, both on account
of the height of unjust power, and on account of my mean-
ness and difi^onour ; ana also on account of the uncontrolled^
license of the wick ed, with respect to these worldly goods.
JfiDt as very great trouble has now eome upon thee, both from
thine anger and from thy sorrow, I may not yet answer thee,
ItdTore t& time for it arrives.

§ n. Por whatsoever any one begins out of season, has no
good end. When the sun's brightnesiB in the month of August
hottest shines ; . then does he tbdishly, who will at that time
sow any^ seed in tin« dry furrows. So also does he, who will
seek flowersrin the storms of winter. JN'or canst thou press
wine a^g^jBJpter. though, tbou be desirous of warm must.

§ ni. Then spake Wisdom, and said : May I now inquire
a Httle concerning the fixedness of thy mind, that I may
thereby discover whence and how I may effect thy cure?
Then answered the Mind, and s^d : Inquire as thou wilt.

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12 BOETHITJB. CHAP. T.

/ Emma rpa ^u pille. Da r^KAy^M rtPi-rflf^pipAj-.i |Kftlft|^ jra
" pddtlfeo yYji mpea^ |)irre po piJbe, otSge auhc lS^^^Ij j^
jepeoppan idPje butan fam pypEtSi.' Da anbjr^be f COob
;3 cp»^. Nf^Kelype^ '^J 9 'P ^'^ jepeopfan mihte j^a enbe-

/ bypbbce. ac xo f ofann^c^ pat -p ce Irob pihcepe if hif apief
peopcef. ^ ic no ne peapp of pam fopan geleajian. Da anb-
pypbe re f^ifbom ejit ;j cp»p. Ymbe f ilce pu jybbobeft nu
hpene »p anb cp»be. f aelc puht ppom liobe pipce* hif pihc
timan. "3 hip pihte/jjepetnejje pilebbe butan menn anum.

iff poppam ic pimbpi| e mpe un^emetlice hpaet pe peo^ oppe hp»t '

'^mmie nu pu poneKeleayan haBcrt. Sc pit pculon , peah git
t beoplicop ymbe ■pbeon." ic nSt tul^xem ie/fmbe hpset Ju jyt*

/^tpeop^ Xerexe^e.'nu P u t c pift -p pu naht^" ne tpeoge ^ teCob
pijre populbe p ihtene^^/Tie. Iiu he ponne polbe -p heo paspe.

If tVa anbpynb % "XobA fipflgp.* ^^eape ic ms&'^ji po pjtaiibB3i_
pine'fecrunta. 'j jcpipty peah. "^ ic pe anbpvTiban rcyje . 8e pirbom

//fo- cpaep. ^.§J^^^[jcj^ip^J^pjae^V^ pinpe jebpe^bnefpe ^e

tJu mib ymbpanjen eapt. ac pe^e me hpelcej* enben a&lc anxm

y pilnije. Da anbpJTibe f GOob ■] cpaep. Ic hit ^emunbe jeo. ac

J^V me haepp peop^jnopnunj paape jemynbe benumen. Da cpael$

pe ppbom. J7apt tSu hponan aelc pidit come.^* Da anbpJTibe

fCDob ■] cpaBp. Ic pat aelc puht ppam Iiobe com. Da cpaep pe
ipbom. pumaej paet beon. nu pu f angm papt. f ^u eac pone
enbe nyte. poppam peoEebpepebnep maej f C Oobe onprypian.^*
^'f' ac ^eohit ne maeS ^^Y2^V^^^T bepeapien. Sc ic polbe y pu me
paebeptTipaBpep pu piptept^^ hpaet^u pelp paepe. pit pa anbpypbe
^ cpaep. Ic pat f ic on hbbenbum men ^ on jepceabpipum
feom ■] peah on beablicum. Da anbyyjibe pe ^ifbom -j cpaep.
f^apt pu aht^^ oppep bi pe pelpimi to pecjanne butan^'' f pu nu
JO paebept. Da cpaep f OOob. Nat ic nauht oppep. Da cpaep pe
^ipbom. Nu ic habbe^® onjiten t5me opmobnepffe. nu "Su pelp
^/ napt hpaet pu pelp eapt. ac ic pat hu pm mann;etilian^^ pceal .
con1?am Pu raebep: ^ fn ppecca."' paepe i bepealpob aelcep ^obep.
poppam pu neptept hpaet pu paepe. pa pu cypbept f pu neptept
3^ hpelcep enbep aetc angin pilnobe. pa "Su penbept f^^ pteop-

* CottJscMfcgpnen •« Bod. neleppt. » Bod. pyphtum. * Bod.

Sehpbe. *^ i;ott/foJ>um. ^ Qq^^ jnyye. ' Cott. py. « Cott

bion. 9Cott.siet. 10 Cott. noht. " Cott. pihtpipge. "Cott.

bem. " Catt. ovaae. " Cott. aftymjM. ** Cott. pippe. " Cott.

SuhtT »' Cott. buton. " Cott. haebbe. ~ »» Cott. tJiau. «• Cott.
ppeccea, " Cott. p»t te. ^-~

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§ III. BOBTHirS. l3 I

Then said Eeason : Dost thou believe that Fortune governs
this world, or that aught of good can be thus made, without
the Maker ? Then answered the Mind, and said : I do not
believe that it could be made so full of order ; but I know
forsooth that God is governor of his own work, and I never
swerved from this true belief. Then answered Wisdom again,
and said : About that very thing thou wast singing a little
while ago, and saidst, that every creature from Grod knew its
right time, and fulfilled its right institution, except man alone.
Therefore I wonder beyond measure, what it can be, or what
thou meanest, now thou hast this belief. We must, however,
inquire still inore deepl y concerning it. I do not know ver y
well /about what thou still doubtest. Tell me, since thou
sayest that thou doubtest not that God is governor of this
world, how He, then, would that it should be. Then answered
the Mind, and said : I can scarcely understand thy queation sT
and yet thou sayest that T must answer th'ffe.' WisdomtEeh
said : Dost thou think that I am ignorant of the sdvSni^ o f
thy trouble, that thou art encompassed with ? But tell me,
to what end does every beginning tend ? Then answered the
Mind, and said : I remembered it formerly, but this grief has
deprived me of the recollection. Then said Wisdom : Dost
thou know whence every creature cam^ ? Then answered tl!P^
Mind, and said : I know that every creature came from Godf
Then said Wisdom : How can it be, that now thou knowest
the begiiining, thou knowest not also the end ? for grief may
agitate the min d, but it cannot bereave it of its faculties.
&xA 1 desire tBat thou wouldest inform me, whether thou
knowest what thou thyself art. It then answered, and said :
I know that I am of living men, and rational, and neverthe-
less of mortal. Then answered Wisdom, and said : Knowest
thou anything else, to say of thyself, besides what thou hast
now said ? Thdn said the Mind : I know nothing else. Then
said Wisdom : I have now learned thy mental disease, since
thou knowest not what thou thyself art : but I know how I
m nat cui^e thy disease. For this reason t hou saidst thou wert
•J^HJIIf and bereaved of all good, because thou knewest not
wftat niou wert. Thou showedst that thou didst not know to
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BCHBaXBCrS. CHAP. TL;

•wy J>a f u pRbeft f f u fenbejt^ • ^lor rb^ne ptxtf> > ar pojiulb penbe

^ ^bucan IfOber {>e«lige. ^ ac* f paef fpife micel pieok -p "Su jppa

• penan f ceolbeft. N»f hit; na^ f^ an '^ ]>u. oq' un^metlicuia

un^ef sel]>um pa&pe. ac eac f ]7U piilfieak mib ealle f ojipapbe.

Danca nu Iiobe '^ be tSe jepak^una&e ]78&t ic ]?in ^epit; nub

ealle ne pojdec« ]^ehabb^^ im j^eot ]>oiie masftaas "^1 ,}ita^fs^

/Otynbjidjo. f in|ie E»le.^ nu J)u jelec^ -p peo pyyib tkipk hae^

// j-elpie butan liobef g e)>eahtej })ar popiaib penban i» mse^e. nu

J>u ne_^eaji£t ]?e naiinc on6fi«^ aii« Fopjfflun fe oj: fam lyt^an

/^ fpeapcan ^ tSu mib Jaajie tynbpan ^epenje bpef leoht f e on-

liehceJ Sc bifc nij* jit j-e tima -f ic ]>e bealicoj* ma&^e onbpyji-

/•^ ban. Fop^am bit ir aelcer mobef piye f^ fo na rpa hit ppjila^

/ b r.Qjepibaf. j;^ folga)? hit leajjpellunga. op J^aem fonne oppn^

na^ peaxan V& miftar fe^ COob ^ebpep af . "j mib eailetf^ibM

yp pilmag )?a fo]?aii teneh}?e fpelee mifcaf fpelce nu on Oinuna

C&obe'^ inba n. Sc ic hie ^ceal a&pep:'ra;el?imiian. ^ 'p le p'SSan 'pf

£P ^ masy l?8et pfe leoht on ]?e gebpm:gtn :

t CAPUT VI.^

LOEA nu be J)3epe funnan. "3 eac be otSpum tunjluBa.
nne ijeaptan polcnu him bCTopan jaf . ne ma^n hi fonne
/3heopa leoht" j-ellan. fpa eac pTili^eTma pi^b bpilmn midum
rtopme jebpepejrfa pse ^e a&p psef pnyit e pebepe ^«j-hlntpru
>2/on to j-eonne. ])onne heo J>onne ppa jemenjeb pyptJ mib iSkn
£- yfum. f onne pypf heo ppife hpa^ m^labu . feah hep »p jlabn
^rpa&pe on to locienne. Ppa&t eaq rgfbpoc. l>eah' he ppife opTiif
/^;piht pyne. j^onne )?aBp micel rtan p eaipienbe op J?am heahan
munte on innan'j^gealfc. *] hme tbbaate. ^ him hip piht pjn'ep
J^ pipr^eht. ppa bot5 im l?g^eortno T?inne xebnerebnerr e pitrtsmbatt
mmumleohtum lapum. Sc jip Jjupibiije on pibtunffeeleaTian -p
foye leoht oncnapan. a^ypL-j^am Jie ]?a ^^elan pc&l]>k "] '5a un-
?'. nettan. -j ecu; ]?a unnettan unjef»lfa. 5 |>one JT^an ege T)i]Te
^opulbe. f. ip ])aBt tJu "Se ne't anhebbe onrhopepmetto on ]7infie
^.^epunbpulnejT^ *] on f mpe oppopaierre. ne ett ^e neteeontnvpe

^ Boet. lib. i. metrum 7. — ^Nubibus atris, &c.

1 Cott. hpelcepe. * Cott. penbe. ' Cott. ^e|>eahtee. * Cott. eac.
» Cott. no. 6 Cott. h»lo. 7 Cott onlyhte. s^ottTt te. » Bod.
Se>mnSian.

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oxttrageoms and reckless men were happj^nd powerful in this
world : and moreoyer thou showedst that thon didst not know
with what government God rules this world, or how He would
that it ^fe^gld he, when thou saidst that thou thoughtest that
this Mioon^Sa t Eor^une changes: this world without God's
counsel. But it was a very great peril that thou shouldest
so think. Not oulj wast thou in immoderate trouble, but
thou hadst well-nigh altogether perished. Thank God, there-
fore, that he has assisted thee, so that I hare not entirely for-
saken thy mind. We have already the chief part of the fuel
for thy cure, now thou believest that Fortune cannot of her-
self, without God's counsel, change this world. Now thou
hast no need to fear anything, for from the little spark which
thou haat caught with this fuel, the light of life will shine upon
thee. But it is not yet time that I should animate thee more
highly: for it is the custom of every mind, that as soon as it
forsakes true sayings, it follows false opinions. Prom hence,
then, begin to grow the mists which trouble the mind, and
withal confound the true sight, such mists as are now on thy
mind. ±5ui i must dispel them first, that I may afterwards
the more easily bring upon thee the true light.

CHAPTEE VI.

Loon now at the sun, and also at the other heavenly
bodies; when the swarthy clouds come before them, they
cannot give their light. So also, the south wind sometimes
with a great storm troubles the sea, which before, in serene
weather, was transparent as glass to behold. When it then is
80 mingled with the billows it is very quickly unpleasant,
though it before was pleasant to look upon. So also is the
brook, though it be strong in its right course, when a great
Bt<xDe rol&g down &om the hig^ mountain falls into it, and
divides it, and hinders it from| its right course. In like
manner does the darkness of thy trouble now withsijand my
CfliHg^eiied precepts. But if thou art desirous with right>
faith to know the true light; pot'away from thee evil and'
vain joys, and also the vain sorrows, and the evil fear of this
worlds that is, that thou lift iK»t up thyself with arroganee^

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/nanef jobep on nanpe pi}>eppeapbnerre. jroptSam Jjaet COob
y fiemle. big ^ebunben mib jebpepebneffe. J?»p j?irra t pega.yyela
^ au}>ejx jucfa^ I •

CAPUT VII.'

§ I. DS jefpijobe pe f^ifboin tane lycle hpile. ojjfa&c he

/onjeat pa&r OOobef m^6]?ancaf. fa he hi fa onjiten h%fbe. ?Sa

cpaetJ he. Ijif ic fine iinpocnejje on piht on^iten ha&bbe.

fonne nij- f e nauhc^ rP^fop f onne f f a&t fujfoplopen haepfC. fa

>populb«raeltSa fe fu a&p haapbejc. ■] jeompaft nu p opl?ain ]?e heo

T onhpyppeb ii\ Ic onjice jenoh fpeotule f "Sa popmb j a&lfa mib

/^ rpife mani^pe j;petnej:j:e fpife lycehce oleccaf f »m ClJobum fe

hi on lajr pillaf rpifoft bej-pican. "] f onne aec nihpan. f onne

/& hy laef c paenaf .^ hi on op epmobnejje^ popls&taf on f am ma&r^an.

rape, Ijif t5u nu pitan pilt hponan hy cumaf . j>onne mihc^ f u

/:on5ican* f hi cumatJ op popnlb ^icpunja. Eip fu fonne heojia

//f eapap pican pile, fonne miht fu oiijycan f hie ne beof nanum

;o men jecpeope.^ be fsem fu mihc^ onjitan f J^ f»p nage

mynhfe on naepbept. ^a fa f u hie haepbepc. ne epc j ^SSSf^e

JTFonlune^ fa fa f u hieTpoplupe . Ic penbe f ic fe 510 jelaejieb

hagpbe f fu hi oncnapan cu]?ert. ^ "3 ic pipte^ f f u hi onpcune-

^^bept. fa fa fu hie ha&pSepc. feah fu heopa bpuce. Ic pipte^^ ^

f u mine cpibap pi^S heopa piUan opt pa&bept. ac ic pac f nan

jepuna ne maej nanum man^^ beon onpenbeb. f f a&t OOob ne

pie be pumum baele onpcypeb. popf am f u eapc eac nu op f mpe

pCihieppe ahpoppen '. • .

ZS^ § n.'' ^ala 60ob. hpaet "bepeapp f e on fap^^ cape y on f ar

3;nonnuny ja. hpa&c hpeju linjepunelicep^^ f f e on becumen ip

ppelce ofpum monnum sep y ilce ne ejlebe. Ijip fu fonne

penpt "^ hit. on fe^gelong pe f fa populb pe&lf a on f e ppa

onpenba pine, fonne eapt f u on jebpolan. ac heopa f eapap pine

J ppelce. hie beheolbon on f e heopa** ajen jecynb. ^ on heopa*^

J/ jpanblunja hie gecyf bon heopa p»pcp»bneppe.*^ ppilce.^^ h^is

* Boet. lib. iL prosa 1. — Posthtec panlisper obticuit, &c.

k Boet. lib. ii. prosa 1. — Quid est igitur, homo, &c

» Cott. noht. * Cott. pena^. » Cott. opmobneppe. * Cott meaht.

5 Cott. onsetan. « Bod. ne tpeope. ' Cott. meaht. « Cott. cnfe.

» Cott. anb ic pippe. w Cott. pippe. " Cott. men. « Bod. i>a.

" Cott. penpt f u 1* hithpaet mpep pie. o^t hpaet hpos^ unxeinrhcer.

" Cott. hiopa. »* Cott. hiopa. » Cott imps&ptpwbneppe. "Cotfc

rpylce. i« Cott. hi.

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in tby health, and in thy proaperity ; nor again, despair ife ' —
any good in any adversity. For the Mind is ever bound with
miseiy, if either of these two evils reigns.

CHAPTER Vn.

§ I. Thew was Wisdom silent a little while, till he per-
ceived the Mind's thoughts. "When he had perceived them, '
then said he: If I have rightly understood thy trouble,
nothing affects thee more than this, that thou hast lost the
worldly prosperity which thou formerly hadst, and now
lamentest because itiiJ^angfid. I perceive clearly enough
that worldly goods with many an allurement very deceitfully
flatter the minds which they intend at last utterly to betray :
and then at length, when they least expect it, scornfully leave
them in the deepest sorrow. If thou ngw desirest to know
whence they come, then mayest.thou learn -that they come
from worldly covetousness. , If thou then wilt know their
manners, thou mayest learn that they are not faithful to any
man. Hence thou mayest understand that thou hadst no
pleasure when thou hadst them; nor again, didst lose any
when thou didst lose them. I thought that I had formerly
instructed thee, so that thou mightest know them ; and I
knew that thou despisedst them when thou hadst them,
though thou didst use them. I knew that thou, against
their will, didst often repeat my sayings. But I know that
no custom can be changed in any man without the mind
being in som^ measure disquieted. Therefore thou art also
now moved from thy tranquillity.

§ II. O Mind, what has cast thee into this care, and into
these lamentations ? Is it something unusual that has hap-
pened to thee, so that the same before'ailed not other men ?
If thou then thinkest that it is on thy account tha t worldly
goods are so changed towards tkee, then art thou in error :
for their manners are such. They kept towards thee their
own nature, and in their changeableness they show their con-
stant state. They were exactly, when t)iey most allured thee,
such as they are now, though they flattered thee with false
I happiness. Thou hast now understood the unstable promises

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44p»pon pihte |», ti ^e inxjt jeoleccan fpilce ki bu fmbon.

feah )>e hjr )>6 oleccan^ on pa, leaf an ]*8&l)>a. Nu ^u haenrt onxvrcn
^ fajonclan cpupa^ f»f blmban luftef. 8a tjiiopa 8e iJe nu

pnbon opene. hf pifeon 'jiT^Tmb manegum ofpum behelebe.
.^ Nu fu pajic hpelce feapaj* fa populb f aelfa habbaf ^ hu hi
\ hpeappiaf. Erij fu J?onne heopa pe^en beon pile, "] \>e heon^ t
y « feapaf liciaf . CoTipon mypnft fu j^a ppife. h m ne hp eappoj jt gu ^
'^ «[clnib Inm. gip Ju fonne heopa untpeopa onrcunge . opeTi-

hoja* hi fonne^ a&pip hi ppam pe. pop}?am* hifaanaf |>e to
/O |>miiej ]gpeapepA ; • Da ilcan J)e t$e jebjbon nu fap gn opnim sa*

popfam fe ]m hi hsepbeft. fa ilcan fe pe&pon on fSEepre. ^ip

Jm hi na ne unbeppenje*; • Da ilcan fe habbaf nu heopa
/^ a^tgjagcep popletan. nalep Jwnep. fa f e nseppe nanne mon

buton f opy ne pplsetaf . Djucaf f e nu ppife bype* '^ ppife
iS leppe fa f mg tla fe nauf ep ne pnc ne jetpepe co habbenne.

ne eac e^ to poplsetanne. ac f onne heo hpain)pponu ApeoTi»

rcnbe beo^. he hi pceal mib f am m»ptan pape hip fflSSq-

poplsetan :• Nu tSu hie fonne »ptep fmum piUan fe ^etpepe

y habban ne miht.* ^ hy fe piUaf on mupn unxa''^ jebpin^an.

SO fonne hie fe ppam hpeoppaf . to hp&em cumaf hi fonne ellep.

^-Z butan to tacnimxe ropxer T anpealber raper ! ■ Ne pinbon fa

populb pttlt$a ana ymb to f encenne f e mon fonne ha&pf . ac

adc !^eiBip ODob behealt hpelcne enbe hi habbaf . ^ hit ^ e-

t papj^nab wjfep %e pif heopa fpeaunja^e pif olecun^a. Ac^p

^^fupiltDeon heopa tSejn. fonne pcealt fu jeopne ^efolian je
hpaet faep fe to heopa fenunpim. "3 to heopa fe^nim. '^ to
heopa pillan behmpf . Eip fu fonne pilnapt f heo pop ^muni
fin^jum ofpe feaipap nimen. ofpe^ heopa piQa "3 heopa ^epuna
ip. hu ne unpe opfapt fu fonne f e pelpne. f set fu pinf8^® pif f am

^ hlapopbpcipefe fu pelp jecupe ^ ppa f eah ne meaht^^ hiopa pibu
1 heopa ^ecynb onpenbaiL Ppaet f u patpt jip t$u f mep pcipep
pejironjean tJone pmb tobpwbpt. -f fu fonne l»tpt eal eopep
psepelb to faep pmbepbome. ppa jip fu*^ f e pelpne to anpealbe
fam pcmulb ps&lfum ^^epealbejt;. hit ip pih t fge t fu eac heopa

J^^feapumpil^an^e. penjr fu ^ t$u j^HgM||flkto^[£e^. fonne

^/hit on pyne pjpf . ms&je onctppan : » r?e^Byfu f on ma

3y fapa populb p»l]» hpeappunja onpenban ;

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1 Cott. ho](pen. ' Cott panclan tpeopa. « Cott ojrephise.

* Wanting' fti Bod MS. * Cott. biope. ' « Cott. meahfc. ' Cott,

raupcnns a.' • Cott. «esn t hiopa hiepa. » Cott o>ep. " Bod.

pilt. " ne meaht is wanting in l^d. MS. " Cott n^a eac Sif >u.

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of this blind pleasure. These promises which are now ex-
posed to thee, are yet to many others concealed. Thou now
knowest what manners worldly goods have, and how they
change. If lion, then, art desirous to be their servant, and
their manners are pleasing to thee, wherefore mournest thou
BO much? Wh^cjiangrfiat thni ^ i^ot alao wifcl^ thg m ? But 1
if thou wouldstavoid their deceits, then despise them, and
drive them from thee, for they seduce thee to thy ruin. The ^
same things which have now occasioned to thee these lamenta- '
tions, because thou hadst them, would have suffered thee to
be in tranquillity if thou never hadst obtained them. The
same things have now forsaken thee, of their own will, not of
thine, which never forsake any man without occasioning
sorrow. Do these things now seem to thee very dear and very
precious, which «re neither constant to possess, nor yet easy
to relinquish : but when they are departing from any one, he
shall with the greatest sorrow of his mind relinquish them ?
Since, then, thou caasst not, according to thy wish, have them
fiuthful to thee, and they will bring thee into mourning when
t hey d e part from th a^ ; for what else then do they come, but
lor a tlokenof care and unmixed sorrow ? The worldly goods
are not alone to be thought about which we at the time pos-
sess, but every prudent mind observes what end. they have ;
and forewarns itself both against their threats, and against
their allurements. But if thou choosest to be their servant,
then oughtest thou willingly to bear whatever belongs to
their service, and to their manners, and to their will. If
thou, then, art desirous that they should, on thy account,
assume other mannas than their will and custom is ; dost
thou not then dishonour thyself, inasmuch as thou rebellest
ag^nst the government which thou thyself hast chosen ? and
nevertheless thou canst not change their custom or their
nature. Besides, thou knowest that if thou spreadest the
sail of thy ship to the wind, thou then leavest all thy course
to the power of the wind. So, if thou hast given up thyself
to the powei>>l^worldly goods, it is right that thou shouldest
also follow theu^anners. Thinkest thou, that thou canst
turn back the revolving wheel when it moves in its course ?
No more canst thou alter the inconstancy of worWly pros-
perity.

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20 BOETHIXJS. CHAP. TIT.

/ § III.* Ic polbe nuget^ jnt mape^ fpp»can ymbe Jwi populb
fielt$a. to hpam wtpite fu me «p -f ^u hi poplupe pop minum
f^inxum : » Ppi mupcnajt:* fu pit5 mm. fpilce pu pop mmum
tSm^mn peo* ^mef ajnef benumen^ s^Sl'^P S® fii^pa pelona. je

^ pmef peopl?rciper . ajfep^apa pe"com aep ppom me. )>a hi ])e
on la&nbe p«pon ; • U te nu tellan bepopan ppilcum beman
ppilce f u pille. "3 jip ])Uffe];e]2aa miht f «nij beaplic man ppelcep
hps&t apiep ahte. ic hicfeept eal ajipe f y\x ^epeccan miht; f

f }>mep a^ep psape ', • Dypme* ^ imnelaenebne . ic )>e unbeppenj
JOy&'pM sepept to monnum become. ^ )>a ^ getybbe. "^ jel»pbe.
^ ])e fa pyctpo on jebpohce fe fu )ia populb ape mib bejeace.

/^ l>e l?u nu pop:i^ienbe anpoplete . }>u miht ))»p habban fane -p* J>u
mmpa ^ipa pel bpuce. Ne miht fu no ^epeccan. "p l?u fmep
auht poplupe. PpsBt peopapt fu pif me : • pabbe ic }>e wipep be-

/i5'numen finpa jipena papa pe ]>e ppom me comdri : . Aiic pop
pela. anb pop peopppcipe pnbon mine ajne peopap. "] ppa hpsep

; y ppa le-beo he beop mib me. pite pu pop pog. jip f pine a^ne*

/ pelan pa&pon pe puT mlenbept y pu poplupe. ne mihtept pu hi^
popleoj*an. €ala hu ypele me bop manexe't ponulb menn mib
^0 ^am f ic ne mot pealban mmpa ajenpa peopa.^ Se-heope n mpt,

7 / bpenton leohte. ^B^p. "^ ept -^ leoht mib penptpnin hfitifiii ^^ T
f xean m^bpenxanbl6hn^^ ^T py ilcan ^eape ept jeniman.^'

: j reo ra&,.g ot bmicaa rmyltnaTvJba, j eplle ^epceaf ta jnotan
heopa js^epman anb heopa pillan bepitgan butan me anum. Ic
^ Jf ana eom benumen mmpa peapa j eom jetojen to ppembum
/(^ peapiim. t5uph t5a imgep ylban gitpunge^U pojitdb^tnonna. ^uph
pa jitpunja hi me habbap benSKeDTminep naman pe ic mib
pihte habban pceolbe. pone naman ic pceolbe mib pihte habban.
f ic psepe pela "3 peopppcipe. ac hie hme habbap on jne ^enu-
JP men. ^ hie" mehabbatJ xepealbne^* fepop^ plencum ipgtehhob

to heopa leapum pelum. -p ic ne mot nno mmum iSeapum

mmpa tSenun^a pul^anjan. ppa ealla otSpa ^epceapta moton >

Da mine peopap pmbon |7ipbomap. "3 Epaeptap. j pot$e pelan.

3 m mib pam piopum paep on rjinbel mm ple^a. mib pam peopum ic

^.f eom ealne pone heopoif|ymbhpeoppenbe . j pa nipemeptan ic

* Boet lib. ii prosa 2. — VeUem autem panca, &c.

* Cott ma. ' Bod. mupcaf . ■ Cott. pe. * Cott bypigne •}
unl»pebne. » Bod. ]>a. « Bod. agnan. 7 Cott. hi na. * Cott.
]>eapa. • Cott. behehgan. w Cott. bloptman. " Bod. seape ^em^
man. " Cott. imsepylleban gitptrnga. " Cott. hme. " Bod,
Sehelbene.

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§ m. BOETHIITS. 21

§ III. I am still desiroas that we should discourse further
concerning worldly goods. Why didst thou, just now, up-
braid me that thou hadst lost them on my account P Why
dost thou complain against me, as if thou, for my advantage,
wert deprived of thine own ; either of thy riches or thy dig-
nity ? both of which formerly came to thee from me, when
they were lent thee. Let us now spetfrk before such judge as
thou wilt; and if thou art able to prove that any mortal
man possessed anything of this kind as his own, I will give
thee again all that thou canst say was thine own. I received
thee ignorant and uninstructed, when thou first earnest to
man's estate, and then taught and instructed thee, and im-
parted to thee wisdom, whereby thou obtainedst the worldly
possessions which thou now sorrowing hast lost. Thou mayest
therefore be thankful that thou hast well enjoyed my gifts.
Nor canst thou say that thou hast lost aught of thine own.
Why complainest thou against me ? Have I in anywise de-
prived thee of those thy gifts which came to thee from me ? •
All true wealth and true dignity, are mine own servants, and
wheresoever I am, they are with me. Know thou for truth,
if the riches which thou art lamenting that thou hast lost
them, had been thine own, thou couldest not have lost them.
0, how unjustly do many worldly men act towards me, in
that I may not govern mine own servants ! The heaven may
bring light days, and again obscure the light with darkness:
the vear may bring blossoms, and the same year again take
them away. The sea may enjoy calm waves ; and all creatures
may keep their custom and their will, except me alone. I
alone am deprived of my manners, and am allured to manners
foreign to me, through the insatiable covetousness of worldly
men. Through covetousness have they deprived me of my
name, which I should rightly have. This name I should
rightly have, that I am wealth and dignity : but they have
taken it from me, and in their pride they have given and
drawn me to their false riches ; so that I may not, with my
servants, exercise my employments as all other creatures may.
My servants are wisdom, and virtues, and true riches. With
these servants was always my pastime ; with these servants I
am encompassing all the heaven, and the lowest I bring to the
highest, and the highest to the lowest ; that is, I bring humility

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22 BOSTHIUA. CHAP. VII.

/ ^ebpen^e »t pern hehftan. ^ ^a hel^tBXi sat; pam. m]>emeftan.

])»c If "j)^ ic jebpenje ea]nnobneff e on heoponum. ^ fa heopon-

lican ^ob »t; ]7am eajnnebum. 2Sc ])onne ic up^ej^^ie mib minum

])eopum. }>oniie pofifeo pe faj* jrypmeziban pojnilb, fpa ye eapn

/ ]>oime he ^ p^^m fe. bupan fa polcnu ]2J3Jme]Qbi3m_jfib^jaup -f

himjjp^ propnaf fe^piai^ ^^ mahan : • ^ 8pa ic polbe. la GOob. -^

fu pe fope up ccl uf. jif tSe Ivrte. on fa xenab ^ fa epc mib uf

fa eopf an fecan piUe ^p xobna manna feapye : • pu ne pajr

f u mine f eaptq*. hu ^eopne ic ] jmlj ^ pa&r ymbe ^obpa manna

IC j?eappe : • f^aft f u hu ic jepamb^mEe Epeofof feappe Epeca

cyninjef. fa fa hme Eipuf Paappa cymnj ^epan^en hsBpbe 3

hine popb»pnan polbe. fa hme man on f ryp peapp fa al^be

f^ ic hine mib heoponhcon nene. Ac l?u t)efp opfcp ^]^effc pop

l>mpe pihtp ipiejre 3 pop f mum joban piliui penbept face fe

/«f nan piihc unpihcEcep on becuman ne mihce. ppdLce tlu polbept

t$a lean eaUpa f mpa ^obena peopca on f ippe populbe habban ! •

Pa mihtept fu pittan on mibbum ^emaenimi pice, f f u ne

pceolbep c f ilce jef olian f otSpe men : • pu miht^ t$u been

on mibpe/f ippe hpeappun^a. f fu eac mib egpefofe^ pum eo^d.

^0 ne jepelbept ; • Ppa»t pmjatS fa leof pyphtan ofpef^ be f ippe

populb. bucon nnplica* hpeppun^a f ippe populbe : • ppaec ip fc

fonne. f fu faep mib ne ne hpeappije :• Ppset pecpt fu hu

je hpeappan.^ nu icj piemla mib ^ beo : • De pap f eop hpeap-

^n^ hecepe. popf am^ ^ippa pc^ulb ps&ltJa tojd ne IJyce. anb

SS'p^'c f u fe eac becpe m jelepbe : • ^

§ IV.™ Deah 'Sa&m'T peobxitTepe cume ppa pela pelena. ppa
iTia ponbcopna beof De f ipum pacliFum. o^^ f apa pteoppena

no fa peopunja.

. .. ~ '- - .J- - fy^® «apa pelexpa^

cl^^onna pillan je nub~jolbe. ^ mib peolppe. je mib ealmin

"j beonim^inerruin. ppa'8eah ne bif pe-^ tSuppt gepylleb heopa pt:^

; * punxa. ac peol^punbleape ppelxenb ha&pf ppipe mane;;^!! pepte

v''.V ho\^ on to ^abpianne.^ \^pA &id&^ f am pebenban jytpepe ^noh

popjipan. ppa him mon maipe pelf, ppa June ma 1^ I •
«^«^ § V.** pu pile fu nu ani^ryjiban fa&m populb pselfum jip ha
3^ fip^on^ to tSe. ppasttpitpt. fu up. la GOob. hpi ippapt fu pif up*

"* Boet. lib. ii. metrum 2. — Si- quantas rapidis, &c.

^ Boet. lib. ii. prosa 3. — gis igitnr, &c

* Bod. "^ ]>»fc. 2 Cott JbfiiMX gn ne m»SQg. • Cott. nehpea|ipobe.
* Bod. bntan nipdice. *• Cott. hpeappsen. ® Bod. hpeapjruns pwll'a
to pel gelypte "J jJ >u eac becepa ne gelepbept. ^ Bod. he ne beo'5.

8 Bod manega pepcehola to gabpienne* • Cott. cpe'Sa^.

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to the heayens, and hearenly blessings to the humble. But
when I ascend with my servants, then look we down on this
stormy world, like the eagle, when he s^s above the clouds
in stormy weather, that the storms »ajr not hurt him. In
like manner, I am desiroas, O Mind, that thou shouldest
ascend to us, if thou art vrilling : on the condition th^Jb thou
wilt again with us seek the earth for the advantaiare of good
^men. Dost thou not know my manners ?. how careful I
always wacs concerning the wants of good men ? Knowest
thou how mindful I was of the necessity of Croesus, the
Grecian king, when Cyrus, king of Persk, bad seized him,
and would burn him ? When they cast him into the fire,!
delivered him with heavenly rain. But thou, on account of
thy virtue, wast over-confident ; and thoughtest that because
of thy good intention nothing unjust could befal thee : as if
thou wouldest have the reward of all thy good works in this
world ! How couldest thou dwell in the midst of the common
country, vrithout suffering the same as other men ? How
couldest thou be in the. midst of this changeable state, with-
out also feeling some evil through adversity ? What else do
the poets sing coiicerning this world, but the various changes
of this world ? 'What is there 'peculiar to thee, that thou
shouldest not change therewith ? Why carest thou how it
may change, when I am always with thee ? This change
was to thee more tolerable, because thou didst not too much
desire these worldly goods, and because thou didst not, more-
over, place greater confidence in them,

§ IV . Though to the covetous man come as many riches
as there are grains of sand by the sea-cliSs, or stars which in
dark nights shine ; he nevertheless will not cease from com-
plaints, so as not to lament hi ^ poverty. Though God. fulfil
the wishes 6f wealthy men wiih gold, and with silver, and
with all precious things, nevertheless the thirst of their
avarice will not be satisfied, but the unfathomable gulf will
have very many waste holes to gather into. Who can give
enough to the insane miser ? The more any one gives to him,
the more he covets.

§ V. How wilt thou now answer worldly goods, if they say
to thee : Why blamest thou us, Mind? why art thou angry

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/ on hpam abul^on pe t$e I • Ppset iSe onjan lyftan upe. naf uj^
Jnn. |?u ret|t;^ uro nJ>»txgtlj)iner fceogpenbef. Jwi }>u pilnobep;
CO uj- fa&f jobej* J>e Jtu to him f ceolbeit:. f u qnjr* f pe habban
]>e befpicenne. ac pe ma^an q?e]7an ma f ]>u habbe uf befpicen.

J'mi Uf ]>uph ])me lup: ^ pupb ))me ^itpmja onfcunian fceal

ealpa jefceapca fcippenb : • Nu J>u eapt fcj^lbigpa ]K)nne pe.

-^ »2]>ep je pop ]>mmn apium mipiht lu ftum. ^e eac poppam pe

pe ne moton p op p ^^uJlxa n j^eppcippenber pJlan . poppam he

he upe pe onl»nbe »ptep hip bebobum to bpucanne. nallap^

/ ^pmpe u npiht j^itTunxa xey^ to naJppemmap ne : • Anbpypbe
unc nuTcp^Dpe ^ipbom. ppa ppa J>u pille.^it^'gSaibibijap pmpe

/t onbppope : «

CAPUT VIII.*

DS cp»t$ f GOob. ic me onjite sB^bponan pcylbijne. ac ic
eom mib paep lapep pape ppa ppipe opT?p^ccej;) f ic mc^ ^eanb-
//pypban ne ma&j. Da cpsBp re pipbom ept. Pag t ip nu git^ inpie,
unnihtinrnerpe f pu eantfpiJlneab fpoppobt7^£4 C nolbe -^ Vti
}> ^ o ppQhte)ri:. acic polbey ge rceanroSe^rpelcer jebpolan. pop,
/^' ptka. pe re pe hmettonl?encfc re bil> opmob. Sc pe pe pe bine
peeamap. pe bip on npeoppimxa. I xip pu nu xgigunap pilt eallpa

J^fffBjiA appypfneppajje J>u pop J>ippe populbe ^pbept pt5t5an pu
»nept jebopen ymte otJ pipne baej. gp g6 niitag ^i ^ pilt ealle
"gaTbliprieppa Pi}? ptoi unp^tneppum. ne mebt p S ffEfeape cp^an

.. .' f pu ea pmpe j unj^epaeliS. i:oTi)>am Tc peTgiungie^ unbeppeng
untybne -^ ungelsapebne. j me to beapne ^enom. "3 to m inum

^^t^tuga.gfiCybe. Ppa msBj ponne aubt oppep cpepan butan ^n

psepe pe jepaebjepta. t5a pu me psape aep leop ponne cup. "^ aeji

' ]>on pe f u cupept® mmne tybt ^ mme peapap. ^ iCJSfcKgonjne

/^ telaspby rpelce p n ytno pp^e manexum oppumjl elmMi 't^^-
pittmn opto^en ip . ^ ic Vefepypppebe mib inmum lapum td

30 pon f pe mon to bomepe* jeceap. Eip "8u nu poppam cpipt "f
pu jepa&bj ne pie ^ pu nu nsBppt pa hpilenbbcan appyppneppa 3
pa bbpneppa pe pu s&p baepbept. }K)ime ne eapt^® pu peab unje-
pa&bj. poppam pe pa unpotneppa. pe pu nu on eapt. ppa ilce*^
opepjap. ppa pu cpipt f pa bhppa aep bybon. t ^enrt pu nu f l>e

J^ anum pjrilic hpeappung. pilic^^ unpotnej^n becumen. i nanum

^ Boet. lib. ii prosa 8. — Turn ego, speciosa quidem, &c

' Cott. nalep. * Cott petfcep. ■ Bod. pilt. * Cott. naler-

* Bod. me. • CotfflBallaBt. ' Cott Seonene. « Cott. cupe.

•- Bod. me, » CottTnSipei "Bod. »lce. » Cott )>e]lecu hpeappans

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mth us ? in what have we offended thee ? Indeed thou wast
desirous of us, not we of thee ! Thou didst set us on the seat r-
of thy Maker, when thou didst look to us for that good which '
thou shouldest have sought from him. Thou say est that wef
have betrayed thee ; but we may rather say that thou hast
betrayed us, since through thy desire, and through thy
covetousness, the Maker of all creatures will abhor us. Thou
art therefore more guilty than we, both on account of thine
own wicked desire, and also because, through thee, we cannot
perform LgU£- Maker*8 will* For he lent us to thee, to be en-
joyed according to his eoramandments, not to fulfil the desire
of thine evil covetousness. Answer us now, said Wisdom, as
thou wilt : we wait for thine answer.-

CHAPTEE Till.

THEif said the Mind, I perceive myself every way guilty ;
but I am so greatly oppressed with this loathsome sorrow,
that I cannot answer you. Then said Wisdom again : It is
stiff thy fault that_thou.art, almost .despairing. But I am
unwilling. that Jhou shouldest- despair: I" would rather that
thou wert ashamed of such error ; for he who despairs is dis-
tracted; but he who is ashamed is in repentance. If thou
now wilt /*^]] ir.(^ minj all the honours, in respect of this world,
which thou hast had since thou first wert bom, until this day ;
if thou wilt now reckon all the enjoyments against the sor^
rows ; thou canst not verv easi Tysy that thou art miserable
and unhappy. For I took charge of thee unexperienced, and
uninstructed ; and adopted thee as my child, and inured thee
to my discipline. Who can then say aught else, but that thou
wert most happy, when thou wert beloved by me ere known ;
and sooner than thou knewest my discipline and my manners :
and I taught thee young, such wisdom as is t o. many other
older minds denied : an ^mproved thee with mine instruc "
tions, until thou wert chosen a judge ? If thou now sayest,
that thpu art not happy, because thou hast not the temporary
honours and the enjoyments which thou formerly hadst, still
thou art not unhappy : for the sorrows wherein thou now art,
will in like manner pass away, as thou sayest the enjoyments
formerly did. Thinkest thou now, that to thee alone such
change and such sorrow happen, and that the like could

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/ obpmn mobe ypelc neTonbecome. ne aep fe. xne a&ptep pe : •

U^]>e penfc ^n y on seni^^um mennifcum mobe m»je auht

I fsejTjia&blicef b6<Mi butonhpeappin^a. oype pj hit on sene^^um

^ men senile hjnle F»I^bce punaj?. j-e bea}i.hic hupn jMipp e^ f

Ji hic beon ne ma&j J>a&p hit »p paej*. Ppaet fyn^n ©a populb

/f f8&l]>a of pep butoiij rbeaj)er tacminx. Fonl?am re'|bea|> ne cvm^

/^ to nanmn <^pum )?myim butan ^ he -^ hp a pyppe.^ ppa eac fa

^ popu lb pa&lfa cumaf to ]>am^ GOobero pam p»t hi hit beniman

]>»r pe hinneoparfc bip pippe popnlbe. f beof ponne ]K>nne hie

/^ himlfpamxewta^, Irep e^e. la GOob. hpa&fep pe betepe tSmce. nu

// nauht populbpicep* paeptep j ii^ipeappenbep beon ne ma^^.

/•Uipa&pep ))e Jm hy popfeo. ^ p inepf agenep poncep hi poplece

buton pape. ]>e pu jebibe hponne hi pe popjienbne popletan :•

CAPUT IX.P

_!)S on^an pe f7ipbom pmjan anb j^ibbobe "Sup. DQimfe_x§o

ane on habpum heoFonebeophtor tTcme]?. ponne atSeoptjiiap

le^ pteoppan. poppam t5e~neopa beophtnep ne beoS nan

/ y beophtnep pop tiipe. Donne pmylte blapep rupan pertanpii^ .

/ ponne peaxap ppipe hpape pelbep blopman. ac ?5onne pe jTeapca

/j? pmb xjymp ijoppan eaptan. poime topeoppp he ppipe hpape p sepe

20 nopan j?lite. ppa optpone to pmylton i^ J5aap noj^an ^^^

ypt onptypep^ Gak^^aji ^uht nip^ a&rt^r gonbenber peopcer a

pumenbe on populbe I •

CAPUT X.*!

D3S cpaep Boetmp. Gala J7ipboin. pu pe papt mobup^ eallpa

m»^ena» ne ma&;g ic n a pipcpel>an_ ney anbpacgan f pe^ pu me

^^ asp paebejt:. poppon pe hit ip call pop. poppam ic nu ha&bbe

. onpten f pa mine raBll?a ^ jeo^oproTixner. ge ic »]i penbe "g

tera&lpa beon rceolban. nane ra&Ipa ne-f j'int. popgam he rpa

npaeblice jepitep. ac f me haepp eallpa ppipopt gebpepeb bonne ^

\j ic yrobe ppelc trme8 TT?^f^pr -j^mnt^. f ic n u ppe otole onjiten nab be.

^b'f p»t ip peo ma&pte unpa&K on pin afepeapban hpe. f mon

a&pept peoppe*^ ^^epaelij. ■] a&ptep pam raijepaehj. Da anbppopebe

32'IjeA^ T^ f^ipbom •] peo Iie pc eabpipnep ^ cpaep. Ma mPH:^i^ fn n^ mi^

jiA^jSi^^ Boet. lib. ii. metnim^. — Cum polo Phoebus, &c

9 Boet. lib. ii. Frosa 4. — ^Tum ego, vera inquam, &c.
' Cott. apeppet$. * Oott. apepjie, » Cott. to i)on. * Cott nan
puht populbhcep. » Cott, mobop. « Oott. anbracisian J>»r ^««

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happen to no other mind, either before thee, or after thee ?
Or thinkest thou that to any human mind there can be anj
thing constant, without change ? Or if it for a time to any
man firmly remain, death at least will take it away, so that
it may not be inhere it before was. What are worldly goods,
but an emblem o£ death P !For death comes for nothing else,
but that it may take away life. So also worldly goods come
to the mind, in order that they may depriye it of that which
is dearest to it in this world ; that is, when thev depart from
it. Say, Mind, whether thou judgest more wisely, seeing
that naught of worldly power can be constant and unchange-
able ? Whether thou despisest them, and of thine own choice
caast relinquish them without regret, so that thou canst abide
it when they leave thee ^orrowfd ?

CHAPTEE IX.

Thesn began Wisdom to sing, and sung thus: When the
Ban in the serene hearen brightest shines, then become dark
all the stars, because their brightness is no brightness by
reason of her. When the south-west wind gently blows, then
grow Tery quickly field flowers; but when the stark wind
Cometh from the. north-east, then does it very soon destroy
the rose's beauty. So oftentimes the north wind's tempest
Btirs the too tranquil sea. AlasX that there^is^ nothing of
fast-standing work, ever remaining mtSeworld!

CHAPTER X.

Theit said Boethius : O Wisdom, thou who art the mother
of all virtues, I cannot gainsay or deny that which thou hast
said to me, because itTs all true : for I have now- learned that
those my felicities, and the prosperity, which I formerly
thought should be happiness, are no happiness becaiifie they
60 speedily d^art. Bat this has most of all troubled me,
when I most deeply think about that which I have clecrfly
learned, that it is tbe^greatest infelicity of this present life,
that any one is first happy, and afterwards unhappy. Then
answered Wisdom and Eeason, and said : Thou canst not with

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BOETHirS.

CHAP. X.

/ fol^g te t ag l a n T>ine p jjife anb fine jef aeljwi r j» fpa Jni penjr. pop
fam lJB^S yriera&il?um^ ]?e tJu fpopafC. hit if leaping j) fu
penft ))»c 5ulj;fi2 unjefaelij!* Sc jip "Se nu -p fpa fpife
jebpepeb ■] jeunpotfab 1l»p]>. -p te ))u pplupe ]>a leafan je-

j-faelfa. ))onne m»j ic tJe openlice jepeccan. "p Jju pp^cole
onticrt l ?»t: te f u 25it haepft J>one m»]t^ bael )impa^ jef »1]»
^epusep haef beft ; . 8eje me nu hps&]>ep f u mib pihte m»je

J j eppiafl^ f ina i mjfs&llz a* fpelce fu eallun^a h»bbe j oplopen J?ina
^ef8&lfa. ac fu ha&p^ ;i:it;z; efgnb ; z ;ehealben eall -f ]b ie QppvTilK)rte

/^ ^a&t-te ^u l?etberopxob ha&p^eft : « pumijit J>u tfonn/
^ pypfe j^a) lappe. nu ]>\x f leoppe, haejrt ^
W part '|f ye(f)8u;ru1? eaJlef moncynne|-. - \ fe jjif msBj-ta peop)»<

/.^ fcipe. yt leoFal?. '^ ir Simmachur l^^'^ rgggp-f Pp»t he if pt

hal ^ jefunb. •] ha&ff aelcef jobef jenoh. fOpfon ic pat^-plJu
/■^ naht^ ne ^pflap^beft f'^ fu fm ajen peoph/p^P ^i^^e ne peaT

oeft. jip fu nine; jefape on hpilcum eappobum. poppamj:&.|iey
/yi f [7ifbomef Y|'t^?^»y^^ P^^- 1 S^^^^S opPPS nu jit a&lcef
/ eopfhcef e^ef . fe if fpil?e rang t on fmhm eappofum ^ pop*

l?inu m ppa&cppe : • pu ne leopa]> fm piV eao. ^aar ilcan 8mi-
2$ machufepbohtep. "3 fiojj;j;gi^ peljgepy) UBJ ^gfeemetpa&ft:.
^peo ha&f^ ealle ofpu piT opeTilyunxeh mib jblaenneireTeail heope

job ic tJe m»j mib peaum popbum apeocan. "f if ^ heo if on
;;eallum ]7eapum hiepe pa&bep jehc. peo nopaf nu fe. fe anum.

pop]7am t$e hio nanpuht ellep ne lupatS /butaii fe. a&lcep jobep
,2fheo ha&p]) jenoh on fip anbpeapban lipe. ac heo hit h»pp

eall foppepen opep fe anne.'' eall
Jjam fe heo fe a&nne na&pp. faep an
JympgtaBppeapbnep pe heope ^inctS eall
t^lpamheo ip pop finum lupumTc
Sa teapum ^ pop unpotnepfe ; ~\^
tpam*® funum. fa fiftt Tealbonmen
JZTP^^^ol f 10 jipu -} ealk fabr^ujahiop
paebep. fpa fpa jeonje^^mSi majc
monnum. Dy ic punbnite hpi l?une

hit onfcunaf . pop-

hipe If nu pana. pop

auht® -pi heo haepf. pop-

\ J piilneah beab pop

e pe cpefan be fmum

;ej?eahtepap. on fam ip

•j heopS^^fenan^*

jelicopte beon ealbum

Xfi ony tan f ast fu eapt

jS^wi pt ppife ;^exehp nu fu pt hopoft anb eapt hal : . ppaet

fast ip pio mefte aep beabhcpa manna fast hie hbban anbipen

: ^mile. ;3 fu ha&ppt nu tet to eaca^ eaill f ic )>e aep tealbe : •

Ppaet ic pat f f ir 3;itT^on^ n )?pyfo nnfc ,monnep l ip, popfam

JJ mane^m men ip leoppe t^aet he aep pdp f pelte aep he jef eo hif

SSe

. imr»ll>Tim. * Cott J>apa.
lunt. •^Cott. Simachef .

* Cott.
* Cott. ai
^ Cott. opmob. »• Cott tp«m.

» Cott. popan.
' Cott. »iine.
" CottTelbpan.

* Cott. fpiop.

« Cott. noht.

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tmth accuse tliy fortnne and thy happiness, as thou supposest,
on account of the false unbappinesa w hich thou art suffering.
It is a deception wlien thou imaginest that thou art unhappy^
Bat if it has so much troubled thee and made thee sad, thati
thou hast lost the false happiness ; then may I plainly telll^
thee, that thou well knowest that thou hast still the greatest
part of thy felicities, which thou formerly hadst. Tell me
now, whether thou canst with justice complain of thy mis-
fortunes, as if thou hadst altogether lost thy happiness, since
thou hast yet kept entire everything most precious, whicli
' thou wast anxiona j^boutT How cwist thou, then, lament
the worse, and the more unworthy, when thou hast retained
the more desirable ? Thou knowest, however, that the orna-
ment of all mankind, and the greatest honour, yet lives ; that
is Sjmmachus, thy father-in-law. He is yet hale and sound,
and has enough of every good ; for I know tbatlb hou wouldest
jot be unwillin^o give thine own life for "h igi, if tnou wert
^ see mm in a^ dimculties. For th e manis full of wisdom
andvirtueSj and sufficiently free, as yet, from all earthly fear,
lie w very sorry for thy troubles, and for thy banishment.
How ! is not thy wife also living, the daughter of the same
Symmachus? and she is very prudent, and very modest.
She has surpassed all other wives in virtue. All her excel-
lence I may sum up to thee in few words : that is, that she
is m all her manners like her father. She now lives for thee,
thee alone : for she loves nothing else except thee. Of all
^ood she has enough in this present life, but she has despised
it all, beside thee alone. She renounces it all, because she
has not thee. Of this alone she feels the want. Because of
thy absence, everything which she has seems naught to her.
Therefore she is through love of thee, wasted^ and almost
dead with tears and with grief. "What shall we say concern-
ing thy two sons, who are noblemen and counsellors ; in
whom is manifest the ability and all the virtues of their ,
fcther, and of their ^andfather . so far as young men may
most resemble old men? Therefore I wonder why thou
canst not understand, that thou art, as yet, very happy, since
thou still livest and art hale. This, indeed, is the greatest

possession of mortal men, that thev liv^ pyd are ha^ g! and
thou haat yet in addition, all that I have already mentioned

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/ jnp "3 hif beapn fpeltenbe : • Sc hjn Cilaft^ )ni ]K>one to

pepenne butonTanbpeopce : • Ne meaht fu lai jic ]>]inie pyp5e

_S IBfiilif o]>pit;an.ne fm Iff "Ho ^eta&lan. i» eapc )ju noTealluiija

] to naulite jebon fpa rpa }ni penrt.liiir })e nu pt nan una-

^•^bepenbkc bpoc.jetenj^e. popjiam }« l^rftacon^ ir tit oii eojni'*

]»ii pa&rt. ^»t j|m£*^a ealbopjnen. tSe'^^p ^be fppecon. ])a
/"i)e ne lastaw ^eoptpupiM i be Jiif anbpeapban Lpe. ^ ept \\ai
i a^na tpeopaJ "^ feo ^obcunbe lupu.. "3 r® tx)bopa . T >a >peo ]>e ae

l»tal>fcegiitnepui be Imm ecMi lipe. Da anbf popobe ^ unpoce
/^ QDob n c^|>. Aila p«pan Iwt TMicpar fpa tpiune* "^ ppa ]>uph-

pumenbe je fop Iiobe je pop populbe. jja ppa ]ni jregpt. fonne

mihte pe nude py e)?* jefoLan ppa hpaetf^appopnejja jm uj* on
/^become, eall bie uf ])jrnca'5 ]>y leohtpan "Sa hpde ^ jytfi ancnar^

pa&ftelbeo^. ac )hi miht ]>eah on^iton hu ]ia mme^ f aBl])a anb
/^Te.mm peopSpcipe h^ pop populbe ip onceppeb :•

CAPUT XI.'

yL § I. DS anbppopobe r e pirbom t r eo Ijerceabpirne r "3 cp»p.
Ic pene pe^ f ic hpaet npejanunj^ep^ f e upafiope op^aepe un-
pocnerpe "jreulneah jebpohte set "Sam ilcan peopfpcipe tSe pu
a&p haepbepi. buton J)u jit to pill'Ji^fa&p pe J^ l»peb^ip. -p J)e

2^op py platije. Sc ic ne m8&&b pftnlian9 pma p^n^nya pp pam

ly tlan pe pu poplune. i:oppam pu] 7mile mib pope "^ mib un-

' potnepp ^mjenpt gip pe »niep pillan pana bip. tSeah hit lytlep

hpa&t pie. ppa paep a&ppe dntJip anbpeapban' lipe. oppe hpa ip nu.

o^t$e bpa pypp jet aeptep up on pippe populbe. ^ bim nanpubc

Zs" pi^ bip piUan ne pie. ne lytlep ne micelep. Spipe neapepe pent^ ^

-^'^c'] ppipe beanjicj^" pa mennipcan jepa&lpa. poppam opep tpega.

otSSe hie na&ppe to^'nanum men ne becumap. o55e hi pa&p

ns&ppe pa&ptlice ne puphpuniap ppelca ppelce hi sep to coman.

! Ba&t ic pille hen be sgrtaii ppeotolop jepeccan. pe -piton f

;j'/;pume maejon habban sellep populb pelan jenoj.^^ ^^ j^i habba5.
peah pceame pa&p pelan. jip hi ne beo^ ppa 8&t3ele on jebypbum
ppa hi polboiH^ Suine' beop rpit^e a&pele T pibcupe on heojia

jf jebypbum. aC hi beop ijub!!ja6ble 3 inib.h^npe^^ opppycte "j

' Boet. lib. ii. prosa 4. — Et ilia, Prmovimus, inqtiit, &c.

' .Cott. tiolart. * Cott. popj>on binT ancen. * Bod. pumew * Cott.
letJ. * Cottx oncnar . ^ Cott. miia. ' Cott. hpKt hpusununjep.
8 Cott. alypeb. ' » Cott. abpeosan. " Cott. neappa pnt. " Cott.
heanhca. >* Cott. j^ moxuse habba'^ alcep popdb pillan S^noS* " Cott.
h8&ii|>e.

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to thee. But I knowtbllt this is even mo_

man's li&: for many a man would wisIT^at he* himself
should die, rather than behold his wife and children dying.
Why tcMifist thou'then.in weeping without a cause? Thou
canst not jet hlaiae thy fortune, nor upbraid thy life : nor
art thou altogether brought to naught, as thou thinkest.
No unl>earable misery has yet befallen thee, for thine anchor
is still last in the earth : that is, the noblemen whom we
before mentioned. They suffer thee not to despair of this
present life : and again, thine own faith, and'ilie dmne love
and hope ; these then suffer thee not to despair of the ever-
lasting life. Then answered the sorrowful Mind, and said :
0, that the Anchors were so secure, and so permanent, both
for God, and for the world, as thou sayest ! then might we
the more easily bear whatsoever misfortunes come upon us.
They all seem the lighter to us, so long as the anchors are
feat. But thou mayest, nevertheless, perceive how my Mici-
ties, and my dignity here, in respect of the world, is changed.

CHAPTEE XI.

§ I. Then answered Wisdoip and Season, and said : I
think, however, that I have, in some measure, raised thee up
from this sorrow ; and almost brought tliee to the same dig-
nity which thou before hadst. Only thou art yet too full of
Khat thou hast relinquished, and art therefore grieved. But
I cannot endure thy lamentations for the little that thou
hast lost. Eor thou, always, with weeping and with sorrow,
iDoumeBt,if there be to thee a lack of anything desired,
though it be of something little. Who was ever in this
present life, or who is now, or who shall be yet after us in
this world, to whom nothing against his will may happen,
either little or much ? Very narrow, and very worthless, are
human enjoyments : for either they never come to a man, or
they never coz\stantly remain there such as they first came.
This I will hereafter more dearlv show. "We know that;
Bome may havli.fillOUgh of all worldly wealth ; but they have
nevertheless shame of the wealth, if they are not so noble in
birth as they wish. Some are very noble and eminent^ on
account of their birth,' bat they are oppressed and made sad

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/ ^eunpotf o8e. f hun p»pe leofjie f hi pa&pan una&^le ]K>xme
]-pa eapme. jip hit on heopa anpealbe ps&pe : • GOane^e heop
piah »s)'^p jetFuU-»)>ele je tpill-peh^e. "3 beop ]>eahtpin-
unpote. ]K>ime hi opep tpe^a ot$t$e pip habba]> him ^em»c. oppe

^Tiiin ^emece nabba]> : • ^ CPam2e habbap ^enojl^^ihci^e-
pipob. ac ppibeapnlep; g . eaUne pone pelan t5e m^ejlBibepijaf
hi l»pa$' fpa&mbum to bpucanne. anb hi beo]> |:oppain iin- %

(f pote : • Same habbatS beapn ^enoje. ac 9a beop hpilum unhale .
oppe jrpele j unpeopp.* otJtJe hpafe ^epapap. f 9a elbpan pop-

/o ]>am ^nopniap ealle heopa populb : • Foppam ne ma&j nan mon
on ]>if]*e anbpeapban hpeeallunjaiepab beon pip hif pypb. peah
he nu nanpuht eallef na&bbe ymBetb'fopjreimer^'iiim ma&j
to fop^e. 9»t he nat hpa&t him topeapb bip. hps&pep pe ^ob pe
jjel. pon ma pe ]>u pi]t;eft. j eac pa&t f he ponne jefselhce

/^bpycf. he onbpa&t f he fcyle popla&tan. Iretaec me nu jnimne

. mann }>apa pe 9e jera&lejoft pmce. ■] on hip felj^e jy fpifop:

jepiten. ic pe jepecce fpipe hpape f t5u ongitft f he bip pop

rpipe lytlum pmjum opt ppife un^emethce jebpepeb. ^p hnn

aenij puht bi9 pip hip pillan. oppe pip hip jepunan. peah hit nu

jlc lytlep hpset peo buton he to »lcum men ms^^e ^ebeacnian f
he ipne on^ hip pillan :• f7unbpum Ijrel maaj jebon pone
eallpa jg-aehjeptan mon hep pop^ popidbe. f he penp J>a&t hip
"brf jfien o99e ppipe ^epanobe o9t5e mib ealle popilopene : •
nu f J>u peo ppipe unjepaelij. ;] ic pat f mane^m

£/men t5uhte f he ysdjte to heoponum ahapen jip he aemjne'^ bad
ha&pbe papa ]>inpa jepa&lpa pe 8u nu get ha&ppt : • ® Ee pup-
pum reo ptop: pe pu nu on ha&pt eapt. "^ pu cpirt ^ pmtpria&c-
_ptop py heo ip pam monnum ef el )>e pa&p cm jeoopene paepan.
3 eac yam 9e heopa pillum paep on eapbi jap : • T NeTnanruht

fid n e by^ypel Ja&pjnon pene f hit ypefpeo . -3 peah hit nu hepj
peo anbpipeppeapb. peah hit' bip jepa&lp jip hit mon lujtlice
be9 anb je^ylbihce apa&pnp t • Feapa Yieny. to pam jepceabppe.

• jip he pypp on unxepy lbe. f he ne pifiiije® f hip pa&lpa peop]>an
onpenbe> yip p^e__jiiffini^e bitepneppe ip jemenjeb peo

4^ ppetnep J?ippe populbe. peah heo hpam pynpum^^ 9ynce. ne masg ;

• rhe hie no habban ^^ jip heo hme pleon on^np !• pu ne ip hit
J/ }>a&p ppi^ ppeotol hu hpepphce pap populbpa&l])a jint. nu hi ne

, 1 * Cott. nabbatJ o9>e him semsc o1S\>e ^em$he nabba'S. * Cott

•feepwUice. • Bod. Ivta'S. * Bod. untpeope. * Cott S^becnan j>
I^e lepne on. • Cott. on. ^ Bod. »mne. * Cott. Seha»pr. • Bod.
hepilmse. ^ Cott pyDfaina. " Cott gdiabban .

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by indigence and poverty, so that it were more desirable to
them to be unnoble, than so poor, if it ]j^rg in their power.
Many are, indeed, both futt noble and rnl^wealthy, and are
nevertheless very unhappy, when they l^ave either of these
thinks ; either^when they have wives as yoke-fellows with V
them, or have not yoke-fellows. Many have married happily ^
; ianough, but for want of children, they leave all the riches *
which they amass to strangers to enjoy, and they are there-
fore unhappy. Some have children enough, but they are
sometimes unhealthy, or evil and worthless, or soon depart,
BO that the parents therefore mourn all their life. Hence no
nian can, in this present life, be altogether suited in respect
of his fortune. Though he have nothing at all to sorrow
about, this is able to make him sorrowful, that he knows not
what is about to happen to him, whether good or evil, any
more than thou knewest ; and moreover he fears, that what
he then happily enjoys, he may lose. Show me now any man
of those who appear to thee the happiest, and who is most
distinguished for the enjoyment of his desires. I tell thee
at once, that thou mayest observe that he is often immo-
derately troubled for very trifling things ; if anything hap-
pens to him against his will, or contrary to his custom,
though it be ever so little ; unless he may give his nod to
erery man to run at his will. "Wonderfully little can causa
the happiest man of all, here in respect of the world, that he
should think that his happiness is eithe r much lessened, or
entirely lost. Thou now tninkest that ffiou art very miser-
able:, and I know that to many a man, it would seem that
he were exalted to the heavens, if he had any part of thy
felicities, which thou hast still. Moreover, the place wherein
thou art now detained, and which thou caflest t h y pkcQ gf
^e, is the country of the men who were bom there, and
also of those who by t£eir own will dwell there. Nothing
ia evily until a man thinks that it is .e vil : and though it be
Sow heavy and adverse, yet it will be happiness, if he acts
willingly, and patiently bears it. Scarcely any one is so pru-
dent when he is in impatience, as not to wish that his happi-
ness were destroyed. With very much bitterness is the
sweetness of this world mingled. Though it seem pleasant
to any one, he will be unable to hold it. if it begin to fly
from him. Is it not, then, very evident, how inconstant

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/ ma^on tSone eapman ^epj^an. Fop]>am he pmle pilnatS hpief
hpu^^ ])»f ]>e he )K>]ine na^pt. ne hie ])ain jejiylbe^um -3 pam
i 'xemerpa&rcmn pmble^n e punia]> : •

* § II.* Ppi fece je t>oim& ymbutan eop ]>a ^ef»l]2a ^e ^e on

; mnan eop* habbap f uph pa gobcunban miht gef efc : • 3c ge

nyton hpast je bof. je pnc an gebpolan : • Sc ic eop maej mib

/peapum popbumtgeiie^nf hpa&t re hpoF if eallpa jef 8&l]»a pif
paf ic pac fu pile mpan pon aep J>e pu hine on^tert -f if ponne
job : . * QOihfc yvL nu onptan hpa&p^ pu aimr pe beoppyppjie
/^ habbe ponne tSe pylpie : • Ic pene peah f pu piUe cpe]>an "p pu
nauht beoppypjype n»bbe. Ic pat pf ]>u nu hasfbe^ pullne
ao^ealb tSine)* feljep. tSonne ha&pbert Su hpa&fc hpega^ on pe
felpim tSaef pe "Su naej^ie pinum pillum alscan polbep: J ne peo
pypb pe on yniman ne mihte : • FoptSam ic tJe nnnbgy jp
/^pu onpfcelSsette nan jefaelj) mp on pij-fe anbpeapban lif e.^Ac
^ ongec p3gt nauht nip betepe on pijje anbpeapbum hpe. ponne
peo jefceabpipnep. poppam pe heo puph nan "Smg ne maeg pam
men lopan. pop py ip betepe p»t peoh paet te nseppe iopian ne
mseg. ponne f pe ma&j ^ pceal. pu ne ip pe nu jenoh ppeotole

^^gepaeb pset peo pypb fe ne .ms&g nane gepa&lpa peUan. poppam
pe aegpep ip unpa&pt ge peo pypb. je peo jepaelp. poppam pmfc
ppij)e tebpe •] ppif e hpeopenbe pap gep»}pa : • Ppa&t celc 1?ana £^i

. . Ve te p1 y|C|nuib-keraSll?a ha&cp. otep^^P^ga ^fP® he pat pas tel
lam'Wompeapbe beoib . otStSe hehitnat. jip he hit pomie nat.

j^J hpeice jejj&lpa fiaepf he »t pam pelan. jip he b^p pf^hyp; ■)
pi^ttiuyep?rr» ^ "f he past pitan ne maeg. gip he hit t$onne pat.
]>onxIS7ni5p»t he him f heo lopian. j eac ge^pa par -^ he hi
alsBtan pceal. 8e nnxabEi eje ne laet ne&nne® mon jepa&lijae
beon : • Jjip ponne hpa ne pec]> hpa&pep he pa gepisllt^a ha&bbe.

^0 pe he nabbe pe he "Sonne ha&pp. hpaat pa&t tSonne beop pop lytJa
pe&lpa. ot$t$e nane. paet mon ppa eape ^roplaetan^maog ; • Ic pene
nu ^ ic |ye hascbe aep genog ppeotole xepeht be manejmm ]
t tacnum f te/mor mafpapla p nt unbeaphce "jece.*" '} f ly genpj;
ppeotol f te hflUhe mon '<5^p Jd^b^an ii& jieapp f ealle men

^^jeenbia)? on pam beape. 3 eac heopa , pelan. ,py ic punbpige hp j
men pen ppa un^epceabpipe f hie penan f jiip anbpeapbe .1^ .

S^ ma&je feme monnan bon gepaedigne^ahpile ])e he leopaiS. Jioime

•• Bo«t Mb. ii. prasa 4,-*Q«id Igitor, omortalea, Ac
1 Bod. ihp«t hpes. 'Cottiop. * Cott^efKccan. ^.Btd.

onsitpti J>e If ]>one sob. » Bod. tmfbeft, « Cott. hpi^o. ? Qg^t
nolbep. ^Cott uDpp. 'Bod. none. i* Cott imteabhca .i ec|^

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worldly goods are ; when they are not ^l)te to satisfy the
poor, inasmuch as he always desires something of that which
he has not; neither do they always dwell with ithe^atiexxf;
and isederote.

§ n. Why seek ye, then, oronnd you t he happiness which
ye have placed within you by the divine power ? But ye
know not what ye do : ye*are in error. But I can, with few
words, show you what is the. roof of all happiness.: for whifl| i

I know thoii wilt strive until thou obtainest it: this, ^hen, is
good. Canst thou.now discover whether thou hast anything
more precious to thee than thyself? I thiitk, though, thou
wilt say that thou hast nothii^ more precious. I know, if
thou hadst full power of tiiyseHi .thou wouldest i;hen iaiv©
something in thyself, which thou nerer, ^wxt^ thine own con-
Bent, woiddest relinquish, nor qould iEortums take it from
thee. Therefore I advise thee, that thou learn, *that there is
no happinesB in this .present life. But ieam that nothing is
better in this present life than ireason:: because man caimot
by any means lose it. Therefore that weali^ is better, whidi
never can be lost, than that whidh may, and shall btf lott.
h id not, now, dearly enough proved to thee, .that ;Fortaiie
caimot give thee any happiness P because each is insecure,
both Fartune and happiness; for these goods are- very frail,
. and very perishable. Indeed, every onejw^^>^8^seg±lg|e/
worldly goods, either knows that ttey J ffl6 <a bout^6xU^^
from him, or he is ignorairt of it. If, th^i, he is ignorant of
it, what iu^pineas Ims.he in.riches, when he is mi(3p ]k h^waA i^ js^p^?)^
joiinwigD ^ to be ignorant of this ? iButxf lie knows it, t£cm ^
he draack that they may be lost, and also is well awaare that
he mnat leave them . Continual fear suffers i not amr^ man ite
be happy. If then any man cares not whether be nave ;1^at
wealth, which he may not have, even when he has it j truly^
that is for little happiness, or .none, which a man may so
eaailjr lose. I think, moreover, that I had formerly with
nffieient deamess taught thee by many arguments^ that the
acrals of men are immortal and eternal: and it is so evident
that no "man need doubt. it, i;hat all men end in death, and
liBo their riehes. Therefore 1 wonder why men are so irra-
tional as, to think that this present life^um make man happy
whilst he livas, amxxg that !jt:caxmot, after it is ended, male

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86 BOETHITJS. CHAP. ZII. XXII*

/ hit hine ne msej »]t;ep )>yf lipe eapmne^ ^ebon ; • pp»t pe
jepif bee piton unpim ^apa monna fe $a ecan ^ef »lt$a f olitan

CAPUT XIL*

y/ y j feS ontan re rirbonMxlioman. ^ ^e^bbobe l>ur . ectfi^ l>»g

'^^ yipell mib ieo^e . f ne »p r»oe t cp«P. fe pe piUetpaert huf

7 timbpian. ne fceall he hit no fettan upon )?one hehytan cnoL

3 fe t5e pille jobcunbne f^ifbom fecan. ne m»^ he hine pi]>

/^OFepmetta. "^ ept fe fe pill^pseft hup timbpian. ne pette he hit

on ponbbeophap. 8pa eac jip )m pipbom timbpian pille. ne pete

/Z^nhme uppan l>a jitpunja. pop^amjjajjaj2^b^jo^_Jonn£

/ 3 penTrpylx^.' ^FPqrPy^?^^ T^^ Xitpunj pa ^j^^^Wlan >ippep

mibbanjeapbejvpoptJam hio hiopa pimle did Duppte^v^ne ma&j

//hup naht lante ptanban on t5am hean munte. gip hitSpiU-ftuo^

/>) gemethc pmtygeptent. nespt fa&t f te on 'S^m n rftnhaA p on^j^

ptent pop ppiphcum^ pene. ppa eac f mennipce Wob big un-

; bepeten ySipe reb op hip ftebe . fonne hit pe pmb ptjionjpa je-

ppmca ajrypoD. 6TOe ];e^en imjemedicep ymbhojan : • Sc pe

^^fe pille habban fa ecan jepaelfa. he pc ealj JeQn foneippecnan

plite fiper mibbaneap bep. "j timbpian -p hup ODobep on^|m^

rortan rtan ^jLatfrneSg^. popfam 8e Epift eapbat$ on fs&pe bene

- fTObny)6nqT-e ? ^ on fam ^emynbe pipbomep. popfam pimle pe

ppa mon^aU hip hp Iset on %^jf03x unonpenbenbhce ^ oppoph.

^^fonne he feopphf a &tt$en te f apigopfhean gn^ je eac fa yplu. ^

hopid) to) fam topeapbam. f ]iint fa ecan. popfam tJe Eob-

J/ fepg^e^^^ a&xhponan . pinxalhce punienbe. on hip QOobep je-

' pelfum. t5eah f e pe^nb. fapa eappofa. "} peo. pintalerX emen.

f ippa populb pelfa. him onblape : • 1*^— »-^

^ CAPUT XIII.«

JO DS pe pipbom fa ^ peq Eepceabpipnep fip leo^ fup apunjen

jj haepbon. tJa onjan he eix tpcxan^ rpel l n fup cp»f. ClOe tJmcf

nu f pit inaB^ent pmealicoppppecan n?5irf golpan p opbum. pop-

SS fam ic onjite f mm lap hpa&t hpu^ mja&tS on fm onbpt. 3

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* Boet. lib. iL metrnm 4. — Qaisquis yolet perennem, &c
^ Boet. lib. ii. prosa 5. — Sed quoniam rationnm, &c.
pjim, ' Cott pecsean.

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him miserable. But we certainly know of innumerable men
who h^ve sought eternal happiness, not by this alone, that
they chose the bodily death, but they also willingly submitted
to many grievous tonnents on account of the eternal life :
those were all the holy martyrs.

CHAMEE Xn. '

Then began Visdom to^^H^^d -sunp r thnq , — "he prolonged
with verse tiae speech that he before made, and said : He who
will build a firm house, must not set it upon the highest hill ;
and he who will seek heavenly wisdom, must not seeh it with
arrogance. And, again, fie who is desirous to build a firm
house, should not set it on sand-hills. So also if thou art
desirous to build wisdom, set it not on avarice. Por as
S^Jjiar sand swallows the rain, W- avarice swallows the
lenshable riches of this middle-earth y because it is always
thirsty after them. A house cannot long staufd on the high
mountain, if a very violent jdni press on it ; nor has it that
which may stand on tKe jjurgt^sga^for excessive rain. Thus
also the human mind is subverted, and moved from its place,
when the wind of strong afflictions agitate it, or the rain of
immoderate care. But he who wishes to have eternal happi-
ness, should fly from the dangerous splendour of this middle-
earth, and build the house of Mb mind on the firm rock of
humility. For Christ dwells in the vale of humility, and in
the mind of wisdom. Therefore the wise man ever leads all
his life in joy; unchangeable and secure, when he 'despises
both these earthly goods, and also the evils ; and hopes for.
the futtlre, which are eternal. For God preserves him every-
where, perpetually dwelling in the enjoyments of his mind :
though the wind of troubles, and the continual care of these
worldly goods, blow upon him.

CHAPTEE XIII.

When Wisdom anSTleasoVliad thus sung this lay, then
began he again to make a speech, and thus said : Methinks
that we may now argue more closely, and with profounder
words; for I perceive that my doctrine, in some degree,

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/ ]ni jenoh pel vmbepjtenpz H ic ]>e to rppece.IxdSgpfi.nn hpgr

^ ]7i]iej-^jB9B^ .peo ealjia l?irra ropulb ashta ^ peleua. ot$Se hinc

^ fix piep. on. a^e unaJQbej^bej. ^p pa hira tceafawrbcfr^ eptep

fpyjiafC P)?»t haftfrc tJu ku pam ^^ipum. pe ^u cpiffe f peo pyjifa

^ eop jipe. anb set pam pelum.^ tSeah hi nu^ece vBB[iOJU Sex^ me

nu hpaspep pe pin pela " Siner pancep pp ajbeo^^ reo l>e tori hir

-*-& axenne xecvnbe. kpa&tien ic 15e pecje pe^ f hit ip op hip ajenjie

jil jecynbe naf op pinpe: pphit ponTO^p a^enpe jecjnbe ip naj-

/ op "Smpe. hpi ei^t. Su ponne aJw betena pop hip ^gobe,* 8^e

/(^ me nu hpaet hip teTbeonartVfince. hpaRl?en p e ylb pe hpasfc ic

pat peaE jolb.. jflc peak hit^'iMiu ^b" reo ; ubiBo p e^ peaTlbip

hhpeabi^pa t jeor p^Bj^p*^ pe "Se hit pelp. ^oimepe pe hit "gabejislf

3 on oppmn peapap. je eac- pajplan/oeop Mipeabi^jiad. "}

Jb ^eopta&lpan J?onne ponne hie mon X'^- ponne Bie beon ponne

/Shi mon jabpap 3 healt.* l^aat r^g^itniny^ xebej? heone gt> '

// jepar iape aejpep je Eobe xe izfonnum. n j^at'^r ta pt jcbo p pa

J ^riml e leop tasle n hhreabiy yAfeoii\>e aagpep je Iiobe je mon-

/ num t5e hie lupiap. Nu f jp^h ponne aejpep.ne mag beon je

mib pam ^e hit pcltS je Wibpam pe hit nimp.^ nu ip poppaam

i^»lc peoh betepe j beoiipYnl?[ie xerealb l?onne jehealben. Iiipnu

eall pipep mibbanea|i6ep pela come to anum men.hu ne paepon

^/^ ponne eaJle oppe^en pa&blan butan anum.^® Eoioh ppeqtol,

Saet ip. -p te^b popb ^ xob hhra »lcep monnep bLpJbj^cejiaj

peonna.li^nne a mgpela. hpa&t f popb gepylp eallpa^^ papa

>i,^eapan. pe hit jehepp/j"ile bip peak no ^y laappe mib pam pe hi^

pppicp. hip heontanf biegebaeiTfc hit jeopena^.^^ "3 paap otSpejr

1 -^heoptan belocene^^ hit pupbpaBj2p;: ^ on pam ps&pelbe p»p be-

j *^ tpyx ne bi^ hic no gepanob. ne masg hit mon: mib ppeopbe

\ opflean. ne mib pape jebmban. ne hit n»ppa nelajgjdS* ^ pa

^ JO eoppe pelan. peah.hi eal ne peg eoppe pn.** ne pmcp eop no py

\ papop^^ heopa 2enolC"7Tieah je hie ponne oppum monnum

peilan ne majon* ge no pe ma mib pam heopa paable 3 heopa

^^ gitpunge gejryllan. tSeah ^ pu hie^pmale^^ tobale jya bupt . ne

mihc pu peah ealle men emhce^® mibij^ehealban. •] t$onne pu

ealle gebaelbe ha&pjr. ponne bift ©u oe pelp paebla. 8int p»t

*]jepilice^^ ]^]siT^$iJfef mibbangeapbep, tJonnehi nan mon pullice

^pHbabban ne ma&g. ne hie nanne moiLgepeligian ne magon. buton

n

J Cott. ?jgrf?PfrF'r}^' * ^0^*- pel^n- • Cott. 8KSe. * Cott. goobe.
» Cott.[ ^ionTir^ . g-Bod. %olb, f CottfbiflEfi^ « Cott. hilc. » Cott. mon
pcl^. ^^ Cott. bucon him anum. " Cott Tbiopna. " Cott. aloef.
" Bod. ibelnerre hic opena^. " Cott. belocena. ^» DOtt mib^eop pen.
w CotL hpaJ>op. " Cott. j-pa pmealice. 1* Cott.temnlice. ^ Cot^Jpepehcg.

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entn*8 into* thy mind, and'ihoa imderBtandest welll enough
what I say unto thee. Consider, now, what is' thine- own of
ail these- worldly poBseBfiioiiB. and< riches; or what of great
price t^oa hast therein^ if thou rationally examinest it.
What hast; tliou from the gifts- and firom the riches, which
thou sayest fi)rtune give^you, even though th^ were eternal ?
Tell me now, whe^^er in l^y judgment, this thy wealth, is ao
J jpscious to thee from itb own nature. But I say to thee
mat it is from its own nature, not from thine. If it, then,
is from itsown^nafture and not fh>m thine, why art thou ever
fee betteer ^for its- good P Tell me what of it seems to thee
most preeiou a^c whether gold, or whatp I know, however,
gold. But tbough it be good and .preciouSj yet will he be
more celebrated and more beloved, who gives it, than he who
gathers, and takes it from others; Biches, also, are m(Hre
honourable, and more estim able when any one gives them,
than they are when he gathers and' keeps them. Covetous-
ness, indeed, makes misers loathsome both to Qo dAsdJiamenj
^T liberality tdwa^makes them estimab le, and famous, and
worthy, both to God and to the men whom they befriend.
Since, then, wealth cannot be both with those who give it,
and with those who receive it ; all wealth is therefore better
and more precious given than held. If even all the wealth
of this middle-dearth should come to one man, would. not all
' other men be poor, except one ? It is sufficiently evident
that the good word and good fam e of every man is better and
more precious t han any wealth iTbr this word fills the ears of
31 those who hear it, and yet is not the less with him who
speaks it. His heart's recess it opens, and the locked heart
of another it penetrates, and in the way between them it is
not lesB0ned,.nor can any one \Fith sword slay it, nor with
rope bind, nor does it ever perish. But these your riches, if
they were always yours, there does not the sooner seem to you
enough of them ; and if ye may not give them to other men,
ye never the more therewith satisfy their want and their de-
sire. Though thou divide tb>Bm as small as dust^ yet thou
canst not sa^sty all men equally : anci when thou hast divided
all, thou wilt then be poor thyself. Are the riches of this
middle-earth worthy of a man when no one can fully have

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/ hie o)>epne j^ebon |to pa&blan. Pp»|>en^ nu iimma ^>lite ecyne
eag ajQ to hii^Ttetio, Leopa' Co punbpianne. ppa ic par f hie*

Sn}>Tp»^. jfir^^^ hiT^^ifS })nTinft ^»f pliter l>e ^n ]>Rm* Y^immnni

Jut bif heopa neef eopne.^ PV i c eom fpil?ettoymetKce
^fo ypmbpob hpi eop ^ince j^eepe unji^erc eabpi pl n xerceaire xob"

betepe ]>oiine eopep agen job. hpi je fpa unjemetlice punbpi jen

papa pmma. otS^e senijef ]»apa beablicena ^inja iSe jefceab-

pijueffe n»fp. poptSam ^^mib nanum pyhte ^ejaaaoP^Xeeap*

jiii:a» j^ je heopa jmnbpijen. feah JufiJIrobef jefp^apa pen. ne

/ f mt hi no pi]> eop to metanne. }:op]7am )>e ot$ep tpeja oype hit

nan job nif fop eop f elfe. d6^e 1>eah fop lytel job pif eo|> to
J metanne. to yyipe pe hepep ia]?^ uj* j-elfe. ]>onne pe mape f

hipa]i^ f }>e unbep urTj* on lipuin*' anpealbe. }>onne uf pelfe.

o^tJe ^one Dpihten t5e uf jej-ceop. "^ uj- ealle ^a job popjeap .
lSVp»}eji ^e nu hcijen^® F»jepu lonb; *

CAPUT XIY.^

§ I. DK anbppopobe f GOob faepe Dej-ceabpifnefpe ^ cpa&^.

Ppi ne pceolbe me hcian ffi&jep lanb. hu ne if pa&t f e p»jepefta
/^b»l Dobep jefceapta. je pull opt je^ajmaj" pmyltpe r». ;]

eac punbpiaf faep phtep ]>»pe punnan aiib paep monanj eallpa
^^fapa pteoppena. Da anb^popobe pe J^ipbom anb peo Irefceab-

pipnep fam OOobe "3 |mp cpaep . pps&t behmp)> fe heopa paejep-
^2,nefpe.^^ hpa&|?ep^^ in bunpefxilpan ^ heopa paejepnep pm pe.

nepe nepe. hu ne papt pii *p pu heopa nanne ne jepophtept.^* ac

jiEJ5u tilpan piUe. jil£ Ijobep. Ppa&j>ep ]?u nu pasy ppa blopt-
iF^ ma&naifi&xni3 ; e on eaptpan p7elce fu hie jepcope. hp8&]7ep fu nu

ppelcep auht p^can maeje, oStJe jepophtep habbe. nej^ nepe.

ne bo }>u ppa.** hps&fep hit nu ^mej jepealbep pe ^ iT ham -

tert ne ppa pehx on pa&ptmum. hu ne pat ic f hit ip no finep

jepealbep. ppi eapt f u t5onne ona&leb mib ppa ibele jepean. otJtJe
^ hpi lupapt t5u fa p]

fm ajnu." penpt ;

ajene*^ pien fa ^e heona axene^'* xecynb l>e t e< ^___

^^ nepe ne^e. mp hit no >e xecynbe f te fu m a^e. ne hinTi
^jSr xebypbe "^ hi tSe pobien . ac fa heof encimban fmj f e pnt^^ je-

"^ Boet. lib. ii. prosa 5. — Quid ni? Est enim, &c.

» Bod. )>p»p. * Cott hi. » Cott. po. * Cott. >»m. » Cott. eopeji.
• Cott. sob peb. ^ Cott. heppa«. « Cott. j> ma lupa«. » Cott. urpim.
" Cott. haen. " Cott. jpaeSema'S. " Cott. to hiopa jrB&sepnerpa. " Bod.
hp»p. 1* Cott. nan ne pophtep% i» Cott. no ppa. ^'^ Bod. pen J>ine
get nu. " Cott. agnu. »» Cott. asnu. » Bod. Sebon. «> Cott. penban.

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tbemp nor can thej enrich any man, unless they bring
another to poverty. Does the beauty of gems attract your
eyes to themj to^ wonder at them ? I know that they do so.
iBut the excellence of the beauty which is in gems is theirs,
not yours. Wherefore I am excessively astonished why the
good of the irrational creature seems to you better than your
own good : why ye so immoderately admire gems, or any of

the insensible things which have not reason : for thev with
MJustice can deserve that ye should admire them . Though
tbey are God's creatures, tney are not to be compared with^

yoa. For either it is no good for yourselves, or at least for
little good, compared with you. We too much despise our-
selves when we love that which is beneath us, in our own
power, more than ourselves, or the Lord who made us, and
gave us all good things. Do fair lands delight thee P

CHAPTBE XIV.

§ I. Thxit answered the Mind to Eeason, and said : Why
should not fair land delight me P Is not that the fairest part
of God's creatures ? Full often we rejoice at the serene sea,
snd also admire the beauty of the sun, and of the moon, and
of all the stars.. Then answered Wisdom and Beason to the
Mind, and thus said : What belongs to thee of their, fairness ?
Darest thou to boast that their fairness is thine P No, no.
Boat thou not know that thou madest none of them P But
if thou wilt glory, glory in God. Dost thou rejoice in the
&ir blossoms of Easter, as if thou madest them ? Canst thou
then make anything of this kind, or hast thou any part in the
work P No, no. Do not thou so. Is it^through thy power
that the harvest is so rich in fruits P Do not I know that it
is not through thy power P Why art thou then inflamed with
such vain glory P or why lovest thou external goods so im-
moderately, as if they were thy own P Thinkest thou that
fortune can cause to thee, that those things should be thy
own, which their own natures have made loyeiy n to thee P
No, no. It is not natural to thee that thou shouldest pos-
sess them ; nor is it their nature, that they should follow thee.
But heavenly things are natural to thee, not these earthly.

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/ o^nbe, ntBf par eopjdican. Daf ec^JuhcaiLn&rtniiap pat^efoea-
pene i^Cfiiyua< to anblip^e. ^ J>a poymlbf^ lyng (7^*"*^^^
.tM)tmrfice l?am.inopiMun l>c beo fenBaomum* x^ofe ^beo^ on-

pihtpare itjanxemy pppaii to ^nfHir^ao b'ecrama]r opboft* lip
«f ]m }>onne oi&^^^emet inabb«ii. pilk^.^ tSainyb^Jteappepitan piik.

J^nne ip Jmc mete 3 fafk^oc y dk^p anfar tol to pf^elomn

opsBfte f peke pu cunner "^i tie if jec^nbe 3, f tSeuf piht O)
^ habbenDe. Ppdc pi«n^ ip tSfr f Jme: )iu ppliu;^ {Mffaianhpeajj-
! bena jef ael)Mu opep ^em^.. T ionne hie iiafi^^ ne^ maasm n e Im
y ^ebelpan . ne heopa relfpa. Qn fp]i^ lyrj^f > Ki<yR ViqBj;]> feo yw

cynb_xenox> on f pa nudum Jieoiu&pJ^Seno^fpa pe »p>rpp8QC0B.

^if fu heope mape fdieft. o])ep'tp0;^a.otiSe hi& Jie bepa]>. otit$e
;?hit ];6 )>eah i mpynyu m bi)?. otitieim^etejft;^ otitiejjrpecenlic eail

^ }>u nu. ofep jemet bejXL Ijir to nu.' ojcep ^am^Sj itiy:^ oj>]r
/T bpmcrt . oSpe dafa J?e ma^on ha&jrt* 3^MUB_fiL Jwjije. feo
// ocepinjT^ ) j£VuTi^ otteB-Jgo ranfi^ oj$tie tBw«ttan . off e~ to un^

^nirenum^^pe toT^lio. "'Ein^u nu pellJT f fee punbopEci
/fr ^epela^ hpelc peopfmynb p«- tionne telle ic fa ^egpfm^b
' 7 f a&mTpyphcan ye bie popbte. neej* na fe.® fe pypbta ij* Urob.
i^fe&f cpe&p&icfsap.hepije on. ^Tenpc: fUifffkrpeomBn^io fmpa

monna "pe m»^ bon sefa&L^ne:.nq'enepe;.ae'^p.bie'y]:ele pnc
jZXtionne fint hie |» pIeolicpan jj»g]^ione|ai]^ia(i S^ ^"^ fonne te

pascb. ^^ fop]iam ypelp fexnapneof fymle beopa^ldiqropbef pieaST

Dip hi fonne ^be b€K>f y hlapopb holbe -j un&pipealbe faune
itfbeof f fonne heopa ^b^.. nsq* f mcf . hu mhb fu fonne fe.

a^ian heopfi ^ob* ^ip f u uu fasf ^ilppt: hu. ne S^lpft fu. fonne

Keopa jobep. nsap f mep :.•

§ 11.^ Nu. fe ip ^enoh opeolioe jeo^f eb^ f»t te* nan f apa

/^ ^oba fianip. fe pe »p ygihfi^^ppJSfiQn* *} l'^ teohhobepc^^ f hi

JOfme beon pcedban. Dip fonne fijje populbe plite "3 pda.to

pilmenne mp. hpaet mupcna)t; fu fonne »ptep;fam fe f u pp-

lupcu o^ge -^to bponta gigit ; tiuf »r fe ]?u »n hssi bert.'^ jip hic
^i^' pe^ep . ip. . f vr op hedpa jipium t ecviSe. n|gpi2|: JSiQum. heopa

p»jep hit ip. nfiapfm. hp»t paBgnapc^^jm fonne heopa pwjepef.
J^ hpa&t belimpV bir to fe. ne f uhit ne jepceope. ne hi fine axea s.
W ne pent. Iltp hi nu jobe pmt 3 pa&ji^e. fonne- peepou hifj^ ge-

"^ Boet. lib. ii. prosa 5; — Exqnibiis onmibusj &<;.

1 Cott njcenuD. * Cott. hts^ neatnm. * Oott. map^eju * Cott
unsetnpe. ^ Gott..cls|>e ma on hehft. * Cott. pyo n y f yy i^fc. 7 Cott
ge pgnela. » Bod. >aw » Cott. neallep J>e. " Cott anb lytige >oime
jStnTpe pliolicpan ii^eppincpilpan ha&jpb fonne ntifb. *> Cott tioh-
hobep. " Cott. >»p haspTt. "Bod. pasnap.

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These ^arthlj. fimits me crested ibr therfood of caitte; and
wM^dly jjchea are cieated for » apj gaito those meiL whoi are
Eke cat&, tfaat i£^ yiciouft ana mS^Dperate; Tothoaey more-
avar; tliey eome- oftenest. But? if thour wouldeiri). have the
meaaore, and wonldest know what' ick needful ; then: is- it,
meat and dnink; and dothea, and tools for such ocafit aathou
knoweety ^which. is natural to thee^and: which, ia right for "thee
ta-]^08BesB». What advantage is it to tbeOythatthoufi^ottldest
desifle- these present goocb beyond. measun^ whfig;tb^2j2B&.
neitheg help tJiee nor themselves ?. With v)^ little of them
natoie; has- enough* Witht so much ^e has- enough, as we
beforer mentioned. If thou givest her more, either it hurts
thee, oB i^ at least is unpleasant to thee-, or inconvenient, or
(laDgezous^ — idl that thou dost heyond measure. ! tf thy u
beycmd measure^te8t|^^^|S^^^9^ ^^^^ more dothes on
tiiee, than thou needeai^TtJbie supe^uity becomes to thee
either • pain4 q]rloa|j^Hfi^ or inconvenienee^ ^r danp jer. ff
thou thinkest tliai? wonderful apparel ifr any nonour, then
aaeribe I the honour to the artificer who made it^ not to thee.
The artificer is God, whose skill I therdn praise. Thinkest
thou that the multitude of thy men can. make thee happy ?
Ko, no. But if they ]|re wicked and deceitful, then, are Iniey
more dangerous, and more troublesome to thee, had, than
mat had : for wicked thanes are always their loid's< enemies.
Bat if they are good, and faithful to their lord, and uncere,
is not thaty then, their good, not thine P How canst thou,
then, appropriate to thyself their goodi? If thou boastest
of it, dost thou not boast of their good, not of thine P

§ II. It ia now plainly enough shown to thee that none of
those goods is thine. which we have already spoken about, and
ttiou didst think should be. thine. If, then, the beauty and
^ wealth of this world is not to be desired, why dost thou re-
pine on account of what thou hast lo^ P or wherefore dost
thou long for what thou formerly hadstP If it is fair, that
is q£ their own nature, not of thine: it is their fairness, net
ti)ine. Why then dost thou delight in. their fairness P what
of it belongs to thee P Thou didst not make it, nor are they
thine own. If they are good and fair, then were they so
made; and such they would be, though thou never Mdst

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/ fceapene. t nwlceh i polban beon ]>eah yu. hi n»):pe nahtejt.

, renjT t5u y m a}>e beon py p jyyianlf eon.^ l>e hi to_pinjie noce^
ienbe pa&poiv Ac p op]>ani }>e heopa bypi^e men papia]>. *] bi
^m '}>mca]> beope. popj^am pu hi ^abepapt 3 helt]t; on ))inuin

.^hopbe. Ppa&t pdnajt; ^u]>onne f ]mhsebbe aat fpelcepe jefa&lij-
nejje.^ Ijiehejr me nu ic hit ^e f ecje. n»pp: "Su psep nauht set

^ buton ^^ Ini tilart* pa&ble tolFlionne. ^ pop fy 2»bepapt maju
. y )K>nne }>u ]m pp e.^ Ac jo pat tSeah rjnpe ^eape ^ f te e^ f ic hq

^pece iftW l>mum piUan. Ac eoppa ^ep selj^a ne pnc no f ji
/^ pena}> pset hi pen. pop]>am pe fe micel meppe ^ ^ mirhc Mjf

pile, he be]>eapp eac micleppultumep. 8e ealba cpibe ip ppi)>e p

I>e mon jepypn cp»p. )>»t te fa*^ miclep be]mppon. )>e mi ci
/I 9.pai pilla) >. ^ fa ]7uppon ppi)>elytlep. "pe majian ne plhiia]) )h)iiii

jenojep. butan he pilnijen mib opepmje hiopa j^itpunja %(
l^xyllaa, f hi nseipje ne ^ebop. Ic pat f g e pena}) f x/c gejniui

[gecunbelice^^b ne ter«l^a on innan eop pelpim nabba] ?.^ pop

pam je ki pecaf butan eop to ppembum^epceaptum. ppa hit 1
/<f miphpeoppeb f pa&m men ^incp. peah he pe ^obcunbhcfr.j'^

pceabpip.. f he on him pelpum na&pEe^ raBlpa ^eno^e. buton h
^^mape jejabepije J^apa unjepceabpipena ^^epcejta ponne h

bepuppe. otJ^e binljtemetlic reo^ ^ p^ ungepceabppan neoteni?
^ ne pilniaf nSiep ^ppept^f A'ijjt^inc^im :^enotjy pam pe ll

/'/ bmnan heopa a& xenne ¥YbeJiabba|)^o eacan paS[l:obpe f e hii
J^ecynbehc bip. ppa&t je ponne peaC hps&thj^a joDCunbhce
^on eopeppe paule habbap. pa&t ip anbjit. *] jemynb. anb pe

<>^rceahpip1inft jiljlii "IS hme papa tpeja Ijrpte. repe fonne pap 8pe
na&p|?. ponhe i»F]> he hi] " ^^^ — ^^ ^ ""^

ha&p|?. )>onnen»pf he hip pceoppenbep onlTcheppe^ rpa pop)>
ppa sene^ gepceapt p ypmert^'* mcej mepe rceppenbep onLcnepj
habban. Ac je pecap ]>sepe hean ^ecynbe ^eps&lpa anb heop
Jtf'peopppcipe to fam nipephcum "3 to t5am hpe openbhcum^^ pi
J/ 5um. Ac je neonjitatJhu micelne teonan-je bopCobe eoppui

pceppenbe. poppam pe he jyglbe paet te ealle men pa&pan ealg
- '< ^pft^^ tercea^p t^l jpeal&anSraf . Acge unbep}>iobap eoyjie hehpta

mebe mneppe imbep fa eallpa nj^pemeptan jepceapta. "^ mib pai
35' j^e habbap J^ecypeb f x b a&it;ep eopnum at;num^bome g p J»Q

eop pdpe pyppan p onne eopn€| j ji;ne^j eshta. nu xe penap yeopp
S^TiBLviht^^ pdan pien eopjia jepaelfa. ^ teohhiap -p eall eopjii

* Cott. a>y beopjian pen. « Bod. gelicnejTe. » Bod. lielep. * Col
tiolapt. » Cott. fypj-e. « Cott. inmep]pe. ' Bod. j^ pa pe. • Cott. secytt
belie. » Cott. nsBbben. " Cott. neat. " Cott. pop. " Bod. pipemejZ
*' Bod. hpeopenbum. ^* Cott opeppa. " Cott eoppa asna. ^^ Cott nohr^

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them. Thinkest thou that they are ever the more precious,
because they were lent for thy use ? But, because foolish
men admire them, and they to them seem precious, therefore
thou gatherest and keepest them in thy hoard. How then
dost thou hope to have happiness from anything of this sort p
\ Believe me now, I say it unto thee, thou hast nought there-
from, except that thou toilest to avoid poverty, and therefore
gatherest more than thou needest. But neverthele ss I v ery
well know, that all which I here 5£gak, la flnntrary k^ thy
will. But your goods are not what ye think they are : for
Ve *^ho desires to have much and various provision, needs
also much help. The old saying is very true, which men for-
merly said ; that those need much, who desire to possess
much, and those need very little, who do not desire more
than enough. But they hope by means of superfluity to
satisfy theur greediness ; which they never do. I wot that
ye think ye have no natural good or happiness within your-
selves, because ye seek them without you, from external .
creatures. So is it perverted, that man, though he is divinely
rational^ thinks that he has not happiness enough in himself,
unless he collects more of irrational creatures than he has
need of, or than is suitable for him: whilst the irratiopg^ l*
^tle are desirous of no other wealth , hutthink that suffi-
oent for them, which they have wrthm^eir ^ ^n ^s l i iu ,, in
addition to the f odder which is natural to them. Whatsoever,
tben, though lllltle, ye have of divine in your soul, is the un-
derstanding, and memory, and the rational will which delights
in them both. He therefore who has these three, has his
maker's likeness, as much as any creature can at all have its
maker's likeness. But ye seek the happiness of the exalted
nature, and its dignity, from low and penshable things. But

J 6 understand notliow great injury ye do to God your creator,
^or hg would that all men should be governors of all other
creati5ea> But ye degrade your highest dignity below the
meanest creatures of all : and thereby ye have shown that,
according to your own judgment, ye make yourselves worse
than your own possessions, now ye think that your false
riches are your happiness, and are persuaded that all your

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BQfEfSElXJB.

CHAP. XPT.

/ fopuib %ob pen Sffppan^ ^ fdpe. fpa hit eac fy}l]> yomnep

fpa pilla{> : •

§ III.* D»r mennifcan Lpep j€C^b if ^ hi 1$J^ anon feon?

b^open eallum o]»pum jefceapnim. t^y hi hie pelfe on^iton
/hpsBt hie jenb. ^ ^ hfonan hi j-enb.* "^ fi hi fenb* pypf an ]70ime

nytenu. ]>y hi nella^ pitan hpcet hi pnt. ot(^ hponan hi pnt.

£^un neaitum if ^€cyiibe ^ hi nyton hpaet Mi fenb.^ Ac f if
^ ]>apa monna Tip)>gaj> ])«t hi nyton hpa&t lue pen. Nu jfe if

fpijw j^eotol p»t ^e beoj) on ^polan. ) Kmne Tepena)) «p »ni^

^eaUjHi|

tOmm ^ mib pp»mbimi pelum beon ^epeopp pb. Eip hpa nu bif.

nub hpeloum pelum ^epeoppob ^ mib hpelcum beoppyppam

a&htum Texyp^pob.*^ hu nebehmpp pe peoppfcipe ^onne to pam

]7e hiner^^s^SS^. peer if to hepionne hpene pihthcop. .N(^

t5»t ne beotS on py fce^eppe paet mib elkf hpam y peaob bif.

// feah pa jgienu f »Spu P®^- J^ ^^ J^^b ypeng) big, gif l»t w

/^ foeonbhc pa&f . ne bip hit on py peg^eppe. i ]^te j g j^ pfjj 3 y

nan job ne bepap pam pe hit sii. Ppeet IJu paftnu^lc^n^

leoje. "3 eac papt pest pa pekm opt bepiap pam pe hie ajan

menejum ]>mpmi. "^ on pam fpi^ft pa&t te men peoppat$

^/)upahapene pop pam pelan. -p c^ pe eallpa pyppepta^ fe

unpeoppe]ft» mon penp f he fie eallef ^a&f pelan p^fe t5e oi

piffe populbe if. tir he pirte^ hu he himTtocmnan mihte, Se

micele pelan hsepp. he nim onbpsec mbnipie peonb.^ jip

nane e»hta na&pbe. ne poppte he hnrf nanne^® onbp»bon. 1

^Ji fu nu pa»pe pejpepenbe. "^ h»pbeft micdi jolb on J>e. "]

^i^J^onne become on peop pceok.^^ ]H>nne ue penbcft pu pe^

'^ "ffeojigc PF^u *onne fpelcef iianjHiht na&pbeft. ponne

teft iSn te nanpufat x^^bpsejMai. ac meaht<eft ]>e ^sn

10 pone eaiban cpibe pe mo^ S^Fypii Tanj. fwt je ^acoba

3i)pe|i^b him nanpute-jie/onbpebe. J^onne ^u ^onne o ppoTM^
i?»pe. ^ tSa ]ieopaf €e ppom jfepiten peepon. J^onuemihteft )m
bipmepian pap anbpeapban pelan. 3 m&tept epejwn. 6ala fl^t
T 30^ 1 pjnpum f mon micdne 'pekm age;^* mu pe ns&ppe ne
SJtVfPP opr^PS ^® ^Jiie ynbeppehp:-

* Boet. lib. ii. prosa ^—HumaneB quippe nattme, &c.

^'GatL'biopjiaxk. « Cott. pe. ' Oott pien. « Cott pen. » Gbtt. pnifc
« Cott. pien. . 7 Cotijkeapob. » Cott. pipre. » Cottjyirt). »• Cott.
n»nne: " Cott. hop f colfc »« Cott. h»bbe.

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worldly goods areniiuperkw to youraelyes. So indeed it \\
when ye so will !

§ III. ^t is tfae^condition of ibe life of men, that tbey then
oiil^are before all other creatuies, when thevthemselTes know
whHt they are, and whence they are : and they are worse than
cattle, when they will not know whafrthey are, or whence they
are. It is ihe -nature of cattle that they know not what they
are; but it is a feiilt in men, that tbey know not what they
are. It is "therefore Tery ^lain to thee, that ye We in error,
when ye ihink that any one can be made honourable by ex-
tenol xiches. If any one is made honourable with any riches,
and elbowed with any Taluable possessions, does not the
hoQoiff then belong to that which makes him honourable P
Tbt is to*be praised someWhat more rightly. That which is
adorned with anything dse, is not therefore fairer, though
the ornaments be fair, with which it is adorned. If it before
waa vHe, it is not onithat account furer. ^Know thou, as-
Bnied)3:^'th8t no good hurts hhn who possesses it. Thou
ttSwest that I lie not to .thee, and also knowest that riches
often hurt ihose 'who possess them, in many things : and in
this chiefly, that men become eoUfbed up on accouut of riches,
that fiequentlythe- worst man of all, and the most unworthy
of all, 'thinks that, he is deserving of all the wealth which is
in thisi worlS^ if he knew how he might arrivei at it. He who
has great^cheBj^dreads manran enemy. If he had no pos-
sessioBs, hewcnil^not need to dread any. If thou wert
travelling, and hadst mnch gold about thee, -and thou then
Aouldest meet with a g^pg o^ thieves, then wouldest not
teou be anxious I j or thy ifle r If th6il liadst noUiijig.Qf this
idad, l^ien »thou wouldest not need to dread anything, but
m%hteBt.go fiiaging tbe^^dadaggjvhich men farmesly sung,
thid; the .^ked traveller fears nothing. When thou idien wert
aafe, and tihe l^hieves were.departasd £om thee, then mightest
thea aeoff .at^theae present nches, and mightest say, O, how
good and pleasant it iv, that any one should possess great
Vfialtl^, aineelie who obtains it isi ne^eT secure !

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48 BOETHIUB. CHAP. XT. XVI.:

m^ CAPUT XV7

/ ^DS reo Eefceabpifnej t$a fif fpell afsebha&pbe.^a on^an heo

pnjan ^ Juj* cpa&]>. 6ala hu ^efaelij reo'jipopme'felb paf fijpef

mibban ^eapbef . ]>a »lcum men J^ulite ^eno^ on paepe eop])aii

pB&rcmum. Na&non ]>€ pelije hamaf . ne qiiftliee j;£^[iewa[.

.i^ne'jbpmcar. nef teiopyyp]>pa h pa&xia hi ne ^ipnban. foppiam hi J*

5 jTit na&pan. ne hio nanpuhc ne jefapon. ne ne ^ehepbon. Ne

•Jgembon hie naner ffypenlurter. buton fpife ^emethce J>a j

%'cynb beeoban. eald|j2§S ^ a&tin »ne on baftj. anb -p psBf

a&fennef . Tpeopa p»jTmaf hi »ton j pypta. nallef fcip pm hi
/^ ne bpuncan. ne nanne ja&tan hi ne cuf on pi's hunixe menj ^m

j^ehepbe non mon ]>a ^et nanne fciphepe. ne pijipon ymbe nan

/j pepeoht fppecan. ne feo eopfe fa jec bejinicen mib ojrj-lejenefi

Imonnef blobe. ne mon piptSum ^epunbob. ne monn ne ^ej'eah(

t5a ^et ypel pillenbe men. nsenne peopff cipe naep bon. ne hi tion

mon ne lupibe. €ala f upe tiba nu ne mihtan peoptSan fpilce.

Ac^nu manna Jitfunj ij* ppa bypnenbe, fptf ^ jfgi on fwpj

/^hellei f e6 if on Jam mtmte tJet^cne hatte. A)n l>anitiet lanbj

J>e 8iciha hatte. fe munt bitS pmle fpejle bipnenbe. yealla ]n

neah jropa f»p ymbucan jfopbaepntS. 6ala hp»c reffopma

jiCf epe p»pe. ^ aepeft J)a eopfan onjan belpan »ptep ^qlbe.

^ »pcep pmmum. "^ fajg ^cnan'^eopi^pjmer^ j jinbfe, tSe 'a&R

^^ehyb psef 3 behelob mib Ss&pe eopfan ;•

CAPUT XVI."

§ I. DS fe l^ifbom fa f if leot$ apinjen h»pbe. fa on^an he
ept fpellian 3 f uf cpssip. Ppa&t ms&j ic t$e nu mape pec^an be^
fam peopffcipe 3 be t$an anpealbe f iffe populbe. pop fam
anpealbe je eop polbon ahebban up o^ tJone heopen. jip je

J^mihton.^ ^ if popfam fe je ne ^emunon ne eac ne onjits^
f one heoponcunban anpealb 3 f one peopf f cipe f e if eopep ajenj
3 fonan je comon.* hp»t fe eopep pela fonne 3 pe eopqv
anpealb fe je nu peopffcipe hatatJ. jip he becymf co fanij
eallpa pyppeptan men. 5 to Cam f e hif ealpa unpeopfoft bif .i

^fpa he nu b^"co f if ilcan Deobpice. 3 eac* .^ to NepOnd

7 Boet. lib. ii. metram 5. — Felix nimiam prior astas, ftc
■ Boet. lib. ii prosa 6. — Quid autem de dignitatibiiB, &c
j^ > Cott meahten. ' Bod. noman. ' Cott iil

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CHAPTEBXV.

When Beason had made this speech, she began to sing,
and thus said : 0, how happy was the first age of this middle-
earth, when to every man there seemed enough in the fruits
of the earth ! There were not then splendid houses, nop •
Ysrious sweetmeats nor drinks ; nor were they desirous of }
costly apparel, for they as yet were not, nor did they see op :
hear anything of them. They cared not fcfr any luxury, but
I Tery temperately followed nature. They always ate once inr"^
the day, and that was in the evening. They ate the fruits of.
trees, and herbs. They drank no pure wine, nor knew they '
how to mix any-liquor with honey, nor cared they for silken
^aent s of various colours. They always slept out in the
ghade of trees, l^hev drank the water of the clear springs.
S-O merchanj; visite^sland ^or coast, nor did any man as yet .
fc of any ship-army, nor even the mention of any war. - The '
earth was not yet polluted with the blood of slain men, nor
TO any one even wounded. They did not as yet look upon
eTil-minded men. Such had no honour ; nor did any man
love them. Alas, that our times cannot now become such !
But now the covetousness of men is as bumina as the fire in
^ bell, which is in the mountain that is called i£tnl(| in the
i^and that is called Sicily. The mountain is always burning
^th brimstone, and burns up all the near places thereabout.
^las, what was the first avaricious man, who first began to
dig the earth after gold, and after gems, and found the dan-
gerous treasure, which before was hid and covered with the
earth!

CHAPTEB XVL ^

§1. "Whew Wisdom had sung this lay, then began ho
^in to speak, and thus said : What more can I say to thee,
concerning the dignity and concerning the power of this
World ? For power ye would raise yourselves up to heaven,
^ye were able. This is, because ye do not remember, nor
^derstand, the heavenly power ana the dignity which is youp
^wn, and whence ye came. What, then, with regard to jroup
wealth, and your power, which ye now call dignity, if it
should come to the worst men of all. and to him that of all
w unworthiest of it, as it lately did*to this same Theodoric,

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60 -BOWBSVB. CHAP.m.

/ ])am !Carene . ^ opt eac to mane^um heopa gdicum.J?u. ne ph
he fonne bon jrpa fpa hy bybjon ;) jic bof. ealle^ l?a nuni }>e him
unbe}vbeoi$ o^e'apep on neapefce pnpf^y-^" i pplieneaan m

< iy» Fypcf ^2 ^^^ bpyne^ h»1) gelb . o^bfr eftr p epyyiiiBBfea jp ^
^ tSone muiitjb»pD}>,t$e pe ha&al>TiEtiie/^re ]i on ]>am ealoBb;

SiciLa. nnl^ejogalice liam mi^ ftla" f1^>^ ^^ ^u onNoep bapin
psBf . Icpenepnt.^u maa^ gemunan "p te eoppe feolbjiMi y»^
Romana jntam on Topcpmef bapun Juef opspmoban oymnji?.
pop hir opepmettium. t5on6 cynelican naman op Home bypQ
— ^0 aBnertf^ libYbon. Onb ept j^ ilpe ^a hepetohan* . J>e ^* aji

< ntabpipon. . hi polbon ejx utabju^A pop hiopa ofsepmettnim. M
- --** hi ne mihtan. pop}>am ]>6 pe »ptQppe anpealb Jiapa h^ieco^cna

/J^])am Romanipcom pitum pt pypp hoobe ]>onn6 p e teppa 6a]ia
cyninja. Etip hit iSonne aapjie jepuppc^ppa hzfc ^I'Se.relban^ X»

/ Syimp. ps&t f e anpealb "3 p e peop]7pcipe becume to jobum mtt

( anb to pipum..bpjte.bl}i t5»ji fonne bcpypfcLbuton hip job J

hip peopfpxjipe. fasp joban cyningep. nap 8»p anpealbep. pop]»9

t$e pe anpealb ns&pjie ne hip S^b.^ buton pe job^ pe ]?e hutf

ha&bbe. J)^ hit bif. t5»p monnep job.® nap^^ "Sa&p anpealbep, jip |»

^/). anpealb job" bif. pop}>axh hit bi^. ps&t te nan man pop hip, j Mf

iptum ] tojoiebengineppe. Ac top.

3 pop hip mebumneppe he cvm}? to pice •] to an}
hip nan^montpop hip anpealbe na pe betepe. ac po]
turn <h e beolj xob^' if he job^^ bif. j pop hipjcpflgjj

J/anpealbep peop]«. jip he hip peopjte bi)). Leopm&pi ppJ«V;
Tipbom. J ]^onne je hine jeleopnob ha&bben..ne pophogut]^*

, "^hine ]xume. Donne pecje ic eop buton aslcumj cpeon , f-p\

' majon )niph. hine becuman to anpealbe. peaIR je no pof

anpQalbep ne pilnijan. Ne J>uppon je no hojian^* on ^am

JO anpealbe. ne him »ptep fpmjan. jip je pipe bif •] jobe.' he pil«
poljian eop. feah je hip no ne jnlnian. Ac peje me nu hp«6
eopep beoppypbepta pela j anpealb pie. pe je ppif opt ^ptiaj^. Ic
par^eah fc&t hif ip fip anbpeapba lip 1 l>er 1bpopnienbaL pela lw
pe 8Bp ymbe ppiBcon : •

JJ^ 5 n.* * 6aa h pa &)?ep j jejftetelican^* men on^iton hpeic pe peb

Jl^pie. ;3 pe anpealb. 'jfa popnlb jep»lj)a.^^ Sapmt eoppe hle^popbaf

• Boeti lib. ii. RioBa.6.— JSonne^ o teirena ftnimalia, &c. . .

» Bod. eall. ' Cott leg be«.bpisne. » Cott ealbpadmo. * Cott
Bine. »'Cott; pelbon. «Cott.saob. ^ c^tt. soob. ' « Bod. Jwah-
•Cott^soob. >»'Cott.ii»r. "Cott. goob. "Cott. soob. "Cott.
Soob; M Cott: pofihycsa^ " Gott honsxan. »• Cott netenhcan.
i7Cottj«d^

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tmd also itanaa d f to ISexc/^iAie Csoaac, ancL moreoYer fre-

[onentlj to mao^ like them p Will he not then do as tbey

^ did, and sidll do £ al&y and destroy all the rich who axe under,

{QT anywheoe near him, as the flame of fire doea the dry heath

?Md, oras^taie burning brimstone burnet h the mauntain <

^w MLWecainStnaf w hich is in the island of Sicily? y&c^^ ^^ml^iafui ^

<Bb to the greafe flood which was formeriyin Noah's daysf; *^ ^^^

Itiunk that thouimayert remember that yourrancient Soman

'floiatonrfQnmeriyi in the days of Tarquin the proud king, on

account of his anaogance firsi banished, the. kiog^y name from

tiie dty of Eamei. ^d) again, in like manner,, the oonauls

who had driren.them outj.these they were afterwards desirous

to eipel on acoaunt of their arrogance (but tiiey oould not) ;

I)eeaii8e the latte^go^eruraent of the consuls stall less pleased

the Boman.sen&toiB^. than, the former one of tiie kings. If,

however^ it at any time happens, as- it. yerj seldom does

l^ppen, that power and. dignity come to. good men and. to

*ffle; wiiatis- there then worl^y of- esteem, eamept the good

ttd the dignity of him, the good king, not. of tiie power?

|oc power nevecis good unless he is good who. possesses it.

I jftewfoie i£ power .'be good,, it ia the good of the man,, not of

«B power. BJenpe it is^.that nft mftTi hy hiamithriritg^mfta

fe ^MiU£«- andto merit: but by his virtn^ and by his merit,
■ " r. TTherefc * ^

p-r^ Ses to anthority and to power. Therefore is no. man for
*» power the befctecl but for his virfeu^ he is^good, if he be
fi^d:: and fbop hifl virtues he is deserving of. power, if he be
**rviiig of it.. Learn, therefore,, wisdom;' and wdien ye
^fe learned it^doiuot then despise it. Then I say to you,
Jtliout all doubt, that ye may through it arriTe at power,
woQgh ye be not desirous of poweR ¥e need .not be anxious
*^power, noB press after it. If ye are wise. and.gpDod, it will
^owyou, though ye ace not desirous of it. But tell me now,
Jhat ig youi* moat valuable wealth and poweE,-which.ye most
^^ ? Lknow, however, that itiji^is present life, and this
^bing wealth). which we befare^we about

§ IL 0, ye bea^ikemen, do ye know what wealth is, and
power,, and; worldly goods.? They are your, lords and: your

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/ -J eome [fe9!Lb«ab9T . n»f ge heopa. Ijif ge nu jefapen hpelce
. muf ^»t pSJieTEfaf opb ojrep ofpe mjx« 1 r®^® ^"^ ^omaf. 1

nibbe' hie agptep ^^apole . hu punbepbc polbe eop fa&c l^mcaii.

iipelce^-cehhettun^e ^e polbpn p»f habban. anb mib hWcum

/ hleahtpe ^e polbon beon ajrypeb. hu mide mape ip fonae faftf

\]\ monnef hchoma to metenne pitS jj OOob. fonne feo xnuf pif

fone mon. ppasc je )>oiine maton eape jepencan. jif ge hit; je-
^ opne ymbe pnea^an pillaf i |a&ftenrpyman, '^ nanpe puhte

hcho ma ne beotS ponne^ tebeppajonne^ Jayf monner. iJam*
/^ mc^bn bepTaii'pa IsBrcan fleojan. ] ta^,»ttap mib fpife

l yclum rticelum hi m^^iaj?. ;) eac pa rmalan pypma^, pa tSone

, /2 mon 56 mnan je utJoni penbgp.^ ^ hpilum pumean beabne je-

V, ' /fjbotJ. ge pippum^ *t?eor lytletto^pe hme hpdum beabne ;^ebe]^. ^

■ \ y, rplca puhta him fcepiap ae^pep je mnan je ucon. Un hjm^

/i'mae^ »mj~lllah oppum bepian baton on hip hchoman. ot$^

ept on heopa pelum. pe ^e hatap ^ef s&lpa. ne nan mon ne mac;

\ \ I pam jef ceabpif an GDobe jebepian. ne him jebon f hit ne yie f

V ^ hit bip.* Past ^ If rpipe jjeotol to onptanne be ruimun

. Romanircump&t^elinxej j-e pa&f haten Libepiur.^ je pap to

^0 manejum pitum jepopht. poppam pe he nolbe melbian on hij;

^epepan pe mib him jiepebon^ ymbe pone cynin^ pe hie s&jl

mib~unpihte ^eponnen haepbe/ pa he pa bepopan pone ^aman

cjninj; jela&b pa&f. '} he_hme het recxaa hpa&t hir ^epepan
^^ pa&non pe mib him yiJbe fiepebon.^ pa ^opceap he mr axene
^iJ'^Qj^. anb peajig^hine ?>aBp mib on t$a&t neb popan. poppam

hit ^epeaptS ■pSam pifan men com to lope anb to pyp'8pcipe f
Zy fe unpihtpifa cynmj him teohhobe® to pite. Ppa&t if fi pe ma
/ f a&nij; man maeje oppum bon. pat he ne mae^e him bon f

uce. 3 pY he ne ma&j. opep man ma^^. ]7e leopnoSon eac be
JO pam pa&lhpeopan Bippibem. pe paef on iE^iptum. paef leob-
. hatan ^epuna pap ' p he jpolbe a&lcnejbuman ppipe aphce
/,;' \mbeppon. ^ p pipe fpa eiJicerpip yba&pan ponneTi^him a&peft

to com. Ac^pt aep he him ppom cepbe. he pceolbe beon op-

rlesen. ] - - - .

J^pa polbe

a&p bybe, ._., ^ ^ ,

peapp he ptpenjpa ;3 abpencte hine. ppiiSe pyhte be XfObef

bome. ppa ppa he mani^ne otJepne aep bjib e . ppa&t eac Rejuluf.
^ pe popema&pa hepeto^a. tSa he peaht piiJjSjrpicanaf . he ha&pbe

> Cott. nebbe. * Cott. bg&fcte . « Cott. irmba^. * Cott. hic pe
|>»c |>8Bt hit ne bi«. « Cott. Tibepiuf. MjotTjipebon. . ^ Bod.
h»pbon. ■ Cott. hme pypebon. » Cott. tiohhobe. »® CottT ^ebepebe .

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nlers, not je theirs ! If je now saw some mouse that was
lord over other mice, and set them judgments, and subjecte d
tbem to tribute, how wonderful would ye think it 1 What
worn would ye have, and with what laughter would ye be
moved ! How much greater, then, is man's body, compared
with the mind, than the mouse compared with the man?
Indeed, ye may easily conceive, if ye will carefully consider
and examine it, that no cre?.ture'a body is more tender than
sum's. The least flies can injure it : and the gnats with very
Httle stings hurt it : and also the small worms which corrupt
the man both inwardly and outwardly, and sometimes make
Him almost dead. Moteover'^ the little flea sometimes fefts
fa. Such things injure him both inwardly and outwardly.
Wherein can any mau injure another, except in his body?
or again in their riches, which ye call goods ? No mail can

S* ' re the rational mind, or cause it that it should not be
t it is. Thifi is very evidently to be known by a certain
Boman nobleman, who was called Liberius. He was jjut to
many torments l)ecause he would not inform against his as-
Bociatefl^ who conspired with him against the king who had
^th injustice conquered them. When he was led before the
enraged king, and he commanded him to say who were his
associates who had conspired with him, then bit he off his
own tongue, and immediately cast it beforcf the face of the
krant. Hence it happened that, to thoswise man, that was
we cause of praise and honour, which the unjust king ap-
: pointed to him for punishment. . What is it, moreover, that
\ ^7 Odan can do to another, which he may not do to him in
like manner ? and if he may not, another man may. We
luve learned also incoming the cruel Busiris, who was in
%pt. This tyrant's custom was, that he would very honour-
ably receive every stranger, and behave very courfeeeuslyto
kirn when first he came. But afterwards, beford-he departed
from him, he-wwdd be slain. And theH^it-talppened that
Hercules, the son of Jove, came to him. Then would he do
to him, as he had done to many a stranger before : he would
iown him in the river which is called Nile. Then was he
atronger, and drowned him, very justly by God's judgment,
«8 he many anothef Ijrfore had done ! So also, Eegulus, the
illustrious consul I When he fought against the Africans, he

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!p]iicanar. tJa he hi )«

bmban ^ on bak SB.
^ ^^ 'he )^eap]i jebunfeen mib

Jr lupa pacentum. Vymt pen rt guj^onne hpaet jobef je^ anpealb

/* fie. j^onne he on nane pifan hir, atne] Jr.|i»|tigf ne maej pop-
bu2;an ^ he fesc ilce ypel ne ^ej^ap^e ofpum monnum. j>e^ he
Sep o])pum bjrbe. hu ne ip pe anpealb J^onne ]?8&p nauht : •

§ III.^ Pp8&t<p6npt fn. ^ip pe peop]>foipe ^ pe anpealb apief
"Soncep job p»pe anb hip pelpep anpealb hs&pbe. hp»t$ep he

fil polbe |?ain[poncu|>ertum mannimipobian ppa he nu hpiluni'* be^.
Pu ne papt J>u f hit nip nauht jecynbe ne nanht jepimelic f
»ni5 pi]wppeapb t5mj bion jemenjeb pij? otSpum pij>eppeapbum.
otSSe wnije jepeppaebenne pitJ habban. Ac peo jecynb hit
onpcTinatJ faat hie* majon peop]>an tojs&bepe jemenjeb. ]>e ma'

/ff}e fast 250b7 -^ j,aftt ypel majon setjabepe bion. Nu "Se ip j^^
openlice jecyj^eb f J>ip anbpeapfee pice, anb pap populb jepaeljm.
;] pep anpealb op heopa^ a^um gecynbe *] heopa ajnep ^e-
pealbep nauht jobe netj^igois. ne hiopa pelppa nanne anpealb

/p nabbatS. ni/ hi pillay cLnfen^ on lyeem yynrtan mnnm^Tn -| hffli

jg^gepapap past ki biot> neopa hlapopbap. Nip tJoap nu nan ^tgeo. f
Ott ^a^^ eallp nipnpmjiflfmyi man n^jm^f^.iznfa m nnp ftRth e ^ tO^
^am peop|?rcipe . Eip pe anpealb J?onne op hip ajenpe jecynbe 3
op hip ajenep jepealbep 50b pa&pe. ne unbeppenje he naeppe y&
ypelan ac fa joban. Baep ilcan ip to penanne to eallum "Sam
^^jepa&Kum f e peo pypb bpenjtS f ipfep anbpeapban lipep je on
jCpaeptum je on a&htum. popfam hie hpilum'becumat5 to pasm
TOpcufeptum. Ppe&t pe jenog S^^pne piton tJaet 'nannfijaiQn

^ Sfcep ne tpeoj> ^t pe peo" ptponj on hip ma&jene. t^e mon je-
pht5 ^aet fgionglicLfeopc p;^ct$. Ne fonne ma. pvhe hpaet

J^bitJ. ne tpeoj? naenne mon 'p he hpaftt ne rie. Spa ^ ^ tj^ ^ eacpe
bpeama cpaept^ pe mon- bif bpcMnq ^. *] rejiaace cn»ft fast he

Jl hip l»cei T p eo nacu bgg ^^ ' t>lie bi]?]neccene. 8iyai)e^ eac re ge-
cynba cpeept aelcum mto. f *p Xotf ne m»5 beon pit$ "p ypel
jemengeb. ne f ^ei pitS -p 50b. ^eah he butu on anrnn men

J^pen. feah'bip aes^pep him on punbpon. f %ecipab nyle na&ppe
Jv nanpuht pifeppeapbep laetan j^men^n. popfam heopa 8Bj)rep

t}* Boet. lib, ii. prosa 6.-^Ad haec, si ipsis dignitatibiu, &c.
> Cott. leogan. 2 Bod. pe Lober- « Cott. i>a5C. * Bod. hpilcum.
« Bod. hi. AGott. |>oii ma. » Cott. goob. « Cott. J>8ap anpealbep
hiopa. ^'Cotwtiiomii. i<>^od. or J«in. n Cott. tie. » Cott. in»S-
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obtained an almost indescribable victory over tbe Africans.
When he Jiad grievously slain them, he gave order to bind
them, and lay them in heaps. Then happened it very soon,
that he was bound witb their fetters. What thinkest thou,
then? What good is power, when he who possesses it, can
in no wise, by his Qg n strengtl^ avoid suffering from other
men tiie same evil which be oSore did to others ? Is not,
then, power :in that case naught P

§ III. Whatthinkest thouP If dignity and power were
good of its own nature, and had power of itself, would it
follow the most wicked men, a& it now sometimes doth.?
Dost thou not know, that it is neither natural nor usual, that
any contrary thing should be mixed with other contrary, or
have any fellowship therewith ? But nature refuses it that
th^ should be mixed together; still more that good and evil
should be together. Hence it is very manifestly shown to
thee, that this present authority, and these worldly goods,
and this power, are not good of their awn nature, and of their
omef&;acy,'nor have any power of themselves :' since they
a igWnliafwto cleave to the worst men, and permit them to be
then* lords. There is not indeed any (ioubt of -this, that often
the most wicked men of all come to. power and to dignity.
If power, ihen, were good of its own nature, and of its own
efficacy, it never would be subservient to the evil, but to the
good. The Bame is to be thought with regard to all the goods
which fortune brings in this present life, both of talents and
poBseflsiQns : &r they sometimes come to the most wicked.
We very well know that no man doubt-s of this, that he is
powerfid ip his strength, who is seen to perform kborious
work : any more than if he be anything, any one doubts that
! he ifl so. Thiffl the art of music cau ses the man to be a
musician, and me dical knowledge to be a physician, and
rhetoric c auses mm to be a rhetorician. In like manner
also the nature of things causes to every man that good
Cttmot be mixed with evil, nor evil with good. Though they
Jtte both in one man, jefia each in him separately. Nature
will never suffer anything contrary to mix, for each of them
ejects the other, and each will be what it is. Eiches cannot

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/ onfCunatS o]>ep. anb s&Spep pile beon f "^ hit bi]). nemge^ ye
pela jebon ^ fe Jitfepe ne pe jitfepe. ne }» gpunbleaprngs-

j? pin^a geryllaii. ne j- e anpealb ne mast xeboiTEif pealfeen^TpSaJ-
6enbne.y u ]>6mie nu 8Bic xerceait; onrcunab t? ^ hine pilyep-

, f peanb b i^. anb j'pi'8 jeopne tiola^ f hit him y ppom apcupe.

■| lipelce cpa rjnb fonne pifeppeapbpan betpuh him ponne ^ob ;j

1 ;ypel. tie pflnppa, g hi nasppe to pomne feep^b. Be pa&m pa miht
onjitan. jip f a jefa&Ka ^ipej- anbpSp5«m hpef puph hie pelpe
heopa felppa gepealb ahton. ^ of heona a^num jecynbe ^obe

jo pa&pon. ponne polbon hi pmle on tSamf chpanJ "Se him job nub

. pophte. nal»f^ ^el. Ac paep f ap hi jobe beotJ. ponne beotJ hi

{uph peer joban monnep ^ob jobe pe him job mib pypcf. 3 fe
1^ fuph fiob job. Irif hine ponne ypel mon ha&pp. ponne bif
he ypel t$uph J^aep monnep yf el pe lum ypel mib bej>. "3 puph
iSbeofel,^ Ppset jobej- ip fe pela ponne. ponne he ne maa^, Ja
' jpunbleapan jitpmja apyllan t??LS9^?P^r« ^^^^ F® aapealb.

tonne he ne ma&j fiip p*eal6enb pealbenbne jebon. Ac hine je-
inbap p a pon pilnnnxa* mib heopa unabmbenbhcum pacentum*
Cfah mon nu yjrelum men anpealS^pelTe. ne' jebe^ pe anpeidb
ne jobne ne meobumne.^ jip he a&p ne&p. ac jeopenatS hip
;ypel.'jip he »p ypel paep. '^ jebetS hit }>onne ppeotol. jip hit ap
naep. pop}i^ )?eah he a&p ypel polbe. f onne nypte he hu he hit
'f ppa pulhce xecypbe. ^ aep he pullne anpealb ha&pbe. Daet jepypj?
popfam bypje ])e je paejniaj? J^aet je motony pceppan pone^
^«f naman. hatan f pa&lpa f nane ne beo^. *] paet mebumnep ne
beof.® poppam hi jecyt$at$ on heopa enbunje ponne hie enbi&f.
f hie nappep ne bio^. poppaem nappep ne pe pela.^ ne pe anpealb.
ne pe peopfpcipe ne beop to penanne f hit peo pofe jepael)> pie.
ppa hit ip nu hpaetSopt to pecjanne be eallum pa&m popnlb je-
JO paelpum^^ pe reo pvnb J^Lenx^>. f J^aep nan puht on nip )>8ep to
pilnianne peo.' f6pfam be W/T nan puht jecynbelicep jobep on
nip tSaep tSe op hun cume.^jj ip on pam ppeotol,^ hi hie pimle to
<lhfiSam jobimi n^^eoba^ ne tJa J^relan jobe ne jebotSj^^e hi hie
fnj <foftoptt«fe«eobap:- ^

J^ § lY.^Da. pe |7ipbom j>a pip ppelLpup apeht^^ h8BFbe.''fa
he ectry bbi ^ an ^ f up cpaaraTPpaBt pe piton hpelcc

« Boet. lib. ii. metrum 6. — ^Novimus quantas declerit, &c.

1 Cott. deopan. * Cott, nallef . • CottTbiojniL * Cott pelnusa.
* Cott. meSornneT * Bod. acv^be. ' Cott. pone. • Cott. nane "P nan
mebomnef ne bi^. ^ Bod.^ hie nap)>ep ne j-e pela. " Cott. j*»l>um.
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cause tbe miser not to be tf miser, or satisfy his boundless
desires, nor can authority make its possessor powerful. Since,
then, every creature avoids that which is contrary to it, and
very earnestly endeavours to repel it, what two things are
more contrary to each other than good and evil ? They are
never united together. Hence thou mayeat understand, that
if the goods of this presei^t life through themselves, had power
of themselves, and were in their own nature good, then would
tbey always cleave to him who did good with them, not evil.
But wheresoever they are good, they are good through the
good of the good man, who works good with them, and he is
good through God. If, then, an evil man has it, it is evil
through the man's evil, who doth evil with it, and through
the devil. What good is wealth, then, when it cannot satisfy
the boundless desires of the miser ? or power, when it cannot
make its possessor powerful, but the wicked passions bind
him, with their indissoluble chains ! Though any one give
to any evil man power, the power does not make him good
nor meritorious, il* lie before were not : but exposes his evil,
if he before were evil, and makes it then manifest, if it before
were not. For though he formerly desired evil, he then knew
iiot how he might so fully show it, before he had full power.
It is through folly that ye are pleased, because ye can m ake^
a name, and call that happiness which is none, andl that merit
which is none: for they show by their ending, when they
come to an end, that neither wealth, n.qp power, nor dignity,
is to be considered as the true happiness. So is it most as-
suredly to be said concerning all the worldly goods that
ifortune brings ; that there is nothing therein which is to be
demred, because there is nothing ^herein of natural good
which comes from themselves. THJTTs evident from hence,
''that they do not always join themselves to the good, nor
^ make the evil good, to whom they most frequently join them-
» selves. T

§ IV. When Wisdom had thus made this speech, then
began he again to singfand thus said : We know what cruel-

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/ pflBlhpiojmejTB. •] hpilce hp^Tiar- hpilce unpihthasmebu. "^ hpilc
man. "3 hpilce apleapieff e j-e unpihtpifa Eaf epe N epon jifl^phte.
f e hec »c fumum cyppe^opbaepnan ealle Romebuph on anne
ptS aejrtep ^e&pe bifene fe 510 Tpojia bup^ bapn. hme Ijrte eac

3 S^pon hu feo bupne. ^ hu lanje. ^ hu leohte be ]>»pe of eppe.

f^ ejrt he hec opflean ealle l>a pi|-e]-t;an pitan Homana. je pup-
fon hif a^ene mobop. ^ hip a^ene bpofeep. je pup15on hip agen

p pip he opfloj mib ppeopbe. •] pop tJyllecum nc&r hefiiapuht xe-
unnotrob . Ac ptep Yj bhfpa ^"{ tagenobe |>ag p7 Onb ]?eahl5eEpuh

/^"S^llecum unjuJteum naep him^o^JyTsep" unbeptSeob eall }>er

// mi bban i j ^eapKf^nm eaptsep e apbum ot peptepeap bne^ anb epC
ypom tpu jyepeapb um otJ nopf epeapbne^ eallj ffi^psBr on hip
> ^pealbe) ^ p^enrt fu^ pe ^obcunba anpealb ne mihte apyppan

/'^ibone anpealb famunpihtpipan Kapepe. anb him fa&pe puhhunje

/^efteopan. ^ip heypolbe Tpipela ^epe . ic pat -p he mihce jip he

libbenbe p»pon on eopt$an. 3 hu opt hip ppeopb p»pe

on unpcylbipim blobe. pu ne pap J)»p jenoj ppeotol f

alb hip a^^enep Soncep 50b naep. fa pe ^ob naep fe he Co

CAPUT XVII *

DS pe dipbom fa f ip leof^ apun^en hsepbe. t$a z eppq^obe^ he.

•^ fa anbppcmebe fiast COob anb fup cpssf . 6ala iSepceabpipnep.
IB hpsBt tSu part -p >me nappe peo gicpun^ ;) peo xemaBXl> tJippep

eopt^hcan afapeal|bpj-tpon4Pel ne hcobe. ne ic eaJlep pojyijate ne
^^jipnbe f ipf ep eopf ncatikji;cep. buton la^ ic pilnobe f eah anb-

peopcep to fam peopee ffe^^me beboben pap to pypcamie. ^ pap
"^•f ic unppaeobhce^ *] gepipenlH^e mihte E08*4lfi5Lj pcccan fane

anpealb fe me'bepapt ps&p. Ppac Su papt ^ nan men ne maag

nB&mietc n»| t cy^an. ne naenneS a np ei BJb Tiecoan »ne ptiopan
.^^ fittan^ toEini^'i anbpeopce. "p bi6 ^cep icpagirtBr anbyaoTic $

mon goner ^gia^isj Lmton^ pypcan ne maej. 'gjbij) f onne cy
5Zaiibj?eopc^ XhiplJal mib toj>icriaime. 3 hgjh»bbe hiplaob^ fipr
^^ma^agb.® he poeal ha&bbanfee hfiSni^y^ I't pjqibinen? ^ ;peQpi>

* Boet. lib. ii. prosa 7.^Tum ego, scio^ inquam, &c.

1 Cott. hotJ. 2 Cottlteerusobe. ' Cott. butan tola. * Cott. un-
niaco'Shce- * Bod. butam. ^ Cott. butan. ' Bod. peopc anbpeopc
® Cott. monnab. • Cott.(pepbmen,

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tiee, and what raiiB,:what adulteries, and wbat wickedness,
and what impiety, ihe unrighteous Csesar, Nero, wrought.
Heat one time ga^e order to burn all the city of Eome at
once, after .-the example that formerly the city of Troy was
burned ! fie twas desirous also to see how it would burn,
and how long,'and how light, in comparison of the other : and
besides ga^e order to sky all the wisest senators of the Bo-
inan8,.and also his own mother, and his own brother ! He
moreover slew his own wife with a sword. And for such
tbings he was imiojwise grieved, but was the blither, and re-
joiced at . it ! And yet amid such;criDi^B ^^1 flua'inidd1ft.fti|yf;V^
was ne vectfaeleBs . yi^j ^^t tn hin^^om eastward to we s tward.
a j^ again -feom southwerd tcrnort hgardj i t w a s - allMi^^y^y^^y^J
po wigT Thinkest -thou that the heavenly Power could not
Sielaway the empire 4om this unrighteous Caesar, and cor-
rect this madness v!>him, if he .would P yoflf Q ye^^ I know
that he could, if he would ! Alas ! how heavy aydke did he
lay on all those who in his times were living on the earth !
and how oft his sword was stained with innocent blood !
Was it not then sufficiently evident, that power of its own
nature was not jgoody when he was not good <to whom it
came?

CHAPTEE Xyil.

WmsN'TV^isaom had sung this lay he was silent, and the
Hind then answered, and thus said: O Eeason, indeed thou
knowest that covetousness and the greatness of this earthly
power never-wdll. pleased me, nor did I altogether very much
yearn' after this earthly authority. But nevertheless I was
dcBirous of materials for the work which I was commanded
to perform; -that was, that I might honourably and fitly guide
and exercise'the ^ pggaCT which was committed to me. More-
orer, thou knowe^^at no man can show an y aki| l. nor ex-
Breise or coixtrol any power, without tools ana materials. .
That is, of evehy cryft the materials, without which man •
cannot. exercise the 6raA. This, then, is a king^s materials
and his ;tools^to. reign with: that haibave his land well
people^; h e -muat hate piayer«men , and soldiers, and work-

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/ men. Pp«t pu pa]t; ]?»tce butan tSipim tolum^ nan cjrnin^ hif

tgO^SfB^ne mae^ c^an. Da&t if eac hif anb^jic. f he faabban

rceal co fam tolum |> a j tn >|iim ^ e feprcipumtbipirte. ^ ir J>onne

Veopa\bipirt;. lanb to tbuiyaime^^ t Xiit!a^ t pa&pnu. TThete ^

j |ialo.° "iJpIajyaL . ^ ge hpaet J>ser J>e };a fpe jefejifcipaf 6ehopa]).

nejmaej Jie butan l?ipim T?ar t ol ^ehealbjmi. ne but ^ Jyipim

rtoluia nan bapa pinja pJTican J>e bim beboben if to pyjicenne.
Z' / F^P fy ^J* F4P"^£ anbpeopcei>t^one apyeal b mib to tepeccenne.
fepV>«^ '^ mine^aBptap ^ T anpealyne pupSqr t'otftitene -jropholene.^

g^^^'^^^^ronbam &ic g |i»m^ a&Ic ani4alb bib f onatpopeaRMK) t pjw
fpi yb.^ kyiiebi)? butan |/irt)ome'. pop)?ani fae m»x non men
gfeft fO]i]?bpingan butan }7ifbome. ):op]>am )>e fpa
uph bvf ije je&bn bit$. ne msBg hit mon ns&fpe to
jepecan. -p if nu hpat$oft to fec^anne. f ic pilnobe
"ice to hbbanne ]>a hpile fe ic hpebe.® 3 8&ftep mmum
Lf e f am monnum to Is&panne. ]7e a&ptep me p»pen mm ^e*
mynb on ^obum peopcum ;. •

CAPUT XVIII.*

§ I. DS tJif fa gefppecen paf . )» jefpigobe^® f COob. ;3 f eo Eef-

10 ceabpifuef on^an fppecan •] fuf cp»J>. Gala OOob eala^^ an ;y^fel

/O^T fpibe totanrcumanne. ^^ f if f 'f te rpil>e ,pn;tallice^ ^ 3 fpipe

hep ijlice befpicj) e£Qpa papa monna CDob J>e beot5" on heopa

jecynbe ^ecopene j peah ne beop to pam hnope ponne ^it

cumen pilppemebpa ma&^ena)^'^ if ponne pihiun^ leap ef pl^

3 unpyhtef anpealbep ] un^emethcef hhfan ;i^obpa peopca opep

£^ eaU pole, foppam^* pdm^ap moni^e men'^ anpealbep. ^e hie

polbon habban job^e hhpan. fealTtniif unpjrpfe pen. je pup-

' pum fe ealpa popcupejxa pilnatS ps&f ylcari. Ac pe ^ pde^Ui??

^^^opnhce a&ptep pam Mfan ppypiaiL J>pnne on^it he fpij?e

•^ hpape hu lytel he bitJ. J_hu,l»Re' J. hu j^ebpe^^ hu beb»leb

J{^ aelc'ef 2;Dbef . Cip pu nu jeopnlice f meajan pilt anb pitan pile

^/ ymbe ealpe girre eonban ^jTnbhPYp EtgrrnomT Baftepg t pbq fl "Sifrer

» Boet. Jib. ii. prosa 7.— Et ilia: Atqui hoc unmn est, &c.

' Oott )>in*an tolan. « Cott ppu • Cott^alu. * Cott behopSen.
» Bod. pupbe )*opsifen i fopholen. * CotdVoppu^ob. f Cott ge-

peccan. * Cott. hjrbe. ^ Cott. \>e »ftep mh p»pen mm semynbis on
Sobum peopcum. Bod. »ftep me v»pen gemynb on gobum peopcun*
'® Cott gefuSobe. " Cott ea. " Bod. yfel if fpi|>e to aiifcanianne.
"Bod-^msanhce. ^^Bod. 0^. ^> Cott ]:op>oii. i« Cott populb men*

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men. Thou knowest tbat without these tools no king can
show his crafb. This is also his materials which he inust
have besides the tools ; provisions for the three classes^ This
is, then, their provisioh ; land to inhabit ~ and gifts and
weapons, and meat, and ale, and clothes^ and whatsoever is ,
necessary for the three classes. He cannot without these
preserve the tools, nor without the tools accomplish any of
those things which he is commanded to perform. Therefore
I was deBi];pus of materials wherewith to exercise the power^
that my taleft^p and power should not be forgotten ani con^
cealed. !For ev efy^aft and every powe ^ soon becomes old,_
and is passed over iif^ence, if ic bewitnout wisdom : for no 7
man can accomplish any craft without wisdom. Because,',
whatsoever is done throu^R^^^no one can ever reckon for'
crafjb. This is now especialiyro be said ; that I wished to
live honourably whilst I lived, and after my life, to leave to
the men who were after me, my memory in good works.

CHAPTEE XVIII.

§ I. Whsn this was spoken, the Mind remained silent, and
Season be^an to speak, and thus said : 0, Mind, one evil is
very greatly to be shunned ; that is, that which very con-
tinually ana very grievously deceives the minds of all those
men, who are in taeir nature excellent, and nevertheless are
not yet arrived at the roof o f perfect virtues. V This, then, is
the desire of false glory, and of unrighteous power, and of
unbounded fame of good works among all people. Many
men are desirous of power, because they would have good
feme, though they be unworthy of it : and even the most
wicked of all are desirous of the same. But he who will
wisely and diligently inquire concerning fame, will ver^ soon
perceive how httle.it is, and how slender and how irail, and
now destitute of all good. If thou wilt now studiously in-

Sire, and wilt understand concerning the circumference of
this earthy from the eastward of tlus middle-earth to the

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CHAP. ITin.

/ mibbanjeapfoef 66 peftepeapfefiB. 3 ppam pij^epesqibum c^^
nop}>epeapbne. fp^ rpO' ]>u leopnobeft on p»pe bee pe Afxpolo-
2ium hatte.* ponne miht: iSu on^itan -p he ir. eall p^ ^onei
heo con to mettannfe rpilce mi lytel piucu' on bnabagfenebe.

^oj^e ponb. beah on fcilbe. aepeji pin*a monna* borne, pu ne

6 pajt; pu }i»c fu leopnobefC on Pcolomeur bocnm.. rSJJBSL

eallef fifCf mibbanjeapbej-^.^emec on anjia oec. "Sfiep fu mihc

^ oSTjef eon -p' eall moncynn j ealle netenu ne n ^igafi napep*

neah peop^an b»lep t$i]je eopj^an. Jmp pe men ^efapon^ majon.

/0 pop])am f e hy. hit n^ ma^on eall^ebupan?. rum pop h»to. pun

pop cyle.. J l?one magrtan basl hir nagpj? r» ' opefiret;en/ 33o nu of

t$am peop]}an. beale on pmum GDobe eall }wt peo pa nipToppetai

^/5 ^»lj- J eall tSa pceanb tSe heo hrni on^enmnen. hapf . "3 eall f

V/i hip ^^^iy -J mnp ar TfinuTTien habbaSS. ;] eaHj^^n eallnm

/jT iSeoSSrpe rter li^e}?. ^onne miht "8u on^itan )>»tt6 paej* eallef

nif monnufnTponne inape laepeb to bu^ianne. buton ppelcejn

I jftel capeptum.^ If -p fonne pop byphc jeppmc f je pmna]»

eoppe popiilb to "Son f je pilniap eopepne hhrarft unymetlice

to jebps&banne^ opep ppelcne capeptun® ppelce fat ip fa&cte

2^ men bujiaf fijje populbe pulneah ppilce an pjuca^ pop f»c

o?$ep. Ac hpat]
j^fhap

healpum ]

ppa hit ip^^ jeneappeb. To hpon pilmje ^e ^oame to ung&>
^/metlice ]7»t ^ eopepne naman tobpaban opep tSonfrteo)>aD

bal. nu hip mape nip mib j», mibyaenne. mib ealle ;
2^ § 11/ DefencaJ) eac f on^^ girum lyd um p eappoce .. J?e^pe

/tfte^;

metnCe f ^e pc^n eopepne naman opep- tobpadbtm. f ^e

nappe ^ebonne ma^on. popfam^* heopa pppeac ip tobaleb.on

y. ^tpa -} hunb peQ |^ ynti g .^^ •] aelc Jjapa pppaca ip tobaleb on

y inanejEL^eoba/" j pa pint t^g^/SDA J tobalba m ib pa. ^ mib

J/ pubum. •] mib muntum. ;) mib pannum. ;).mib monej^um j raib

J? mi)rhcum^^.jgl$epuaL. 3 unjepajjsim lonbum.. "p hSs pup6um

'Boet. lib. ii. prosa 7. — ^Adde quodhoeipfum, &a-

1 B6d. Of. 2 Cott. lytlu ppice. » Bod. hfpa mona. ♦ Cott. notaa^

pupl>uni napep. * Cott sefepan. « Cott. caueptan. ^ Cott tobpe-

banne. » Cott. caueptun. » Cott. ppice. »<> Bod. hottaa. " Bod. hif-

12 Cott. |>»c te. " Cott. rpij>e miflica. " Cott. pApp^. " Bod. on

hun-peopontiJ5. ^^ Cott >iob. " Cott miphcum.

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westward^ and front the southward to the northward, as thou

haat learned in the book which is called Astrologium ; then

»mayest. thou perceive that it jsalkcprnpared with the heaven,

like a little point, on abroad fiioSl^or the boss on a shield,

according to the opinion, of wise men. Dost thou not know

what tbou^hast learned in the books of Ptolemy, who wrote

of the measure of all this middle*earth in one book P Therein

thou mightest see that all mankind, and all cattle, do not

occupy anywhere nigh the fourth part of this earth, which

men are able to. go over, JEor^ they cannot inhabit it all ;

some . part , for heat,"Bome"for cold ; and the greatest part of

it the sea, has cover ed. Take, then, from this fourth part, in

thy mind, all. tB^^l^sea has covered of it, and all the shards^

which it. has taken from it ; and all that fens and moors have

taken of it, and all. that in all countries lies waste ; .then

mayest thou understand, that, of the whole, there is not more

left for men to inhabit, than as it were a small enclosure. It

ia, then, in foolish, labour that ye toil all your life, because ye

wish beyond measure to spread your fame over such an en-

(dosure as that is which men inhabit in this worlds almost

Eke a point. compared with the other ! But what of spacious,

or of grea^^mjgofiihqnouraMe, has this your glory, when y^

tiierein iBUoKt tlie fifth part halved of land and desert ? so

is it narrowed with sea, with fen, and with, all! Wherefore

desire ye,, then, too immoderately, that ye should spread your

name over, the tenth part, since there is not more of it, with

sea, with fen, and with alll

§ n. Consider also that in this little park which we before
Have ^oken about, dwell very many nations,. and various, and
very unlike both; in speech, and. in manners, and in all the
customs of all the. nations, which ye now very immoderately
desire that ye should, spread your name over. This ye never
can do, because their language is divided into sev enty-tw^!
and every one of these languages is divided among many
nations,, and they are separated and divided by sea, and by
'Woods, and by mountains, and by fens,, and by many and
Tariotts wastesy.and impassable lands, so that eveamerohauts

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/fc^CTien ne xepapa]?. Ac hu m»S ]>8&P ]>oime fjubepLce anef
picep monnef nama cuman ]>oniie t$8&ji mon pupt$um ]>»pe
bup^e naman ne xeheoTVJS. ne psepe ]7epbe tSe he on hampa&jr
bip. Djr ic nat pop hpilconTbypje je peopnaS* J je polbon

/eopepne naman tobpa&ban ^eonb eallne eop]>an. f ^e bon ne
ma^on.' ne fup]>um napep neah. Pp»t t$u yajt hu micd
Romana pice psej* on OQapcufep bajum p»f hepetojan. fe p»f
o])pe naman haten Tulhuj*. "3 ]7pi&ban .dcepo. hp»t he cy]>be
on fumpe hif boca. f te ^a ^et Romane nama ne com op ep "Sa

/^muntaf J'e iCaucapeap pe hatap. ne ]>a 8cit$1$eap ])e on o}xpe
healpe ))apa munta bu^ia]) pup]>um ]>»pe bupj^e naman ne pa&j

//polcep ne xeheonbon. Ac Ca he com a&nert " to Pap^vun . 3 p»r
])8Bp rpipe mpe. Ac he paep tJeah tJeep ymbutan manejum polce
ppipe tegepull. Pu ne onjite je nu hu neapa' pe eopep Uipa

ijheon jme i>e xe }>»p tjTnberpmcaj? n unpihthce tiha'6* toqce-
bna&benny. Ppasc penpt ^iThumicehie hhpan ^ hu micelne
peopppcipe an Roman ipc man ma&^e habban on tSam lanbe.
"Saep mon puptSum gagp^upcte naman ne ^ehepbe. ne eallep
■^aftp polcep hlipa ne comlTiean nu hpelc mon unjemetlice "}

^^unjebapenhce pdnije f he pcile hip hhpan tobpaeban opep ealle
eop]>an. he ne maej f popfbpenjan. pop]>am J>e Jwpa ^eobn
: ]>eapap jmt p^e un^^ica. ^ heopajjepetneppa ppif e mij^ica.*

ppa f te j^a&to n otJpum lanbe betre bca b ,^ J>»tre f hip hpilum

on ]>am oppum teelpypfhcopt. ] eic^ln|celep picep pyp])e. pop-
^]>am ne mae^ nan mon habban ^elic lop on aelcum lonbe. pop-

l^bn fe on a&lcum lanbe ne licatS f on o]>pum hca]> *.
ZY § III.* Fop tSi pceolbe a&lc mon beon on "Sam pel yhealben.,

"^ he on hip a^enum eapbe licobe. peah he nu mapan pifiuje.

henemagx pupfum 'Ppop)?bpinxgm . poppam ^e £gmu2fiIUlfiJ>i)>

JO ^ te auhc manejumjmonnum ^gg^hg&P hcije. pop fy pypf

• opt sobep monnep lodalet^inne on"^ tSa&pe ilcan f eobe f e he

on hampa&pt hip. 3 SacpoJfpSn tJehit opt ppi]?e paphce gebypebe
35 ]>uph pa heapbpael]>a ]>apa ppitepa f hi pop neopa plaftpj ie. -^ PP

jimelepte. ;) pop peccelepte popleton un ppiten ^apa monna
Jjf J>eapap "} hiopa baeba. fe on hiopa bajumTpopemaepopte ]

peoppjeopnepte pa&pon. "3 }ieah hi nu eall hiopa hp ] hiopa ba&ba
jy appiten ha&pbon. ppa ppa hi pceolbon xip hi bohton , hu n ^op*
S^t eallbobon t$a yppitu f eah 3 lopobon ^onecan pe hit pa&pe. ppa

- 8 Boet tib. ii. prosa 7. — Erit igitar pervagati, &c.

» Cott nat hpdce byjiSe se gipnalJ. » Cott. n»ppe sebon. » Cott
neapo. * Cott. tiohatJ. » Bod. mipde. • Cott hcobe. ' Cott m.

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lo not YJBJt it. But how, then, can any great man's name
ingly come there, when no man there hears even the name
tf the citj, or of the cpimtry, of which he is an inhabitant ?
Cherefore I know not .through what folly ye desire that ye
ihould spread your name over all the earth ! That ye cannot
lo, nor even anywhere nigh. Moreover, thou knowest how
[Teat the power of the Ik)mans was in the days of Marcus,
:he consid, who was by another name called Tullius, and by
I third Cicero. But he has shown in one of his books, that,
u then, the Boman name had not passed beyond the mouu-
kains that we call Caucasus, nor had the Scythians who dwell
on the other side of those mountains even jieard the name of
the city or of the people : but at that time it had first come
to the Parthians, and was then very new. But nevertheless
it was very terrible thereabout to many a people. Do je not
then perceive how narrow this your fame will be, which ve
gboiir abont^ and unrighteously toil to spread^ How great
«ffle, and how great honour, dost thoulhink one Soman could
Jaye in that land, where even the name of the city was never
^d, nor did the fame of the whole people ever come ?
Though any mkn immoderf^tely and unreasonably desire that
Y "^ V spread his fame over aal the earth, he cannot bring it
^ pass, because the manner8U)£.the nations are very unlike,
^Q their institutions very various ; so that in one country
^t pleases best which is at the same time in another deemed
"iOBt reprehensible, and moreover deserving of gi^eat punish-
j^ent. Therefore no man can have the same praise in every
^ because in every land that pleases npt, which in another

pleases.

§ III. Therefore every man should be well contented with
^18, that he be approved in his own country. Though he be
y^irons of more, he cannot, indeed, bring it to pass : because
^ » seldom that au^t in. any degree pleases many men ; on
Jliich account tl^j , praise oi a ^ood man is frequentbr c<

'"«Ja account ti^j , praise of a cfood man is irequentiy cqn-
5|J,within the same country where he^is an mEaoitant;
Jaa also because it has often very unfortunately happened,
thBoug^ the misconduct of writers, that they from their sloth,
*&d from negligence, and from carelessness, have left un-
^tten the manners of the men, and their deeds, who in
their days were most famous, and most desirous of honour.

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BOBTHIirS.

CHAP. xvm.

/ fome fpn J« ypifcewar {yjrfeoa. -j eac ga l>e hi vmbe wntop, AiA
eop iSmtp peih f ^ hmbbsn. ece ap£. pj: ^e mM^eDi <m ea%e
ebpe)i:pe po]tiiIbe ^eeapman f ^e habban ^bne hLfaa wfcef
eoj^wsa bapim. Di]: ])u nu tegcelert^^ h] | yd ^ t'^IT^ anbpeapdban

hf»t biS hit poime • . Tide mi Ml ^aiL&^ jL»Il® J^*^ }>f )«i tSm
eaje on beppenan* inc&x^P^yten^ttren& fintpa. )yoim& hiablM^

hit lytel pe. -f if ])Dime fmc:

j yona e ^ ten Jnifeab joaitt,

ece '^ jMBt imgeenbobe bf. j^omaeng.

^.- ^„. r.-Scm ^ p]«]raun f ten ^n penb geapa.

hit.ianx ^tifceeJ M'Coptai^ ^^ ^a&T ^^T**/ ^® c Jmf ns^^~^iS
^5 enbe. .fOfiilrtajgi: hit mfWt?toetanne "pi geenbobhce pij> -p jm*
^nb obbce. Deab t$a nu /telle pjion )>in^r nnbbajieafiibef
/i" pfiuman o^ ])one enbe. anb^ete]niiiiB!e]'a geapipi]» 'p ]>e naenne
enbe n»]E^. )N[)mie' ne bi)> /]>8efi nauhlr anbc^; 8pa bi]) eac je

/eaje ( m
ba hpila bpeot bpugn onbeef
beopa »g)>ep hffip)> a^ibe. "^
^^^e ]>eah pu ma pdk; pt6 ^ e

/^^e feah J
/ fenrt ]>n
p^bT bit.

hlifa ]>apa pop«n»pena^ i
I ^ geajHi ]iiipbpunige. be bi^

)?e noippe ne geeabatS * .
3jO § IV> Anb ge ne
pi)» enejum o]>pizm;
/7.Poloer. T p» 1^ ro

eapmja})^ Jwp ^

eappepanb^ef
^ eopqifia go6eBa

pibugafi^ ]i«^'t;o

^bypbeft ]>8Bt

fpi]7e puse

pp])am be
J^'i^pitapa^ie.

leapun aaoib

ptnbigaiL.^^
Ji yvfjiei, Qn g

bepbe pe'

ipeci{>

aa. i$eakbebpdum lang pe* ^ |:cii
L ypi^jcopte t o metaime pi]> )]HHie

}»eab bpe)»e)s ge ttatoto ^beboa

bnton -^M ]nm l^tian lope )>af

> Idiraa. )>e. pe asp jrmbe pppsBcon.

yt epsq^sf eofpep in^^ncep. 3

bini

gep ceabpipnefpe. anb polbon babban

mebO' at ngaflabpa rooMiikx|bpifefatniy | B.

pe viebe i$&'gei»>2ttobe.fceoibon. ppset^

p© bBgiintT^eknnp« -p an PFf® PT nioarj

faMbijan^ ah^ u^tan 7 bme bipmepobe.

pa opxelbce upahop anb bobobe ^aep -p be

c^bSe be.'luJc mi^ naiann cpaqitum. ae nub

^poiobhcum S^pe-^^ t5a polbe pe pipa mom %

tSep beppa pip p»pe ppa^ pdp; penbe f:he

ppif e S^^3*c* ]>e&p pipan monnep popfe pusae

^/ bfilcw Ajc. fp6an he hip b|QXM^ gehepeb bsepbe. fa jc^be^* he

1 Cott.
* tJott. beppcr
•Cfett. pitoja«.

ii*.piio«a.7.-r*-yos antei% nisi ad popnlaves avcas, &c.
eler^ ])a hpila. ^ g^^ |^j.gj. hpilpenbhcan. » Cott. lengu.
panT * Cott. anhcep. « Cott. jropmsjuu ' Cott. eajiiiiB^.
c BJT.^* — I ' ifl.o-.x .--1^- » Odtfe panbnm.

* Cott. anhcep.
» Cdtt. Mnbia«i>
>> Cott.'jCptbiani

» Cott. jropmsjuu
>» Cott. seipe.
i«Bod.realbe^.

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And even if they Imd written tli© Trtiole of ftlieir lives and of
their actionB, as they ought if they were honest, would not
the writings nevertheless wax old and perish, as often as it
was done, even as the writers did, and those about whom
they wrote ? And yet it seems to you that ye have eternal
honour,' if ye can, in all your life, earnft^vBimay have good

finne,. after your days ! g thou now tt ! iily 9 5B 8rthb durroon
of this present life, and this temporal,- with the^jjation of
the never-ending life, what is it then? OSSe^imi noTf the
length of the time wherein thon mayest wink thine eye, with •^
ten thousand wrnters ; then have the times somewhat of like,
though it be little ; that is, that each of them ha» an end.
Hilt ^^ Qjjgn |fiTR iht^^ fl ten thousand years, and even more if thon
wilt, with the eternal and the never-ending life; then wilt
thou not find there anything of like, because the ten thousand
years, though it seem long, will shorten : but of the other
there never will come an end. Tlerefore it is not to be com-
pared, the ending with the never ending i If thou even reckon
from the beginning of this middle-earth to the end, and then
compare the years with that which has no end, there will be
nothing of like. So is also the fame of celebrated men.
Thongh it sometimes may be long and enduie many years,
it is nev^heless very short compared ^h that which never.

. ends!

§ IT. iiid ye nevertheless care net whether ye ^ any
good, on any other account, than for the little praise of* thb
people, and for the short fame which we havejirfbre spoken

. about. Te labou* for this, aad overlook the excellences of
your mind, and of your understanding, and of your reason,
and would have the reward of your good works from the re-
port of strangers ! Te desire to ^^flw;* then the reward which
ye should 9eek from God ! But thou hast heard that it long
ago happened, that a very wise man, and vay noble, began to
tty a philosopher, and scoffed at him, because he -so aarogantly
lifted himself up, and proclaimed this, that he was a philoso-
pher. HJe did not make it known by any talents, but by false
sod proud boasting. Then the wise man woluld prove him,
whether he were as wise as he himself thought that he was.
He therefore began to revild^, and pne ^k ill of him. Then the
philosopher heard very patiently the wise man^s words for
some time. But after he had heard his reviling, he then de-

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/ ongean rpi]>e tm2;e]^lbeLce.^ pedh. he »p licette f he u]y|wta
pepe. Acfobe hine ^a efchp»]>ep him ]iuhte ^ he vipyit^rfSfSd
he ns&pe. Da anbfpopobe fe pifa mon him 3 cpse^f. Ic polbe

^ q>e)>an f Jm ufrmgi paBpe. xip ^ 3;e)?ylbix paepe l/^gpSfflft

J' mihtert. ^ pu Ifc^jmn pa&f h im reTilira . fe he aep mib leapin-
pim punobe. Pu nefioi ^aenrt; he ])a p»p pihte pppam anum
anbpypbe. Ppaefct t^ArteQb l?onne pam beteftum maonum. t$e
»p uf p»pon. y m f pa fpipe^^fum^oii JSaef ibelan X^lpep* 3 f sef
hhfan sepcep heopa beal>eJot$t$e lEp»Ejj:onrtent hit l?am )>e nu

/() pnbon. D^ p»pe s&lcum men mape tJeapp f he pilnobe ^obpa
cps&fCa. ]>omie leaper hlij*an. Pps&t hte^ he s&t )>am hlifan.

' pu ne piton pe ^
1 bits hbbenbe. Ac

redlfapl paBn1> r pil>e' fepedlice^ to heotonum. pb)>an heo onti;

IS Dif^ or ^arn cancenne ba&r hchoman onhereb bil>. heo FopfeoJ*
bonne ealle bap eoptJhcan fmj. ^ ji^enab^ fxj f heo moc
Dpucan ]>»f heopenhcan. j-ip])an heo^ hip abpo^ben f^iom pxm
eop])hcan. ponne f GOob him pelpim S^pita hip Hiobef pillan;.

CAPUT XIX.*

DS fe j7ij1)om ^a firjpell apeht® h»f be. ^a on^an he ^ibbian

30 3 f^r pnjenbe cp»t$1fSpa hpa j*pa pilmje to hab benne J5pne

ibel agjbhfan. 'i pone Wnyttan jilp. behealbe he" on peopep-

2 i nealf e hip hti^ib^ille tSasr he oronenhpealta bi|? . *} hu neapa J^aepe

eop^an pteSS^'lfr^eali'lieo up pum pince. J>onne ynagi^ hine

Hi} rcamian baBneTbn»bm|6 hir hliran. p opbam he hme ne m»J

Z5 pupfum d)Dpl^>an gpepj^a ixeappan eopf an ane. 6ala opep-

moban. hpi ^e pihnjen ^jejmbeplutan mib eoppum ^yipan f

beaphcne jeoc. oJ>)>e hpi yipptftp on ppa ibelan jeppmce. f je

; ' polbon eopepne hlipan tobpa&ban opep j*pa mane^a geoba. 0cah

/ hit nu S^bypige $ tSa utemeptan^ tJioba eopepne miman upa-

^t hebbann on mamj peobipc eop hepijen. "j-ij^eab. h^ pexe ji^

micelnelaebelcunbneff e hir jebypba. 3 feo^on eallum^lum j

on eallum plencum. ne fe bea^ peah ppelcep ne pecf. Ac he pop-

33 pe^ fa a&pelo, 3 pone pican jehce 3 fone heanan ogjeljj. ]

J^ ppa' geemnet ba jiican ^ ba heanan . Ppast pnt nu feep pojiemafi-

*Boet lib. iL xnetnim 7.-7-Qmcumqae solam mente, &c
1 * Bod. |>ylbehc. » CottreeruSian m%ahte. » Cott Selper> * Coti
lmohc& > • CotL popplfe. • Cott. F»sna'S. ' Bod. p>»r *»«*

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fended himself aeainBt him very impaiientlr, though he before
pretended that he was a philosopner, and asked him &g&i]i>
^vrhether he thought him to be a philosopher or not. Then
answered the wise man to him, and saicl : I would say that
thou wert a philosopher, if thou wert patient, and able to be
silent. How lasting was to him the fame which he before
falsely sought I How did he not immediately burst because
of one answer ! What has it then ayuled the best men who
were before us, that they so greatly desired yain glory and
fame after their death P Or what does it profit those who
now are ? Therefore it were to every man more needful that
he were desirous of good actions than of deceitful fame.
What has he from this fame, after the Reparation of the body
and the soul ? Do we not know that all men bodily di^ andf
yet the soul is liviug P But the soul goes very freely to thej
heavens, after it is set loose and liberated from the prison of
the body. It then despises all these earthly things, and re-
joices in this, that it may enjoy the heavenl;y', after it is taken
away from the earthly. Then the mind will itself be a witness
of God's will.

CHAPTEE XIX.

When Wisdom had made this speech, then be|;an he again
to sing, and thus singing, said : Whosoever desures to have
vain fame and unprofitable glory, let him behold on the four
sides of him, how spacious the expanse of the heaven is^ and
how narrow the space of the earth is,1;hougb it seem large to
us ! Then may it shame him of the spreading of his fame,
because he cannot even spread it over tne narrow earth alone !
O, ye proud, why are ye desirous to sustain with your necks
this deadly yoke p or why are ye in such vain labour, because
• ye would spread your fame over so many nations ? Though .
it even happen that the farthest nations exalt your name, and '
praise you m many a language; and though any one with
great nobleness add to his birth, and prosper in all riches,
and in all splendour, death nevertheless cares not for jthingQ
of this sort, but he despises nobility, and deVours the ricL and
the poor alike, and thus levels the rich and the poor! What
are now the bones of tlie celebrated and the wise goldsmith,
Weland? I have therefore said the wise, because to the

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ne hine inon neiaa^ '^^'''■''^^^it on him ^eiuiiiBn Ji&mon huq
bat fUDaan. ^ywaban ojp hwpe ]Xebe. Ppa9)> pnt nu ]»&f pdonb^

Lutuf. o^e iSSSmT!s]jiU!f. o^e fe fifa nT p^y^;|^Bfea) Eato.
fe p»f ea^Booftana hej^te^ jpe jnef <^c&lice u]?pita. Ijmic
IM&pan l)ajjacFy!in iiOfi]igq»tt»ne. 3 nan moB nat hprnfi hi nu

^r

&f eac^ifooftanfl
Ppaetjir.keom

/O fint. Ppaet^ nf.keojw nuvto lapeTfanitan ]*e lytla li^fa ;] fe nama

nub feaum ftapiBL«ppiteii. 3 f Sit pypfe if. f pe piton maaij^

'^p9fi«in«pe •} ijempsSofjiipe pqiaf ppj^^epitafte J>e m)>e peaie

manna a onxicAc manixe licaxal? beabe nub eaUejcopxitene .
' V'f r® W'F* ^ Fup8wn cuje ne s«^>* ^^•^JS? ^^. F^^Qll
f JT pdmap f gft laage Lbban rcylan h^ on pojiuIbe.'fipHb 7u6 eof
])onne oy Dtt. Jiu ne cymo fe DeaS. )>eah t$e* be late cunae. *]
abe^ eop op ]?iffe pojuilbe. "^ hwat conrtent eop ]>onne pe ;i}p.
kujui fam Ife. re^psem»a be»l> ^wxrupl? 3 en ecnepfe tchaact -.

CAPUT XX>

DS fe |7ifbom fa pif leoj? afunjen hs&ge. J>a on^an he
J^O rpdlifi^^ "3 f ^r cpaef . Ne pen Ira no f ic t:opanpilllcex»nne pif

Ei,pypb. f9p]»am ic hit no fdpe nauht ne onbpaobe. pji^m
t opt ybynaf '^j ^ eo leafepypb nau]>ep ne max J>am men bon

ne nutnm. ne eac^ xLannefbem . poppam heo mf nanef lopef
l^ pjppe. pop]iam beo bipe felp jecj)? ^ heo nanpuht ne bipT Ac
^^ BftoThnppthtS hipe « p^m. ]>onne beo ^eopena]? hiope "Seapaf. Ic

pene^beab f ])U ne popftanbe nu ^t bp»t ic i$e to cp8&]7e. pop-

f am hit If punbopbc ]y»t ic fecym piUe. r] ic hit m»t miea)?e
;' mib popb^np^e^caa.^ ppa ppa ic polbe. f ip faet ic pat f te

f eo pifeppeaphe pjrpb byj) s&Lcum men njtpypfpe )>onne peO'
Jo opfopje. popfam feo opfopje pmle hbf anb hcet. ^ mon fcyle <

yenan f bed feo* fio fo]7e jefael^. ac f 10 pi]ieppeapbe ip po pope

l^epseTp. feab hpe&m^ ppa ne fmce. poppam heo ip paptpaeb '2
j3 Xeha&t fimle f te fof ixp. 810 ofup*^ jf leaf *] befpicf ealle hipe

^epepau. popfaem hio hit jecyf pelp mib hipe hpupppulneffe
^J'j>at hio hip ppife pancol. Ac peo pifeppeapbets^ganb je-
$^ l»pe8 aelcne p^pa ^e hio hi togej^iet. 810 of ep^ jebrnt »Ic fapa

^ Boet. Kb. iL prosa 8. — Sed ne Sfl inexorabile, &c.
iBod. >eah. » Cott fpilban. » Cotfl^ieccaa. * Gott, if. » BwL
bpa. « Cott olSjm, ' Cott. o^iiu '

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skilfttl Tiis &k31'*cm nerer be lort, nor.ean any man nore
^asilj take it from ktm.tlum lie^i^an turn aside the svm frooi
her place. 'Whefe are now^tbe'boaes of Wela«d ? or who
knows DOW wheue they* wwrd P Or where i is i notw the illus-
trbos and the patrjotic ^eopgal of tfae'Somans, who was caUeid
ftntus, hy another naime Gassiua P er the wise and hmexible
Gato, who was aiao a Soman -eeiunil P He was eridently ^a
philosopher. Were not these long ago depatted P tn^ no one
knows where they are new. What erf thetn is now remaining,
exeept ^le emau fame and the name written with a few
letters P 'And it is yet weise l^at we know of many illns-
trioDs and nenKwil^e men de|>arted, of whom i^ry few per-
soDB have ever heard. iBat many ke jdead^ entirely forgotten,
* 80 i^at fame does' sot even make them known ! Though ye
now think and ^desirei that ye may live long here in the world,
urbat is it toyoa thtti the better? Does not death come,
though he come late, and take you away from this world ?
And what then does glory profit you P at least those whom
the second death seizes, and for ever binds P

CHAPTBE.XX.

Whsn Wisdom had sung, this lay, then began he to speak,
and thus said: Do not suppose that I too obstinately attack
fortune. I myself have no dread of it, because it fre(|uently
happens that deceitful fortune can neither render aid to a
man, nor cause any injury . Therefore she is deserving of no
praise, because slie herself shows that she is nothing. But
she reveals her fountain when she discloses her manners. I
think, nevertheless, that thou dost not jret understand what
I say to thee : for what I wish to say is wonderful, and I
can hardly explain it with words as J would. It is, that I
'know that adverse fortune is more useful to every man than
inrosperous. For the pre'spereus always lies and dissembles,
that men may think that she is the true happiness. But the ^
adverse is the true happiness, though to any one it niay not
Beem so,fi>r she is constant and always promises what is true.
The other is fsdse, and deceives all her followers; for she
herself shows it \sj her changeableness, that she is very un-
stable : but the aaverse improves a nd instructs eve^ one to
whom she joins herself. The other binds every one^.^ the
minds which enjoy her, through the appearance whicK sh^

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/ moba ^ hijie^ bp^c]> mib Jbjepe hipunja iSe hio beet f hio pe

"jto y^ietS. mib }>am^ hio him ^eopena]! hu tiefepfi* fsef anb-

peapban ^ef»l^ pnt. Ac f eo opf ophnef 2»]^ [|xypm»liim [yp^

^ faBf pmbef ^.1* 8io jj>eppeanbner ]>oime hi]rjpiade mita&iu . 3

^ f maci y'-^' pi^fy mib ]>a&pe ftjpinje hipe a^enpe ppecennejje.

' ' Ac p6 leaf^jefs&L]' hid^'^to onlaft neabmta ]» ])e hiepe to^e-

]>eobap j^iom fa&m fofum® ^ef»lj>um mib hiepe olecunj^eJ Seo

TOpeppeapbner ]H>nne piU opt e«]le ]»a ]>e hiepe imbep]>eobbe

/(7Dio]>. neabmta jetihf to bam foJ>um jef8&l]>um. rg^ jpa m ib

an;^ejij:g ^^j^^^^en bi}>. Dinc}> }?e nu -^^ l^d yftneon t Ij Q

)?inpa g ej^l]>a .' ^sette J>eof pe)>e anb J>eof egefhce
peapbnex ] >e hjitagj^. ^ in ]>»t heo fpijje hpa]>e J>a GDob.'^e je-
opena]? t^mpa ^etpeoppa^eonba. anb eac j>inpa peonba. ]>8&t^.

/5 hie miht fpitSe fpitele^l^jgguuailL -^c )>»f leafan ^efsel]^ ]K>mie
hi }»e jrpom j;epita}». tSonnenimaS hi heopa men mib him. "}
l»ta)> Jjine peapan jetpeopan mib ))e. pu polbejr fu nu jebyc-
jan. fa fu jersBljojt; paepe *} )>elj>uhte ^ peo p]^b rpifojt on
Smne pillan pobe. mib hu micdyeuai* p eo polbenp )m y& habban

^qX®^^^*^ f V^ rputole mihtepc TifcofinkpaTi ' )>ineTppinb^® •] fine
tj^b.^^ Ic pat J>eah f fu hit polbept habban mib miclan peo"

J :' ij;eboht ^ f u m ca]>eft pel torcabflp. Deah fe nu fmce f fa
beoppypjje peoy poj^open liJbbe. fu ha&ppt J>eah micle biop-
pypfpe mib 2;eboht. f pint ^etpeope ppienb. fa fu miht na

;^ j^tocnapan. ^ papt hpaet fu hiopa haeppt. ppa&t ^ ip "p eallpa
beoppeopfepte peoh •.

CAPUT XXI.i

^/ DS pe |7ipbom fa fir ppell ap»b ha&pbe. fa on^an he ^ibbigan^ ^
,:; 5)3 t5up rinjenbe cpa&f^^n pceppenb ip bucon»lcum tpeuu. j j^

ip eaq pealbenb heoponer -] eopf^ i ealpa^epceapta jepepen-
^0 hcpa 3 eac unjepepenlicpa. j) ip Dob s&bnihci^. Sam f eopiaf

eaUe fa f e f eopiaf . ^e fa f e cimnon. ^e fa f e ne cunnon. ^e fa
92 f e hit piton f hie him f eopiaf . ge fa fe hit nyton. 8e ilea je-

^ Boet. lib. vL metrum 8. — Quod mundus stabili fide, &c.

* Bod. hepe. * Cottf ^nbinA » Cott. tebpa. * Cott, fpa J»»p
pmbep >yp, and Bod. jjmpeji pinbef ]>yr. The reading within the brackets
^ la a suggestion of the late Mr. Cardale's, in which I fally concnr. ^ Cott
/ peep^aj-ceppeb^ « Cott. po)>an. jj Cott. ])»pe ohceunse. * Cott.
•/ n)eotole. » Cott micle. i» Cott3|rpenb. " Cottlfeenb. " Cott.
/ midepo. "Cott-poh. " Coti ^ibbian. I

CHAP. IXI. BOSTHIUS, 73

feigns of being good : but the aHverse unbinds, and frees
eTery one of those whom she adheres lo, in that she discloses
to them how firafl these present goods are. But prosperity-
goes confusedly as the wind^s storm ; while adversity is always
&ultles8, and isj^vgj^from injury by the experience of her
own danger. In fine, the flEilse happiness necessarily draws
those who are associated with her, from the true felicities, by
her flattery : but adversity often necessarily draws all those
who are subjected to her, to tEe" true goods, as *a fish is
caught by a hook. Does it then seem to thee little gain,
and little addition to thy felicities, which this severe ana this
horrible adversity brings to thee: that is, that she very
quickly lays open to thee the minds of thy true friends, and
idso of tmne enemies, that thou mayest very plainly ^s-
tinguish them ? But' these false goods, when they daj^rl^
from thie, then take they their men with them, and leave^
thy fewlfaithful ones with thee. How wouldest thou now?
buy, or when thou wert happiest, and it seemed to thee that
fortune proceeded most according to thy will, with how muosh
money Wouldest thou then have bought, that thou mightest
dearly distinguish thy friend and thy foe ? I know, how-
over, that thou wouldest have bought it with much money
that thou mightest well know how to distinguish them.
Though it now seem to thee that thou hast lost precious
wealth, thou hast nevertheless therewith bought much more

Srecious, that is, true friends, whom thou art now able to
, istinguish, and knowest what of them thou hast. But this
is the most valuable wealth of all.

CHAPTBE XXr.

Whek Wisdom had made this speech, then began he to
sbgy and thus singing, said : There is one creator beyond
all doubt, and he is also governor of heaven and earth, and
of all creatures, visible and invisible. He is Qod Almighty.
Him serve all those creatures which serve, both those which
have understanding, and those which have not understand-
ing : both those which know it that they serve him, and
those which know it not. The same has appointed un-

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/ fctae uaapenbcpfaiicne nfao. i IfemOL 1 enc xecynfeeitce nbbe
]>a nu fculoQ ftanbaa ido populbe. Da^ mnrti&gifca aercetffa

fC^in^ ne m«^ so |ieop}»m;^qicykb. lie mc oafeob of ito

5- pyne ^ op;)i«pe eiibebypbne]rpe ^ limi 2iq*e& if. «c. (g %|p*^^

^ \ edl4 kir xerceapt» ri»iffl b bajibfiiikle ^^Bf"lfff* ^« T X€Q>-

r ^^^gcmanoog rfa j> hi naijiefi ne AectaHMi ifcemoton.
^g qac rpt]Km pTyyian. jwmne he him ^ayT^quiun lufffealbl^efig

qac rpt]Km pTynian. IwmBe he him h

^ofoflstc, bpa Wp)^ feailiniLt'ija JLjooReiie8po)Uiee''eaLie nif 2^
^£CiSB£Ca nub hq- anpeftlbe. ^n& bepjf^Tfielc jnoS j^ib «j>e]fi. ai^

/' ^eah ]qx8ft])e^ otpcp. fhie ne motcm tdflnpaii. ac bi9 ^^PJ^
ept to ]>am ilcan p^e ^e kie »p iquyxi. 347a peoff^^ efc
^hnipabej f pa hi hitljaisia)! f gapl>eii»eajifeapjfcfyaasag »S]^
Se hie ba ypiT hi^ .>piiiMi]i. ^eac |»fte pDOe oetpi^him heal-
*^baj>. 8pa nu p^'be]) -^lo&cep. *}.r»^ e<^e.^ aaati^ ojypMiy-
- rceaitau. ]>e beo]> a f pa uflgetSjggjpa becpux hun Ifpa jT^a hi beo]^.
-] )^ah he beo]}fpas^p6qia]>«tteiu>f an f hima^on 'sefepin
beon. ac f^ Vy^f^ f heopa, pip]>nm nan bu&on ojrfium beon

beon. ac f^ n^^^ f hec^a pip]>nm nan iMit;on ojrfium beon
/0 ne msB^. Ac|jt jceaL.tec pige|iipeaf>be^'^ oftep pijwppegftbj jg-
^^O rogtxian . ppa 1111 hasfO ye aehMhteyi £00 jyi|^ S^ fc^^'^l^r^cg l

^/fpii$e hn^cej^^c^^eppule ealhnn hin xe^^eattiun . jatfifl

lencten 7 ha&p p p:. on loicceii hit; ;qiep6.'anb cmhaggeythiC

^M^^/fj l ^gnlw^ , T eir romen '^ ^ptep. o njmiepa hit D$T?^qym. ^

/// on piniqxa cealb. 8pa<«ac po funaoie bpinjj^ leohte 6s^af . 3 je

^jTmcma hht on note. :^}di ]»»f ilcan Iiobef mdit^ 8e ilcm of"

pypp ]^ j>aBp» r» ^ heo ne mot bone ^eoyircpolb'pyepTtaJiSia

^74?'^P^ ^p)>an^ Ac he h»f:> heofia meajice ]rpa gef etteT j^ hie ae

y mot heojie meapce xebpa&ban o gep }ia rtimn eoppaa. luib ]>am

jl canteenye ir Xepeah t rpi]>e anlic ;^fppi?t;le )»»f flnSftj- -j ]iaB|- ^
.^/ ybban. }?ahgefeteng|; ))a he laet ftanban J>a hpile fe he pile. Ac |
j^onne asp JyeHie ' ^Tepealble|>ep ponll&t |?anatbnibla. ]>€ heM !
xerceatta mi mib^ppibteb^ hagg)> : f reo ^mbcjipeanbper^ }>e pe
aep ymbe pppvoon. ;^f he tSa Iset torlnpaJT ponne pQp3aBta|> h i
|?a pbbe^be, bi flg hwflba]?. ^ pi&]> heofi& seic en o)wp ^ptep \a\
^S a2;enuai pman. ;] popia&ta)^ heepa .^epegqis&bcwie. '3 popboS
J : eaine )mjae imbbaneapb. 3 jeopi|ni)» hnn felpe to nauhte. 8e
ilea ! fobjyptx^ mib l meonbpaebenne ixiic toy abetie, 3 nnb^^-
-^ J £cipafp 4T»mnal?l£rbyiaenlic^ laye. Pe xexaebepi5? jqnnb rfje-
pepan ^ l»e ^stpeophoe heopa pibbe ^ ^*^p»^'|fp^^*?tfTpy^^'"^^
4^ healbaf . €ala ^ te Sip moncyn p»pe jepaelij. SijE^ififiJiaJjOob^

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^5

dm^eaUe ciaioii».aiid habits^ and also safsoEaLaffreeiDeiit,
to ail his jCBftureg, wfaea lie muM, and ao long aa ne ^vrould,
which BKMT ai»il ubmd' for eTtr. Thei motion of the moTisg
creatures cannot be atsjredy nor yet tuned from the ooorse
and from the order that is set to thiem. But the governor
has so with his bridle caught hold of, and restrained, and ad-
monished, all his creatures; that they neither can be still, nor
yet move fiirtker thau fie the sfiace of hia rei^i aUows to them.
I So haa the Akaaghty God conti^ollediill his creatines by his
I power, that each of them. strivea. with another^aad yet sup-
I ports another, so that they ■cannot slip aannder, but are
, turned Again to. the aaatetsourse which they before ran, and
j thus become, .fgaia. renewed. So aretboy Taiied, that con-
I tiary creatures both strive with each other, and also hold
I irai agreenent with eabh otler. Thus fire doth, and water ;
[ wd sea. and eari^^^ and many other isreaturey . which will
ever be as discordant ^tween themselves, as they are ; and
k yet they are «o accordant that not only they may be com-
; paaions, but moreover, that even no one of them without
another can exist. ! &it ever 'maat-^ the contrary the ot^er
I go nfaary moderat e^:' So has now the Almighl^ God very
i irisely and very fitly, appointed change to all his creatures.
: Thus sf^ing and harvest. In spring it groweth, and in
I Wvest it ripens - And again summer tmd winter. In
[ sonuB&er it ia warm, and in winter cold. So also the sun
biingeth light days, and tibe moon gives light in the night,
tlu!ough the power of the same Ocd. The same warns the
Bea that it may not overstep the threshold of the earth :
but. he has. so fixed their limits, that it may not extend its
boundary, over, the still earth. By the same gove^ment is
wdered a very like cl^n ge of the flood and the ejbb. This
Appointment, then, he allows to stand as Jong as he wills.
But when ever he shall let go the y^in of th^ hwdlpn wifTi
which he has now bridled the creaj^ures, that contrariety
which we before mentioned, if he shaJTallow these to be re-
laxed, then wiir't ^v forsake the MreSm^^ hich they now
ieep/'and strive,, eaeh of them' witb other, met its own will,
tod forsake their companionship, and destroy all this middle-
Qatthx-Andijaag themselves to naught. The same God joins
people .together with friendship, and unites families with
virtuous love. He brings together friends and companions,
that they faithfully hold theur agreement and their friendship.

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76 BOiTHivs. CHAP. xm.

/ PJBgJif JT* pilifc "3 n« sejicatelob. ^ ypa aeenbebj gfe. fpa n»]f

oifjie ^ef ceapa pnbon ;^v? peli enba)> nu reo 8^6pe|VTioFepr^

Boetmre r.^^ on^mf feo ppibbe/^ BdStiuf jp»f oJ>pe naSS

^ ^ehaten' 8euepinup. fe pa&f hepeto^a Romana;. '^

CAPUT XXII.*"

^ § I. DS pe j7ijl)om tJa fif leoj? apinjen hsepbe. ^a hsapbelifi
me j^ebunben* mib league pynnpimnerre hip fft'^gef . f jc hif jg

/ rFf e papenbe T rpiP^m^P»pe ' hi'h^ to ^envnanne mib iim»

pea pbtag^abe . 5 )>a^ rulpa]?e* ^ssy ic clipob^ to him *] ^

^ cpsBf . €ala ^ifbom. Jm peeapt po lielijt;e fliof^ eallpap ""

/O moba.^ hu ^u me hg&yjft aFpeppobne se^fep'jilmib' f>inpe|
Iman y^ p ^ ng. ^e mib j^sepe^ pynpmmejje J>mef panjef . t_ ^^ _

/^ ]?u me hagprt nu'ttepetne^ -yVnppf^ypenne mi b pmpe gefceab *

' Pir5£rr?* "P me fu Jyncf ]>a&tte no f an faet ic tSap un pyiA.
apa&pnan ms&^. pe me on becumen if. Ac f eah- me jet maj*

/^Fpecennej* on becume. ne cpife ic^ n»ppe ma f hit buton je*
pyphtum^® jie, Fop]>am ic pat $ ic mapan ^ hepjpan jm))l
pa&pe. Afi i c polbe j|febe l?onetlsecebom_ ^apa t$mna lapa hj*B»
mape ^hypan. ])eali iiu ink hpene aep fSBbeft^^ f fu penbefC*
•p hi polbon me fpife bitep^mcan. ne onbpa&beic hi me nauhc

£,0 nu. Ac^iaJieopa com j^ijie Jippe »3]>ep je to jehepenne je eac
to jehealbanne. *] tSe fpif e jeopne bibbe f J)U hi me sela&jte.
fpa fpa f u me nu lytle sep jehete. Da cpfisS fe |7ifbom. Ic on-

; '> jeat f ona l)a ^u rpa pel jef pujobeft. anb f pa lufthce jehepbejt
mine lape. ^ f firpoftldft mib mn epeajibgai GDo&e hi onjiton. "]

^(^'pneajean. pop]>am ic jeanlJibobefpifepel oJ> ic pifte*^ hpa&t pu
polbeft. ■;) hu fu hit unbepftanban polbef t. "3 eac fy fupf op ic
tiplobe fpife jeopnpulhce. f S?-^^'^ popftanban mihteft.^^ Ac
ic 1>e ^pille nu rec?,^ hpelc reUa&cecnsett ir minne lape tSe U
menu bitft. Pejf j^aSfi. bitep. oa. jm^e ■] he ))e+tipt.on ^a

JO.)>potan f onne 8uhif a&peft panbaft. Ac he penobaj? ^7 fyb)?aB,
he inna)?. -^ bib rpil>e L|>e oi^ t$am inno)>e, "3 fpif e rp ete eg ,

^fl bealcetenne -:^^ """"^

, ^ Boet. lib. iii. prosa l.-^am cantiim ilia finierat, &c.

,1 Cott lefteppefiiojTi-boc Boedef. 'Cott. haten. * Cott. sebun-
benne. * CotU pUp & be . * Cott. cleopobe. « Bod. boma. ' Bod.
J>mpe. » Cott.Tkpetne. » Bod. if. '« Bod. SepypJ>mn. " Cott
jKbe. « (jott. penbe. " Cott. mina lapa. " Cott. pifp e. " Cott
meahte. ^^ Cott. >e pepeba'S. ^7 Bod. belcenran.

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\ I. BOITHIUB. 77

0, how happj would this mankind be, if their minds were as
right, and asestablished, and as ordered, as the other creatures
are! HerejSnoeth the second consolation-book of Boethius,
and beginneth the third. Boethius was by another name
called Severinus : he was a consul of the Bomkns.

CHAPTEE XXII.

§ I Wheit Wisdom had sung this lay, then had he bound
me with tbe sweetness of his song, so that I was greatly ad-
miring it, and very desirous to hear him with inward mind :
an d imnaediately thereupon I sp o ke to him, and thus said :
0, wisdom, thou who art tbe highest comfort of all weary
minds ! how hast thou comforted me, both with thy profound
^bx)XLrse and with the sweetness of thy song ! So much
jttgtthou^now corrected and oyercome me w ith thy reason-— .ji^
ingJtEaf ft no'w seems to me that not only am I able to bea|
tbis misfortune which has befallen me, but even if stilr —

greater peril should come upon me, I will never more say

thou just now saldst that thou thoughtest that they womd
aeem very bitter to me, I am not now anraid of them, but I
^very anxious after them, both to hear, and also to observe :
and very earnestly entreat thee that thou wouldest perform
^me, as thou a little while ago promisedst me. Then said
Wisdom : I knew immediately wnen thou didst so well keep
ailence, and so willingly heardest my doctrine, that thou
^onldest with m war d m ind r eceive and consider it. There-
fore I waited very well till 1 knew what thou wouldest, and
aow thou, wouldest understand it ; and, moreover, I very
^estly endeavoured that thou mightest understand it.
But I will now tell thee what the m edicine of my doctrine
S> which thou askest of me. ±^ is ver^'Wller m tne mouth,
j^d it irritates thee in the throat, when thou first triest it :
but it grows sweet after it enters in, and is very mild in the
nomach, and pleasant to the ^vik^deM^

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78 BOISHIUS. OHAF. TSIttl

I § II.° Tic tSaefi 5u onaeate lip)feiT^ ic ]>e nu teohhie^tqi
lebenne.^ ic pat ^ )?u polbeft; j^i^ ^eopiiie iSibep pmbian. ]
fpi)^e ]:p()dic^ beoB ona&leb nub t^pe ^itpuo^e. fopj'^ia ic 2»i
hepbe "^ ]>u »p f sebeft "^ ]>u fpi)>e ^eopnpill psejie hi& to jeky*

JT panne. Da cp8&J> "p CDob. P piyejx pilt W me nuuiJ)ojt laebi^
Da anbpypbe feo Hfefceabpij-nej- anb cp8&)>. To f aem j-of um ge-

y f8&l])um ic tiohhie^ -p ic J>e laebe. be' J>in GDo b oft ymbejiagy^

/ 3 eaf mej>.* 3 "gu^ ne miht»ft g^tyEulrwEtnej^et apebian Co ^am

Tof um xera&lJHun. tonpam pin Cuob ps&r apiyyoo mib )>aBp<

/rft appne ^lyja leafena te^aslga. Da cpaef ^ OOob. Ic "Se heailfi2;e j

//*fu ihe o]2fipe butcm ^Iquiil JPpfifiii hpaet po fope xef»l)^ pe. Di

/2cp«J) j-io Ijerceabpimer..I c pillettoplurtlice t on ]M™^f) IllTiy"
Ac ic fceal be nimepe ibirene rSjoae anlicnerre ])aepe iftfOT^
. of^e-pfin^ cUbpe pe. to bam f ]>u ^ bipae |-pep-
;eapige. ^ fonne be ]>8&pe aniicnej*fe f apa fO]>ena ^e^

^ecsecan
/5tol^erceai

fael^kfumS^ironjitan fa foj^an jefS&ltSa. ;) po]id»tan^ ]i8etx<i
F him pif eppeapb bij>. f fint ]>a leaj-an jefselpa. anb J>onne miii
V^eallef mobef ^eopnpullan inie^ance hiaie^ '^ ]>u ma&^e becumani
//to J?am jef^lfum f e ece fuphpuniaj) • .

CAPUT xxin.o

so ©^ r® F*rb«5j»tir rP«^ ape kt^ h»fbe> }«, ongan he ejpp
T^bbian. 'jfuf cp8B)»TJ[8pa bpa rffii^t^g rfn^i J. pepsmbieiiie^ l^^

£a9jric\ oanArt-. /\r tin "hrkrinar *n V>nTr*n*«j»''^ •UrrAnnn i oajIa. \a

axao sepert og }>a bonnar. i ])aWpi f ^T # f^M* TVeaile te
>eob fehe ^epo']^ ]mm a&oenum beratten. j) re bpartp&> masxe Pfc

^ iES95 ]>e he 2«n^ "p fwn aaoepum bepigfen. ;p re lipartp&> m»ge w
i )et peaxaa. €ac. ir tSeof bif en to 2;efenceiine. ^ if "j^ aedcum

^^men l?incC Tmmxy Tbio*bpeafe_ l?y peoriob^, tip h e hpenc gp
u.^. — jf — ^2aiy2|^. *^^ eft £mjkep^be|i^bi)> J>y bancpynbite. gf-

hit hpeAe »n b i^ [t^pce jxopmaf . ;] nojiJSaa pinbaj-. 3 mi3e
^^penaj- 3 roapar . Anb ^aQcpyp]>pe bi)>J eac Jjpef b»^ef leoht pop

)>a&pe ^efhcaa pioftpo paepe nihte. }K)nne hic yK^ ^p nan
^^ niht ii»pe. Spa Di)> eac micle ]>e pinpimpte po p oM^ep »1S to.

habbenne aqitep ^am eopmbum ^ijrep anbpeapban up^. Anb

eac micle %^ ef \^ ptifct }>a ytifanteraeibaT^ecnapaix anb to
9% hiopa cy]>]7e becuman.^t$aas)i^ajr^tpa]a^ COobe:

n Boet. lib. iii. prosa 1. — Sed quod tu te audiendi, &c

Boet. lib. iii. metrum 1. — Qui serere ingeaauiii volet, &g.

1 Cott. tiohise to l»baniie. « Cott. tiohise. » Cott Jwp * Cott.
hperpe^ T ^ac m»t. » Cott. Sc >u. • Bod. j:opl»t. ^ Cott. hipSC'
» Co^t. aji8^.^

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CHAP. XXm. BOITHIXTS. 79

§ IL Bofe wbea ihem shonldest perceire whither I now
design to lead thee, I knew that thon wouldest very anxiooslj
tend thither, and be very greatly inflamed with that desire.
Por I heard what thou before saidst, that thou wast very de-
Birous to hear it. Then said the Mind : Whither wilt thou
now especially lead me ? Then answered Eeason, and said :
I popose that I should lead thee to the true goods, about
which tbj mind often meditates, and is greatly moved : and
thou hast not yet^bee njable to find the most direct way to
tne true goods, becauie ^hy mina was occupied with the view
of these false goods. Tlien said the Mind : I beseech thee
that thoa-wouldest slow me, beyond all doubt, what the true
h^piness is. Then said Beason : I will gladly, for love of
Wg* But I must, by some example, teach thee sohl^re-
Beml)lance of the thing^till the thing be better known to
thee; i n order that thou mayest clearly view the example,
and then, by the resemblance of the true goods, thou mayest"
' hnow the true goods, and forsake what is contrary to them,
that is, the &lse goods : and tl^en with the anxious thought
of all thy mind, strive that thou mayest arrive at those goods,
which for ever r^nain !

CHAECEE XXTTL

Wheit Wisdom had ended this discourse, then began he
{^gain to sing, and thus said : Wbg sQ gver is desirous to sow
fertile land, let4iiHi fe! ^ draw ou^t be thorns, and the fiirze ^
and the femj'and all the weeds wlndi he observes to do injury
to the field, in order that the wheat may grow the better.
Also, this example is to be considered, that is, that to every
loan honeycomb seems the sweeter, if he, a little before, taste
f^vthina Sitter. And, again, calm weather is the more agree-
able, if it a» little before be stark storms, and north winds, and
much rain and snow. And more agreeable also is the light of
the day, for the horrible darkness of the night, than it would
he if there weie no night. ' So is also the true hAppinees much
the more pleasant to enjoy, after the ^ftTPitiJfiS ^^ this present
life. Ana, moreover, thou mayest much the sooner discotfl^
the true goods, and arrive at the knowledge of them, .if i^hou
fint rootest dut &om thy mind the false goods, and remo^t

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/ i$a les^^an jej*8el]?a. ^ hi opfltilift op^ tSone ^unb. &t$t5an pu hi
lx)nne Ti|ecnapaii m iht. ]?oime pac ic f tSu ne pihiaft nanef o]7pef
^ }?injef ojrep J>a'.

CAPUT XXIV.P

§ I. DX he J>a ))if leoiS apinjen ha&fbe. ]« pplet he bone

•^I2£S: 1 X^rP^S^be ane hpile. ^ ongaqflt rmealice |>encan on bf

^ mobef m^e]>ance. anb "Suj*^ cpa&J>. JEHc b€a]^Iic mcui ];pen^^Juiie

jelpie mib mifthcTimf 3 manij^pealbum ymbho^m. '^ "pesih

pillnia'5 ealle ]>aph mifthce^ pa]>aj* cuman to anum enbe. "^ if

'p hi pibiia]) fuph unjehce eapnun^a cuman to anpe eabi^nejye.

/0 f If ^onne Dob. j-e if ppuma ^ enbe a&lcef jobef .^ ^ he if po

hehfte jef»lj).® Da cpasj? -p flOob. Daet me "Sync]? pe ^ hehfte

job."^ p»tte man ne ^upfe nanef o))pef jobef . ne eac ne jiecce

ofep f. pt$tSan he f h»bbe. f if hpoj:^ eallpa oj^eppa ^oba.*

pop]7am hit eall o^pu job^® utan bepeh]?. •} eall on innan him

/5h»Fl?. Naepe hit no f hehfte job.^^ pp him s&nij butan psepe.

poppam hit haapbe t5onne to pilnianne fumef jobef ^^ pe hit felp

ns&pbe. Da anbfpajiobe po Erefceabpifnef ^ cpa&p. Deefc if fpife

fpeotol f p8&t If po hehfte jefSBltS. ppfam hit if 8&j^p je

hpop je plop eallef jobef .^* hps&t if ^ f onne buton feo felefte

20 S«r»l^- f ® f * of P* 5ef a&lfa ealle^* on mnan him jejabepatJ. ']

hi utan ymb ha&fp.^^ ■] on innan him ^ehelt. 3 him nanef ne

bi6 pana. ne he nanef neobtSeappe naep]^. Ac hi cumap ealle op

him. ^ ept ealle to him. fpa fpa ealle paetepu cumatS op tSaepe

fa. "^ ert ealle cumatS to %»pe f ». Nif nan to f »f lyteL

^^gep^lm.^^ f he fa f» ne jefece. anb ept op paepe f» he jeleniT

in on fa eopfan. ^ ppa he bipibajSgenbe %eonb l?a eontSan . 08

he ept cymf to ^am ilcan »pelme l)e ne aap ut pleop. ■] fpa

ept to t^aepe f8&;.

§ 11-*^ Dif if^nu bifen_pana fopena ^efs&ltSa. fapa piI bm^

JO ealleibeaprice men to be^itanne . tSeah he tSuph mijrhce^^ V^^

t^encan to cumanne. poppam 8&^hpelc man haepj? ^ecynbehc

^job" on him pelpum. popf am aslc QQob pi^paji fn)K>f gns^f r^^

p Boet. lib. iii. prosa 2. — Tain defixo panlolam visn, &c.

1 Boet lib. iii. prosa 2. — ^Est enim mentibus hominum, &c

» Bod. op atih'S 0IS. ' Cott. >a. » Cott. nuplicmn. * Cott. mifhcc.

* Cott. soobef. « Bod. Ser»l>a. ^ Cott. goob. » Cott. pponi. » Cott

gooba. ><» Cott goob. " Cott. soob. " Cott goobef. " Cott soobef.

" Cott. ealla. " Cott. ymbpeh«. »« Cott »pyhn. " Cott mirhce.

»» Cott soob.

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§1. n. . BOBTHIUS. 81

tiiem from the ground. After thou, then, art able to discover
tliose, I know that thou wilt not desire any other thing be-
aides them.

CHAPTEE XXIV.

' § I. Whbit he had sung^this lay, he ceased the song, and
vas silent awhile, and be^n to think deeply in his mind's
thought, and thus said : Every mortal man troubles himself
mth various and manifold anxieties, and yet all desire, through
various paths, to come to one end : that is, they desire, by dif-
ferent means, to arrive at one happiness ; that is, then, G-od !
Se is the beginning and the end of eveiy good, and he is the
Mghest happiness. Then said the Mind : This, methinks, must
be the highest good, so that man should need no other good,
nor moreover be solicitous beyond that : since he possesses
that which is the roof of all other goods; for it includes all^
other goods, and has all of them within it. It would not bok
the highest good, if any good were external to it, because it*
would then have to desire some good which itself had not.
Then answered Season, and said : It is very evident that this
is the highest happiness, for it is both the roof and the floor
of all good. What is that, then, but the best happiness, which
gathers the other felicities all within it, and includes, and
holds them within it : and to it there is a deficiency of none,
neither has it need of any ; but they all come from it, and
again all return to it : as all waters come from the sea, and
again all come to the sea ? There is none in the little fountain
which doA not seek the sea, andlagaTri, from the sea it arrives
at the earth, and so it flows gradually through tTie earth , till
it again comes to the same fountain tbat it before flowed irom,
and so again to the sea.

§ II. !N'ow this is an example of the true goods, which all
^^B^taLlUQn.de9i£^J^o .obitgin, though they by various ways
think to arrive at them. Eor every man has natural good in
lumself, because every mind desires to obtain the true good :

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8S BOBTHIV0. • CHAP. XSJX, |j

. / tentanpe. Ac hit bi]) ame^jveb mib t^am ke&iim ^bmn.^ ]-o]k
^^am bit btt$ [opMlfie]^ ]>»pto. fop]wm pme me&a fensf f
fat pe j-eo relerte xer»l^. f mon pe fpa pelig ' {^ hejaigff

y 8ume men pena]? f "p fie ^eet hehfte job> ^ he pe hif je-
pepTim hif ^epepena peopfojr. -^ eallon msejene tS»p tilaj».
6iiiiie pctta]»'^ "p Mifte ^ob'^ pe on ^kon hehptan anpealbe. ^
fdnn^ tttSf p tpcga. o^StSe him peljie picpan. oS^e hi to tSaja
|iic«iia;}:p60Xi^]rcipe ^J^eobaa. toae teoh hn^ f ^ h^HTS 17 }^

fO OMKL peo foficma^te. i: yibip«|fce . ^ ha&bbe sobae^ hhpgi. tihdf
tkmne ]wip i^]Wfi S^ on pbbe. ^ on ^^epimie. GOaa^e tdlaiS f
bormaaptum jobe^ 3 to jn«)Xepesef»l]^^ raon pe pmle bhii^
on tHijje MBbpeafibaa hpe. "3 pul^ eallnm hif lupnm. Sune
tk«»e ISa ^ jttif pelaa pihiia2i. hi hif phual$ pop]»am t>»t h

IS ft^bon tS[^ aoopan^iipealb habban. f he mihton^ ^ (^fop^ay

]»iffa populb liifta bpucas. ^ eac ]7af pekn. CX)axie2» pnt Im^

^e pop ^y piliia£4^ ei^pealbef. tSe hie pdben opmaete peoh^ J6>

^ 2abepiaii..o0^eept,)«)]iftM]faa h«o|ia.itfanan hi pifaual^ Jfatb

ZO % UI.^ ODTfpehmm. 3 Pi^_o^pjB? fpelcum U^am. «ab hp^o-
fe^om^.peofk^aiMim.a^cef menmfcef mobef m^ejianc bif

Z;" ^qTenceb mib |wpe ;^eopiipih]effe aab mib }«Bpe. taolunpi.^

fen]^. ])oiiBB f bat faaibbe pim heahc ^b^^ s^ptplnebJ tionne t&

^^httfp ^pvanett^ l!!31..£?l^ef_ele^^a. Onb m^^Junc^ -p bit

^ haebbe .^eboht rpmxe fpi}w leaj-hce m8^]?e. Sam e j^iag nub

^ v aueelpe ^eofiv^afaieffe p^pj^. pc^]7am f hi )>apt^ m»^e vaafc
beapna b^taiL ^ eac p ^pimhc^ hbban. Da ^etpeopan

jj8 ppeonb.^* ponne ic pecge fco^ )?»t becqipeqiSeftae iSynj eallpa
t«ffa populb ^epa&ljrau ]>a. ne pnt pup^on^^ to papain ^bum to

^0 tdlanne. ac:to jobcimbum. pop]»am peo leape pjrpb hi na yojif

^' ne bpin^. Ac pe Eob^lw hi xccynbdace^ gcfceop to p w»?^3pi|B-

pop]7am he a&lcef'bj>pef finjef on fifpe populbe nlon pihuiiS,

ot$5e pp]7am ]»e he in»g iSuph ^ to anpoalbe cunan. th^eto

SI/ punnm fQjnlblmfia^ butoat$»f ^^etpeopan j^iemibef . ]»»« mem

^^ bipa]> bpihim pop.faipinn 3 pop aqieojniin, ge>h:he him naupa

' Boet. lib. iii prosa 2. — In his igitur ceterisque, &c.

* Cott soobum. * Cott oft >elpe. Bod. of )>»lpe. * Cott pnnatJ.
*Cott.Soob. »Cott.Soob. • Bod. heah be gobe. ^Cott.soobe. » Cott.
meahte. » Cott. poh. « Bod. hi peorenbum. " Cott. tiluncsa.
" Cott. goob. " Cott. sennmeD. " Cott. getpiepan ppienb. " Cott
pe. »« Cott pupj>iim.

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Imt it^ ia hM«Eed b J' the tnasitoiy goods, becaiiw it k
froDethareto. FoFMmementi)inktkiti^]8.idi&be8t'bap§i-
Bessths^amaQibeBonchtliafchehaire need of nothfaig mova:
todiibeycbeesfr their lifoaecoxicHiigly. Some meatfauik that
thiBis the hi g h e g tyw d, that htbhemmfng hi&&l]fflnthemoit
honomiaUe of Uffl^km^^aad tiiey mth all enexgy seek this.
8oBie thiBk thfttt'fte Bapreme good ia in^ihe hi^iieet . powi^.
AieBe deBm^eitheF for theBMdTesi toYtilev ocdae to tsaooiate
ibemselTesim frioiriahip wiUt th^ sulenk Sameipcrattade
IhQnsehreff tfadpit is' beet thirt« man. be^ ]ttiisfariaBa!.uid orie-
tiited,aDd ha(ve good fiune; thej tkerefova aeek tfada both in
meeandinwiir. Master Meboo it for tfa&greatestL good axul
fe 1^ greatest, hflraiiiess, that a man be aiwam
Tieeent life, and ftiMl all his lusts. Some, indeedy ivho deeose
'fteae liehes^ are desirouBithefeof, beeanse they would haTe the
T^ter pemr^ that* they soay tha laore aeciimj enjoy these
v^Ay iHstB,;afl>id also tiienehes. Many theee are of these
vk doBise ipower beeanise ^y woaU gather oyenanch
aoaey: eriagamy'iiheyjaedesmiis to spraid Ae eelebrity
rf^opnaaww

§ ni. OikaoeoiiBt of each and other like fiaul and perish-
w advaati^s^ the thoi^t ei erexy huiBian nindia troubled
^ soficfttnde aeid ^mth anxiety, it then imagmes that it
"ft obtained iseme existed good when it has won the £attezy
^ the people ; and mel^snks that it has bought a yery false
gieatneBs. Some with mneh anaaetr se ek wiyes ^ Idiat thereby
'*ey may, abovelfi tEicigs, hisTelDESl aodTalso Ure hap-
Ijfy* TroeifiriMidB, then, I say, is the most piecions thing of
w' these wotMly feliGities. They are not, indeed, to be
wckoned murortdly goods, Irat as dirine: for deceitful for-
^ doe) Bet produee th^n, but God, who naturally formed
'ttem as 'relations. !For of every ol^r thing in this world
"^ is desirous, either that he may thrsugh i^ attain to
P^er, or dse some worldly lust : ezoept of the true friea^,
^hom he loves sometimes for affection and for fidelity, though
ue expect to himself no other vewards. Nature joins and

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84 BOBTHIUS. CHAP. XXIT.

/ ofeppa l»iut^ ne pene. ^ jecjub xejrehj? -j ld'Pll> ^^ n"AnS ^
y»bepe mib untoba&lebliqie lupe. Ac mib ^ifpim populb ^e-
Yttl)mm 3 mib i$if anbpeapban pelan mon y^tp opzoji peonb
€onne ppeonb. Be ]>ij*aii^ "} be manej^um Jy^Uecum m»j beon

Jf eallum monnum cvf, f te ealle ]»a bchamlican job bitS' pop-
cu]>paii tSonne i$»pe faple cpa&ptaf . pp»t pe pena% f mon beo
py ftp»njpa^ ]>e he bit^ micel on bij* bchoman. feo faejepnef

J ]»onne ^ reo hpaatner ft&f bchoman lebbrra^ |>one mon. i anA
3 po hsfelu hine jebe]/ luftbsepne *. On eallum ]7ifum bchani-

/Obemn* jefaBbjnejjum men fecaj> anpealbe eabijnejje }>8&j* fe
hmi tSmc]'. pop]>ain ]>e »^pelc man fpa hpa&t j^a he ojep ^ e

/Z^fpe fmj rFjW;^luj»}>. f he ceohhaf* f him pe becft ^ ^ bi^
Hif l[eEfte '^'SSJ ^onne he f ]K>nnebe2itenh8&]:]>. ]>onne tihhaji^

he^ be ma&je beon fpitSejej-a&bj. NeTonrace.ic nauht "^ J^a ^e-
Igyv^S^ ^ J>eo eabijnef j-ie p»C hehfte job^ f if ej* anbpeapban bpef.
fop]7am t$e^^ s&jhpilc mann tehha]>^^ ^ f ^inj betft pe "^ he
fpiJ>ort opep ofpu fm% lupa]?. -^ ]7onnene tiohha]? f he pe fjwje
^efasbj. jip he ^ bejitan m»je. "^ he ]>oime rpi]>ojt; piUnaS ;.
pu ne ij- J>e^* nu jenoj openbce jeeopab J^apa l^iena^ej-fiBljui

2^ anlicnep. ^ ip ]K>nne »hca. -^ peopl$f cipe. -^ anpealb. anb jelp^

-2/1 populbluft. Be pam populblujre €picapur j-e uppita pa&be. )«
he ymbe ealle ]^af otSpa je[^l]7a pneabe. ]7e pe »p nembon. ]»
paebe he f pe lujic psepe ^ hehpte job.^* poppam ealle pa opnu
koJi. ^ pe fen n mbon. oleccap ]?am ppbe^ ii5jiec.^°peiufE

^^onne ana oIec|_f^QTic[ioman anum ppipopt ; .

§ IV.* Ac pe pillaB nu2i6e"Tppecan ymbe manna jecynb 3
Jiajbe heopa nlunja. fa nu |>eah heona ODob i heopa jecynb

^ InTOSimmab. 3 hi pien on 1>t ^b»ie anxen to ^ele ^ bibep
^ malbe. peah hi pilma'8. pa&p )>e hi cunnon ^ majon. p»f henptan

-^0 iobey}^ Spa ppa oFepbpimcen man pat f he pceolbe to hir hm e.
anb to hip paepte. ^ ne m«x peah tSibep ^nebian. rg a bipeao
^am ODobe ^nne hit bit^mhepxab mib tSaem ymbhogum pim.
pojiulbeiL hitlbi)? mib t$am hpilum otenbpenceo ^ gebpelob. to

gjjf fam^'j) hit ne ma&j pullpyht apebian to jobe. Ne fyncp feah

• Boet. lib. iiL prosa 2.— Sed ad hominum stadia, &c.

» Cott leana. 2 Cott. hp. » Cott hcumhcan goob bio«. * Cott
ptpencpa. < Cott licumlicam. < Cott. tiohha%. ▼ Oott ^oob.
• Cott. tiohha«. » Cott. soob. w Cott. >y. " Cott. tiohha«.

MCottjJ. wCottgielp. >* Cott. soob. "Bod.peta«. "Cott
Soobep. ^ Cott sebpealb to |>oil

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cements friends together with inseparable love. But with
these worldly goods, and with this present wealth, men make
oftener enemies than friends.- By these and by many snch
things it may be evident to all men, that all the bodily goods
are inferior to tbe Acuities of the soul. We indeed think that
a man is the stronger, because he is great in his body. The
fairness, moreover, and the vigour of the body, r ejoices and
d elights the man, and health makes him cheerful. In all
tESe bodily felicities, men seek simple happiness, as it seems
to them. For whatsoever every man chiefly loves above all
other things, that he persuades himself is best for him, and
that is his highest good. When, therefore, he has acquired
that, he imagines that he may be very happy. I do not deny,
that these goods and this happiness are the highest good of
this present life. Eor every man considers that thing best,
which he chiefly loves above other things ; and therefore he
persuades himself that he is very happy if he can obtain what
he then most desires. Is not now clearly enough shown to
thee the form of the false goods, that is, then, possessions,
uigmfey, and power, and glory, and pleasure ? Concerning
pleasure, Epicurus the philosopher said, when he inquired
concerning ail those other goods, which we before mentioned ;
then said he that pleasure was the highest good, because all
the other goods which we before mentioned gratify the mind
«ttd delight it, but pleasure alone chiefly gratifies the body
only.
I § rV*. But we will still speak concerning the nature of
flien, and concerning their pursuits. Though, then, their
^nd and theirnature be'now dimmed, and they are by thai;
M sunk down to evil, and thither inclined, yet they are
oesirous, so far as they can and may, of the highest good.
•Aa a drunken man knows that he should go to his house and
to his rest, and yet is not able to find the way thither, so is
it also with the mind, when it is weighed down by the
*^eties of this world. It is sometimes intoxicated and
nualed by them, so far that it cannot rightly find out good.

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I yusi momumi j^ hi aaht meamimn }>& Jiasf^ pifana}) to b^
tanne ^ hi majira ne JmjifOB taum. Ac ycoaif f hi msigen odi^
]Mif 30b' je^abefiran to^bepe.. )>k«p& mm bdtoon )«efpe -^
l^omnunja ne pe. njrton ymx^ tuol {pf^fsf^ %^ ^Soane ea%«
/tSapa beopf$|it$efteiia tSinga j^^epvn^aco heojia. anpeaihe. f
he nanef 6111^ buton ])»m ne )»i^^ Ac ^ mj* nan man f te
pnnef eacan ne ]nippe buDon lliobe aMm. pe \BK9pf cm hf
7 axenum tenoh, n e 6eiy j LJiejnaner ftnge^ buton ]7»f ]7e he ob
Imn felfum hai|l6. penj^; }m nn 4 bafevnenfee^ V ^W^ 'f *^f

/O gmt ne »lcer ve<m»rcn)er b etrt pyiye l)aBt te m^^ mebemjgrS
(Miptoa ma^on. nefe nef e. ic pat T> hit mf no to pofifeonuici
pu m»2 f JT^l beott f te a^cef monnef in^^miie pen^ ^ xa
350b® pe. -3 aej^ep higa^. "j pdnaj> to begitanne. nq-e nip hit ni
]^el. f If f hehfte ^ob.^ Ppi nip nu anpeelb to teUanaieto

//pimum tJapa hehftena joba Cifrer aabpeapbaa hfer- "^

j fXmc TsSi pe to tahaiine paclib^^ ISSSS f^ ^ ^l^PST^fr^r^ if «>%*

//^ij7a^o]mlbtliSa»^ if anpeaib. hp8&]>ep bkl gobS^o hfapa 3 pofie-

msennej* pe" )»p nauht to tefieane. nefe nq'e. Nif hit naa

(.^12 ^ iQQji j( pQp nauht teDe. pp^am ^ aftle mon peii]> f f

^ beqr pe j^ he fpi}M»p: Inpa;^. pu ne pitoD pe "}( nan neap epnet.
ne nan eapp]>u. ne nan unpiotnef . ne nan f ap. ne naxT^u^n^
nip nan jepsBit^. Ppaet teppon^^ |« nn n^a y m be tSa ?cer«ift»
rppecan. pi ne piot »}e msmbpat ]» bec^. 3 eae patf ^*
D^ -p iiehpte job.^* 3 tJeah pw^ pulneali «le mon on ppije

^/l^lum tSin^m ^a peleptan ^ep selpa. popjiam he pen^ -^ he te
)yonne ealle h»bbe. jip he hsepS f '^ he 9onne ppi]>opt pihii^
to bejitanne. Da»t ip ]K>nDe ^ hi fpi6<^ pihiia]^ to be^itanDtie.

Zl, pela. -3 peopj^pcipe. 3 pice, ^j Juppe joptdbe jdbop. ■;} jilp, 3
^ populb lupt. Dippep «all^ hi pihiia)). p^jTam "felu penaf f hie

^^]mph pa )>in^ pcr^lon bejitan ^ him ne pe^^ naaep pilkn paaa^

na)»ep^7 ^[^e peop]>pcipep. ne anpeaibep. ne popems&pn/qje. ne

" jWrre. ))8Bf eallep hi pilnia]?. 3 pel boj) •)) hi J>»p pihuaiS, tSeak hi

mipthce'^ hip pdni^en. Be 9am 'Sinjum mon mse^ ppeotole ob-

Jitan ^ 8Ble mon tJ»p pihaa]? jJ he mfi&^e -p hehpte job be^as

Jjfikeji hi hit jecnapan mihtan. o58e on piht pecan cul$on. Ac hi

si hit ne pecaS outgone pihteptaa^'pej. hitmpoa ISippe pppulbe:*

» Bod. meappienbe >»r. « Bod. him agen eajle. » Cott. goob. * Bod.
heopa. Cott heopa. » Cott soob. • Bod.|b YpeXiaD \>t. ^ Bod. f.
8 Cott Soob. » Cott. soob. »» (Dott goob. "Bod. pec. « Cott hic
cyn. " Bod. ^uiijre. " Cott. hi. " Cott goob. »« Bod. peo.
" Cott naiij>ep. *• Cott miphce. » Bod. pyhtopton.

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Nor yet does it appear to those men that they at all err, who
are desirous to obtain this, that they need labour after nothing
more. But they think that they are able to collect together
all these goods, so that none may be excluded &om the
number. They therefore know no other good than the col-
lecting of all the most precious things into their power, that
they may have need of nothing besides them. But there is
no one that has not need of some addition, except Q-od alone.
He has of his own enough, nor has he iie^^ of anything but
that wliich he has in himself. Dost thou think, however,
that they foolishly i magine that that thing is best deservina|
of all estimation, which they may consider most desirable r
iN'o, no. I know that it is not to be despised. How can
that be evil, which the mind of every man considers to be
good, and strivels after, and desires to obtain ? No, it is not
evil : it is the highest good. "Why is not power to be reckoned
one of the highest goods of this present life P JsJhaJLto-hp
^Pfl^T]^f>(^ vMTi 9^^ ^H^1f>gp, which is the most useful of all
these worldly things, 4lhat is, power? Is good fame and
renown to be accounted nothing? No, no. It is not fit
that any on« account it nothing; for every man thinks that
best which he most loves. Do we not know that no anxiety,
or difficulties, or trouble, oy pain, or sorrow, is happiness ?
What more, then, need we say about these felicities ? Does
not every man know what they are, and also know that they
! are the highest good? And yet almost every man seeks in
very little things the best felicities ; because he thinks that
f he may have them all, if he have that which he then chiefljr
'Wishes to obtain; . This is, then, what they chiefly wish to
obtain, wealth, and dignity, and authority, and this world's
glory, and ostentation, and worldly luat. Of all this they are
4»irous, because they think that, through these things, they
may obtain that there be not to them a deficiency of anything
wished ; neither 'of dignity, nor t)f power, nor w renown, nor
of bliss. They wish for all this, and they do well that they
desire it, though they seek it variously. Sy these things we
may clearly perceive that every man is desirous of this, that
he may obtain the highest good, if they were able to discover
it, or knew how to 'seek it rightly. But they do not seek it*
ia the most right way. It is not of this world.

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CAPUT XXV,*

/ IXK re f ifbom Jm tSif rpell afaeb hejrbe. J>a onjan he ejt
fm^an ^ iJuf cpa&pfllc piUe nu mib jibbum ^ecy]?an hu jnin-
boplice Dpihten peic eallpa jej-ceapca mib ^m-(-bpiblum hif
anpealbef. "3 mib hpilcepe enbebypbnOTe he pefta^olali ^ je-
/met^a^ ealle jerceapca. 3 hii^he hi h8&f^ehea]K>jiabe ^ jehaejre
mib hij- unanbinbenbhcum jiacencum. 'paglctg^ce ag; hip heafe

y on loceqi ^ hipe ycynbe . ^»pe gecynbe ge neo to gej-ceapen

^ jwer- buton momium'. TTUmum eftxiuMr ^ga^reoplya^ hpilumj g^
hioijajjecYnbe. ppaet ^^ leo . «eah hio pd tam pe, ^ papte

/^ pacentan Wbbe. -^ hme mapnrten rw^e lup^e. anb eac onb-
pa&be. jip hit »j:pe jebypej^j heo tlobep onbijiij^. heo popjic

/X r^^* bipe mpan ^ ^

elbpana. on ting
sapept hipe labtebp. , ^ , , , >«.«,__^^

/^je momia. ^e neata. 8pa bo)> eac jmbtt^aix lar. 9eah hi beon pel
atemebe. jip hi on ^am puba peoppa]). ni poppeo^ heopa lape-
opap ^ punia]) on heopa xec ^be . peah heopa jap^^^py him

/j^tSonne^iogao.J'a ilcan mettar ^e hi jep ttmae miS&^ f y eneboii.
]»onne ne pecca]? hi fapa metta. M"hl1bBPpiiba b^lgOgr Aft

^ fmtp him pynpumpe "p^h?* T® pealb on qyepe . anb hi Xehiiian

o]?eppa ipu^ela ptemne. 8pa bitS eac pam tpeopmn Ce him je-

^;/ cjnbe bip up heah^to ptanbanne. peah gu teo hpelcne boh 0£

bime to }?»pe"^op)?an! rpelce l?utbexan_ ma&xe. ppa tn luBg,.
Tdgtpt. n^ rppincb' he up. .! JT^isag pip hip gecynbep. Spa b^
iJ€Sxrfc& punne. peah heo opep mibne bag% onnXf n lutfejPQ J?jepfi

epppan. ept-,

^A vTpil? hine upn^r. _, ^^ ^_^ . , ^^

ppa hipe ypemCTS: jec^be bio. 8pa bep s&lc jepceapt. ppig^p p^

hip ^cjrnbg; 7^e pa;i ; en bip pjip hit a&nie to cuman mas t. 'S^

JO nan y pceapt x^fc^^P^^^ j^^P^ I'f Pe"^ilnise 'p hittp ' ^gp^^mafl -

aa&g;e ponan pe Jgt a&p com/ 'p ip to pa&rte S to oripopxnepre. ^

leo p»pt ip mib tobe.p paet^p Eob. Ac «lc terceaiJ^ peangrf^

on hipe pelppe ppa ppa hpeol. ^ to pam heo ppa hpeappap ^ heo^

Cft cmne pasp heo aep yxy. 3 beo f ilce f he o ja gp paep. ^P5^§

J^pe heo utan behpeppeb pe. f f hio a&p iwrtnr feo "B '^ he^ a&li

^t.bjbe;. ' ^.. '^

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CHAP. XXT. BOETHIUB. 89

CHAPTEE XXV.

Whek Wiedom had made this speech, then began he again
to sing, and thus said : I will now with songs declare how
wonderfully the Lord governs all creatures with the bridles
of his power, and with what order he establishes and regulates
aU creatures, and how^he has restrained and bound them with
bis indissoluble chains, so that every creature is kept within
bounds with its kind, the kind that it was fashioned to, except
men and some angels, who sometimes depart from their kind.
Thus the lion, though she be very tame, and have &st chains,
and greatly love, and also fear her master ; if it ever happen
that she tastes blood, she immediately forgets her new tamer,
and remembers the Yn |d mnnnftr of her parents. She then
begins roaring, and to break her chains, and bites first her
leader, and afterwards w^mfanpirflr alu^ ^i^y gft^gg, both of men
and of cattle. So do also wood-fowls. Though they be well
tamed, if they return to the woods, they despise their teachers, _
and remain with their kind. Though ^^^^^ J^gghpnttlgg jjffiaj^
them the same igggj^ with which they before aHuioSiaw^iW ,
fegowg ^^m e : they^en care not for those meals, so that they
aay^oy the wood. But it seems to them pjgasanter, that
tbe weald resound to them, and they hear the1?SE8s!^f other
lowls. So is it also with trees, whose nature it is to stand
up high. Though thou pull any bough down to the earth,
Bttch^ ^thou mayest bend ; as soon ss thou lettest it go , so ''
8oon sprmgs it up, and moves towards its Kma. So doth
*l8o the suuf- Though she after mid-day sink and incline to
the earth, again «he seeks her kind, and departs b y unknown
ways to hftr rigipq , and so liastens higher and higher, j^Eljllr
she comes so far up as her highest nature is. , So doth every
creature.. IJ. tends towards its kind, and is jojrful if it ever
J^ay come thereto. There is _^o creature formed wbifth dft» —
ttres not that it may come thit her wlienflft it before c amfl^ _
, to tranquiuityTThe rest is with God, i

ibat is, to^ioBfraacL to tranquiuityTThe rest is with God, and
it is God. But every creature turns on itself like a wheel : and
80 it thus turns that it may again come where it was before, ^
and be the same that it was before, as often as itjstuinfid,^^^^
round may he what it befotre was, and may do wfeaJSlSefbre yf

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90 BOSXHIU8. CHAP. XZYI.

CAPUT XXVI."

/ § I. DX je pifbom ]>e iSij leop afimjenr^ fasepbe. D»*oi;^aii be
efC fpeUmn ^ ])ar cjwft^. eala hpaBC ^e«op]dK»n men.^ P^^iS.
eop felpe nu bim neatum jelicepoji eopfie tfyp^e. hpmc xe )>ea}i
magon hyyt hfexo' onTitaa fpelce eop msefce ^jgc^fiwE^iam-
JI' lcedLfze. f ir Jjc^ 'poaie fojMui pjiiiniaii aab ^one fo^an enbe
ielcpe jef 8el]^ ^e on^ita]> ?5eah ge hine pulface ne ^ecnapan.^ ;|
rpa T)e ^ no xe cynb eoj ^hg to pam agxite. ac eo yltabfr^ rpilHB
maiii^ealbj^ebpola op '}?am anb^ite. Iie]>enca'5 mi hpsej^ep ineo
mv^en cuman to ]>am fo^m ^efelj^um ISvjih ^^ a&bpea]ibaa<

10 S^T®!)'*- PPpMft ^ pillnfi^ eaJle men cpe^ p ESJS^Ji^te:
r» bPira . r^ ])e ]»af eop]>lican jepel^a eeJde^ li»]:]>. hpf }>e p m
micel ceoh. otJtSe peopJ>fcipe. o®6e eall J>«f anbpeapba pda.

y3 maege »mgne pion ^ ( Ma,rpaTOr»toe f he naner Iwater mawm

ne^pp e.* nerft BChe. ic par'p *^1bi ne inaton. Ppi mr Wr >omie

_ ii^ on Jy rpi)?6 fpeotc^ f iSaj anbpeapban %ob^^ ne jmt na pa p o}Km

j Zob.^*^ poppam t$e hi ne ma^on pellan f hi ^ehata)^. Ac hcera^

J^ hi ^ebeptan ne ma^on. I^onne hi ^ehata)> ]«ra ]>e hi lupan

/( pilla)> pA po]«n jigr«l}»a . tl/jlSSZaMiw. pe&b i>mi ]K»ns^hi faan
^ela&ptan. poppam ]>e hi neopa nabba]? ina ^ime hi faeopa

^ habl^. Iie^c 9a nu be ^ pelpum. la tSo^ror hp»tfop hu^
»pp« auhc nnpot p»pe i$a ]7a ]ni jepa^opt piepe." oClJe hptf5ep

^■L'i^ 8&p)ie »iu |ep p iUm pana p8&pe'5a 9u maeptne pdan ha^pbepc.
o9t$e hpa^gi t$m poputb ^a eaH pa&pe »ptep tSmom pillan. Bn
anbrpoTiobeT Boe&Luy anb cpastS. Nepe la nepe. N»p ic n»ppe git

^/nane hpiie jpa|emnep mobep . )>»p pe ic gemimaa m»ge. ]>»t le
eailunja pc^ oppopg. f ic ppa oppopj p»pe J ic nane ^ebpe-
pebneppe n»pbe. ne me n»ppe ^t ne bcobe ^fSi'^ ic pippte.^^ ne

Jf me na&ppe nsep eallep ppa ic polbe. ^eab^ic hip m^. Da anb-
ppopobe pe pipbom ^ cp8e]». Pp n»pe pu fbime ^epog ei^im. 3

J0%erio^ unfaapjr. JS )>eah )>e ptihlte f tSu pehj p»pe. t$onne jro ojwp
tpe^. o)$9e ka^ept; f pa. nolbqt;. ot$<$e mspbept f pa polbept.

32 Da anbppBpobeT BoetniL I cp»J>. 6all me paep ppa ppa ])u p»b^.

> Boet Hb. iii pirosa 8. — Vos qvoqae, O terrena, ibc.

1 CoU. apnncsen. « Bod. hpie ^wf peop'Sbcaa men* > Cott. hpnsv-
* Cott. oncnapen. * Bod. tcoh-S. « Cott. >ap. ' Cott. pe. « Cott.
ealla. • Cott. J>yppe. 1* Cott. Soob. " >a ]>a >u Sepn^opt p»pe^
deest in MS. Bod. " Cott. pippc " Cott. unhybis.

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CHAPTOmXXVI.

§ I. WKsn Wisdom had sung ilns lajjtben began he again
to speak, and thus said: O ye earthljr men, though ye now
aake youreelres like cattle by your folly, ye neverthelesa can
in some measure tmderstand, as in a dream, concerning your
origin, that is God. Te perceive the true beginning, and the
true end of all happiness, though ye do not fully know it.
And nevertheless nature draws you to that knowledge, but
very manifold CTror draws you from that knowledge. Consider
nov.jwhethernaeai can arrive at the true goods through these
present goods ; since almost all men say that he is happiest
who possesses aJI theseearthly goods. Can, then, much money,
w dignity, or all tins ]jresent wealth, make any man so happy
tbat he nwy need notlnng more ? No, no. I know this, tjiat
^ey cannot* Why, is it not then from this very clear, that
tnese present goods are not the true goods, because they
cannot give what they promise? But they prfetend to do
^nat they lETe not able to fulfil, whan they promise to those
^0 are wiffing to love them, the true felicities, and tell lies
w them. more than they perform to them; for they are de-
fiaent in more of these filieities than they possess of them,
"onsider now concerning thyself, O BoethiuSi whether thou
''Prt ever .ai^hft* uneasy, when thou wwt most pros^rous P
or whether thei© were ever to thee a want of anything de-
wred, when thou hfedst.most wealth P or whether thy life
J«Pe then all according to thy wish? Then answered Bbe-
"»w, and said : No,'0 no! I was never yet at any time of
^, even mtnd; as far- as I can remember, that I was altogether
fithout care: that I was so without care that I Imd no
'^^hle: iwjr cBd all that I experienced eve» yet please me,
^^8 it ever with me entirely as I wished, though I con-
ff ^ft it. Then answered Wisdom, and said: Wast thou
^^i xhen, poor enough, and unhappy enough, though it
JJ^ed to thee that tteu wert rich ; when thou other hadst
^bat which thou wouldest not, or hadst not that which thou
'^ouldestp Then an»weied Boethius, and said: : All was to

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92 BOBTHIUS. CnAP. XXTI.

/ Da cp»]) )*e pif bom. Pu ne hip a&lc mon ^eno^ eapm ]7»f iSe he
naepp. 9onne hit hme lyj-t habban. Da&t if fo]?. cp»^ Boetiuf.
Da cp«f fe pij-bom. Ijif he ))onne eapm bi'8. ne he ponne ne
bit$ eabi^. pop fy he piLialS ^ he habbe^^ he me^, fy he polbe

^ jenoj habban. Da cp»^ Boetiuf . Da&t if eall foJ> f fu fegt.
Da cP8&t$ fe pifbom. pu ne haepbeft fu "Sonne ^a eapm^e.^Ji
i& PV^y^^% 9T^ paepe. Da anbj-papobe ic anb cp8&]>. Ic pat -^ ty

# fop fegft. "p ic hi hsepbe. Da cpae]? fe ^ifbom. pu ne finc^ me

4 ponne nu y ealle fa jdan Jif ef jnibtianeapbef ne ma^on jebon
^^ enne mon peh^ne. fpa peli^e f he jeno^ habbe anb no mapan
ne ]>up]:e.^ -^ fpa )>eah hi hit ^ehata)> »lcum ])apa ]>e hi haefi$.
Da cp8&t$ ic. Nir nan ^\n%^ fol>pe ))onne f fu fejft • .

§ II."^ Da cpaep fe fifbom. AC hpi ne eapt Jni tSonne hij+je-
J^apa. pu ne miht t$u jef eon aelce b»j f 8a ftpen^pan nimaf

/^fa pelan op* fam unftpenjpum. ppi bif ellep aelce baej fpdc
feopunj. "3 j-pelce jeplitu. "^ jemot. ^ bomap . baton ^ aelc bit
"8a^peaplacef tJe him on ^enumen bif . o8t$e ept oppep gq^.
^^iftiiirr^^r^^fif^ Ifii l cpaej). ISenoh pyhte pu fpypaft. n^^^^
fpa'^pu fejft. Da cpaej) he. Fop pifum pin^um bepeapp aelc mon
2^ pultumep tAacan h \rp yflpim.f he maeje ^eheaLban hif pelan.
Da cpaep ic.'Ppa otSfaectS paef. Da cpaep he. liip he nauht naepbe
paep pe he onbpebe f he popleopan poppte. ponne ne tJoppte he
na mapan pltumep ponne hif felpep. Da cpaep ic. Sop pu fe^^.
Da onfac fe pifbom faphce. ^ cpaep. €ala f me pincp pipep-
2^ peapb pmj aelcef monnef jepunan ^ aelcef monnef pillan ^* ic
nu fec^an pille. f if. paette ponan te hi teohhiap f hi f cylan

eabi^pan peoppan. f hi peoppap^lSonan eapmpan y^

nf

poptJam jip ill lytlep hpaec habbap. ponne bepuppon hi f hi
oleccan paem aepcep ppipe pe aeni^pe puhte mape habbatS. pam

^0 |uh>yppon. pam hi ne puppon. hi pillap peah. Ppaep if t$onne fee
jemetjunj. oSSe hpa haepp hi. otStSe hponne cymp heo. f heo
maeje abpipan pa eopmpo^ ppam paem pele^um eallun^a. ppa he
mape haepp. ppa he ma monna^ oleccan pceal. Ppa atenj a ]
nu naeppe ne hinjpije.^® ne ne pypfce. ne ngfgale.^ ^ ic pene

^^peah ^ pu p^iiu cpepan f pa peljan habban' mib hpam h
maejen paet eall jebetan. Ac peah pu nu fpa cpepe. hit ne

S/ majon pa pelan eaJlunja ^ebetan. peah hi f ume hpile mae^en.

^ Boet lib. iii. prosa 3. — ^Atqai hoc qnoqae, &c.

» Cott ypm)>e. « Cott. >yppe. » Cott. J>apa. * Cott. on. » Cott.
anbpypbc. •Cott. he. ^ Bod.j eaffhnan. " Cott. ypm>a. •Bod.
mapan. » Cott. hinspe. " Cott kale.

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me as tbon hast said. Then said Wisdom : Is not every man
poor enough in respect of that which he has not, when he is
desirous to have it r That is true, said Boethius. Then said
Wisdom : But if he is poor, he is not happy, for he desires .
that he may have what he has not, because he wishes to have
enough. Then said Boethius : That is all true which thou
sayest. Then said Wisdom : Hadst thou not, then, poverty
^nen thoii F^rt yyeheat P Then answered I, and said: I
know that thou sayest truth, that I had it. Then said
Wisdom : Does it not appear to me, then, that all the riches
of this middle-earth are notable to make one man wealthy ?
so wealthy that he may nave enough, and may not need
mo^? And nevertheless they promise it to every one who
poBBesses them. Then said I: Nothing is truer than what
thou sayest.

§ II. Then said Wisdom : But why, then, art thou not an
assenter to this ? Canst thou not see every day, that the
stronger take riches from the weaker? Wherefore else is
everjr day sucli sorrow, and such contentions, and assemblies,
^d judgments ; except that every one demands the spoil
which is taken from him, or, again, covets that of another r^-
^en answered I, and said: Thou arguest rightly enough j^
so it is as thou sayest. Then said he: On these account!*^'
every man has need of help in addition to himself, that he
Jnay keep his riches. Then said I : Who denies it ? Then
said he : If he had nothing of that which he fears he may be
obliged to lose, then he would not have occasion for any more
help than himself. Then said I : Thou sayest truly. Then
'etorted Wisdom sharply, and said : O, how inconsistent, in
every man's custom and every man's will, does that thiiig
appear to me, which I will now mention ; that is, that from
whence they persuade themselves that they shall become
?appier, they from thence become poorer and weaker ! Eor,
^ they have any little, then it behoves them to cringe for
protection to those who have anything more. Whether they
need, or whether they need not, they yet crave. Where,
[•nen, is moderation, or who has it, or when will it come, that
« njay entirely drive away miseries from the wealthy ? The
niore he has, the more men he must cringe to. Do the rich
J«ver hunger, nor thirst, nor become cold ? But I suppose
thou wilt say that the rich have wherewith they may remedy
^ that. But though thou say so, riches cannot altogether

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94 MOtatmuB. chap, xxtu

/ poipifam ]w ki f culon aatoe bnj eaeaa^ {^ ibmi alee ba^ p«Da^
/ pp]»in ^ f eo meomi^ce pnbl. Jre- najqie %efylkb ne bi]>. pdna
J mhse bi^ hpwt'^i^ ^if^^ E?-E^^ J!*2i ^Xf^P S^ I^^^T

me&qr. ^e b^r^nccf- S® manespa )»n|a to eacaa pam.,fopifm
^ Bif nan bmbl fpa- pcbj. f he mifuai &e ]ry|ipe. Ac f eo 'pcxfBt

ne oann^ ^emcr. ne naeppe ne bi^ ^ehealb^oBi ]nB|ie iub]>eaj^

ac piioa)) jimle attpan Jboene he ]w|ifeJlc:ait hp^^ejf^^^
^ ^ ^af > aia. hpeofenban pcjan. tna hi, i]e..n]iSP.P ec ype yafe ^^

fflgn abon. Ac j^ej kcltl) eoim€j cp mtSe'^ sub ]Mun ]>e hi eop

eft ^ibbian.^ 3 ]mf pn2eBbe.ep9ef!iC^pek|paKiiLb^]> ]i«m fd^
j^; ^tfqief hese^ep]20^^^<3im^n^peleRa';j»loq*2im^^

S«aos bcgite. ^ feah heepisehij-lanb nub gurenb jd^ -j ]«i
/^eall ]>ef mibbaneapb fie hif aupealbe unbep])eobeb. ne kec ll

hif Banpiiht of ^ mibbaiietfibe mib him mafie ]>QiiBe b^

fopohte hibqi %

OAPUT XXVII *

§ L Tp37 Uinj n»»j f e peop]>fcipe 3 fe anpealb jebcm. Sf

J he becyin]^ to ]>am byp^an. hejnaex hme ^ebon peop]me. 3
anbnyrn ^ eol)aiini byfjum. . Ac f onecai? fe he

J^one ampeafe f op-

pealb hiBe. ]>oniie neb^h&nauj^ep )>am byf^;^

ge. pp»f ep nu f e anpealb hsebbe ]K)ne ]^

4f 3^ he ajiQipcige^ imjeapaf . •) apyptpahje^^ of picpa maima OOobft.
] plantixe top cpsextar on. Ic pat f e^ ^ re eopWfca y peaB i

] plantixe top cpsextar on. Ic pat f e^ "p re eopTmca y peaB i
^^i'pSmfil ^e xmv\ fenm&f tar, ac Ui j- y* anb tabna^ im]?eiyar . 1

t$onne hi ;;gexabnab nagt)?/^ )?oime eotef" he hi natter ne ^Jfe

f op]7am ]>apa picpa manna un^apaf n^ni^e men S®r^o]>. ^?

]7am }>e hi mani^ cunnon. anb mani^e nim nub beot^. poppan

■ pe f imle f eofia]? ymbe pone anpealb. ^ hme eac popf eoj). SoDOie

30 P® SefeotS -p he cymtS to tJam pyppeftam •] to J«m J»e uf i^*

>- Pfflp^ofte bio]?, fop ]jam]?Mum p»f 510 4 re pira liauilnf to£

ji\ gebeal^. ^ fpa ungeFipt»rfic€? ™pcfa&g NomVun tSone mean, i

^ Boet. lib. ^L meCrvn '3»— Qkamris flnente W&^ ftc.

X Boel;. lib. iii. piosa 4«^^S«I digiaiaiea banocabilein,. &&

^Cottycaa. % CoU. bpe&f hpusu >yrF«r* \«Cott.coii. *Bod,

hu. *Cfttt..p8eble. « Cott. SibbijaB. 7Cott.Yu. « Bod. >anecan.

« Bod. aftyjre age. w Bod. pyptpalige. " 9&\sf6 anb s&bpa'S un-

>eapar 1 ><»niie hi SeSa^^pab hfept^, deest in KS. Bod. <* Bod. anb

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§1. .BOKTSIUS. 95

IKOOjedj it^ thcM^h they, somewkile maj. Por it behores them
jBTery da j to iuid, irhat mazi eyerj day lessens ; because human
inuit, which is .never satisfied, requires each day sooGuething
of this iTCffkiif 8 wealth, either of elothing,. of meat, of driixk, or
of many thiiiga/befiides. Therefore no man is so wealthy that
be needs iM^t moie. But eovetousness neither knows limit,
Bor ever lis liomided by necesuty ; but desires always more
than it needs. I know not why ye confide in these perish-
•Ueiiefaes, 'wben tJaey are not abk to xemoTe your poverty
&HD you^ but yenncrease your poverty^ whenever they come

I III. When Wisdom had made this speech, then began he
agm to smigy and. thus sxEiging said :' What profit is it to the
B^ miser, tba»t he gi^er an: infinite quantify of. these riches,
flad obiaiin ainindance of every kind of jewel : and ^u^h he
tiU his land with a tiieusand ploughs; and though all this
adddle-earth ;be tuhgect to his power! He will not take
vith him fixna this middle-earth any more of it than he
booghthitlKc.

CHAPTBE XXVII.

5 L !l^o. things may dignity aod power do, if it come to
"W lULwiae. It may make him honourable and respectable
to ether unwise persons. But when he qoits the power, or
^ power him, then is he to. the unwise neither honourable
*^,i»ifedaiWe. Has, then, power the custom of extermi-
oatmg vices, and rooting them out fr(»Q the mind of great
nen, and plMitmg therein virtues P I know, however, that
•ttthly pow«r never sows tiie virtues, Ipit y lleft s and gatherp
nces ; »id winen it has gathered them, tEim it nevertheless
*'^^ws,aad.doeB not ecmceftl tt ^m. For the vices of great
aien sany men see : because m^y know them, and many
*re with them. Therefore we -always lament concerning
power, and also desqpise it, when we see that it cometh to
wworst, and to these* who are to us most unworthy. It
■^88 on these accounts that formerly the wise Catulus was
^^^^^17) and so immoderately censured Nc»uus the rich, be-

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96 BOXTHIUS. CHAP. ZXTU.

/ l^am he hme ^emettetpttan on ypenebum rcpibp»ne. npcd
nt^o mib Rompapmn ps&f f )>»p nane o)>pe on ne jettanA
buton ]ya peopj^epaa/ Da popf eali f e £atuluf hme pop ]>i he
i>»p on fitcan fceolbe. pop]>am he hme pijtg f)n]>e jm^efceab-

jr gfne "3 riHi?g|^ imxemetT8&i:pn^. , Da on^an pe Dui^uf him jpb
teccan on. f e 1-aruluf psef hepeto^a onJR^gmfi^ TP^l^ jefceabpqr
man. ne poppape he no )K)ne o]>epne ppa fpi)»e.^he nan pice
lie ns&nne anpealb n»pbe : •

§ 11.^ Ppejrep fa nu mse^eon^itanhu micehie nnpeop^ ^gpe

/Q je anpalb^ bpen^jyjmmunmebeman.pphehme unbeppej)^. pp-
]>am a&lce]* monnep yfeThip 15y openpe. jip he anpealb haep]>. Ac
^epe^e me nu. ic apcije fe fu Boetmp. hp )ni ppa mam^pealb

;-" ypel haeipbept "^ ppa miclemne{>nejje on )>am pice ]« hpile ^e t$a
hit h»pbe)t;. o6t$e pophpi pu hit ept ]7inum unpiUan^ poplece.

/J'Pu ne papt fu f hit n»p pop nanum o)>puin^in^um. buton
pop]7am ^e t$u nolbept on eallum tdnpun beon ^ejypa&pe y»f
unpihtpipan c^mnjep* pillan Deobpicep. pop)>am J>e }>u hine on-
^eate on eaQum )>m^m impeop]>ne ]>»p anpealbep. ppi]>e pceam*
leapne "^ xm^epyddjme,^ buton s&lcum ^obum^ ]>eape. pop]raLm pe

^^ne ma^on nauht eaj>e pecjan f fa ypelan pen jobe.^ |»eahlu
anpealb habban. Ne pupbe ])u ]7eali na ^pipen ppom Deobpice.

ne he t$e na nepoppape. %^ij: Se bcobe hippypix ihip unpihtpipnef

j-pa pel ppa hip byretum ybeonlin^um &\rbe. jjii: f u nu ?[epape

pumne ppife pipne man. }>e haepbe ppij)e joba® opephyba. anb

J^y»jie ])eah ppi)>e eapm ;] ppife unjepa&bj. hpaaj^ep t5u polbqc

cpefan -p he p»pe unpypfe anpealbep "^ peopjipcipep. E)^ anb-

ppopebe Boetiup "^ cpas}). Nepe la nepe. jip ic hme ppelcne

^ ■ jemete.* ne cpsefe ic n»ppe f he pe unpeop]?e anp^bep ;j

/l^ peopf pcipep. Ac aelcep me ))inc)> f he pie pj^ife fe on J?ippe

^() populbe ip. Da cpa&J) pe pipbom. iEle cp»pt h»p]> hip pun-

bop^ipe. -} fa jipe -^ fone^^ peopfpcipe fe he ha&pf. he popjipj)

ppife hpafe 8&lcum jbapa^^ t$e hme lupjfe. ppa ppa f^ipbom ip pe

hehpta epaept. •} pe^^ ha&pf on him peopep ofpe cp»ptap. }wipa

Si ip an paeppcjpe. of ejrfmetjung.^^ jnibbe ir ellen. peopfe piht-

7 Boet. lib. iiL prosa 4. — Atqni minns eoram patebiti &c.

* Cott, pop J>8&m hit p»p >a ppi>e micel pbo mib Rompajium f J>»p
nane o'Spe an ne p»ton. * Bod. ap. * Cott. nnpillnm. * Bod. hrnep.
» Bod. unsep»pne. * Cott. soobum. ' Cott soobe. • Cott. sooba.
9 Cott mette. >» Bod. J>apse >one. ' " Cott >»me i»e. " Cott
he. » CottfT semetsuns .

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I II. BOETHIirS. 97

5ase he observed Urn to sit in an ornamented cbair of state,
was a great custom among the Eomans that no others
ihould sit therein, except the most worthy. Then Catulus
iespised him, because he should sit therein ; for he knew him
lo be very unwise, and very intemperate. Then began Ca-
tdus to spit upon him. Catulus was a consul in Borne, a
lery wise man. He would not have despised the other so
peatlj, if he had not possessed any rule, or any power.
; §11. Canst thou now understand how great dishonour
power brings on the unworthy when he receives it ? for every
man's evil is the more public when he has power. But tell
me now, I ask thee, Boethius, why thou hadst such manifold
evil, and such great uneasiness in authority, whilst thou
ladst it ? or why thou, again, didst unwillingly relinquish
it? Dost thou not know that it was for no other reasons
Int that thou woxddest not in all things be conformable to
fte will of the unrighteous king Theodoric ; because thou
iidst find him in all respects unworthy o.f power, very shame-
less, and unrelenting, without any good conduct ? For we
I cannot easily say that the wicked are good, though they have

Kwer. Tet thou wouldest not have been driven from Theo-
,^ Pic, nor would he have despised thee, if hia folly and his

mjiatice had pleased thee, as wel l as it did his foolish favour- f
Ites. If thou now sbouldest see some very wise man, who \ .
lad yery excellent dispositions, and was, nevertheless, very
poop, and very unhappy; wouldest thou say that he were un-
worthy of power ana dignity ? Then answered Boethius,
tod said : No, O no ! If I fotind him such, I would never
•ay that he were unworthy of power and dignity. But
Rethinks that he would be worthy of all that is in this
topld. Then said "Wisdom : Every virtue has its proper ex-
cellence : and the excellence and the dignity which it has, it
fnparts immediately to every one who loves it. Thus wisdom
^ the highest virtue, and it has in it four other virtues ; of
FMch one is prudence, another temperance, the third is for-
;%de; the fourth justice. Wisdom makes its lovers wise, and

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98 BOETHIUB. CHAP. XXYIL

/ pipief. 8e fifbom jebeb hij- Injien&aj jij^j ^ f»jie.^ ^ ^emer*
pajre. y^^efJlSi^e.-f jiihtpire. :| aelcer job^ ]>eapaf he s^F^^
t5one ^e hine lupatS. ^ ne ma^on bon )» )ie fone anpealb habbai

!>ijye populbe. ne ma^on hi nsenne cp»p: popppaoi Jwrna pe hr
ujnat5 op hiopa pdan. jip hi hineoii heopa jecjnbe nabbaS. B«
pam If pjnfe ppeotol f )» pican on tJam Dopnlbpelan nabba^
naenne ninbop qi»pc. Ac him bil» re jpglft ftftcauft piimim, ^ hg
ne_jnap;tIu >^^T><> ^mi>^^ ^V^^J habban, ""

' mon beo tlby * imp eop|?jia J>e hmej

//)l?onne aBnix*^m6n" Av unpeon^a_ bil>. Jx)nne bij? a&lc bjji maa
J)e* unpeop])pa. f^ "he mape pice hep]> aelcum pipum men. Be
)aiti ip jenoj ppeocol. f pe anpealb 3 pe p^ ne m»5 hif
pealbenb7 jebon najrjr peopl>pon.® Ac he hme jebe)? f y tmpe-
opfpan* ]?e he himfcoctm^. jip he aep ne bohte. ppa hip eac pe
/^pela ;] pe anpeatb bv rtpm. m re ne be di ]>d hme ah. »ipefL
hiopa bif fSf popcufpa jip hi hi jemecaiPit

§ III.* Ac ic pe mfl&j ea))e ^epeccan be pnmepe bipne. f pa

miht ^eno^ ppeocole on^ton f )iip anbpeapbe li£ jp Jfi pe §Qlia

/A rceabe. Ton psepe pceabe nan mon^® ne m»j b^^aa papD]iBB

j5^S9^»lpari7irpeBpt pu nu. jiphpelc ppipe pice mon pjTip abpipes

op hip eapbe. oppe on hip hlapopbep »penbe p»p]>. cymp Sonnf

^'£ on'j l&llyeobiji^ role. J>»p Jwp hme nan man ne caor. ne he naenne"

Jiffoh. ne puppum f xe^eobe ne can. penpt 9vl nueje hij^* pic»
hme f»p~6n liitbe pjTipne jebpn. Ac ic rat j^ he ne maeg. Jjsf
^^onne pejSfilg tiy>pc ^am p^anT^ectnbe p»pe . -} hip a^^en y»pe.
of ^ efc pe pela pKp pele^^ a^en p»pe. paraie ne mihte he hine
na^ poplastan. psBpe pe man on ppelcum lanbe ppelce he pa&pe
pe he ahte. ]>onne paepe hip petfk anb hip peop}^eipe mib him.
A^t poppam pe pe pela -^ pe anpealb hip a^ene ne beojf^jonjt;
^ hi nine poplaetatJ.^* ;] popjr^ pe hi nankecftibehc Tob^^ jom Jiim
r ^mm nabba li^.^M>n ^ hi lopaj^ppappipceabu. o)))ie m^Tpeah

jmnabgWH^P «T ™ lopapppappi^pceabu. oppe mec^ peaii
A Jjeleajfi penrfy ib no naebelre "bana b^pijena monna SioSu^^
pe anpealb pe'°f hehpte Xo^^ Ac Kic bip eall opep. |x)ime)»
3S^ pican Dea|i o} )ep tpe^. oifffi fmtp^pti^fy^^B ot$^ onTiiopa

■ Boet lib. Mi prosa 4.— jktqiie vt agnoicav v«nai| &c.

* Bod. peoppe. « Cott. Soobep. » Bod. hme. < Cott a|>e. » Bod.
popp«on. • Cott. bypig mon py. ^ Bod. anpealb. « Cott. peoplSpaii.
• Bod. pyppan. >« Cott popp»m on p»m nan mon. " Bod. ne s&nne.
» Cott IMP pela T hif. » Cott no. " Bod. popl»tan. " Cott
fioob. " Cott 1 pe pela pie. » Cott goob. " Cott ellenbe.

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\ in. BOSTHitrff. 91^

{imdeBt, and moderate, and patientr, and just; and it fills him

who lofea it with every good quality. This they cannot do

who possess the power of this worid. They cannot impart

any yirtue to those who love them, through their wealth, if

they have it not in their nature. Hence it is very clear that

ihe rich in woridly wealth have no proper dignity : but the

yedtb is come to them firom without, and they canp nt fmtn

iithont. \m ftPfht Q^ *helr own. Consider, now, whetb^

%niaii isj^^ tne lesst nonouraPIe because many men deapiael^jg^)

him. But if Miy man be tho lesa honourable, then is every Vr:^-^

man the less honourable, the more authority he has,
to ereiy wise man. Hence it is sufficiently clear that power
ud wealth cannot make its possessor the more honourable.
;Rit it makes him the lesa honourable wb«i it eo mftft to h^gyj
if he were not before virtuous. So is also wealth and powesr
theworsej if he be not virtuous who possesses it. Bach of
them is the more worthless, when they meet with each other,
im. But I may easily instruct thee by an example, so
thafc thou mayeat dearly enough perceive that this present
life is Tory like a shadow, and in that shadow no man can
attaiiithe true felicities. How thinkest thou, th^? If
«nyyery great man were driven from hfs country, or goeth
I on his lord's errand, and so cometh to a foreign people where
Jo man knows him, nor he any man, nor even mows the *
vngnage, thinkest th(tti that his greatness can m^e him
fOQomble in that land P. But I know that it cannot. But
tf dignity were natural to wealth, and were its own, or again,
^<h were the rich man's own, then Could not it forsake
1^* Let the man who possessed them be in whatsoever
pd he might, then would his wealth and his dignity be with
gm. Bat because the wealth and the power are not his own,
fcerefore they forsake him ; and because they haveno natural
^od in themselves, therefore they go away Hke shadowB or
piaoke^Tet the false^o p^^^^p . '^^d ^^ft-imagiBfttioir of fe e li Ay jr^ . -
^en,^ferauadies theny tliatlDower is the highest good . But\ 4i^^fjl^^
^ is entirely otherwise^ When the great are euher among ^~^ '
vtteignersy or in their own countxy among wise men ; then

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/ atenpe Tsecyf fe^ mib ^efceabfipun monnum. ]K>nne hip »2]»ep

^ pam j^f an. ^e |?am aBll?eobexan hir pela pop nauht. jit ypnn hi

on^cap f hi ntepon pop nanum cp»fte jecopene.^ baton jop

bypejer polcep hepinte. Ac p»p hi asnije puht a^ep otJtJeTO;

^ cynbelicer xober an° heopa anpealbe ha&pbon. ponne haepbemhi

fmib him. peah he paec pice popleten. ne tonleton hi no TOe-

y cynbehce tofe^* Ac pimle him polbe f pyljean -^ hi pmle peoppe

^ jebon. ps&pon hi on ppelcum lanbe ppelce hi pa&pon I •

§ IV.* Nu pu mihc onjitan f pe pela -^ pe anpealb nsnme
/O mon ne ma^an on ellenbe peoppne jebon. ic pat peah pu pene
J/ p8Bt hi Qfi heopa.j ieniifiJcj{pe .^lne,ggL ma&jen. Ac petf^pa

hip pene. ic pat f hi ne ma^on. pit p»p ^eo'^ ^^eonb ealle

Romana meance t lieneto^y. TTbomepar . i J>a mapmh^b^

^ f peoh heolbon. p e mon tS ajplT^epbrnomiuni on xeane yeVm

/A tceolbe , anb t$a pifertan^ pitan ha&pfeonmafeftne peoppfcipe. Nu

/4, ^pnA npflp fcpf^a^ otSSe papa nan nif. oppe hi nanne peoppjo^

"^ nabbap( jipjhipa aeni^ ij*. Spa hit bip be s&lcmn papa pm^a Je

ajen ^ob^ ^Tjecynbehc nabbap on him pelpum. oppe hpde hit

bip to ts&leime. oppe hpilehit bipto hepi^^anne. Ac hpet piP^ ,

ZM^ ponne on pam pelan "} on p»m anpealbe jrjr ^im<^j -
nytpyppep . nu hi nanep Sin^^ep jeno^ nabbap. ne hi nauht apief
^obef® nabbap. tie nauht puphpunienbef heopa pealbenbum
pellan na ma^on ', •

CAPUT XXVIII.»>

DS pe p^ifbom fajJT PP®^ *r®^ haspbe. pa onjan he (
^^jibbijan® ^ puf cpagCT toeah nu fe unpihtpifa cynmj Neg
^^ jjne xercvnpte mib edlum P«^tv^ ^h^^i^YW^ paftbnm, -j

aBlcer cvnner ximmi iTn'H;ft7;i<»Tit|hft. Tm n^ p»|« Ka pAnli a&L
/C Spitum lap -^ unpeopp. ^ bleep unpeapef ^ pipenluftep pull. P]

he^peah peonpobejSir beoplinxar mib miclum pelum. Ac hjwl
^OyB&Y him py bet. Ppeic jefceabpif mon mihte cpepan paet h
J/ ftfy peopppa paepe peah he toe peopp obe :

* Boet lib. iii. prosa 4. — Sed hoc apnd exteras nationes, &c.

*» Boet. lib. iiL metrum 4. — Quamvis se Tyrio superbas ostro, &c.

» Cott. cy1JJ>e. * Cott Secop'"'*- » '^'^♦* *-~.*»— ««

oob. » Cott sio. • Bod. re;
Cott: siebbian.

^0j^f^ iS.I^ Sd.

> Cott. cy«J>e. * Cott secopenne. » Cott soobe)* on. * Cott
Soob. »Cottsio. • Bod. rercan. ^ Cott soob. » Cott so***?'
• Cott: siebbian.

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eitber to the wise, or to the foreigners, is his wealth for
naught, when they learn that they were chosen for no virtue,
but through the favour of foolish people. But if they in
their power bad anything of proper or natural good, then
would they havetthat with them, even if they should lose the
power. They would not lose the natural good, but that would
^\c!a^'£fflow them, and always make them honourable, let
them be in whatsoever land they might.

§ IT. JSTow thou mayest understand that wealth and power
cannot make any man honourable in a foreign country. I
wot, however, thou mayest think that they always can in
their own country. But though thou mayest think it, I
know that they cannot. It was formerly, through all the
territories of the Eomans, that consuls, and judges, and the
treasurers, who kept the mon^, which they were every year
to give to the soldiers, and the wisest senators, had the
greatest honour. But now, either none of these exists, or
they have no honour, if any one of them exists. So it is with
respect to every one of those things which have not in them-
selves proper and natural good. One while it is to be cen-
sared, another while it is to be praised. But what of de-
lightful or of useful appears to thee, then, in wealth and in
power, when they have enough of nothing, nor have anything
of proper good, nor can give anything durable to theur pos-
sessors ? r

CHAPTEE XXTIIL

^ When Wisdom had made this speech, then began he again
to sing, and thus said : Though the wicked king Nero decked
Hmo^ with all the most splendid cljbthes, and adorned him-
self Iffikh gems of every kind, was he not, nevertheless, to all
wise men, loathsome and unworthy, and ftiU of all vice and
debauchery? Yet he enriched his favourites with great
riches : but what was to them the better ? What wise man,
could say that he was the more honourable, when he had en-
riched him ?

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CAPUT XXIX.«

t

/ §1. £)!Sfe{^ifboin)m]nfle<^a]iiii^aiha&pbe.DaQn2aalie^
fpdlijan^ ^ )>uf qwef. Ppa^^ }wi nu pene -^ i> pr cymoyf te>

J ^pjipfeen. J ]*e pela. "3 re «npeal^. ]» he ppj^ luf beoplJii^;uiii.

^ ro«ie flgnixng mon j^eboo pdigne og^e ^peafeenbne. .Da anb-

^ jTQpebe ic ^ C]rae)>. pjihpi ae magon hi' Ppo^ ^j* wi ^i|ye
anbpeaji&an kpe jr^punpe ^ begegi^'Soime ]i8ef cj^niBSef jpo]^.
J hif neafe]t;. '^ p^toi pela j anpealb:* Da anbfpopebeje
p'lrt^om anb tpe5. 6ege me im. ihp»)»eii fu aeyjie ^c^ypbejr f
liel appmi bana. ^ jsp uf QBge, eiJliiD^ Jnipbpunobe. otSSe

//^ .penft %u. hp»]Mp k^ jenit j lfcTO ealne pej habban nae^e fe

bme nu b»}^. pu ,b6 pKft fi\iy\e ealle bee rmt pull^ l?apa

T birna j^apa monna Tie cBmir f«ftp»" anb a&lc mon pat')iapa'Se

.^ nn leotol? "^ manepim -ciTimis^e-Vcfahiyeapr p anPMdb t 1^ i>eLa .

^ oi5 psec' be eit;>peap]? psefcla. €aiLa ea ir T ^ymCT^pp<^np]^^^^1Tlif'.

iSV^ ]ie i]aii)>ep ne ms&g ne bme pelfne ^ebealban. ne bif blaf opb.
to tSon '^ be ne ]>uppe^ snapan jinltumej'. ot$t5e bi beo]) be^en
gonbealbga, pu i^ if ^ Ipevh. feo eoppe b^pe S^f ael]> fa.j&

> cynmja anpeaib. ^ )iieab jipJiam^^nm^efiHiigef pilbmpana bi^^
fonne Ijckj) jg bij: anpealb. nj ^gghhn* ^'P^pl'f- p^P fj ^^^ r™^

-^^a eoppe 2ef8el]>a on pimumfmjum unjera&Jfa.^ Pp»c Ja

J cjumjap. feah bi mane^pa^ tSfoba"^ pealban.® ne pealbap bi peah

eallpa papa pe bi peatbaii p olbon. Ac beop poppam ppipe^ eapme

on beopa GOobe. Fop]>y bi nabbap pime J^apa pe bi babban

polbon. poppam ic pic ^ ]*e cjninj f e Jicpepe biJ?. jj be ba&fp

^^^apan^° epmpe ponne anpealb. poppam cpsep jeo pun^ynins
pe impibdice pen^ to pice. €ala bps&t f bit$ 2eps&b«B^JSe^
bim ealnepe^ ne ban;scag nacob ppeopb opep pam n^PR be

X rmalan |?p»b^. ppa ppa me^^ pimle jic^^ bybe. pti pincf pe ritf
'Eu pe f e pela j pe anpealb bcije. nu by naeppe vk)i]> bucan

^^eje. ^ eapFOj)um. ^ popjum. Ppaeft fu papt ]78bctI1c cynin^

^/ polbe beon^* butan tJipum. "j babban 'Seab'linpealb jip be mibce.

« Boet. lib. iiL prosa 6. — An vero regna Regumque, &c.

» Cott. rpellian. « Cott. pilla. » Bod. o«]>e f . * Cott. J»ypFe.
5 Cott. unj'»l>a, ® Cott. mB&nis gep. 7 Cott. ]>ioba. * Cott pealben.
9 Bod. rpa- ' " Cott. mapon. " Bod. n». " Cott. Sit rymlfc

" Cott. bion.

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§ !• BOXTHIUI.

CHAPTBEXXn.

§ I. Whsk Wisdom bad Bongihklay, then began be again
io fipeak, and tbns said: Boat tbou thiDk that tbe king's
fkiuiliarity, and the wealth and tbe power which he gives '
to his faTourites, can make any man wealthy or powenbl?
Then aaaw^Ted I, and said : Why cannot they ? What in
1^8 present life ia pleaaaittftr and better than tbe king's ser-
m and his presence^ and mareover wealth and power?
Then anawerea Wisdom, and said : Tell me, now, whether
tj^gurhast ever heard, that it always remained jo any .a— w ho
iSiDefore ub? or tbinkest thoa that any mn^ who now has
it, can always l^aye it ? Dost thou not know that all books
ge full of €Xjam)\eBo£ the m ^" ^hf*^ pre before xa ^ and eve^
^ knows.isonoeEning those who are now living, that froin
° »py a kipfif power and wealt h go away , until he .afterwards
Ijeooroes poor r Alas ! is that, then, very ezcellent wealth,
which can presenre neither itself nor its lord, so that he may
Aot have need of more help, lest they should both be lost ?
^ is not this your highest feHcity — ^the power of kings?
^d yet if to the king there be a want of anything desired,
then that leasens his power, and augments his misery . There-
fore theae your felicities are always in some respects infeli-
cities! MoreoTer kings, though tibey govern many nations,
yet they do not govern all those which they would govern ;
^ are very wrecked in their mind, because they have not
Bome of thoee things whi(^ tbey would have : for I know that
tile king who is rapacious has more wretchedness than power.
Therefore a certain king, who unjustly came to empire, for-
nierly said : O, how happy is the man to whom a naked sword
'Uings not always over the head by a small thread, as to me it
®ver yet has done ! How does it now appear to thee ? How
do weakh and pow^ please thee, when they are never with-
out fear, and difficulties, and anxieties P Thou knowest that
every king would be without these, and yet have power if he

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/ Ac ic pat f he ne mses. D^ ic punbpije. popbpi lu plpan

fpelcef anpealbef. ppe]»ept$e nutSmce "^ fe man micelne anp^

hebbe ^ pe fpi^ ^efa&b^;. ]» pmle pilns^ 2$a&f Se'he bejitanne

maej. o8?Je penft t$u -p fe peo^ jyipe seffi&lij. fe pmle nub

J miceliiin^ pepebe p8&p)>. oS^e epc fe )>e »2)>ep onbp»t. ^e tSone

t$e bine onbp»t. je "Sone ]>e bine na' ne onbp»t. Pp»])ep pe

nu )>ince j) fe mon micelne anpealb b»bbe. iSe bim felfum

J )>inc)> j) be naenne n»bbe. fpa fpa nu manc^om men }>m^ fhe

ns&nne na&bbe buton be b»bbe mani^e man ))e bmi bepe.^

/O PpaBt p il^e^ pe nu mape'^ rppecan be psia cy nmg e ^ b a biplpnl.

^ftpnm buton^ f 8&lc ^ef ceabpif man mm% pitan -^ bi beo]> poll

eapme j pill unmibtije. pu ma^an ]>a cymn^ap o)>pacan 0$^

popbelan biopa^ immibte. )K)nne bi ne majan^ n»nne peopf-

pcipe pop]>bpin2anl)uton beopa ]>epia pultume :•

/S § ^^'^ Pps&t pille pe nu ellep pecjan be tSam^ ^epium. buton
f '^ )>a&p Oft S^^yP^P 'P ^ peopjm]) bepeapo^ 8&lqie.^e. ^e
fup]>um f »f peopef . ppiam nebpa'^® leafan^* cymnje. Ppa&t pe
piton 'p f e unpibtpipa cymn^ Nepon polbe batan bip a^eime
ma&^iftpe. ^ bif pojrepp sebep acpellan. faep nama p»f Seneca.

2^ f e pa&f ui^pita. Da be hs, onpunbe f be beab beon f ceolbe. t$a

beab be ealle^^ bif asbta pij? bif peope. l>a nolbe re cymnx j^a er

/'I onpon. ne bim hif peopej ^eunnan. tSa he ]>a f on^eat. y?L ^e-

13 ceaf be bim fone beaj> f ~bim^^ mon oplete olobef on fam"

eapme. ^ Jia by be mon fpa. Pp»t pe eac jehepbon ^Papimanuf

Jj^YSi Antonmupe tSam Kafepe ealpa bip beoplinxa^* rbej-onXortT
•3 eallef bif polcep mwftne anpealb^^ b»pbe. Ac be bine bet ^e-
bmban anb fii5t$an offlecua. Pp»t ealle men piton ^ pe Seneca
p8Bf Nepone. j Papinianup Antonie fa peopfeftan. ^ fa leo-
peftan. "3 m»ftne anpealb^^ btepbon. ^e on biopa bipebe. ;e

^(} buton. •] tJeab buton s&lcepe rcjiibe pupbon popbone. Ppset hi
pilnobon be^en'eallon m»jene** ^ fa blapopbap naman fpa
hpset ppa hi h»pbon ^ leton hi boban. ac hi ne mihton^^ f

^i bejitan. popfam f apa cyiun^a paslbneopner p «r to f am heapb

^ti f beopa^^ eal>metto ne mihton nauht p pftanban . ne hupu

^ Boet lib. iii. prosa 5. — ^Nam quid ego de Begum familiaribus, &c
> Cott. pe. « Cott mide. » Cott no. * Bod. hipe. » Cott.
ma niL • Cott butan. f Cott beopa. « Cott. mason. • Cott
>»m. i*> Cott fpom hiopa. " Bod. leopan. "Cott. ealla. "Cott
hme. " Cott. ]>»m. " Cott byphnga. *« Cott mwpta anpalb.
17 Cott anpalb. " eallon m»Sene, desont in MS. Cott ** Cott

mihten. ^ Cott hiopa.

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miglit. But I know that he cannot : therefore I wonder why
they glory in such power. Does it seem to thee that the man
has great power, and is truly happy, who always desires that
which he cannot obtain ? Or thinkest thou that he is really
happy who always goes with a great company ? Or again,
he who dreads both him that is in dread of him, and him that
is not in dread of him P Does it seem to thee that the man
has great power who seems to himself to have none, even as
to many a man it seems that he has none, unless he have
many a man to serve him ? "What shall we now say more
concerning the king, and concerning his followers, except
tbat every rational man may know that they are full miser-
able and weak ? How can mngs deny or conceal their weak-
ness, when they are not able to attain any honour without
their thanes' assistance P

§ II. What else shall we say concerning thanes, but this,
that it often happens that they are bereaved of all honour,
and even of life, by their perfidious king P Thus we know
that the wicked king Nero would hate his own master, and
'Jl his foster-father, whose name was Seneca. He was a
pMoBopher. When, therefore, he found that he must die, he
offered all his possessions for his life, but the king would not
accept of it, or grant him his life. When he learned this, he
chose for himBe& the death, that they should let for him Mood
™a the arm ; and they id so. We have also heard that
mnmmiTo ^aa to Antoninus the Csesar, of all hia favQuritea^
Sg most beloved, and of all his people had the greatesti
P?^er. But he gave order to bind, and afterwards to slay •
'^ina. Tet all men know that Seneca was to Nero, and Pa-
pinianus to Antoninus, the most worthy and the most dear ;
ajid they had the greatest power, both in their court and
elsewhere, and nevertheless, without any gdlt, they were
destroyed! Tet they both desired, most earnestly, that the
lords would take whatsoever they had, and let them live, but
they could not obtain it : for the cruelty of those kings was
80 severe, that their submission could naught avail, nor in-
^d would their high-mindedness, howsoever they might do,

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/ heojia ope|iimetta..bybon jpa lipa]^ fp^ hy^ bybon. pe bokce

him tSa naf J^ep ^eah hi foeolbon )^»t ^aec^ akBtan. ]Eop^i£?je

J i^e hif SDp tibe »e taoSuBip, i^noe hiyhif on tib mntilofe; ^ t>u hca])

^ nu fe anfiealb^ *} fe pela. nu Su sehj^ebHES^jr jiast hme

5* man^ nappeji^ biitoii^ e^ habbaane map ae poplattan ne mot

J^eah he piUe. o)>)»e l^mt f (^iftob f eo mem^ )Napa jqieonba Jiam

beoplm^^um^ j^apa eymn^. o^^ hpet pojifcosfc heo asnpsn

men. f op)mm^ i$a ppienfe osuma]) mtb Htua}^ pelan. ^ ept nub pam

J pekn ^e)x^»^. biticon fpjw):capa. Ac )» ppynb^^ ]»e hine ep jEop

/O ]^am^^ jielan lupaf, ^ ^epita]> epc; mib Jam pelan. ^ pe(^lHi]i

i^oane to jre^sibiim. biucon f& j»apan fe June sep f ofi Inpom-'^ ^

pop tpeo)mm lupebon ]»a hae^ polbon iSeah lupen ]ieah he eapm

/} pafrpe. )« him puniab. Pydc if f v pya »qI ciJS/Be s&n^iim men ma^

^bagujK)nse he hnhbe on hif ^epqipasbeniieaiib oaiiif ^eji^[te

iS peoab oa ppeoabep anlicaeff e : •

§ III.^ Da fe fvfhGmyix fpell apehlc^^ h»pbe. ]ia on^an he
€f c pa^aa ^ ]}uf cfm!f(lde )ie pille pnlhcejaapealb a^^aa. he foeil
jtilian »peft ^ he hacmeaap^b hif ageni^ mobef. "j ae pe )do
*aa^epif^dice iuibq]L])eob hif xia]»eapiun. ^ abo op hif QOobe ua-
/^ S^pif'^ce yml^o^a'. poplsete ]>a feopin^a hif eopm]HL Beah
he aa picfi^e op^ eeUae aubban S^<^- j^om eaptsepei^ibian
^"^^ o9 pe ytepeapbne. fpom labeam. f if f e raj^eayt eabe J^q^ef
2$ mibbaaeapbef . o^tet jlanb )>e_^ hafcag Th^ )>aflt ir />" |>4tt»
peft -

pal _
aaef]> he IK) ]>e mapaa ^npeail). pp he hif m^l^acq* anpeidb

f 3 mibbaaeapbef. o^gtjjanb )>e j>e hafcag Thyte. )>aflt ir <» |>^Tr

$.iy a^}>peft eat$e tSaJ^f^ubbaneajibef . f a&p ne bij^na^gvj*^*

jg J^ fuffl^nJai^ ] ^ piyttepft ha^ ^ }>eah he Ba ]>»f e»l]^f pea^r

„ aaep]> he no ^^n»pan «np«aJl>. pp he hif m^l^ncq* anpeidb

I aa»p]'* anb xiF he j^ae y papei»l?/pi|) l» aal>eayar ^ pe a^

ymbfpp»€oa> y ^

CAPUT XXX/

41. £)2^ fe p^ifbcm ]» pM-hatte arunaen hytbe, ]» onj^an Ik
ec ^annpdl 3 cp»f . If -p tinxeptfenlic pulbop tJipfe populbe
J/ ^3 fpipe jyeaf . be pain^^ paaf geo^ fin^enbe pmn fceop. Ca be

e Boei. :Kb. iii. nieiiram 5. — Qui «e ydlet esae potentem, &a
' Boet. lib. iii. piosa 6. — Gloria vero quam f allaz sspe, &c.
^ Cott. hi. 2 Cott. Fop>»m. » Bod. unlob. * Cott. anpalb. * Cott.
mon. * Cott. nap)>ep ne. ' Cott. butan. ^ Cott. bioplmgum. • Cott
pop>on. w Cott. >»m. " Cott. ppienb. « Cott >»in. " Bod.
luum. ** JCoJt apeahc " Cott. >8&m. *• Cott gio.

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^liaiTB «railed %em eithor, but titay irvie obliged to lose life.
Per he who doee not take tm^ oare for bmself, will at

Jength be deatitnte. How doth power md wealth ii9W please

•tl^e, now thou hast heard that .a man neii^ier can have it .

'^intbout :&ar, nor can part with it' though he wii^ ? What
£d the ^ssom^ of iriends vrail the favouriteB of those fcmgs,

'er what availB it to luiy inan ? Fcff friends oome with wealth,
and again with wealth go away, except very few. But the
friends who bofove, for wealth's sake, lore any one, go away
H^Wwards with 4^ wealth, and then turn to enemies. But
tbe few, who before loyed him for afiection and for fidelity,
l^ese would, nevertheless, love him thou^ he were poor.
^^MMse romain to him. What is a worse ^gue, or greater
kurt to any man, than that he have, in his society and in hfk
preseaee, an «nefny in the likeness of a friend ?

§ III. When Wkdom had made this speech, tiien began he
iigain to sing, and thus said : Whosoever desires fully to pos-
sess power, ought to labour first that be may havepower over
^ own mind, and be not indecently subject to his vices ; also
let him put away from his mind unbecoming anxieties, and
'Resist m>m complaints of his misfortunes. Though he reign
over aU the middle-earth, from eastward to westward, from
I&dia,.which is the south-east end of this middle-earth, t o the
id and which we cal l TbulCj which is-at the north-west end of
^ Eslm^dle-earth, where there is neither night in suDMnfirnor
fiy in winter ; thougOLe'rule even aU this, he has not the
'^ ffle"p??w^ f . if he haa not power over his mind, and if hettow l^
^TgSarJ^hiitiself Against the vices which we have before *
^p<^eii about.

CHAPTER XXX.

§ I. Whek Wisdom had sung this song, then began he
•gain to make a speech, and said : Worthless and very false
•is the glory of this world ! Concerning this a certain poet

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lOS BOETHIUS^^ -— ^CHAP. XXX

I fopijeah Jnf anpeapbe Lp. he cp»J),rSia pulbop^ ))iffe populbe.
ea. pophpi* t$e hatan^ ^yr'5^ men mib learne jremne pulbop. nu
fu nane eapt.* Y0ji\9aa^ fe maAaanna naepf micelne 2iip.^;j
micelne^ pulbop. ;j micelne peoppfcipe. fop bjjijef folcep penan,

^fonne be h»bbe pop hip ^epjr&tum. Ac jepeie* me nu bpaeC
un^^epipenbcpe pe ]>onne "f. o^JSe popbpi^® bi ne" ma^an beopa"
ma pceamitan gonne lpapiian .p ^onne hi *^eb.eopap ^ bim man

J on^li^ Deah mon^Mi npone lobpa^* mib pibte hepi^e . ne pceal
Ee na t$e nabonj^^ unjemeuice^s&sman fsep pdlcep popba. Ac

/0^?aBr\bie pceai yagman,^ ^ *
faep ngBjjii^e ;

um ro^ on recxxafei. Deab be nu
bpa^bffi j ne di}> he no fe pajwp^

/y7« bpab rpa*^ he teohxal?.^ ^ popl)»m hi hme he ma^on eg;

t)paBb^ ^eonb ealle eop])an. ]>eab hi on pimiom lanbe ms&^en.

popfam | ?eah he reo^^ a num' Keheneb. tJonne bi)> be o]>pum

/^ unbepeb . jTeah he on t$am lanbe reo msepe. "Sonne bij) he on

!S o}?pum unma^e.^^ pop]7»m ip gaep/polcep hlipa. a&lcum men pop

naubt to baBbenne. popj^aem hit'^' fco selcum men^* ne cy^Hf

/f be hip jepypbtum. ne hupu nanum paln e pex ne puniaf.^

Del)enc nu asnert be 'S^Mn) yb^bum, SlE^hgt^aep S^gf*^^ bu

ZO ibel ^ hujmnjc pe jilp^ bi}). popfam tJe 8b1c moH'pitlt ealle
men op anum pa&bep comon "^ .op anpe mebeji. 0^5e ept be
Saep polcep hhpan "] be beopa hepinje.^7 ic nac^bpaBt pe t5»f
pa&jniaf.^^ Seah t$a nu popemaepe peon.®^ geT Tolcipce men
hepija^. ^eab beof*^ fa popemseppan^^ j pibtlic paa jp o he-

.^•J'pJScnne. l ?a "Se beoj?^^ mib cpaeptumrxepypyoOe ."* jj^ppam^^ tJe
nan mon ne biJ? mibpibce pop ofpepTobe. lie pop hip cpa&pcum
no tSy ma&ppa ne no 8y jehepebpa^^ jip he bine pelp nsepf :•
Ppaef ep ^u nu beo afy p»;eppa pop ofpep mannep pa&gepe. bij^
men pul lycle Jjy bee ^eah be ^obne p»bep ha&bbe. jip be pdf

30^0 nauht;e ne mse^. pop]7am ic Isepe "^ %m raBXenix eTo|>epna

5/ manna jobep^"^ ^ beopa s&)?elo Co fon ppife y ^u ne tiby ge.

» Cott. >a cp»"S be. « Cott pulbup. • Cott. pophpy. * Cott
haten. « Cott. nan neapt. * Cott. pop>8&m. ^ Cott S^elp. ' Cott
micel. » Cott. pege. . ^ Cott. pophpy. " Bod. hme. Cott. In.
" Cott hiopa. " Cot qju&tman . " Cott Soobpa. " Cott no >y
hp»]>op. »« Cott tFPgman. " Cott >y hp»>op. " ppa, deest in
MS. Cott >• Cott htha*.' »» Cott pe. « Bod. l»ppe. » Bod.
hi. Cott he. 28 men, deest in MS. Cott " Cott. puna«. «* Bod.
T Xelpg. ^ Cott sylp. 27 Bod. hepise. « Bod. pac » Bod.
Kaegina'S. «> Cott. pen. « Cott. bio«. ^s Bo<j, jropema&pan. » Cott
fcio«. »* Cott sepupJ>obe. »« Cott pop>»m. *» Cott hepebpa.
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§ I. BOXTHIUS. 109

formerly sung. When be contemned this present life, he
Baid : O glory of this world ! Alas ! why do foolish men call
thee with false voice, glory, when thou art none ! For man
more frequently has great renown, and great glory, and great
honour, through the opinion of foolish people, than he has
through his deservings. But tell me now, what is more un-
suitable than tbis : or why men myv not rather ^>e^ ^p f iajpi ^
of themselves than rejoice, when they hear that any one Denes »
them ? Though men even rightly praise any one of the good,
^ught not tbe sooner tp rejoipe immoderately at the people's
words. But at this he ought to rejoice, tha t tney speak truth
ofbir^ . Tliough he rejoice at this, that they spread his name,
it 18 not the sooner so extensively spread as be persuades him-
self; for they cannot spread it over all the earth, though they
niay in soaie land ; for though' it be praised in one, yet in
another it is not praised. Though he in this land be cele-
bratedy yet is be in another not celebrated. Therefor e is the
tgg Pk^s e8tee m,to be held by every man for nothing; since
it comes not to every man according to his deserts, nor in-
deed remains always to any one. Consider first concerning
birth : if any one boast of it, how vain and how useless is the
boast; for every one knows that all men come from one
fcther and fip^m one mother. Or again, concerning the
people's esteem, and concerning their applause. I know not
why we rejoice at it. Though they be illustrious whom the
^Igar applaud, yet are thev more illustrious and more rightly
to be applauded who are dignified by virtues. For no man
» really the greater or the more praiseworthy for the ezcel-i
fence of another, or for his virtues, if he himself has it notf]
Art thou ever the fairer for another man's fairness ? A man
\ full little the better though he have a good father, if he
'^aelf is incapable of anything. Therefore I advise that
thou rejoice in otheiCmen's good and their nobility, so far
^'oly, that thou ascribe it not to thyself as thine own. Be-

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/ relpim axror* p)i)wm^ He selcef moanef job' 3 hi rae^o bio|>
ma on gaip ?^«^ft ^ ff^m^ Q^ )>«m^ ^aerce. D»t3 aa icp5»}5l
^obef* on ]>ain »]wlo. -^ mani^e mon )*ceaiiial|> f he jwaplft^

It pyjifa t$onne hif elbpan p«r)«on. ^ }:op])fl»a. kiga}> ealle^ msef^

J*)) he polb« Hna bcrpcena nimertleaper "] hif^w^af ^pon :»^

§ 11.^ Da j-e fyfoota. tJa t$irjpell afiehc^ h»]!be. 'Sa cm^an he

pn^an ymbe ^ ilce ^ cpae^m^piB^)? ealle men .faa&jEbonjf^ebene

I jTTuman. popjwm hi ealle coman of ^um p»be)i *] l:^ anpe-

mebeft. eaile hi beo]> pcj^ehce aoennebe. nif "^ nan punbop.

/^fojiJ^aEB ^e an Iro b if paeben ei^lpa ypieapga . j:op)>ani he ht
ealle jefoeop -^ ealna yecg, Se jeljb l?a&ne mniMm leoht. ^ "Saa
monan. 3 ealle cun^a S^^^- t^*^ S^f^^^P ^^^ ^^ eop}»an. je-
^abepobe.'ga raula '-\ ^bne lichoitian mib hif ]mjn snpealbe. ;]
ealle mann xerceoo emn-«]>ele on gggpefpptmwP 3;e<rfabe . Ppt

/^ofep mob ige ^e t^onne op^ o))pe meti pap eoppom jebypbUBi
butonjanpeoTtce, nn ^e nanne ne magon metan \ui»^?elpe. ac

-^ealle pinr temn s&^ele . 2ip_^ pillat5 ^ne'lrnuman

, .^gii^flftn, ^ iSone pcippenb. ;j pippaiiijeopqp^ BMcep acennebnem

Ac l?a^Tivht;'|S»^ekLbi'8 on Jyamjg^e . naep On ^am jis^ce. fp»
;»y^yrpa T^ a&p r»bon. Ac aglc mon^' ^elaJlanxA.^^ T^

unjeapmu popla&t lyr pceppenb. ^ nip |ppimian pceaptr. j_bL
• jy»)^la "3 ^o^Mi pj^pWansg^elab o|> ^ he pvn)>1iina&|>ele ; »

CAPUT XXXLJ^

^j| § I. DS pe f^ipbom t5a tJipleof^® apunjen h»pbe. ,Jwi ongan he

i efiP pecjan ppell. "j fup cp»f. pp»t jobep^^ ma^an pe pecganjat

:^^ftjf l?al plaBrchcan unl?eapar. ppfam fpa hpa ppa hr popla&tan pile. ^

2 5 pnJai y|) oiian miccle neapaneppe -^ mamte ™ > ^j jn}>i ^ - pop]^am

2/7 J22» opeppj^ll pmle per unfeapap.'^ 15a impeapaplabbajr opep-

' v^Tive hpeoppnnja. ;j peo hpeoppmj ne beojy na bntan popje 5

bucon neaponeppe. Gala eap hu mane;;^a1abla, ^ hu'miccl pap. 7

30hu micele** p»ccan. -j hn micle unpotneppe pe h»}:}>. ^e fone

Sd ponpillan haepl? on Sippe populbe. "3 hu micele ma penpt "8u -p hi

e Boet. lib. iii. metrum 6. — Omne hominum genus, &c.

^ Boet lib. iii. prosa 7. — Quid autem de corporis voluptatibus, &c.

1 Cott jron)>»in. » Cott. soob. « Cott. \>»m. * Cott. ^o6bep
« Cott. jfiojip>e. « Bod. eallon. 7 Bod. ge^eon. s Cott apeaht.
» Bod. et Cott. copper. " Cott. hotJ. " Cott Soobep. " Cott
micla. J ^

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cause eyery man's good, and his nobilitj, is more in the mind
than in the flesh. This onlj, indeed, I know of good in
aobilitj ; thst it shames many a man, if he be worse than
his ancestors were; and therefore he strives with all his
power to reac^ the masners of some one of the best, and his
virtues.

§ II. When Wisdom had finished this speech, then began
lie again to sing about the same, and said : Trolj all men had
a like beginning, for they all came frbm one father and from
one mother : they are all, moreover, bom alike. That is no
wonder, beeanse one G-od is fatfaeor of all creatures ; for he
nHtde them all, and governs them all. He gives light to the
sun, and to the moon, and places all the stars. He has
created men. oxei the earth, joined together the soul and the
^)ody by his power, and made all men equally noble in their
original nature. Why do ye then lift up yourselves above
other meuj on aecount of yonr birth, wxthont cause, since ye
can find none nnnoble, but all are equally noble, if ye are
Willing to remember the creation, and the Creator, and more-
over fte birth of every one of you ? 'Rn<<b»nft -nnhilitY ia in,
th^mind, Tipt jp iihft flAa)^ as we have before^aii But every
Dian, who is altogether subject to vices, forsakes his Maker,
^ bis first origin, and his nobility, and thence becomes de-
SNed till he is u^oble. -

CHAPEBE XXXI.

§ I. Wheist Wisdom had sung this lay, then began he agaST
to make a speech, and thus said : What good can we say of
'te fleshly vices ? 'For whosoever will yield to them shall
Stfer fflsea t anguish and many troubles. For intemperance
^ways nourishes ncesjt and vices have great need of repent-
ance, and repentance is not without sorrow an& without
Jj^^g^iiah. Aim ! how many diseases, and how great pain, and
Jiow great watching, and how great sadness, has he who pos-
Besses wicked lust in this world! And how much more

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/ f cylon habban aepceji f ijye populbe eblean heopa 2;ee8pnimja.^
2, fpa f pa piptcgnj. beapn -] Jypopa)? * micel eapp o)>u. »p:ep ]Kun

t$e heo 8&P micelne lujr bupEteah. pop )>y ic nat' hp»c; ]»

// populb luftaf myneyr* bpenjaf heopa*' lup^enbum. Xjip nu

J^hpa^ cpij) -p fe'ti'eo' jef»lij. fe t$e hif populb lujt:um® ^dlum

pul^a^^. hpi nyle^ lie cpe]>an eac f Sa n^tenu feon jefseb^e.^^

pop^am^^ t$e beopa^^ pilla to nanmn o]ypum ]>inpim nif a^enob.
^ buton to jipepneffe ^ to ppaennerre. 8pif e jepunjnm^* bit bi>

J mon pip h»bbe^* i beapn. Ac peab manijcifeapn beof je-
10 jrpyneb^* to beopa^" elbpena poppjrpbe. pop])am be mani^ yn

rpelc^^ |op hipe beapne asp heo hit popf bprnjan^® ms&je. 7 pe
/'-iileopnobon eac f hpilum jebj^pebe ppife mi^epunebc 3 unge-

cynbebc ypel. f ^a beapn jetpeopebon betputT^m t* pepebon
v mbe gone pa&bep, je pupfonT^^ PyPF® P»r- P® seheopbon''''^
jmei je^pa 011 ealbum ppellum. jj puin punu opploje hip p»b^
" ic nac humeta. buton pe piton f hitTunmennirdic*^ b»b pgp
'/Vppaet aelc mon maBj pitan hu heri^Tronx men oeol) reopcemaa
/ hip beapna. ne tSeapp ic t5e "beafiyrecjan. popbam t$u hit h»gt
/y afflibab be^^ je pelpuni. Be l?a&peTh»Fexan'^emenne beanna .
J^cpa&f mm maBJij-tep 6upipibep. •p hpilum jebypebe tJam heapb-

pele^m.^ f him pepe betepe ]>8et he beapn n»pbe "Sonne he

h»pbe : •

§ 11.^ Da pe f^ipbom t$a ]7ip ppell ai^t h»pbe. t$a on^an he

ept xifebiaP* ^ 3 fup pn^enbe cp8e]y.'Tpp»t pe yp^l^ pifltfhm*
;?/ p ihtha&me{)ep ybpep S'fe idneah » lcep hbbenbe p monnep Cbob .
/^ Spa ppa peo beo pcSJIlopian, l?onne heo hp»t yppmS^JSSSf*

ppa pceai aelce jtipl "g ftppeop^an »ptep tJam unpihths&mebe.
£f buton pe mon hpeoppe to jobe 1 •

* Boet. lib. iii. metrum 7. — Habet omnia hoc voluptas, &c.

* Cott. eapnunsa. ' Cot€J beapneacen pip [>popa'S. » Bod. pat

* Cott. mypgep. » Cott. hiopk. « hpa, deest in MS. Cott ^ Cott
pe. ■ Bod. luptap. • Cott nele. " Cott netenu pen sepvleso*
" Cott pop)>»m. *« Cott hiopa. i»-Cott pynpum. " Cott habbe.
" Cott septfiuneb. " Cott hiopa. " Cott^opppilt. " Cott

bpensan. w Cott. pip>um. ' » Cott. hepbon. *' Cott nnmen-
nipchcu. « Bod. apinben bi. ^ Cott bipegan. « Cott heapb-
p»lSan. » Bod. ygbbiatL

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thinkesfc thou thej shall have after this world, m ihe re-
tribution of their deserts ? even as a woman brings forth a
child, and suffers much trouble, after she formerly has ful-
filled great lust. Therefore I know not what joy the worldly
lusts bring to their lovers. If any one say that he is happy

I who fulfils all his worldly lusts, wherefore will he not also say
that the cattle are happy, for their desire is extended to no
other things, but to gluttony and to lust. Very pleasant is ,
it that a man have wife and children. But nevertheless
nianj children are begotten for their parents* destruction.
^or many a woman dies by reason of her child, before she
can bring it forth. And we have also learned that formerly
& most unusual and unnatural crime happened, that the
Aliildren conspired together, and lay in wait for the father.
And moreover, what was worse, we have heard, long ago in

I ancient histories, that a certain son slew his father. I know

I i^ot in i|hat manner, but we know that it was an inhuman
deed. Besides, evCTy one may know, how heary trouble to
a man is the care of his children. I need not, nowever, say

I that to thee, for thou hast experienced it of thyself. Con-
cerning the heavy care of children, said my master Euripides,
that it sometimes happened to the unhapny, that it would be
better for him that he had not children, than that he had.
§ II. When Wisdom had ended this apeech, then began he

i ^ain to sing, and thus singing, said : Alas ! the evil desire of

\ ^wful lust disquiets the mind of almost, every living man.
As the bee shfdl perish when she stings anything ansrily, so

•shall every soul perish after unlawfd lust, unless the man

;^rn to good.

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114 BOXTHHrS. CHAP. XXXB.

CAPUT XXXIL*

/ § I. DK fB P'lrbom tJa }nf leoJ> spmsen li»]:be. ]3 ^ opga n h
^ «ft r pelliywi ^ 3 tSuf qwef. Fo p^m jaiy nan cp eo f l>«r iS

f o]mm ^ef»l]7iim. 3 he namne n^ TnaRy'^ e] ;>p mym* ]>«p he *

ji%eheic. f ir^»^ !^*"* hehftan jobe.* Ac ic t5c maej mib

fOfibam ^efe<^^ hu mane^a j7:ela 6a pelan pnc S^j:^

y Ppigc bu tkmiietmfiiie. imfe Jwpe jitfanje f«f yeoj-. nn ^1l

' na ImTWler bergtm ne iniht. bucop 1>u ^'^ p ftpp^lg. ^^!£l3

jr pei^e. ■otsaJ Ta.beH>fici|e. ^ faeji fa^ hit ISMjjx^* ]K>ime paai

/C>hit c^pam. Da jwlbeft nn beon* fopemwpeSpeojijTCipe. 1

pffaf habban fdt. ]»oniie fceak ]ni oieccan ]^)m& eapmlrtl

>8nb fpi]w *ea&moblice ]>{iin7 ]»e ])e to ]>am ^epiltnmian mci

Eip "^u i$6 pile bon man^^ betepan "3 peop}^axi. ^ime fc«i

Jm tie la&tan aner pj^ifan. pa ne ii* f ^onne ram J>aB Lepm]wl

/jrtaftmon fj» pappehci^ TC^jpulpian to gam^^ l^e him gP

[c^. Ai^ealbef ])ii ]pihiaft. ac t$u hme neej^ie opf op^e ne (l

^tft. pop 89l)>eob^!;ioii. 'j %exP^ ma pp ISiciiin a^ennm
3 flon^uai.^' Ij>lpef fu jipnept. ac )ni hme ne miht
opfop^e. ]X)p]^ain 9u fceelt habbto pmle hpset hfe^;^'

^(>feapbef -j im^etefeji.** ©u polbeft nu bpncanfcny j eini
.WwnBgrre . ac Ce pijla]> "Sonne fopfeon Itobej^* ]«opaf. pop]
fe ptn fepij^^* jilttfc hfi|:a]> ]>in anpealb. nalfl&f ]ni hif . pa 1
imon ■eapx^^eofi {|eb»pon. jKmne mon hme tmbep^be^'

I pepetan ]d»fce. "3 nelle hif jefceabpipan raule. Jjjfigfgjup

^.^q reon*^ manan on eoppum hchoman 'Sonnelelpen b..o'Sge ftpe

pan^^ "Sonne leo ot^tJepeapp. oCfee fpijt^ian ])onne tijpif f

3 Seah ]ni paepe eallpa monna pa&^oft on phte. anb

polbept ^eopnhce 8&jt;ep f^ifbome fpypigan. o]>]>fiet Jm

^ piht on^eate. tSonne nuhteft^® fu fpeotole onjiton f e

'^ Boet lib. iii. prosa 8. — ^NiM igitur dubium est, &c.

» Cott. rpellian. « Cott myji'S T Je^ * Cott. m»Se bpms&n- * CbI
Soobe. >Bod.peaz. « Cott bion. ^ Cott. J>i»m. « Cott ypn*
» Cott pepehce. >• Cott J)»m. " Cott gic. « Cott m»Siii
>» Cott hjrusu. " Cott ungetterer* " Cott soobe Leber. ^' Cd
pepie. " Cott nnbeiijnebe. " Cott pen. »» Bod. rccnjg*

*^ Cott meahteft.

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CHAPTER XlXn.

§ I. Whjq7 Wifldoni had Bung this lay, then began he again
to speak, and thna said : Therefore there is no donbt &at this
present wealth obstrnds imd fadnders those men who ane in-
tent upon the true felidties ; and it can bring no one where
it promised him, that is, to the highest good. Kit I can in
1 lew words declare to thee with how many evils these riches
Aie filled. What meanest thou, then, by covetousness of
moDej ; when thou no how ^e canst acquire it, nnless thou
fteftl it, or take it by force, or find it hid : uid wheresoeyer it
ncroflses to thee, it decreases to others ? Then wouldest,
then, be illttstrious in dignity ? But if thou wilt have this,
then smst thou very meanly, and very humbly, flatter him
who is able to lielp thee thereto. If thou wilt make tiiyseif
gi^lier and more honourable than many, then must thou
-suffer thyself to be inferior to one. Is not this, then, s(Hn£-
whst of ^ia^rg^. that a man mn i^ so anxtously cringe to him
tto^ugPtbeyMwr^ ot-giWb^hto him ? Of power thou af^
"OeSoui? Bnt thou never obtainest it without danger, on
i^eount of £)reigners, and still more on account of thine own
^Bien and kindred. Of glory thou art desirous P But thou
cuist not harre itinritjiout care: for thou shalt have ^ways
Axmething adTerse and inconvenient. Thou wouldest, then>
^joy immodacat e lus t ? But then thou art desirous to
•^pise God's servanfs^inasmuch as thy vile flesh has the
tJ&astery of thee, not tiiou of it. How can any man conduct
tJiiniself mcnre wretchedly than when he subjects himself to
^ vile flesh, and will not to lus rational som ? If^ then, ye
were greater in your body tLan the elephan t, or stronger than
the lion or the bull, or swifter than tbe tiger, that wild beast ;
^iid if thou wert of all men the &irest in beauty, and then
wouldest studiously seek after wisdom, until thiou couldest
per&otly understand it ; then mightest thou clearly perceive

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betepa 1>onne ealle t$a o]yyieic ji»gaj: » ^e pe »}i ^be fpjis&con ;•

J § 11/ Behealba]? nu ga g^^erre. 3 }>rff ra&rtnerre. ^

hnipfeTOTmorr i ^^^irr i r Vheo^^ g^. Cpnne maxan xe onxicon f he

If eallef nauht pljnnfyceoppenb to metenne'] pi]> hif pealb^

f Ac ^1 ne l»tex^ ep2.]>onne a^pQotan^ ^ je ne panbpien 3 ne

hepijen ^ te imnytcpe if* f jT j^®r eopflica pela. fP^ rpajj

/ heocoi^ ir betepa anb healiqia ;||^»jeppa t$oime eall bif nmuifli

buton monnum anum. rpa if faef monner lichoma betenal

beopp^]^ Sonne eafle hif »hta. Ac nu'imceie pmcprf

^ t$onne reoiptpl betene t beopTFynlme Sonne feilichoma. Bk

/^ Sonne reoirapl betene

///jef ceaj* if_^o apiaime be Lipe'anbepne.* 3 fymle fioTieh|t«

/^Tfpifoft ppf »m* If f e "gobCtmba anpealb^ to apianne. 3 »

//f- ^bpian ne. •] to peop]naime opep ealle* of pa jefceapta. ^

l^Qa&fTichoman If ^ibe MionbeJ -^ rpi])e tebpe. anh rpite

aniic eoppan bloftmum. t>ean nu hpa f eo® rpa^asyp. fpa jf*

Alcibiabef f e BBSebnj pa&f . 2;ip bpa bif fpa fceap pfene^ f he

^(yms&^e hine Suphfeo ih fpa fpa Apiftotelef fe uSpita f a&be )«Be

beop p»pe. f mibte »lc pi^t ]mphf eon. je tpeopa. je Fupponi

^ ftanaf . ^et beop pe hataS lox. ^ip Sonne bpa p»pe fpa fceagfc

jignfi -p he mihte Sone cniEt Suphf eon^*^ Se De aep ymbe fpp«*

con. Sonne ne puhte he^im no mppn" rpa' jfea&tep fpa he ucaa

^/)>uhte. ]>eah Su nu hpaiJ ia&jCep 1?ince. ne bi]y hit no ]>y pa]M)p^

f pa. ac f eo un jef ceabpijmef heopa ea^^ena hi mypp^* -p hi ne

ma^on on^iton ^ hi pefceapial^ntan. nep mnan. Ac ^e])enc^

nu fpipe jeopnhce 3 xefceabpiflic dfmeal?^ hpelc faftf jl»fclicaB

job^* pen. •] Sa ^ef »lpa Jw je nu unjemetbce pilnia]>. Sonne

^0 majon je fpeotole onjeotan -p l >apr bchoman la&yp 1 hf

» ftpeon Sa ma^on beon ajreoppeb^'* mib )>peopa ba^a pefpe.

Fopfam ic f e pecce eall "^ ic ]>e ep pehte." poppam ic polbe

pe openhce ^epeccan on Sam enbe Sirer capitulan. jjte ealfe

3/4 paf anbpeapban job*® ne ma^on ^elttftan heopa lupenbumf

1 Boet. lib. iiL prosa 8. — ^Respidte coeli spatiam, &c.

> Cott. metanne. « Cott if. * Bod. anb efne. « fymle jw

hehfte fpihoft }:op>»m, desunt in MS. Bod. * CJott anpalb. • Cott
ealla. » Bod. jrlopenbe. • Cott pe. • Cott. fceapppene. *• Co*|
|>uphpon. " Cott mnan. "* Cott hp»>op " Bod. easanhi
ameppaS. " Cott pneaseaS. " Cott soob. »• Cott ftpenjo
m»s bion afyppeb. " Cott peahte. "» Cott Soob.

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I n. BOXTHIUS. 117

bhat all the powers an d the faculties w hich we have before
spoken about, are not to oe coinparea with any one of the
Sculties of the souL Indeed, wisdom is one siiyrle facultVL
pfthe sonL and yet we all know tkat it Is better than all the
other faculties, which ^©JliSSSisfeE? spoken about.

§ II. Behold now the' ^a^S SS ^^nd the firmness , aad-ttte
wi ft c ourse of tUs heaven. Tben may ye understand that it
» absolutely nothing, compared with its creator, and with
its ruler. Why then suffer ye it not to warn you, that ye
should not admire and praise [that which is less perfect, that
18, earthly wealth ? Even as theheaveilis better, and hig her^
and fairer than all whicb it includes^ except men alone -, po is
!g an'B body better and more precious than all his possessions.
j5t how much t^iinkest thou, then. tEe"soul better, and more
^cious than the bodv ? Every creature is to be honfliire d^
,jj Its measure, and always the highest in the greatest degree.
Therefore is the heavenly power to be honoured, and to be
admired, and to be adored above all other things. The beauty
^the body is very fleeting ^ and very frail, and very like the
flowers of the earth. Though any one be as fair as Alcibiades,
the noble youth, was : if any one be so sharp'sighted ^ that he
can see through him, as Aristotle the philosopher said that
J^d beast was, which could see through everything, both
wees, and even stones, which wild beast we call lynx; if,
then, any one were so sbarp^sj ghted tfiat he could see through
the youth whom we haje beforespoken about, then would he
fijt appear to him so fair within as he outwardly seemed.
Though thou seem fair to any one, it is not the sooner so ;
"ttt the imperfection of their eyes hinders them, so that they
^nnot observe that they behold thee outwardly, not inwardly.
^Qt consider now very carefully, and inquire rationally, what
these fleshly goods are, and these felicities which ye now im-
IJjoderately desire. Then may ye evidently perceive thflt ^-^ff

"ags s of thg Ji p j jijf T fii^d i^s strength, may be taken away by
. ee day 8^ fever. I therefore say to thee all that I have be-
fore said to thee, because I would clearly prove to thee, in
^ne conclusion of this chapter, that all these present goods
^ttaot perform to their lovers that which they promise them,

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f hi him ^Aattn:^ f^f hehfte ^b^ f hi him ^ehmfc4|>. Deah k
nu 2;esiibe]us«i ealle faf anhpeapban job.' nabba.^ hi no t$e
pa)»op pillj^mob 2;ob^ on ])am. ne hi ne magon jebon heopa
lupenbaf fpa peh^® fpa ppa hi polbon :•

J § 111.°^ Da f e f^ifbom i$a |>if ppdll apeht haofbe. pa anjan he
efc ^bbi^B. ^ ]nq* f m^enbe c|r»]d|^Bala ]ia. hu hep^ "j hu^jpfM^
«.!.-. ^^^-'-^ j^ lY ^e "Sa eapman: men tebpda^ n akec oy ]waK^

/cen^cjrt
pihtan fe

^e. fe pe^ if ISob. pp»)>ep ^e mi fecan jcib oa'

tpeopum. ic pat iS«ah ^ ^e hit ^sefi ne feci^'. ne pnbg jcejhg^.

/() ng. F^P)'*!!!^ ^^ ®t^^ ZQ^>^ piton f hit ])aji ne peest. ge ma >fl i

pmmaf peaxap on pinjeapbum. Pp»)ye[i ^e nu fettan eopeji*
nett on Sa h^ftan bune. t^nne xS harciim pfla^. ic pax: te^':
f ^e hit y«ji ne fetta]>. Pps^^ep ^e nu eop^ hunbaf aab*
eopep net ut on t$a f» Isebon. tSonne ^ehuntum pi}]a]>. ic pear
/5)'eah f ^e hi Sanae fetton up on bonnoL ^ mnon pubom.
PpsBt f If punbophc Jnec TiaonnpJle men piton f hi pculoi

/'/ fecan be ya& |»pol>e.^ ^ he sea oppum sfr^ep ^ hpite ^immaf .
je peabe. 3»Icefc^Bnef pmcyn. 3 hi |nton eac on hpeknffl'
p»tepum 3 on se^pelqia ea mu]mm hi fcuhm pecan pf of . 7

^^ ealne ]>ifne anbpeapban pekn hi piton hps&p hi pecan f culun. 7

2/ })one fpif e una^otenLce. feca}^. Ac hit if fpi^ <»|imhc ^laf
•p &i b^fe^^ men fmt selcep bomef fpa bhnbe.'^ hi vftatr
hp»p tki f opan ^ef 8^]>a fintf'jehybbe. ne popjmm nanetlu^ '
b^ nerre aabb8& K? to fecW iff^, ac pena)> f hi mse;|on dtf

^/^fjTuh ia&nan ^ on gifoni beabhcm n to gmn pnban HHjdfmf
^efSBljNi. f If Ijob. Ic nat nu huj^jnme heopa bfji^ eall ffa/,
fpeot(de apeccan ^ fpa r pj^J^^BlA Twi ic polbe. p^ijpam htf
pnt eapmpan ^ byp^an "^ un^6f»ii^aa t$onne sc hit apecaii]
mae^e. f^dan 3 peop)»f cipef hi piUma)i. 3 tSonne hi hme habba)»^'

^ "Sonne penaJS hi fpa un ^epitpiBe pset hi habban 9a fo)7an ;e*'
I f»lj>a:.

CAPUT XXXIII «

§ I. IjGNOIj ic t5e haebbe nu jepeht* ymbe )«, anhcneffajj
ymbe 9a f ceabpa p»pe fof an ^^f aelj'e. Ac jip fu nu rpeotot;^
^^ ^ecnapan miht 9a anlicneffa ]7»pe f opan jef adj^e. 9onne pfftit^

"■ Boet lib. iU. metrum 8. — Eheo, quam miseros tramite devio, &c.

^ BoU. lib. iiL prosa O.—Hactenos mendacis formam, &c

1 Cott. soob^ ' Cott soob. » Cott Soob. * Cott Se]>eaht.

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bhat is, the supreme good which they promise them. Though *
bhey collect ti^ether all these preseat goods, thej have not
bbe sooner perfect good therein ; neither can they make their
[Qim as wealthy as thej wish.

§ IIL When "Wisdom had ended this speech, then began
be again to sing, and thus singing, said : Alas ! how grievous
Uid how dangerous the error is which sedaceth misefable men
and leads them firom the right way ! The way is God. Do
ye seek gold on trees P I know, however, that ye seek it not
tlieie, neither find ye it ; for all men know that it grows nof
tbewy any more thtm jewels grow in vineyards. Do ye set
your net on the highest hill, when ye are minded to fish P
But I know that ye set it not there. Do ye carry out your
hoimcis and yomr net into the sea, when ye wish to hunt ? I
tbink, however, that ye then place them upon hills and in
woods. Truly it is wonderful thati diligent men know that
tliej must seek on the sea-shore and on river banks both
vrhite jewela and red, and gems of every kind ; and they know
also in what waters, and in what rivers' mouths they must
seek fishes, and they know where they must seek all this
present wealth, and incessantly seek it. But it is a very
iiiusaable thing that foolish men are so destitute of all judg-
Jttent, that they know not where tHe true felicities, are hid, nor
^dee d have they any desire to seek them ! But they think
tfiitin these &ail and perishable things they can find the true
l^ppinesB, that is, God ! I know not ^y ^I^gan their folly
all BO plainly declare, and so CTeatly'^Sflfee "^f i s i would , for
they are more miserable, and more foolish, and more unliappy.
than I can explain. Wealth and honour they desire ; and when
they have it, then think they, so unwise ! that they have the
true happiness !

CHAPTER XXXIII.

§ I. Engtjgh I have now declared to thee concerning the .
resemblances and concerning the shadows of the true happi-
aess. But if thou canst now clearly understand the resem-
blances of the true happiness, then afterwards it is necessary

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/ If ]>eap|: f ic fe hi relpeTjecece.* Da anb|r^be ic '} cj^f. Nu
ic onpte openLce ]y8&txe a&lcef ^obef^ S^^^S ^^r ^^ $ipim
populb pelan. ne a&lts&pe anpealb nij* on nanum ff pulb juce. ne
f e ycipB. peop]yfcipe nif on tSiffe populbe. ne }>a ma&rtan magpfe.

J* ne pnt on Jryjje ^pulb Sylge . ne feo hetirteTblir mr on jwaT

r1»|-n1ifiiyTn ^^yj^nTn-''Tla: ahbfpopebe fe yijbom n q^]y. ppafqi
]ni nu pullice on^ite pophjn hit ]H)nne fpa feo. £^ anbfpapebe
ic 3 cpse]>. Deah ic hif nu hps&t hpe^^ on^ite. ic polbe tSeah bit
piUicop •] openhcop op 8e onjitan. Da anbfpopobe j*e f^ifbom

/C7 7 cp»^. lienor fpeotol hit if paette "^ob^ if anpealb 3 unto-
baeliblic. J>eah hine bvnie men on mani^ bselan.^ t^onne hi
I bpeh g enbe^ recal> f hehrte tob op ^^ fog ^pan^ ^ eff^eafCA.
PpseJ^ep pu'nu pene "p pe nahtep mapan ne t^uppe. fe 8e
msepme anpealb h»p]» ]»if]*e populbe Da anbfpapebe ic ejt ;)

^//cpse]». Ne pecje ic no "^ he nahtef^^ mapan ne tSuppe. pop)«ni
ic pat f nan mp fpa" pelij f he pumef eacan ne ))uppe. Ba

/> anbfpopobe pe pifbom anb jcp»)>. Cenox niht gu fey t- t^ah hpa

(\ anpealb hs&bbe. ^ip o)>ep h8&p]» mapan. be]>eapp pe unrtpengjtt
j)«f ftpen^pan pulcumef . Da cpB&p ic. Gall hit ip fpa feu p e2xc.

Z^O Da cpgeip pe J7if bom. Deah mon nu anpealb t r enC to to tpasm

j» / pmxum nemne^ tJeah hit if an. Da cpse]> ic. bJRnneoincp. tm
he cp»)7. f^enpt )m nu -p p e anpealb "3 '^j teni^ peo^^ to pp-
feonne. o^6e ept fpifop to peop]>ianne l^onae oppe job.^' i>a
cp»p ic. Ne mse^ n»nne mon ysey tpeo^an f te anp«alb "jj^

J>Sj^Jjjg^X fcntnftypj)ift^ng. Da cpa&p he. Uton nu. ^ip fe \y& ]rmc6.
jeecan^* pone anpealb 3 f IsgHfeS- ^^ l^^P peoppp ape to. ]
^epeccan ponne ^a ppeo to Jinum. Da anbfpopobe ic anb cp»},
Uton p»f poppam hit if fop. Da cpep he. Ppepep pe poime
pjnce unpeopj* 3 jinmaBplic p eo ^e^abepun^ Capa ppeopa pmpu

jofeonne pa ppeo bip to anum jebon. oppe hpsepep hit ^e efc

J/ pmce eallpa pmja peopphcopjc 3 maetJicort. jip pu eni^e mon
cupep t tJapa pe hspbe s&lcep pinjef** anpealb. 3 selcne peopp-
pcipe haepbe.Jrpa popp f he na mapan ne poppte. ^epenc nu^
^eop]?hc J hii /ronemfeplic ^e polbe pe mon pincan. anb 6eah he

J5 nu pa ppw nepbe. jip he n»pe hhfeabij.*® Sonne y»jie hm

» Cott set»ce. « Cott soobep. » Cott pie. * Cott hpoj?o.

« Bod. et Cott. Lob. < Cott tobnUtn. 7 CottSytobfiDJafi.. • Cott.
p»mpan. » Cott naubcef . »« Cott nauhfcef . " Cott \mf, " Cott
pe. " Cott o-Spu soob. »« Cott ecan. " Cott hncep. "Bod.
hbf Seabis.

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\ X. BOXTHIVS. 121

that I show thee itself. Then answered I, and said : Now I
plainly perceive that there is not enough of- every good in
these worldly riches; nor is perfect power in any worldly
authority; nor is true dignity in this world; nor are the
^eatest honours in this world's glory ; nor is the highest
pleasure in the fleshly lasts. Then answered Wisdom, and
said: Dost thou fully understand why it is so? Then
answered I, and said : Though I understand it in some mea-
sure, I would nevertheless learn it more fully and more dis-
tmctly from thee. Then answered 'Wisdom, and said: It
ia sufficiently clear that good is single and jndivisihle, though
foolish men divide it into many, when they erring seek the
highest good in the worse creatures. But dost thou think
that he has need of nothing more, who has the greatest power
in this world P Then answered I again, and said : I do not
say that he has need of nothing more, for I know that no one
is 80 wealthy that he needs not some addition. Then answered
Wisdom, and said : Thou sayest rightly enough. Though any
one have power, if another have more, the weaker needs the
aid of the stronger. Then said I : It is all as thou eayest.

Then said Wisdom : Though any one call power and abund-
ance two J;hings .>it is nevertheless one. Then said 1 : So 1
tnink. Then he said : Thinkest thou now that power and
Sbuadanc^ is to be despised P or, again, more to be esteemed
than other goods ? Then said I : No man can doubt of this,
that power and abundanfifijs to be esteemed . Then said he :
Let us now, if it so seem to thee, make an addition to the
power and the abundance ; let us add dignity thereto, and
then account the three as one. Then answered I, and said :
I<et us do so, for it is true. Then said he : Does the assem-
blage of these three^hings, then, seem to thee worthless and
ignoble, when the three are united together P or whether,
%ain, does it seem to thee of all things the most worthy and
the most noble ? If thou knewest any man who had power
over everything, and had all dignity, even so far that he
needed nothing more, consider, now, how^hono^jalde^dhow
eminent t he man would seem to thee ; and yet, though he^bad
the three, if he were not celebrated, then would there never-

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122 BoxTHivs* CHAP. xxxm.

/t$eah pimef peoji^fapef pana. Da cfseip ic. Ne mej ic ]«f
o]>)*acan. Da efBdp he. pu ne if f t$omie ^eno^ fpeotol. ^ pe

J rculon bon tSa hlifeabipieffe to t^am ]>jum. 7 bon ^ peofep to
'^umT Da qra&]r ic. £^ ir jcvn^ Da cyuip ht. pp»]»qi )m nn

^ pene ^ f e auht bb]>e pe tSe eaUe ]iaf peopeji h«p]r. ppte bao]^
peo blip. ^ m»2; ^^ ^ ^ 'p he pile, anb nanep tiin^ep mapan
ne be]>eap):^ "Sonne he hmjip. Da cp»]> ic. Ne m»^ ic nseppe
^e]>encan ^ip he ppelc p»pe. '3 "^ eall hepbe. faponon him ^mg
nnpotnep cuman pce^be. Da cpe]) he. 8pa )ieah ip to ^t^

10 )>encenne. "p pa pp ]>in^ ^ pe ap ymbe pppncon. )^eah hi
tonmnbe peon^ mib popbum. ^ hit ip «ill an ^mj. tSonne hi ^
^abepobe beo^. f ip anpealb. 3 ^cnyht. ^jpope-ma&pnep. ;j
peoppfcipe. ^ bhp :-

§ 11.^ Da pp ^inj. ^onne hi ealle ^e^epobe *beoi$. tSonoe.

iShi^ f IfOb. popjrain l$a pp ealle nan mennipc man puUiee habbaa
ne m»2 tSa hpile t$e he on )»ipf e pc^nlbe bi]y. Ac ]K>mne i$a pp
])m3. ]'pa pe a&p cpaebon. ealle^ ^^^abopabe beo^.^ 6o|gift_faefl)L

/f hit eall an tJinj. ;] -f an J^mj bij> liob. ^ he bij> anpealb tmto-
ba&leb. peah hi »p on mani^ tonemneb pa^e. Da aabppopobe

^ ic 3 cp»]>. Dip^ 10 eom eaUep se)>apa. Da cptelp he. Deah nn

Iiob anpealb peo^ anb unt ob«leb. ppa ppa he ip. l y meBPipca .

• pebpola^ hme tob»l]) on mom^ mib heopa unnyttnm popbum.

Ija^lc mon t yhha| ) him f to peleftum joobe 6aBt f he^ rP^l^^ft

Jl;I^f. l^onne Ti^p p yun J>a&t. pum ellep hpg&t. -p bij» ^onne hif

ZSV^ f ^® f^P rpjfoft IvLfAp. tSonne ]^ jionne ^heopa xob on rp>
manige^ ba&lap tob»laJ>. "Sonne meta)» hi nau^^ ne ^ob felpneT
ne pone bael ^obep i^e hi fyipoji lupa)». tSolme hi hme pelpne bOA
ealne aetjaeb^e. nabba]? tSonne nau]>ep ne hme edne. ne tSone
b»l Se hi )»»p (^ bybon. Fop Si ne pnt elc mon f he pei^.

j0 pop Sy he hit on piht ne fecp. ^e fec^ )w&p ^e pmban: nt

ma^an. Sonne ^e peca^ eall ^ob on anom jobe.^ Da cyddp le,

jDa&t If po]>. Da cpsof he. Donne ]«_mon ps&bla hip. ne yi&aa^

^J he nanep anpealbep. ac piUa]^^ pelan. j tiJihJ^'Sft pasble , Ne ppmi^
he imuht aBFten Sanu ^Q hn heTconemagport reo ." ne nan mo«

J^'eac ne bept;)>aet he fiptep ne'ppincf .** he ISonne ppmc^ etHe**

o Boet lib. iii. prosa 9; — Hoc igltiir, quod est nnum, &c.

> Cott. J>e8pp. « Cott pen. » Cott ealL * Cott bio«. « Cott
pe. • Cott. sepwlercum 1 1 he. ^ Cott. monise. • Cott S00&
on anum soobe. * Cott. be pilna'S. ^ Cott )>»m. " Cott pe.

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theless be to Mm a deficiency of some dignity. Then said I :
I cannot deay it. Then said he : Is it not, then, sufficiently
clear that we shonld add celebrity to the three, and make the
four as one 9 Then said I : That is proper. Then said he :
Bost thou think that he is blithe who has all these four ?
The fifth is pleeflnre, and that (my one may do whatsoever he <
will, and need nothing more than he possesses ? Then said I :
1 can never imagine, if he were such and had all this, whence
my trouble sbould come to him. Then said he : But it must,
then, be considered that the five things which we have before
spoken about, tiiough they are separately named in words,
^at it is all one thing when th^ are collected together,
^ is, power, and abmidanee, and glory, and dignity, and
pleasore.

§ II. These fi¥6 things, when they are all collected together,
then, that is Gfed. For all the five no human being, can fuUy
ha?e while he ia in this world. Bnt when these five things,
88 we before said, are all collected together, then is it all one
tUng, and that one thing is God : and he is single and un-
^ivi&d, though they before were, in many, separately named,
^en answered I, and said : Of all this I approve. Then said
^: Though Ghod be single and undivided, as he is, human
«w» divi&B hi m into many, by their vain words. Every man

K^osesto himself for the supreme good that which he chiefiy
68. ISusnoneloves this, and one another thing. That, then,
i> bis good, whicdi he chiefly loves. Bat when they divide
tfceir good into so many parts, then find tJiey neither good
itsdf, nor the part of good which they chiefly love. When
^7 add it all together, they then have neither all of it, nor
^ part which they separated therefrom. Por this reason
7^ man finds not what he seeks, because he seeks it not
i%htly. Ye seek where ye cannot fimd, when ye seek all good
jn one good. Then said I : That is true. Then said he : When
^e man is poor, he is not desirous of power, but wishes for
Wealth, and fiSea from poverty. He labours not for this, how
he may be most illu^ous ; nor, moreover, does any one
<^waia that which he labours not for. But he labours all his

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124 BOXTHIUB. CHAP. XXXIII.

/ hif populb a&ctep l >ain^ pelaB^ anb fojilset manipie populb luft

pif f am* Ce ne fone pelan bepte 3 ^ebealbe. fop^am' J>e^

bine lyjt of ep ealle o))>pe^ 'Sinj. Ijif he hine 'Sonne bejit. 'Sonne

If |)ync]? him ^ he nebbe ^enoj. buton he h»bbe eac anpealb^

/ Jys&p to. pop]>am^ ]>e him \\nc\ f bene m»^e Sone pelan buton

{ anpealbe^ ^ebealban. NeJtuB[i.^ac naBjpejgeno x ne i>mcp a&p he

h»bbe eall ^ hme lyft. pop])am® ^e t$one pelan^lyjT anpealbej*."

3 t5one anpealbe^^ lyft peopffcipef. "^ fone peop]>fcipe lyjt

maep]>a. 8it$San he ]>sef pelan pull bip. ponne pmc^ bim ^ he

/obsebbe aelcne pillan. jip be bsebbe anpealb. *] ^efel]>^^ eallne

t$one pelan eeptep 9am anpealbe. buton be hme mib Isejjan

be^itan mae^e. ^ poplset aelcne o]7epne peop]f cipe pi)> tSam ])e

/jbe mae^^e to Jam anpealbe cuman. "j gonnffietibep^^ opt, ponne

be eall pip anpealbe jepealb bsep]) ^ f bf^ba&pbe. -p he nsep)

//naupep ne t$one anpealb. ne eac f fat he yif pealbe. ac pipjr

Sonne pa eapm f he naep}) puppon^^ pa neob peappe ane. f if

jpirt. lyseba. pilnap Seah ponne p»pe neab]»eappe. nep Ssep an-

'pealbep. ^e pppaecon a&p be Sam pp ^epelpum. f ip pela. ;)

anpealb. -j peopppcipe. ^ popemsepnep. -3 pilla. Nuh»bbe pe^fi-

/^pehip^* be pelan. "j be anpealbe. anb f ilce pe majon peccan be
Jwin ppim f e pe imaneht^* habba]>. ^ ip peop]?pcipe. •] pope-
maepnep. -3 piDa. ISp"ppeo f mj. •] Sa tpa." Se pe aep nembon.
]>eah hpa pene^^ "p he on beopa anpa hpylcum mae^e habban
pulle^^ jepaelpa. ne byp hit no Sj" hpa]?op ppa. Seah hi hif

^J pilni2;en. buton hi ]>a pip ealle habban. Da anbppopobe ic 3
q?8ep. ppaet pculon pe Sonne bon. nu pu cpipt f pe ne ma^on
on Saepa^^ anpa bpilcum f bebpte ^ob^^ habban anb Sa pullan
jepaelpa. ne pe hupu ne penap f upe anpa bpelc Sa pp ealle
8&t2;aebepe be^ite. Da anbppopebe be "3 cpaep. Cip hpa pilnap f

J(7 be Sa pp ealle haebbe. Sonne pilnap he papa bebptana ^epa&ljm.
Ac he ne ma&j Sa pulhce be^itan on pippe populbe. popfam ;
Seah he ealle Sa pp ^epaelj^a bepte. Sonne ne bi]) hit Seah f
bebpte job.** ne Sa peleptan jepaelpa. poppam he ne beof ece.
Da anbppopobe ic ^ cpaep. Nu ic onjite ^e^oj ppeotfik. f Sa

^/peleptan jepaelfa ne pnb on ^ippe populbe. Db, cpaef he. Ne

> Cott. J>»m. « Cott. J>»m. « Cott. pop>i»m. * Cott. eal o«pn.
' anpalb. eac, deest in MS. Cott. * Cott. pop>»m. 7 Cott an-

palbe. » Cott popJ>on. » Cott pelesan. w Cott anpalbep. " Cott.
anpalbe. « Cott. sepaelS. " Cott SebypeS. " pipj>um. " Cott
Sepeahfc. " Cott unpeht. " Cott Da. " Cott tu. " Bod.

p«pe. »Cottpilla. "Bod. J>»pe. "Cottgoob. *» Cott
Soob.

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life for wealth, and foregoes many a worldly {>lea8ure in order
that be may acquire and keep wealth, because he is desirous
of that above all other things. But if he obtain it, he then
thinks that be has not enough, unless he have also power be-
sides : for be thinks that be cannot keep the we^dtn without
power. Nor, moreover, does there ever seem to him enough,
until hd has all that he desires. For wealth desires power,
and power desires dignity, and dignity desires glory. After
he is full of wealth, it then seems to him that he may have
eTery desire if he have power : and he ffives all the wealth for
power, unless he is able to obtain it for less ; and foregoes
every other advantage, in order that he may attain to power.
And then it often pappens, that when he has given all that
be had for power, he has neither the power, nor moreover that
which he gave for it, but at length oecomes so poor that he
has not even mere necessaries, that is, food and clothing. He
then is desirous of necessaries, not of power. We before spoke
of the five felicities, that is, wealth, and power, and dignity,
and renown, and pleasure. Now have we treated of wealth
and of power ; and the same we may say of the three which
we have not treated of: that is, dignify, and renown, and
pleasure. These three things, and the two which we before
named, though any man think that in anv one soever of them
he can possess fiiU happiness, it is not the sooner so, though
they hope for it, unless they have all the five. Then answered
\ and said : What ought we then to do P since thou savest
^at we cannot in any one soever of these have the highest
good, and full happiness : and we do not at all think that
&uy one soever of us can obtain the five all together. Then
answered he, and said : If any one desire that be may have ^
all the five, then desireth he the highest felicities ; but he
cannot full^ obtain them in this world. For though be
ahould obtain all the five goods, it nevertheless would not be
^he supreme good, nor the best happiness, because they are
iiot eternal. Then answered I, ana said : Now I perceive
clearly enough, that the best felicities are not in this world.

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126 BOXTHIVB* CHAP. xuni.

I ]wapF naa man <m ]«ffe an&feap6aa hye rp^pna mpcefi ^Sam
foyiun ^^BftiAfmKL Be fmf pemm f he heji ouBg^ ^ob^ %eDS%
pnban. B^ cp»^ ic. 80^ te r^Sft >

§ UI.' Da cp8B)» lie. Ic pene nu f ic tfe faabbe i^ene^ ^qrvb

/ymbe fa, lemftea. ^efael^ Ac ic folbe nu f iSa penbeft ]ym m^^
)nBC ppam ]7ain leqwi ^peljnim. ]M>mie 'On^iCft ]iu jrjnpe fui^
6a foj^an gefttljni pe ic te a^ xebec ^ le & eopim piolbe. Bb

f cfSB^ 10. lie rgplrom TOWnie^ men on^^tia^ ^acte piUa jfr-
f»lpa pnc. tSeah he )ii&fi-iie pen frnji he he^ia pena^. Dn bk

/^gehebe na lytle »p f^ ^ hi pdlbeft; me getncan. Ac f»f me
^mc}> f ^ beo feoT fo^ ^ j-eo fnUfpemebe ^eft^. tSe iii»S
sricum hipe jxAfflpsti yeUan jaiphpnnigenhne fdan> 3 ecne «&-
pealb. ^ fm^alne peopj^fcipe. "3 ece mmjiipeJ^ *) pi9e »Bn^hD. )^

/« pi}i|nmi f ic cfel^e pe feo f o]w ^^efasl)' ^ an liiiTaJtica. mttX

iSjxihce pop^pan. )K)]i)wm t$e on salcom amim hi pnt; eaUe.
pop]>am ic pecje paf popb tSe. pqi )yy ic piUe ^ )»a pk»
j^ pe qnbe fpipe poft if on mnram QOobe. ppa psfc f hf

/s me nan^msB^- Xgbpelixan^ ne m»^. Ba cp»]> hie. 6a]a cmbt.
hp»t^ ya eKjpb gef »lij "P )>u hiC ppa on^iten hn^fc;. Ac ic polte
^f pit fpyfiebon pc »]:&ep$am]»e]»epana if. S>a opmif ic. Pjaet
If "^ ]>onne. Da cpa^ he. penjt; ]m hpsapep wm^ )nffa anbpeap-
bana ^ooba fe ma^ p ellan pidle ^ef aed)»a. Da anbfpapobe ic.
^ cp8&]y. Nat 10 nan jvht on ]i^ anbpei^ban hpe ^e fpete pjcan
mw^e. Da cp»p he. Daf anbpeapban ^ob^ pnt anhcneffa tner

j^ecan gofeq-.® na&f pill job.^® pop)>am hi ne ma^on fof job^^ 3

pill ^ob^^pop^ifanheopa possum. Baepi^ic. JcjsomjjgssSL

pel ^ejn^ai tSvf pe pu f sa^ft. Da cfuip he. Nu pu ^nne poft

hp»t "Sa leafan ^ef »l)?a pnt. ahb hpaet pa f Opan-2;efSB]|>a pnt.

nu ic polbe ^ pa leo]mobeft hu pa mihteft becuman to tSaa

3/>f opum ^efSBlJaun. d!ei cp»^ ic. pu ne gehete pu me feemm asR,

f pa hit polbeft me ^etncan. ^ melyfte nu f fpipe'^eopne %t^

^; heopan.^* 'Da cpaep he. PpKacjyulon pe nn bon go pain^ * ^ j e>

J 3 m»jon onmon to "Sam fopajn ^ef»l]mm. ppopep pe rcykw.

I5bban t5ftne to bcmifean piLoam. «Sfep je on tefffe. %e oa

J/rn^an. jpa fpa upe uppiiOTjaBbeTMatp. Da cpaep ic Ic"penef*
J^ pe fcylon bibban gone yasbefL eJlna Jnnja. poppam pe t$e hine I

P Boet. lib. iii. prosa 9.— Habes igitur, inquit, et formam, &c
1 Cott. »p m»se goob. ' Cott hp»)>e. » Cott. bj yegan. * Jjxip- |
hpani^enbne pelan, desnnt in MS. Bod. & Cott ms^pa. * Cott !

Sgbj2fiUa». ^ Cott Jjy. 8 Cott soob. » Cott. soobef . " Cott 1
goob. " Cott soob. " Cott soob. >' Cott gehepan. " Cott J>on.

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Then said be : Ko man needs in this present life to seek after
the true f<^cities, nor think that here he ean £nd sulEicient
good. Then said I : Thou sayest truly.

% TIL Then said he : I think that I have said enough to
thee aboat the false goods. Bat I am desirous that .thou
thouldest turn thy attention from the false ^oods ; then wilt
thou very coon know the true goods, which I before promised
thee that I would show thee. Then said I : Even foolish men
know that full goods exist, though they may not be where
they suppose thm. Thou promisedst me, a little while ago,
that thou^w^ouldest teach me them. But of this I am per-
Boaded, that that is the true and the perfect happiness, which
can giye toall its followers permanent wealth, and everlasting
power, -tod perpetual dignity, and eternal glory, and full
aboniauiee. And moreover, I say that is the true happiness
vhieh cm folly bestow any of these five ; because in every
one theyiiU are. I say these words to thee, because I am '
desirous that thou shouldest know that the doctrine is well
•fixed in my mind : so fixed, that no man ean draw me aside
from it. Then said he : O, child, how happy art thou that
thou hast so learned it ! But I am desirous that we should
BtiU inquiire a^r that, which is deficient to thee. Then said
I: What is that, then.? Then said he : Dost thou think that
any of these present goods can give thee fuU happiness ?
Then answered I, and said : I know nothing in this present
life that can give such. Then said he : These present goods
'Ue images of J)he eternal good, not full good, because they
<!Kinot give true good nor full good to their followers. Then
^d I : I am well enough assured of that which thou sayest.
3^ said be : Kow thou knowest what the false goods are,
And' what the tme goods are, I would that thou shouldest
[ learn how thou mayest come to the true goods. Then said
I: Didst thou not ibrmerly promise me that thou wouldest
teach it me ? and I am now very anxiously desirous to hear
it Then said he : What ought we now to do, in' order that
we may come to the true goods ? Shall we impl(H*e the divine
help as well in lass as in greater if Aiit^*, as our philosopher
Phito said P Then said I : I think that we ought to pray to
the Father ef all things : for he who is unwilling to pray to

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128 BOBTHivs. CHAP, xxxin.

/ bibbon nyle. Sonne ne ^emet he hme. ne pupj^on^ pihtne pe;

fip hif ne apeba]>. Da cp8e)> he. 8pi)?e pyhc' iSn fe^. anb

onjan jjajinjan anb "Suf cp»]?.

^ § IV.^fSala Dpyhcen. hu micel 3 hu punbephc Jyujeap^ . §u^

/J>e ealle l>ine y:ercea^. Xerep g^JJUMi Tjeac ^Si^^sgSSi^iijlS^

bepLce jef ceope "j y rceabpirh^ hl^OTro feeltrt. t$u )>e tiba fpam

^mibbaneapbefffpuman of 15one enbetenbebypbhce jefettejty

rpa "^ te hi a&^|>ep ylpopt^apal?. xe epx;umaf . f u J>e ealle 5a

unrtiUan terceacta to l?inum pillam a^t^ypaft. 3 "Su j*elp j-imlc

/^ftille anb unapenbeblic ^uphpunaft. cpppampe nan mihci^pa ]w

nif . ne n Mnpm xelica. ne |?e nanT neiJbgeapp ne la&pbe_ to

pypcann/^ -p 6u pophteft. ac mibpmum a^^enum piUan. 3 nub

]?mum ajenum anpealbe ]>u ealle Sin^ ^^epophtept. t$eidi 5u

heopa nanef ne be^oncte> Spipe punbeplic ij* f ^ecynb fmq

/i'Sobef . pop]>am)>e hit if call an. $\i 3 gig ^obnef . -f ^ob na ucoa

cumen to }>e. ac hit if tSin a^en. ac eall -p pe jobef habba]» oa

]?iff e popnlbe. f uf if uton cumen. f if ppom be. ^^fpr f^

/ nanne aQfcan. to nanum fmje. fop)7am)>e nanTcna&pti j q ia ir

Ijonne )ni. ne nan J>in jelica. popf am ]>a. ealle ^ob nub j^inej*

^/) anef1se]>e&hte ^e]>ohteft 3 jepophteft. Neibifnobe pe nan man.

popj^am t$e nan »p ]>e ns&f . ^a]ia fe auht otISe nauht pOphte.

Ac J)u ealle fmj jepophteft fpife jobe 3 fpif e ps&jepe. 3 J>u f djp

eapt f hehfte job 3 f pa&jepepte. fpa fpa J>u £d[£ jejwhteft. Iji

ypophtef^, pime mihSan tjet^pSwjf hif j^ fpajpaJitPilt. ^pP*

^/f^pbse^^ean^oiTfpafpa^

rceope h im jehce. l eac on fumum pm^um da^d^^IsiS^

/>^ jja eaUe ^ef^ewt^ ane naman ^_ifi nembe . eallMl?u ne^bere jffe

taBbene anbheteponulb^ l l>eahl$one anne noman tSn tobaelbqig:

on pe^npepTij^fneafca.. an f»pa if eop]>e. ofep p»tep. ]>]nbbft^^

^j^lypt.Tpeopppe PJ7 1. »lciim l>apa gn xeretteft hir a3cenetfunbep *f

JTope. 3 feah sbIc if yip o]>pe xenemneb. i fibnunhce tebunbcar'

imb ]>inum bebobe. fpa-f heopa nan ofpef meapce ne opepeobe.

,^ % 1 Te cyle j^el?p opobe yip "Sa ha&to. 3 ■j) p^t mp jSamlSpyxnitt.

eop)>an jecynb 3 pa&tepef if cealb. pejeopj) irlbnvxe t Qg alb^

J/^ paBtep pa&t -^ cealb. fie lypc iSonne ip jenemneb -^ hio q*

/ s&spep ^e cealb. je paeE;. je peajiQi. nif hit nan punbep. pop*

j^famfehio ip jefceapen on psm mible bdcpix t$»petbpfe att'y

/ l2aBpe_ cealban 6op}yan. -j ]?am hatan pype . f pyp if Jpemejiyoj^^

M eanumj>iffum populb jej* ceaptum. pimboplic ip f J^m^e^eaJie.

4 Boet lib. iiL metrum 9.— qui perpeta& mundum, &c
> Cott. jmi]>van, » Cott. pihte.

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bim, will not find him, nor moreover will he pursue the right
iray towards him. Then said he : Very rightly thou sayest ;
and henan then to sing, and thus said :

§ Vsk O^Lord> how great and how wonderful thou art !
Thou who all thy creatures visible and also inyisible wonder-
fully hast created, and rationally ^overnfta^ ^:hflm I Thou, who
times, from the beginning of th^ middle-earth to the end,
Bettest in order, so that they both depart^and return ! Thou,
who all moving creatures according to thy will stirrest, and
thou thyself always fixed and unchangeable remainest ! For
none is mightier than thou, nor any like thee ! No necessity
taught thee to make that which thou hast made, but by thine
own will and liy thJT^^ nwi^ pniyfir thou madest ^1 things,
though thou didst need none of them. Very wonderful is
the nature of tliy good, for it is all one, thou and thy good-
ness. Qood is not come to thee from without, but it is thine
own. But all that we have of good in this world is come to
ns from without, that is, from thee 1 Thou hast no envy to
anything, because no one is more skilfu l than thou, nor any
like thee ; for thou, by thy sole counsel, hast designed and
^<^nght all good ! No man set thee an example, for no one
was before thee, who anything or nothing; might make. But
thou hast made all things very good, and very fiiir, and thou
thyself art the highestgood and the flairest. As thou thyself
oidfit design, aQ^fag£Tj|| ;KQiDmftde ^ this middle-earth . jn^ dost
govern it as thou wilt; "and tliou tbys^il dosi; distribute all
good as thou wilt. And thou hast made all creaturegf'l ike to
jach other, and also in some respects unlile. Though thou
hast named all these creatures st paratelj f with one name,
thflaJiaat Tfumi^d^hflin all toffether, and called ihem World,
iievertbeless, th&t one natne thou bast divided into four
elements. . One of them is earth ; another, water ; the third,
wr; the fourth, fire. To every one of them thou hast set its
own separate place, and yet every one is with other classed,
*^d peaceably bound by thy commandment ; so that no one
f M^SF^ should pass over another's boundary, and the cold
TMKTJy the heatj and*the wet by the dry. The nature of
®arth and of water is cold ; the earth is dry and cold, and the
^ater wet and cold. But the air is distinguished, that it is
either cold, or wet, or warm. It is no wonder ; because it is
^ated in the n^idst, between the dry and the cold earth and
^»^ hot fire. The fire is uppermost over all these worldly

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/f' fu liOBfj-t 8e;5fep gebcm. te i5a 'gercaff ta jenwlpfobe bespg
him. je eac ^emen^c. ^a Jbpixan eopl»n ^ t^ cealbaii unbep
Jwrna cealban paetepe 3 f pflei:»a. -p )>aBt hnef ce 3 pLopenbe paetqi
h»bbe^op on J^aepe pafrfran eontSan. Fop)«in^e hit ne mae^on

J^him rel^m^^eftanban. Ac reo eop»W hifc hele 3 be* pmwm
^ baftlehjIlsfe^T pop Jam rype g8g"tffreglehp f Ino tpgpb I Jbky

t bpi^o&e hio T pufSe tobruyeirmib |mm pmbe |^ gya burt cfSit

f* axe, ne mibte nanpuht hbbenbef t$«pe eopjmn toucan, ne ^

/^paecepef. ne on nanj^um eapfeitSB pop cile. X[F ]^ ^^ ^Fi"^

hpe^amn^a pif j:^ ne ^emet^beft, punbopliceTcpa wxe f u ]tf

hejTt ^efceapen ^ -^ 1:571 ne fpopba^pnl) 1^ psstqi ;] 5a eop)NiiL

'^jm hirjemen^eb if pi^ a»^]«p ne cft f p»tep anb j*eo eoppe

^ccQlim^ ne abpa&rce f f j^p. jwr paeteper aii^nucyt) if on eopy«a,

/^3 eac on IJrfCe. *] epc ^jcaii Jain,2»obope. ac tJaep jnjrper agei

ftebe If opep eallom popnlb j^CfiiftjuD S^eren^BCvan. 3 fedi

hit If ^men^ pi)> eelle yfBPnft:«. -j tSeah n» nue^ nane ]»fa

Xerce>fta esdlim^ opcuman. pop]^m)»e hit n»):]> lei^e ^

aelinitatisaa. po eoTi)j^j|gpDji|^j][;^m^e 3 )Hcqie ])(Riike ojija

2d Xerceapsa^ fopfain hio if pipfop tionne «ai^ ofpu ^ejrce^g j

bnton bam pobopc. fop^am re nob^ hine ba&pl> aelce b«L i

^^itane^ oeah he hipe napep ns j^enealaece. on. aricepe ftope lie

2S If hipe |]wnn«neah ^ e ttyap. xe nco^on . a&lc gapa CTrceaftaj e

i>e Tegtnn agn irmSe rwigecon> h»f]>Tin ; ateiipe]tegp^J |^^y^,

^ ^ctt. 1 ^ah If a&lc pr)r ofep ^emen^. pop]raii^ nan ^lipa 2£l.

jrceagta ne maa^ biop buicon o^pe. tSeah hio unfpeocol p0oi

'^fepe o^eppe. fpa fpa nw paB«:»p -j eopfe fine fpije eap|o^ t»

j^9 Sefeonne o^Ce to on^toone b jrginii nio«nnin^ ii p]^e. ] ff*

])eah hi pint }iaep pif jemeiljse. fpa; if eae peep p^ on ^

J^ ftanum ;) on ]>am paetepe. rpi^e-Wpfolv-hafB> ao lu6 if toil.

)>apa. Bn xebmibe 'B pyn mib rpi»efeial»nbenbbcum nacencufl.

JjL '^}^scj» maey cuman to hir a;i^Mrap3eafibe> f if to ^am maefcaa

p^iw ge oren nr iiM g^law'. to rohlaate ba eopj^aiL. *] eeJle oJ»pe

.ajg roeacta arpnbag pop ymemetlLCupi cy ie. yp tecTegllmffl

J/|tfgSli^We.' Du ^eftapoii^i^t^ eop fan fpi^e punboph(» ]

f a^hoe f heo ne helt on nane healpe. net on ilflniltA e^^

Jnnje ne ptent. ne naiipuht> eo9f])hcep hi ne h^tjac. f hm ne pje.

4/ ^ nif hipe tSomue e)ype to peeflaime op bune 5onne np. Da eac

^ )wi ]>pi^alban papla om%e^f9gftasai hmum ftr^ept;; fpa f ^sepe

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creatures. Wonderful ia tby counsel, whict tlwu hast in
both respects accomplished : both haat bounded the creatures '
between themselves, and also hast intermixed them : the dry
and the cold earth under the cold and the wet water, that the
soft and flowing, water may have a floor on the firm earth,* be-
cause it cannot of itself stand ; but the earth holds it, and in
Bome measure imbibeg, and by tha-t moistening it becomes
WBt, BO that it grows, and blossoms, and produces fruits.
Bor if the wster moistened it not, then would it become dry,
and would be driven by Ijhe wind lite dust or ashes. Nor
eould anything living enjoy the earth, or the water, or dwell
in either for cold, if thou didst not a little mix them with fire.
yi& wonderfol sk ill thou hast caused it, that the fire burns
not the water ^and the earth, when it is mixed with both:
nor, again, thej^ter and the earth entirely extinguish the
&e. The water^s own region is on the earth, and also in the
air, and again above the sky. But* the fire'& own place is
above aU visible worldly creatures; and though it is mixed
Twth all elements, nevertheless it cannot altogether overcome
atiy one of the elements, because it has not leave from the
Almighty. Tlie earth, then, is heavier and thicker than other
elements, because it is lower than a^y other creature except
tbe sky : for the sky extends itself every day ontwardly, and
tbough it approaches it nowhere, it is in every place equally
Sigkto it, both above and beneath. Every one of the elelL
ggts^whick we formerly spokfe abont l jM-i ts.^^.^^ceg^
JSESjt^and yet is every one- mixed^ with WS&r ; because no
pac of the elements can exist without another^ though it be
imperceptible in the other. Thus water and earth are very
, ^iifficult to be seen or to be perceived by ignorant men in fire,
and yet they are nevertheless mixed therewith. So is there
also fire in stones and in water-; very difficult to be seen, bu^
it is nevertheless there. Thou hast bound the fire with very
indissoluble diains, that it may not come to its own region,
tbaifc is, to the greatest fire^which is over os; lest it should
forsake the earth, and ajl other creatures shouU" perish by
WEcessiye cold, if it should altogether_ depart. Thou" haat
established earth very wondertmly and firmly, so that it!^"*
does not incline on any side, nor Btand on any earthly thing,
nor does anything earthly hold it that it may not sini ; and
it is not easier for it to fall downwards than upwards. Thou
^^0 movest the threefold soul in agreeing liftibs^^ so that

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/ faple f^f laeffe ne bjr]> on ^am Iseftan pin^pe. i$e on raUum ysan
LchomanJ TroTi ^i ic cpae}> ^ po j^pul pa&pe |?|iwi:ealbiT:op]>amTie^

J u])pitan fecjaf ^ hio haebbe^mo jecynb. anSafiajecynba if ^

heo bif pilni^^enbe. dpeji f bio hip i pfienbe . ])pibbe ]»8&t hio hip

i'Sefceabpif. tpa gana lec ynbu habba]> netenu. f pa rame rpa meii-

\ ofep Capa ij* pilnunj. o^ep if ippinx. ac f e mon ana hsej:]i ^e-

fceabpipaeffe. nallef nan ot$pu ^erceag: . j:onl>i be h»t\> oten -

j>un |:en ealle 8a eopf bean t ; erceait;a mib ^e]>eabte 3 mib anb-

^ jite. f oppam jeo jexceabpixnej jcea l pealban »^|?ep je tSiiB|ie

/^pilnuMg^je faej* yppef. fop]>am bio if f ynbe plfc pp a&rfc tS»p<>

// fapleTSpa J>u jefceope tSa f aule f bio f ceolbe ^abie pef^^peaiv
tian on bipe f elppe,^ f pa fpa eall pef pobop bpepj:||. otSSe riyrpa
npeolyonhpeppl?, pnea^enbe J^mb bipe f ceopfTenb. otS^e ymbe hi
felpe. otSoe ymbe tSaf Teopfbpan terceap gai Sonne bio ]>onne
//ymbe bipe f qppenb f meaf . Sonne bit5 iiio opep bipe f elppe. ac
]H>nne bio ymbe byilye'fmeaS. ]>onne bi}> bio on bipe f elppe.
lanb unbep bine'^felppe bio bi]> ])onne. Sonne beo lujaip paf
jtopfbcan f mj. 3 Sapa pimbpaf. Pps&t; pu Dpibcen pps^&F^

/ tifam faplum eapb on hiofonum . "3 bim J>8&p jipfC p eopl?lice ;gpi.

^^ selcepe be bipe ^eeapnun^e. "jjebeft f b e rcina^ fpif e beopht«.
^ Seab fpife miftbce bipbci^. fume beopbtop. fume ilmbyphtpp,
fpa fpa fteoppan. aelc be bif ^eeapnun^a.- Ppset ]7uDpibten ^e-

^3 jaebepaft Sa hioponliconfapla^ Sa|eop]>bcan bcboman. *] hi on
Siff e populb«|emeMeft. fpa f pa bl ppom Se bibep comon. fpa

^5bi eac to Se monjSnrunbia^. Du pylbeft paf eopJ>an mib mifc-
bcum cynpenumnecena. "j bi fi])]>an afeope miftbcum faebe
tpeopa 3 pypta. Foppp nu Dpibten upum OOobum f bi mopon
to J>e afti^^an ]>upb Saf eapp o))u f iff e populbe. *} OLfcjjjsmails
jexum to J>e cuman. 3 openum ea^um up^ GOobef pe mot^en

^C^eyeon Sone 8&]7elan sepelm ealpa ^oba. ^.eapt Du. Fopjip uf

Sonne hale ea^an upef OOobcf . .Jj^bi J>ojine matoiiLif»jtn3^i_
3. onJ>e. -} tpbpip |)on6 , pii^t Se nu ban^a]> bepopan upef CDobep
ea^um. 3 onbbt ]>a ea^an mib Smum leobte. popl?a m ]?u e apg

^ ^f 10 bipbtu ps&f f o|?an leobtef. ;j ])u eapt reo feixe pa&rt ro)>-

J ija&rtfia. anb yn x^ert f hipe jefeo^ fu eapt ealpa J'ln^

•j-ppuma 3 enb6. ^a ppirt eaUe J )i n t ; buton terpin ce^ J)u eapt

»Sfep te pej. je laJ)}>eop. ^eo fio ftop j?e fe peg to|li^l?. fe ealle

^ men tommbia]) : •

' Bod. et Cott fdpne.

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§ rv. rT^ BOETHius. 133

there is nbt less m the soul in the least finger tban in all
the body. \ I. said that the soul was threefold, becaugfl philo-
sophers say that she has three natures. One of these natures
is, that she has the power of willing ; the second is, that she is
subject to anger ; the third, that she is rational. Two of these
natures beasts have, the same as men. One of them is will,
the other is anger. But man alone has reason, and not any
other creature. Therefore he has excelled all earthly creatures
by thought and by understanding. For reason should govern
both will and anger, because it is the peculiar faculty of the
soul. So hast thou created the soul that she should always
turn upon herself, as all this sky turns, or as a wheel turns
round, inquiring about her maker, or about herself, or about
these earthly creatures. When she inquires about her maker,
then is she above herself. But when she inquires about her-
self, then is she in herself. And she is beneath herself when
she loves these earthly things and admires them. Thou,
Lord, hast given to souls a dwelling in the heavens, and oq.
them thou bestowest worthy gifts, to every one according to
its deserving : and causest them to shine very bright, and yet
with very varied brightness, some brighter, some less briglit,
even as the stars, every one according to its desert. Thou,
Lord, bringest together the heavenly souls and the earthly
bodies, and unitest them in this world. As they from thee
came hither, so shall they also to thee hence' tend. Thou
£lledest this earth with various kinds o% animals, and after-
wards didst sow it with, various seed of trees and plants!
Grant now, O Lord, to our minds, that they may ascend to
thee through these diflficulties of this world, and from these
occupations come to thee ; and that with the open eyes of
our mind we may see the noble fountain of all goods. That
art thou ! Grant to us, then, sound eyes of our mind, that
we may fix them on thee ; and drive away the mist that now
hangs before the eyes of our mind, and enlighten the eyes
with thy light : for thoi;^ art the brightness of the true light,
and thou art the quiet rest of the just, and tliou wilt cause
that they shall see thee. Thou ^rt of all things the beginning

and the end. Thmi_a^^p pr)T t^Rt all th^T^gf^ withmit lahftiir. ThoU

art both the way and the guide, and the place that fhe way*
leads to. All men tend to thee !

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184 BOMHIirS. CHAP, xxiiv.

CAPUT XXXIV/

/ § I. IXR jre yijbom fa ftj leof anb fif jebeb ajim^en hsspbe.
fta onjan he ep fpellian anb J>uf cp8&^. Ic pene fat hit pe nu
epeft Jjeapp. ^ ic }>e jejiecce hpa&p J hehfte job ij*. nu ic )?e
»p ha&pbe jqiehc^ hp»t ic pa&f . otJ^e hp^lc ^ naebeme 50b paep.

J hpylc f immebeme. a/^ ajip f jyjnsgr '^ ^ ^ P^^^ mpftit: arfian .^
Ppefep }>u pene ^ aenijSin^ on MJje popidbe fpa^ob yie ^ hic
t$e msBje Fop^pan piIl^er»I]>a T^y^^ ic fe acpt«jjLic nolbe f
unc befpice »nepi leaf anbcnep pop pofa jepsBlpa. pop yy nan
mon ne maej o p}yracan ^ pim job ne pe -p hehpte. fpa jpapun

/^ mi caA&iyelin -] { )[pp. -3 ipnon manije bpocap *} ml>an^ip^ ftigi
gy: mOTi cpi)> be punTmn jobe -p hic ne pe pull jofccKogJam mm
bif hpa^r hp^^ pana. anb feah ne bip eallep bucan! popij>am »lc

/? f M^S py2L?2Jiattl^^^-.S*F ^1*^ nanht jobef on him paei:])!j be K.
f u mihc onjican -p op Jam m«jt»n jobe cumaf tSa la&ppan job.

/^nsej- Of pam laBjjan paec m8&pce. tSe^ ma pe x^9 ^fi ™??i P^opp^

/^ talBBPelme . ac pe »pelm m»j peop^an to jea. anb ^eah peoea
c j p^j j^ ICO f sSr ^kepelme. rpa cymtS a&lc job op It obe. anb epc
to hjm. anb he ip pat pulle job. j f pullppemebe. f nanej-
pllan pana ne bij>. 'Nu ?Su miht ppeotole onjitan ^ f if Irob

j^0 pelf. Ppi ne miht J>u jepencan. jip nan puht pull taRjte. jjonne
na&pe Jian puht pana. "j jip nan puht pana naepe. ^txne n»pe
nan puht^ pillt| ppp py bij> aenij pull pm j'^Jejnm bij> pana. "]

/5 pop f y bi]> aenix T?inj pana. tSe pum bip pull, s&lc pmj bij> pulloft
on hip ajenum eapba. ppy ne miht pu tSonne jepencan jip on

^^aBuejum pijja eopfhcena joba guijej:_pllan jj aBmjjBp j obe p
pa^a-ip. "iJonne ip pum job pull 8&lcef pillan. "j mf Tianep^?^

Jr pana. Da anbfpopobe ic 3 cp»p. Spipe pihchce ^ ppife jefceab-

/ pij-hce J>u haeppt me opepcumen 3 jejianjen. f ic ne ma&j no
pil>cpe]?an. ne pupfum onjean f jepencan. buton f hit if eall

j^fpafpa-elufejft:.

§ II.' Da cpaep pe ^ifbom. Nu ic polbeijp pu pohteft je-

3>?opnh&eo]>pe f J>u onjeare hpa&p peo Fulle1jef»lJ> pie. pu ne

' Boet. lib. Si. proea 10. — Quoaiam igitv quae ait imperfecdy^&c.

* Boet. lib. iii. prosa 10. — Quo veco, inqmt, habitet, ^c.

1 Cott. Sepeaht. ^ hpylc "^ immebeme ac, desunt in MS. Bod. * Cott
afcian. * Cott. >e. » Cott. pi)>a. « Cott. hpugu. 7 Cott. \^n,
^ pana "3 s^f ii^^ P^^ht pana n»pe. >0Dne nsope nan paht, 4esimt in iSS,
Bod.

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OHAFTBB iKXXIV.

§ I. Whsk Wkdom had sung this la^ and this pvajer,
tben.began he again to gpeak, ^nd thus said : I think that it
is now, in the &st place, necessary that I show thee wheire
the highest |;oQd is, now I haive already shown thee what it
was ; or which was the perfect, good, (md which the imperfect.
But one thing I would first ask thee : Whether thou thinkest
tbat anything in this world is so good that it can give the^
foil happiness P Jor this reaso n I ask thee, becaujae J am
QQwilliDg that any false resemblancershould impose upon us
for the true happiness. Por no man can deny that some
good is the highest : as it were a ^^ reaJLAad^eepJaantaiiL
and from which many brooks and rwers flow.^^We ^herefoje
saj concerning any good, that it is not full good, because
tiiere is in it a deficiency of something ; and yet it is not
entirely without good^ for everything ^omes to naught if it
hfts no" good . in it Henqe tiiou mayest learn that from the
greatest good come the less goods; not from the less the
g^test, any m(»e than the river may become a fountain.
Bat the fountain may become a river. And yet t^i^jiveroomeB
again to the fountain! So every good comes fromUodTand
again to him, and he is the full and perfect good, which is
not deficient in any will. Now thou mayest clearly under-
stand that this is G^od himself. Why canst thou not imagine,
^te if nothing were full, then would nothing be deficient:
and if nothing were deficient, then would. nothing be full ?
Ibereforg is anything full, Ix^ftajifle some is deficient ; and
tnere&reis anything deficient, because some is full. Every-
^ng is fullest in its proper station. Why canst thou not
then conceive, that if in any of these earthly goods there is a
deficiency of any will and of an^ good, then is some good full
of every will, and"ra deficient m no good? Then answered
I) and said : Yery rightly and very rationally thou hast over-
pome and convinced me, so that I cannot contradict, or even
imagme 4mything contnny to it, but that it is all even as thou
sayest.

§ II. Then said Wisdom : Now I would that thou shouldeat
consider studioudy until thou discover where the full happi-

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136 B0XTHIIT8. CHAP. XXXIT.

/ paft txjL nu f eall monc^ if anmoblice ^eyap, f Irob if ppuina
efdpa ^oba 3 pealbenb eallpa jef ceapta. he if f hehfte ^b} ne
ns&nne monn nu ]»»f ne tpeo]>. fojipam fe he nauhtT nytpn
betepe. ne pip]>uin nauhttemn#2obef. popjmm uf yegj^ aelc je^

/fceabpifnef ^ ealle men f dee anbetta]> f Irob ne *]) hehjte
250b. f op)>am )>e hi ts&cnia l) f eall job on him yy, fojipmjn ^

hit fpa nepe. ^nne nsepe he f -^ he jehaten if. o^]>e mag
l>in^ sep p»ne. oy fe "a&lta&ppe . t$oime pape Jwt betepe tSonne
he. Ac fop)mm ]>e nan tSmj na&f a&ji J^onne he. ne s&lraeppe
/pt^onne he. ne beoppeopfpe tSonne he. popjmm he if fpuma. 3
»pehn. 3 hpof ealLpa joba. xenoj fpeotol hit if. y»t.^ fuUe
gob paf . »p)»ain J>e f pana. -p* if to jele^uDne f f e hehfta 50b
If* »lcef jobef fullaft. f^ laef pe lenj fppecen* ymbe t jonne pe
JJpjon/ 8e ilea Eob if . fpa fpa pe «p f sebon. f hehfte gob. 5
// oa f eleftan jef 8el]>a. nu hit if openhee cu]>. ^ ]>a f eleftan je-
f»l)>a on nanum o]>pum jefceaftum ne pnt. buton on Iiobe.
Da cp»]> ic. Ic eom "^epafa, : •

§ III.* Da cpa&f he. Ic J>e healpje f tn jefceabpifhce f

onjite ^ te liob if pill »lcpe pillppemebneffe. ^ »lcef jobef.

^^3 aeleep^Tsefaelpe. Da cpa&f ic. Ic ne m»3 pilLce onjitan. pop

-ihpi tSu ejxifegrt f ilce ^ pnmj^Bibei^. Da cp»}> he. Tojip^ ic

1 hit pie'f ecje ept. f y ic nolbe f^ Su penbeft f re Iiob ^e jxbefi

^ If 3 fpuma eaHpa jefceapta. f himTahponanTu^'^ ^'^^oTr'^ 1*T

i\ y^ heahe ^obnef .^ ^e he pill if. i^e ic eac nolbe f }>u penbeft

ZSf te ofep pa&pe hip job 3 hif jefaeil]'. o^ep he felp. pop]>am jij:

^u penft f him ahponan utan comon t$a job ^e he h»f ]>. tSonne

pa&pe ^ ]»inj betepe t$e hit him ppam come, ^onne he. jip hit

fpa p»pe. Ac ^ If fpife byphc 3 f pij>e micel pynn f mon f «r

penan fceole® fee Eobe. otJtSe ept penan f e&nij Jjinj »p him*

J0 paepe. o^e betepe tSonne he. offe him jelic. Ac pe fceolon®

bion jef apan^® f f e Cob pe eallpa tJmja betft. Irip }>u nu je-

lepft f Dob pe" fpa fpa on monnum bif. o^^ep bi^ pe mon. f

bij> fapl ;j hchoma. otJCen bif hif jobnef . )>a jejaebpaf Dob ;] ept

BBtjaebpe jehelt 3 jemetjaf . jip fu ^onne jelepft f hit fpa pe

^J'onDobe.^^ "Sonne fcealt J>u nebe jeleopon^' f pim anpealb^*

* Boet lib. iii. prosa 10. — Sed quaeso, inqnit, &c.

» Bod. Lob. « Cott. pen. » Bod, ne pene % * C!ott. pe. » Bod.
fppecon. • Cott. ymb )>oniie pe ne >yppen. ' Cott. hi po hea goob-
nef. 'Cott. fcjV. » Cott. fculon. »<> Bod. ge^apa. "Cott.

Selypft jJ te an Lib pe. " Cott. soobe. " Cott. geleof an. " Cott
anpalb.

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§XII. BOBTHIirS. ' 137

ness is. Dosb thoa not then know that all mankind is unani-
mously coDsenting that God is the origin of all good^, and the
ruler of all creatures P He is the highest good; nor do any
men doubt it, for they know nothing better, nor indeed any-
thing equally good. Therefore every argument informs us,
and all men confess the same, that God is the highest good :
for they show that all good is in him. Forjf it were not so,
then he would not be that t?hich he is called. Or if any-
thing were more ancient or more excellent, then would that
be better than he. ' But because nothing was more ancient
than he, nor more excellent than he, nor more precious than
he, therefore is he the origin, and the source, and the roof of
all goods. It is sufficiently evident that the perfect good was
before the imperfect. This then is to be acknowledged, that
the highest good is fullest of every good, that we may not
speak longer about it than we need. The same God is, as
we before said, the highest good and the best happiness;
since it is evidently known that the best felicities are in
no other things but in God. Then said I: I am convinced
fifit,

§ III. Then said he : I beseech thee that thou wouldest
rationally understand this, that God is full of all perfection, *
and of all good, and of all happiness. Then said I : I cannot
fully comprehend why thou again sayestthe same thing which
thoti saidst before. Then said he : For this reason I say it to*
thee again, because I am unwilling that thou shouldest sup-
pose that God, who is the father and origin of all creatures ;
that the supreme goodness of him, of which he is full,jcam6,
, fa) him from without. Nor moreover am I willing that thou
' shouldest suppose that his good and his happiness were one
thing, and himself another. For if thou thinkest that the
good which he has, came to him from without, then would
that thing from which it came to him be better than he, if itp-
were so. But it is very foolish^ and a very great sin, that any
one should thus think of God ; or moreover think that any-' *"
thing was before him, or better than he, or like him. But we
must be conyinced that God is of all things the best. If thou
then believest that God is like as it is among men, {hat one
thing is the man, that is soul and body, and another is his
goo(Sies8, which God joins and afterwards holds together and

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188 B0SIHI1T8. CHAP. XXXIY*

/ fie mipa fioaae hif. J^w^onne hij* fpa sefommge rpa he ]K)ne
upae bep. Ppaec ale )iinj t$e tofoeaben bip j^iom o]>]ium. h\}
o]>ep. ofep f ]?ins* ^^ah hi nt^a&bepe pen. Iiif )Hnme hpelc
]?in^ tofceaben bij' Fpom tSamVhehrcan ^obe.^ i3oiiiiejDLe bij) f
^Bof heh]t;e job. '^ if ^eah micel fyn co jej^eaceiuie be Iiobe.
■^ ^eiuj job fie bucdn on hun. otS^ semj j^ioiD.hiin.aba&leb.
pQp]Mua)>e.nan puht nif bet^ie Sonne he. aeje«ui*job hun.
Ppilc J^inj m»j beon betefie )>oiiiie.htf fceoppenb. Foppam ic
fepje mib pihtpe j^ceabpifneff e. f f yief hehf te job on hj
10 ajenpe jeoynbe. f te ppupaa if eallpa . )»nja. EUa q»&]> ic. Nu
]xu h^fft me fpi^ie pihtey pgepnaahte .* Da cpa^]? ^. Pp»t ic

gnne aap f »be -^ f hehfce job 3 po hehfce jef a&l]i an p»pe.
icfBipic. Spa hit If. DaVp85)>he. Ppafttpillepe Sonne fec;jan
hpast f fie ellef butsan Utib. Da cpe)? ic. Ne qi»j ic ]«^

/J^o]>facan. jQppnmpe ic hif peejf. aep je]>afa : •

§ IV.^ I>& cp»f he. Pp»pep Su hit afpeotolop oi^jiton
mttje. jif ic Se fiune bif»e jetXj ecje. JQip nu t^ job pepon.^
t$e ae mihconj ifec romne bion. ^ Wpon ^eah butu jobe.' hu ne
paape hic Sonne jenoh fpeotol. -^^lopa^ n»pe naQ)>ep f oj^ep.

i/> fop pjr ne maej p8&C pille job mon no toba&leb. hu maejliic
beon mipeji je pull. je:pana. pofijiam pe q>e]»a]> f fio full^e-
fsAf ^ job. f hi fien an job 3 f pe ^.hehfte. i^ ne majon
naeppe peopj^an tobaslebe. pu ae fce^lon^ pe ponne nebe bion
jej^pan f po hehftojgefaelp 3 yio heane jobcun bnef an pe. Da

^Cpae^ ic. Nif nan J»u^ r<»t>pe ponae p»uv ne majon pe nappuli)q
pnban betepe*" pontterijob. Da cpaep he. *Sc igjaolbfii^ mib
punpe bifne ^?6t1jg h|ypp ua utkn f pu ae nuhtft zi»nae p^
pnban opep. p?a f pa uppitena jepuna if. "pyhi piUa^ pmle hpaet

Zphpega. nipef ^ relbcuper eopian. f hi ms&jen mib Sy.apeccan f

Jd flOob papa j^^eabpa I • \

§ V."^ pu ne hedfboa pe »p jepehc^^ f 1^ jefs&lpa anb po
jobcunbnef asii ptepe. fe pe Sonne pa jef 8&lpa awfp. Sonae Im}}
he sejpqi fe ])e Sone »jpep ha&fp. pu ae b\^ fe Sonne pill
eabij. pu ae paft pu nu hpaet" pe cpepaj> fi fe bio pif pe
pif bom haepp. 3 pihcpif Se pihtjHpaeff e h»pp. fpa\ve ^^pepo^ eac

^ Boet lib. iii. proea 10. — Resplce, inquit, an hinc qnoque^&c.
^ Boet lib. iii. prosa 10. — ^Nam quoniam bealltudinis, &c^A
» Cott. J>«m. * Cott. soobe. « Cott. goob. * Bodao^eppehtne.
s Bod. seotma. < Cott ta soob ]n&]Mn. ^ Cott buto ^^oobe. ^tbiopa,
deaont ia MS. Bod. ^Cottrcnlon. ^^^ Cott mebexape. "Cott.
Sepeahc " Cott *.

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§ IT. V. BOsxaiUB. 139

r^^olates ; if tlioa belierMt that it iftiso with God* then must
thou of neeessitj believe that some power is greater than ius,
■which jaayjaia together what belangs.to him^aahedoes what
appertaiBB-to us. Besides, whatsoever is distiafit fcooa another
thmg is oae, and the thiog another, though they he together.
.If thecefora anything is distinct from the highest good, then
that is not the highest good. It is, however, great sin to
iioagiae concerning God that any good can be external to
him, or any separated from him ; because notiuog is better
tbm he, or-equally good with him. What thing can be better
than its .creator ? .Xherefoiae.I.say with -right reason,! that
that is the highest good in its own nature/ which is the origin
of all things. ^Then said I : J^ow thou hast very rightly 4b^
l^^te^me. Then said he : But then J before said, that ISe*
highest good and the highest happiness ^wecoone. Then said
I : So it is. .Then-said he : What shall we. then «ay P What
else is that but Ood P Then said I : . X cannot deny this, for
I was before. convinced of it.

§ lY. Then said he: Berhaps thou mayest more clearly
apprehend it, if I still give thee some instance. If therefore
two goods exifited, which i might not be together, .and were
iieTertheless both good, woidd it not be then sufficiently
evident ttiat neither of them was the other P Therefore the
&U.good cannot be divided. How can it be both full and
<i^ci^it P Hence we say that the full happiness and good,
^i^ one good, and that is the highest. They .can never be
separated. .Must we not then necessarily be convinced that
^ highest happiness and the supretme divinity, are onep
Thentsaidl : Nothing is more true than that. We are not
^le to discover anything better than God. Then said he:
But Iwould'S tiji Rgepar e thee by some example. so« that! thou
fflayest not find a^y way of escaping ; as the manner of philo-
sophers is, that/tibey always wish to declare sootnethiQg new
and strange, thrtat. they may thereby. lawafcen the. mind. of the
hearers. /'

§ y. Hav^ we not already proved that happiness and the
divinity wej^e oae P He then who has happiness, has both in
having eitiiier. Ishenot, then, full hajjpyp Knowest thou not,
^reover'^-what we say, that any one is wise who' has wisdom ;
«id:rigfateou8, who has r ighteous ness ? So we also say that

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140 BOETHIUS. CHAP. XXXIT.

i ffpe Iiob. ye )»a j^obnejje haepj? ^ t$a 2ef»l]ia. ^ a&lc S^r^^

JT op him cuma]>.' fpa fpa ealle rteoppan veopW> onlihte "jlge*

(T binlite op t$a6ne pinnap^ rume peah peoTintiop. rume tow

beoj^top. fpa eac f e mona. fpa miclum he hhc fpa no ruaat

f £ine<Wcui]2. tSonne hiohineealnei^eoD&)*cin]> "Sonne bi^ he eal

beojmcT Da ic ]>a J>if fpell on^eat. h«* ^ga^l^ '^' yi'^lpfi&« 1 TPf*

/^ ap»peb. "3 cp»]>. If J>if la yunbonlic. t pnrum_. ^ gefceablic*

fpell f ]>u nu fe^^t;. Da cytelp he. Nif nan puht pynpimpe ne

jepifpe t$onne f ym% f yif fpell ymbe ir. j pe-wa ymbt .

fppecan pilla]>. popj^am me t$in^T^ f P^ hicT^emenjen to )»m

/^ eppan. Da cp»J> ic. pp»t if ytfa : - '

IS § VI.^ Da q>»J> he. ppa&t pu paft jj ic tSe »p fa&be f po

foi$e^ 2ef»lp p»pe job. '^ op t5»pe fO)»an ^efseljie cumatS eall ik

oJ>pe' 30b t5e pe sep ymbe fppaecon. ^ ept co. fpa fpa op ^«|ie

■ f se cymp f paetrep mnon ]>a eop]>an. anb )>»p_apepj;cea^. c}m^

t$onnejip aat i$am »pelme. pypf i$onne co Bpoce. tSonne to ei.

JO "gonn eianblan; ! ^ ea. o]> hit y^y ept to f ». Ac ic polbe ye m

acfian hu t$u J>if fpell unbepftanben h»fbeft. Pp8&]wp t5u peak

f V^ F'F S^b. t$e pe opt a&ji ymbe fpp»con. f if anpealb. )

peopffcipe. "3 fopemagnner .^ 3 jenj^ht. "3 Wif. Ic polbe pitoH

hp»pep hvL penbeft f t$af 30b p»pon hmu J>aBpe fo]mn ^epdfe.

ZS TV^ TV^ mone^ limu beo]?^ on anum men. ^ peonto]> i$eah eaOe

to anum hchoman. bStSe ]>u penbeft^ hpylc^^ anl flSapa pp ^ote

^/ pophte t$a f o]>an 2ef8&l]>e. -^ ptStSan J>a peopep 300b paepon hijie

^ f 30b. fpa fpa nut fapl i licchoipirpyncaiS anne mon. ^ f e an mot

haep]> mani^e hm. -j oeah to Sam tpam.^^ f if to t$»pe faple 3

J^ to ]>am hchoman. belimpap ealle }>af ]>aef monnef joob. j^

i jafthce. je lichomhce.^^ Daet if nu J)»f hchoman job. -jj men

5. 1'le paejep. -^ ftpan^. "3 lanj. ^ bpab. t mane^u o|?nu xob totac

^Janii^ ^ ne bi^ hit t5eah f e hchoma felp. pop]7am Seah he tSajil

joba hpylc popleof e. t5eah he bij? f he »p^* p8Bf . ]>onne if tSaaJie

Jjr faple sob p»jjj;cipe._^ jemetjung. ■] jejiylb. ■] pyhtpipief. 3

^ Boet. lib. iii. prosa 10. — Cum multa, inquit, beatitndo, &c
1 Bod. 'J f e >eah ip Lob. ' Cott. ^oobpa anb ealpa ^ooba ]>eah if '
menig goob J>e op him Gym's. » Cott. ax »lpeb. . * Cott. serceabpifbfr
* Bod. >m. « Bod. >e. ^ Cott. o^pu.-^ ■ tfodrpojimwpnep. » Bod.
man hunb lima biot^. i<» Bod. hpyle. " Cott. ^m tp»m. >* Cott
Saptlicu sehchomhcu. '» Cott. eacj^snii- " Cott vpop.

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that is GFod which has goodness and happiness : and every
happy man is a God. ^ And yet there is one God who is the
stem and~foundat1bh'6f all goods, and from whom cometh all
good, and again they tend to him, and he governs all. Se is,
moreover, the origin and the foundation of all goods which
proceed from him. Thus all the stars are lighted and made
bright by the sun : some, however, more brightly, some less
bightly. So also the moon gives light in such measure as
the san shines upon him. When she shines upon him all
OTer, then is he all bright. "When I heard this speech, I was
artonished and greatly afraid, and said : This, indeed, is a
wonderful and delightful and rational argument which thou
xu)w usest. Theh said he: Nothing is more delightful or
more certain than the thing which this argument is about,
and which we will now spea^ of, for methinks it good that
we mix it with the preceding. Then said I : Oh ! what is
tiiat?

§ YI. Then said he : Thou knowest that I before said to
thee that the true happiness was good ; and that from the
tnie happiness come all the other goods, which we have
before spoken about, and again return to it. ThuE u from the

tthe water enters into the earth, and then becomes fresh,
hen comes up at the fountain, then runs to the brook, then
to the river, then along the river till it returns to the sea. But
I would now ask thee now thou hast understood this discourse.
Whether thou thinkest that the five goods, which we have often
before mentioned, that is, power, and jdigmt5[»,jJidj:!fiBQwn,
yd abundance, and pleasur e ; 1 ^ould kno^ whether thou
{houghtest that these goods were members of the true happi-
ness, as there are many members in one man, and yet all
belong to one body ; or whether thou though test that any
one of the five goods constituted the true happiness, and then
the four other goods were its good, as soul and body consti-
tute one man, and the one man has many members, and
nevertheless to these two, that is, to the soul and to the body,
belonff all these goods of the man, both ghostly and bodily.
This then is the good of the body, that a man be fair, and
Btrong, and tail, and broad, and many other goods in addition
|fiUihLfiafi.; and yet it is not the body itself because if that
loBes- any of these goods, it is nevertheless what it was be-
fore. Then the good of the soul is prudence, and temperance,
^d patience, and justice, and wisdom, and manv like virtues ;

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/ f^if bom. anb manege yptlce qiwjEtaf ; j fp& ^^^sali bi]> ofep pi^

fafl. o]iep bi^ hip« Cftsatpsssf, Da cpn]> ic. Ic polbe j^ ^ m|

f sebeft jec jpeocolop ymbe tJa oJ>pe job^ fe co tfaejie fo]Mui jm

jwlfe bebmpa)». Da qwf be. Ne jtisbe ic }>e »t* 1^' P^ Sef^

Jf job psBjie : • Etyfe. cpa^ ic. }>u' ^' ptbejv -p bro -p bebjti

joob p»pe. Da cp^ bev €a}i€ "Sa na ^et ;e]mfa ^ te anpeaK

^ peop Kcipev t ^^opgnAnn^* 1 X«^ jbt. ^ bbf . ;j f eo eabmoef

•j "^pTwiifCe job. -p "Ba p»n eall^ an. -^ -p an 'Sonne pe- jobj^'Bl

cp»]> ic. pa pile 16 nu ^tej o]>facan. Da q?as)> be. Ppfi&^

/^ "Sine]) }?e Sonne f ))a &nj pen. ]f e Jwtpai f o]>ena ^ef»l]7a kmu. ^

P^.^^I^^l' r^- ^ cya^ ic. Ic patTnu bpoet ])u jToli^ep: picas

ac me lyp% bee 'p ]ni me f»beftpmiebpile ymbe f. Sonne t^i

me aq*obep:. Da cptt^ be. Pune mibc^ je)>enican. pf Sa ^

peepOQ )>8&pe fO)>Kn jep»l)>e bmu. Sonne f»jioB bi hyist hye^

IS tobaeleb; fpa* fpa monnef bcboman bum bi}y hgaer hpcm^ to

bs&leb. ac ]ie^a bma jecjub if f bie ^p^ca^ ^nne lidioinan

^ Scab ne bip eallunja jebce. Da cp»|> ic. Ne tSefepf J) pu mafie!

fpmcan ymbe f, ^noj fpeoeole tvk hdt^t mejmEsb. j^ pa ^^

ne pnc nan pobt cobeekb ppomSavfie fopan z^fsme. Da cpa^

ZO be. Iveno^; jnbre "Su hic onjiqr. nu Jm opi^icjT fVa job

pnt f lice -p %e[dA} if. ;j po jq^ if ■JHiwijre job.h ^ hehfCi

^X job If liob. ■][ fe Ifob if pmle on anugrWooba&leb. t» cp»p ic

Nif pa0f ^ nan tpeo. Ac ic polbe mi^u me f aebeft bay bpeg^

uncu]>ef : . y j

iS § VII.* Da cpwp be. Dmt/if nu fpeocol. f ce €MttI J»

/^ Se pe asp jrmbe fpjtaBeon. brampap co t$am bebfcaiy^obe. 7^

-//^men fecap job jenoj; $f^ penap -p ^ pe f bebft^ job^jjjjh

^9 fecap anfeaib; 7 eaeo^u job. ^ pe sep ymbe fp|i«eon!^ii

penap f htc pe f hrofte job^W^iJu nnbc pieito f f bcbfC<

^0 sob If npo|:. eaUpa Jiapa oJ>pa jo^ pe men ydvlie^: "3 bi IJfC

foppam Se iMtnne mon ne lyfC nanef Sinjejy baton joobq

oSSe hp»r oV ^^^ ^»r p® joobe jebc bip. mamjef pmjef I

pibiia^ tie pmjob ne bip. ac hit ba^pp S©ftb %£a&£bggra" j«

licef joobe. poppam pe cpepap f f behfCe job fie cS^nehfa

j/bpof eallpa joba. ^ feo biopt Se eail %6b on bpeaniatp . "3 eacj

3i pmj Se mon eall job pope b^. pop pam Smjetnen 1^ »lcci

^ Boet lib. iii. prosa 10. — Hnjus ret discr«ti<mein sic accipe, &c.

» Cott. o«pu goob. « Cott. se >o. » Bod. eaU. ♦ Cott _
« Cott. hWL « Cott. ma. ' Bod. % » Cott. hpitf^q. » Bod.
»• Cott h^Sgg. " Cott hpuju. « Cott fe.

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and nevertbeless the soul is one thing , and its virtoes are
another. Then said I : I wish that thoa wouldest speak to
me more pkialy about the other goods- which appertain to
tfhe true happiness. Then said he : Did I sot say to thee
before that the happiness was good ? Yes^ said I, thou saidst
that it was the supreme good. Then said he : Art thou now
oo&Tinced that power, and dignitTr and/renown, and abund*
IDfi^ and pIeas«HPe, and happmess, and the supreme goocT,
iliat these -are all one, and that one is good ? Tiien said I :
How shall I deny this ? Then said he : Which dost thou
then consider these things to be ; members of the true feli-
cities, or the felicity itself? Then said I: I now pereeire
what thou, wouldest know. Bui; I rather wish that thou
wouldest inf<Mnn me somewhile concerning it, than that thou
shouldest inquire of me. Then said he: Canst thou not
imagine that if the goods were members of the true happi-
^ ness, they would then be i n some degree separated, as the
members of a man's body are in some degree separated ? Btit
the nature of the meml>ers is, that they constitute one body,
and yet are not altogether alike. Then said I : Thou needest
not labour, more about that. Thou hast clearly enough proved
to me that the goods are in no wise separated from the true
tappinessi Then said he : Very rightly thou understandest
it, now thoa xmderstandest that the goods are all the same
&it happiness, is ; and happmess- is the highest good ; and
Hie highest good is Gk>d ; and G-od is ever one, inseparable.
!I!bm said I: There is no doubt of this. But I wish that ''
thou wouldest now inform me of somethinfi^ tbiknowp. ^

§ Til. Then said he: It is now evident that all the goods
wbich we baflre before spoken aibo«it, belong, to the highest /,
good: and therefore men seek sufficient good, sschen ^^^J{;gcau^
consider that which they seek the highest good. Therefore
tiiey seek, powe^ and also the other goods which we before
mention^ beeaiaie th^ think that it is the highest good.
Henee thou niayest know thatthe highest good is the roof of
all the. otii^ goods which men desire and covet Eor no man
covets anything but good, or something of that which resem-
bles good. They are desirous of many a thing which is not
fi^ good, but it has nevertheless something of resemblance
to good, Tterefore we say, thai the highest good is the
highest roof of all goods, and the hinge on which all good
turns, and also the cause on account of which man does all

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144i B0BTHIU8. CHAP. ZXXIT.

/ t$apa joba Ce hi Ijrj-e. f t$u mibt fpi)»e fpeotole on^tan be fun.
t$e nanne mon ne 1;^ )»»f ]>in2;ef fe hme^ lyft. ne )>»f fe be
be]>. ac ]>»f ]>e he mib ^am eapna)?. pop]>am^e he pen]>. ^ip he
tSonne lup: be^ire. *;] f )>uphtio. f he tSonne ^etihhob^ haep]^.

J'fhe ]>onn£ ha&bbe pme^jefaelfa. pu ne paft tSu jj nan mo n
po p|] > y nelnitL tSe hinefpiban iVrte. ac Pit?H ny|])Y j ^hA jg^

y ^nrtM fr^ eaniMit' rnme eapnimxa «^ ^ume mib )>jBpeni^^eap «
jia^ 'p hie nen t$y nalpan. 8um^ eapmaj? ^ hie pen H feanuffl*

y *5ume -p hi polbon cuman to rumepe ]>apa jtp|«i;t5e hi 9onne to

//jpinbiaji. pu ne ip"^ nu* ^euoh j^eocol f men nane puht*

fpi^op ne lupa]>. Sonne he bop f hehpte ^ob. pop]>aiiipe 8^

yubt 8«r tSe hi pilnia]) otSISe boJ>. hi ^oJ>TignLJ[j|j^Jjehi polfoon

habban f hehpte 500b on fs&m. ac he byeuS^ pume on ]>am IJe

hi pena)> f hie m»jen habban pull job ^ puUe^ jepaelpa on

/i"5ipum anbpeapbum jobum. Ac 9a pullan jep»l]>a ^ ^ hehjte

Job ip Eob^ pelp. ppa ppa pe opt »p pssbon. Da cps&]> ic. Ne

maaj ic no jej^encan hu ic ]>»p o]>pacan m»je. Da, cp»)> be.

/;UtonlaBtan bonne bioji f ap^ j-ppa&ce. 3 bion unc faep oppop;;e.

"nu tSu ppa puUice onjiten h»p)*t f Jjob pimle hip untobselebhc

10'2 P^ X®^' 1 f ^^T S^^^ 1 n<> ^^r S®r»l^ hiip ?nahponan ut anc
ne com. ac pa&p pimle on him pelpum. "j nu ip. ^ 6 bij> :•
§ Vlll.y Da pe f^ipbom tSa "Sip ppeU apaftb h»pbe. J>a onjaa

/*?*he ept pmjan -} fup cp»l)?y ^tTa meifp eL aelc J>apa ]>e1ppeo pe
punbije to 9am joobe. 3 to^am jep8el]>iun. "j pe )>e nu jeh»p3

2fSjJ[ie naib tSaepe unn^an lupe fippe mibban jeapbep. pece hun
Ippeobom hu he m»je becuman to paai jepnl^um. fojipamt
'ip po an p«pt ealljia upjia. ^eppmca. po an hyj> b^fjimfc

/ pmyltu 8&pten eaUumSam yptum ^ 9am <rj>mn uppiTjeppinSr
f ip peo anTppiSptop ^ pio an ppopep /IpminTia j&pteri 9affl

J?/) epm9um piner anbpeanban hpep. Ac |?a ttlbenan p;anan .1 1»
peolmenan. ^ aelcep cynnep timma f. ^ eall )»ep an^^pba pehu

ne onlihta]> hi nauht )»»p ^obep eajan. ne heopa /pceappneppe
^3nauh£(^jebeta)> to 9»pe pceaimnia 9a&ne rojmn teml> e, ac x^

, m]>on heYable^ba)> Saap nPohep eaxan|.J Gija nne dj Jularcippan .
J/Fopfam ealle fa fmj 9c hep Lcia]> on^]>ipum anbpeapbum^ upe.

pint eop]»hce. pop 9y hi pint pleonbe. Ac po punbopbce be-
J^ophtnep. 9e ealle tSiiig'Ket^iphfc -j eallum pelt, nyle f f& papla

7 Boet. lib. iii. metram 10. — Hue omnes pariter venite, &c.

^ Bod. hipe. 3 Cott Seeiohha9. ' pume eapnimsa, deest in MS.
Bod. « Cott. >onne. * Cott -p te men nan puht. • Cott bpohalJ.
^CotLtnUa. • Cott soob ip gob. » Cott >a.

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good. Tor this cause, men covet every one of the goods which
they covet. This thou mayest very plainly perceive hereby,
that no man desires the thing which he desires, nor that which
he does, but that which he thereby earns. For he thinks that
if he obtain his desire, and accomplish that which he has re-
solved, that then he shall have full happiness. Dost thou^not
Imow that^no man rides because he lists to ride, but rides
because he by riding attains some earning? Some by their
ndin^ ^arn that they ja»y be the healthier : some earn that
ihey may be the moire active ; some that they may come to
one of the places which they are then hastening to. Is it not
then sufficiently clear to thee, that men love nothing more
earnestlv^ than they do the highest good; because everything
which they desire or do, they do for this reason, that they
would have the highest good thereby ? But some of them
err in thinking that they can have full good and full happi-
ness in these present goods. But the full happiness and the
highest good is God himself, as we have often before said.
Then said I : I cannot imagine how I can deny this. Then
wid he: Let us then relinquish this discourse, and be so far
secure ; since thou hast so fully learned that God is ever in-
separable and full good, and that his good and his happiness
came tct him fro m nowhere without, b ut was always in him*
»lf, and now is, and for ever shall be.

§ VIII. When Wisdom had ended this discourse, then
began he again to sing, and thus said : Well, O men, well !
Let every one who is free, aspire to this good, and to these
felicities. And whosoever is now bound with the vain love
of this middle-earth,.let him seek freedom for himself, that
he may arrive at these felicities. Eor this is the only rest of
all our labours ; the only haven which is ever calm after all
the storms and billows of our labours. This is the only asylum
and the only cSmfort of the wretched after the calamities of
this present lile! But golden stones and silver, ano- gg ^ms o f
every kind, and all this present wealth, neither enlighien the
eyes of the mind, nor improve their sharpness for the contem-
plation of the true happiness; but rather blind the eves of the
pind thian sharpen them. Por ail the things which give plea- '
sure here in this present life are earthly, and are therefore
fleeting. But the wonderful brightness which brightens all
things, and governs all, wills not that souls should perish,

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146 B0ITHIU8. CHAP. XXIIT.

/ poppeo)fi))an. ac pile hi onLhtan. Cip t$oime hpelc mon mt^
^epon 6a biphcu ]i»r heopenbcaa leohtef mibjiluctpugi. ef^pm
hif GOobej;. ISonne pile he cpe]>an -^ po beophtnef fmj^ puman
f cimaa ~pe. ]>»ftepuef ^ to metanne p]> }« eoan bipl

^liober:-

§ IX.' Da j*e pifbom t$a ]7if leo]) apinjen haapbe. ])a cj«]r
ic. Ic eom jejxapa tS»f ]>e 6u r^)X* pop)mm]>e t$u hit lMBpj:t ^e-
yepeb mib ^epceabpifbqie pace. Da cps^f he. ODib hu micW
peo polbept ^u nu habban ^eboht ^ )hi mihtep: on^itan hpaec
/of r^Jye ^ob pa^ie. "^ fapelc hit p»pe. Da cpse]) ic. Ic pdbe
pas^aii mib ppi)^ unjemetUoe ^epean. ";} ic polbe imb unapi-
mebum peo^ jebye^an f ic hit mopte ^epon. Da cpae^l' he. Ic

/Shit pe t$oime yJld petagcan . Ac f an ic )^e bebeobe. f fa fenh
pop 6»pe tn^ucse ne popjite f ^ ic sep sshSfi* Da epep ic.

/i* Nepe. ne pbp^ite ic hit no. Da hpedf he. pu ne r»bon pe }e
iftp ^ ]7ip anbpeapbe lip:Se pe hep pilnia}>.' te»pe no f hitfte

// job. pop)«m hit paepe miptbc* -3 on pp^^ manijpeaib ^ebiekb.^

^7h f hit nan mon ne maat^ eall habban f him ne pie pay<^p }M"ggf
jiaaa . Ic ]>e t«hte Sa ^ te ^p p»pe f hehpte ^ob*^»ji ^jt

^0 )>a 50b ealle ^ejaeb^obe bio]7. ppdjoe hi pien to enum p^e^ p-
goten . Donne )>»p b]j> pull ^oob. tSonne Sa .^ob eaile. J>e peJ^
ymbe p^i»con. beo]> to anum ^obe ^^abepob. tSonne neb^
]?a&p nanep jobep pana. 1$onne ]m job eolle on anneppe bio^. "]
po annep bit$ on ecneppe. dp hi on.ecneppe n»pen.^t$Qime

j;5^»pe hiopa ppa ppi]ie to jppnanne. Da cp»]7 tc. D»t iptgei^.

ne m»2 ic ]i^p no tpeojan.^ Da cpaa]? he. . iSp le ^ hmpbe

txep^b f f n»pe pull ^ob fBdt eall a&tjs&bepe nwpe. pop]w& if

^' f poll ^ob t^t eall wts^^bepe ip untobarteb. Da cp»t$ ic. ^
me f inc}>. Da cpe^ he. penpt fu nu ^ ealle 5a:)nnj l?e jo^

j^ pnt on )^e.popuibe. pop ]>y jobe pint.^ py hi hal>bi^^^ hpa^

hpeju" ^obep on him. Iki cpa&f ic. Pjwp ma;^ ic ^Iq* pcnan.

hu ne ip hit ppa. Da cp£e]> he. Du pcealt fetih "^A^p^"^ po

annep -] pio jobnep an fw^ pie. Da cp»]> ic. ^Te « ^;^ ^^ )>«f

t o^paoan . Da eps^^ he« pu ne miht t$u ^])eucan ']).«lc J^m;

^/m»5 bion. rje on £ippe populbe. je on ]>»pe topeapban. 6a ifi^

si pe hit untobaeleb bij>. ^onne ne bi]>;hit •eallun^ ppa p^ hit lep

■ Boet. lib. lii. prosa ll.^-^A4sentior, mquain, &c.

* Bod. J>»p »p nep. « Cott vude. » CJott. po. * Ott imjlic.
*Gott.tob»kb « Gott. j?eSS«> ' Bod. ne pien. • Cott. tywgetfb
^Cott. Ti«n* ^° Cott. hid>be]3u " Ck>a. hptosn.

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bat wills to enlighten tiiem. If, then, any man may iiehold
the brightness of the hearenlj light with the clear eyes of
his mind, then will he say that the brightness of the sun-
shine is darkness to be compared with the eternal brightness
of God.

§ IX. When Wisdom had sung this lay, then said I : I am

conyinced of that which thou sayest, for thou hast prored it

by rational, discourse. Then.saidhe: With how much money

wouldest thou hove bought, that thou mighteat know what

^ true good waSyiSad of what kind it was? Than said I : "

I would rejoiee wifcheaDeessiye gladness, and I would buy with

coontless money, that I might see it. Then said he : I will

then teach it tbse. .But tlus one ihing I t&join thee ; that

thou, on account of this instruction, forget not what I before

taught tliee. Ihen said I: Uo, I will. not forget it. Then

Baid he : Dili we not before say to. thee, that thu present life

which we here desire, was not the. highest. good; because it

was Taried, and so manifoldly divided, that no man can have

it all, so that there be. not to him a lack, of something? I

then taught thee that the highest good was there where the

gfoods are all collected, as if they were melted into one mass.

Tlien is there full good when the goodswhich we before spoke

of are. all collected into one good. Then is there a deficiency

of no good. ..Then the goods aire all in unity, and the unity

is eternal ! If they werie not eternal, then would they not be

BO axuciously to be desired. Then said I: That is proved, nor

<^ I doubt it. Then said he: I have formerly^^Qifid to

thse; that that was.not full good, which was not iul together :

l^auBe thftt. is. full .good which is all together undivided.

Then said I : So methinks. Then.said he : Dost thou think

that all the things which are good in this world, are therefore

good, because they have something of good in ,them ? Then

B&idI : What else cani think ; is it not so ? Thensaid he :

^oumust, however, believe that unity and goodness are one

^ix%. Then -said 1:1 cannot den^ this. Then said he ;

panst thou not perceive, that everythmg is able to exist both

hi this world and. in the future, so long as it remains un-

"grated, but afterwards it is not altogether as it before

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/ psf . Da cp»]> ic. Se^e me f fpeotolop. ne msB^ ic pullice on-

jitan aepep hp»m ^u fPypaft. Da cQ&L.lie. f^ajt; 6u hpaec

mon fie. Da cr»l> i c. Ic pat f hit irHl^P V ^ lidioina .

he. Ppset t5u pajr ^ hit bif mon: tSa lipiie t5e feo

J'hchoma unba&lbe^ heop. ne bi]>hit nan mon. pt$Saxi)^^ob»lbe

bio]>. fpa eac pe hchoma hip hchomsy^]>a hpile,]»^ne hip hmu

ealle haep)). ^ip he t$onne hpylc hm pom^rt^.^pime ne hip he eaQ

ppa he »p p»f . ^ lice pu miht jepencaarbe »lcum tSmje. f

n an }>inx ne bij> ppelce hit pap yiTOyfnit paman 6n^J>. ^

/^ cpa&l? ic . Nu ic hit pat. Da cpae y^ penjt; ^u hpsRpejt a&nij

jefciSJt; feo. ^ hipe piUan' n^Ue ealne pej bion. ac pile hipe

ajnum pillan^ feppeop^ i : •

/^ § X.* Da cte[>T^ Ne m»x ic nanc cpicapuht.onptan tSapa

]>e pite hps&tmtpSb. o^tSe hpet it nylle. t$e i m^teneb lyfce'

/^poppeoppan. pojUmm^ aelc puhtpolbe bion haT^ libban. tSapape

/^ me cinca^i$incp!\ bute jc jaa^ be tpeopum. ^ be pyptum. "^ oc

fpilcum ^ef ceapttDirTpylce nane paple nabba)». Da pmeapcobe

he ^ cp8&]>. Ne t$eappt )ni no be ^sem jepceaptum tpeo^an )re^

ma pe be ]>em o]>pum. pu ne miht pn jepon f »lc pSnit '] trie.

^ gpiba^ pile peaxan on fa&m lanbe feloft. ^e him betft g epirt. 3

mm jecjube bij> "] ^epunehc. anb J>8&p )>8Bp hit jeppw ^ hit

. ^ hpa]>o)t peaxan mae;. "^ latort pealo paap.^^ giyn^uft jfi ffl*^ ^^^

pimer pubaleanb bi]> on bunum. fumna on meprciin^ ^ fumpa

/■/y on monnm. nimna o ntciubum. ' nmine" on baimm ronbum,

li Nim^"})onne rpa wibas^fpa FyP*'' TP* hpefep jpa tSu piBe. ^

^pe ftope l)e hipEapb "^ a&|>elo bi) > onTtb p eMcann^' ^ f ^t^ <?»

2^7un cvnbe^^ rt<^ mm . Bonne nC j||^iyf>epl? hit t$a&n nauht. ac pop-

feapa]>.'poppam »lcef lanbef jecynb if. f hit him jel^ JJP^

\l ^f US^licne p»bu tj^pije.^* anb hit fpa bel>.feni })ab 1 ||yp |>pal>

^OTVf^ jeopne. fpa lonje fpa heopa jecynb bip. y hi gpopan

moton. Pp»t penft ]?u pophpi sbIc fa&8^ ope^^ innon 8a eop-

^/r ban. 3 to 6fl>um T to pyptnumum peonl>e on i$8&pe eoppui.

-paaa GQn pon pi \>e hi tiomiial> 'g re itemn ^ j-e helm mote pf

f«ftop ^ p^ leng jtanbon. Ppi ne miht )»u on^itan. tSeah f u

J/ hit gefeon ne magj(e. ^p eiS re b»l. f e )» j>a6r tpeoper onjgslp-

* Boet lib. liL prosa 11.— Si animalia, inquam, oonsiderem, &c.

1 Cott. bits, s Cott. untobvlbe. * Cott. pe. |>e hipe pillnm. * Gott
pillum. »Bod. lupt. • Cott pop|>em )hc. ' Cott. qmco. "Cott.
|>oii. » Cott. pubu. >« Cott pealopian. " Bod. rome. " Cott
pubu. " Cott nngecynbe. " Cott tybpe. »» Cott qieope.

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was ? Then said I : Say that to me more plainly ; I cann6t
fully understand after what thou art inquiring. Then said
he : Dost thoa know what man is P Then said I : I know
that he is soul and body. Then said he : But thou knowest
that it is man, while the soul and the body are unseparated.
It is not man after they are separated. So also the body is
body while it has all its members ; but if it lose any member,
then it is not all as it before was. The same thou mightest
conceive with respect to everything : that nothing is such as
it was after it begins to decay. Then said I : ifow I know
ii T hen said h e : Dost thou think that there is any creature
which ofUs wiD desires not always to be, but of its own will
desires to perish ?

§ X. Then said I : I cannot find any living thing which
knows what it wills, or what it wills not, which uncompelled
chooses to perish. For everything, of such as I deem living,
desires to be hale and to live. But I know not concerning
•ifi^jand concerning herbs, and concerning such creatures as
have no souls. Then smiled he, and said : Thou needest not
doubt cdncerning these creatures any more than about the
others. Canst thou not see that every herb and every tree
^ S^O^ best in that land which suits it best, and is natural
and habitual to^it ; and where it perceives that it Aay soqjiest
gww, an d latest fall to decay ? Of some herbs or of some
Wood^jbe patfi^f^ »^^^ i« "" ^ill^ Q? some i n marshes , of some
on .moors, of some on rock's, of some on "bare sands. Take,
thwefore, tree or herb, whichsoever thou wilt, from the place
^ %elLia.it g rminvft flAil and country to grow in, and set it in
*7"*ce unnatural to i! : then will it not grow there at all, but
^1 wither. Por the nature of every land is that it should
nourish herbs suitable to it, and suitable wood. And so it
^^ •• lac Qtecting and supporting them very carefully, as long
J* it is thSr nature that they should grow. What thinkest
thouP 'W'hy should every seed grow in the earth, and turn
y^SS™? and to roots in the earth, except because they en-
oeavour that the friink and the head may the more firmly and
the longer stand ? Why canst thou not understand, though
«iou art not able to see it, that all that part of the tree which

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150 BOXXHIUa. ' CHAP. XXXIT.

/ monlmin tevetoLt^ ,^ ^f-ke^onxmy op i^am fffSc^mmim. anb fps

"Miblanx iWjTie yxinbft oj? goneyhelaa^ aiib~p«tto »pD&p ?>ani

bopuB oT$5e -j^ hie lit/ afp|»m^}>. on leafum^.^'On blOTtmum. 3
/on bkbmn. Pfi nemiht ]m on^itan f te ag le pnbt jcwcer^ bit
6~ inninpeanb hnercort . ^ iinbpoc beapiBort. MpfK^t |>n mihc gg- '

reon to " R tpeop DiT>; utonT;^efCYnpeb^ t J beipmeb* mib l^aeipc
g jiinbe yip ^kme j^ncefi. 3 ]^i)» J>a jr^can pjonn^gr, ;j eae pi>

];8ef)epiimftn bnto on ruiiittene. Ppa inn^^liee ne panbpi^
/(^rpyiopa terceati:a \incr^ r ^ppenber .^ 3 bujiu ))»f j-oeopp^aibqr.

anb ^$eah pe hif nu pOB^i^n. hpek npe m»g apeccan m€-
/Zbembee upef foepp«nbef ^i^ili anjrjMklb; hu hif, jepcea^

//V peop)»a]> 6|t; ^eebnipabe. fpylce hi ]K)nne peopbon co^rfteafce.,
/5hjWBt hi tSonne epfc bio)r. ^ eac hp»t hpegu^ anhcebioS. nnke

be a be<m.8 poppfun? hi »lce xeafiepeep^^ tdU^fceactee ; . ]
■y § Xl.*> Pj^jiep tSu^xet; on^ite ^ ^ \incye|>iaateji jefceafiB
pilnobon<tx> bionne-on eeneffefpa iloe fpa men* ^p hi ixuhc(».
i l)fBdp9!ti^uwionpt:ie ponhyy "^ gy jife mtoe^ up..anb no eopt*

J Apf bnneK Jtbn hff ir jwt;^ bupon tw fey ^ Jjob xerceop hir ^JL
jnp, ^ hipe op bune! pop)>^ pmbia^^^ »lc ^^oeapc ]?iben rwlwig *
|>ibep hif jktnb "j hiyhasle ypi^|t/bio)> vanbdih^ ^ te hiin pi^ep*
peapb bi]). ^ ui^ebybe. 3 nn^ehc. . jpp8e& fa Jt9J^, yopfsm hi

/.; ]][nt fCilpe ^ecj^Be aab beapbp& bio]) ea^ifoj^e co coba&leQiM.

^/anb eac uneal>^o" f omne cnma^. . jip hi jebwlcbe^^ peop]>a}^. pf

^ f fc;J>0PPe »PP^ ptamtoelipft. ne yfji^ he ns&ppe ^^ab^i^eb n»
ne»p pa&f. Jfc f paetep -j po Ifpc hioy bpene hnef c^ui je-
cynbe. hi bK>]>t fp^Jne ea])e to tob»lenne. ae hi bi]». qx f ona set^
jsebepe; D»c pyp t^onne ne mse^ neppe p)eop)>an tobadeb. Ic

JO r^B^ ]'^h nu hpene aep* ^ te nan pubt hip a^emun piUuiB
nolbe poppeop]>an, ac 10 eom nu mape^^ yinbe f '^Bcynb. ]>onne
ymbebone piUan. popj^am ht hpilum pilla]> on tpa.^^ pM mibt
pitan^*' be mame^qp. )>in^m f f jecynb ip ppijw mic^. if fp?
raicel jecjnb, f i^mn.hchomBn cpap eafi hip m»2«3 op .^*'?-*

J/mete J>e pey^gja^ anb tteah pe^f pe mete ut. ]>uph 8ob«

^ Boet. lib. iii. ptosa ll.--£a etiam que inanimata esse, &c

1 Cott. SepeartJ. « Cott [bpucep. » Cott. utan s^^pceppeb. * Bod.

bepepotJ. . » Bod. upepef : « Cott. pcyppenbep. ' Cott. hjm35«-

« Cott. bion. » Cott. pop>8&m. »» Bod. punba^. " Cott. tob»lbe.

"Cott. ma. "Cottfcu. " pitan, deest in MS. Bod. "Cott

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groTTO in twelve months, begins from tbe roots and so grows
upuCfqCjds into ^ the trunk, and afterwards along the pith, and
along the baric to the head; and afterwards throagh the
houghs, until it springs out in Iteves, and in blossoms, and in
fruits? Why oanst thon not understand, that fivftr y \vs\j\ ^
thins; is inwardly softest, and tmbioken hardest ? jyloreover;
thou mayest obserire how trees are outwardly clothed and
covered with bark against tlie winter, and against* the stark
storms; and > also against the heat of the sun in* summer.
"Who can refrain from. admiring such woi!%)» of our Creator,
and stiU mote the Creator ? And though we adinire him^
which of US' can declare worthily our Creator's will' and
power ? How his creatures grow and. again decay, when the
time thereof comes; and* from their seed become again re^-
Hewed, as if they were then newly created ? What they then
again, are; and also in some measure alone are, such they ever
Bball be, because they are every yearnewlycreated^

§ XI. Dostthou now understand thait even inanimate crea*^
tares- would desire to exist for ever, the same as men, if they

I could? ^ Boat thou understand why fire tends upwards, and
c^hdajwgwards;? . Wherefore is it, but becausyGk)d made
the soltenof one up, and of. the other down?" Poreyeiy^^^^j^^
creature chiefly tenda thither where: itfr^g^rtitiH||4t^^ i p& h^th
especially i^ j and flies from what is contrary, imdHisagreeing,
aad unlike to it; Stones, because they are of immovable ami
hard. nature j are difficult to divide, and also with difficulty
come togetber, when they are divided. If thou cleavest a
stone, it never becomes united togetheraS'it b^ore was. But
Water and air are of a somewhat softer nature. They are very
easy to separate, but th^ are again soon together. The fire,
indeed, cannot ever be divided. I just now said that nothing
of its own wiU would perish ; but I am speaking mare about
the nature than about the will, for these sometimes are difi
ferently inclined. Thou mayest know by many things that
iiature is very great. It is through mighty nature that to
our body comes all its strength from the food which we eat>
«ad yet the food goes out through the body. Bui neverthe*

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152 B0BTHIU8. CHAP. XXXIT.

/ Lcbomon. ac hif fpsDC^ t$eali ^ hif cpspc S^yi^)' o° »lcepe

X »bne, fpa rpa monmelo^ ntc, ^ 'p ^jadi^ ggji h* cpyp)> »lciyiid,

^ pa nopoM" peonl>a|> arVnbneb. rpa eac upe ^art bi]> rpi]>e nbe

jganenbe u num unpiUum ^ uneftunypealberfton hif xe<rjiibe»

j ^najler'^ poji hij- pillan. - p hip goniie Vonne pe j^Iapab. Pp»t tia

netenu t$onne. ^ eac ]>a o^pe jef ceapta. ma pilma]> tJaef J)e b

£ilnia^fop jec^be t$onne fop pillan. Unjecynbelic if aelcpe

puhce® f hic pilnije ppecenneffe otStJe beafej*. ac feah manij

)»in2 bi)> to ]>8&m jeneb f hic pi]lna}> t^apa a&SJ'pef . pop]«in^ fe

f0 piUa bij> t^onne ftpenjpa tJonne $ jecynb. hpdmn bi}> pe pilla

'/ [pit>pa ]»onne f jecjrnb. hpilum Jiaec jecynb oj:epcymJ> Jwne

piUan. jja nu ppa&nne)* be}). j*eo bit$ selcum men jecynbe. "]

hpdum^^ t$eah hipe bif poppepneb hipe jecjnber t$uph fa&f

/^momier pillan. call ho luro "Sagr ha&meb t$inxer bil>f pop xecynbe ,

/i'paUar^ ^Qp p illan '. ^

§ All.^ JBe yiaa Jni miht openbce pican f pe pceoppenb
eallpa ^epceapta bep]^ popjipen senne lupt "^ an ^ecynb eaJlu9
hip ^^pceaptum. f ip "^ hi polbon i bion. a&lcepe puhte ip 2^
cynbe f hit piUni^e '^hit a pie be fsm b8&let5e hit hip ^ec^be'^
^0 healban mot ^ mse^. Ne )>eappt "Su no tpeojan ymbe -p J)e ^u
a&p tpeobept. f ip be ]>am ^epceaptum tSe nane paple nabbi^.
8&lc )>apa ^epceapta tie paple h»p]>. ^e eac t$a ]>e nabba]). piUnia])
pimle to bionne. Da cpse}> ic. Nu ic onjite "^ f ic s&p ymbe
tpeobe. fiff 8&lc jepceapt piUna]» pimle to bionne. J jp ppijl
^5'ppital^* on l$»pe tybpunje. Da cp»J) he. Pggp ep^^ bu goDDL
gKXite i>aet aelc fapa puhta "Se him beon fencf . f hit fencf

>z/aBtga&bpe beon pi^ehal unbaeleb. popf am %i} hit tob»leb bif.
]7onne ne bij> hit noTial.^^ Da cpa&f ic. Daet ip pof . Da cp»)»
he. Gall Jwnj habba]) |>eah »nne pillan. ^^ -p ip -^ hi polbon a

JO bion. ]7uph ]>one »nne pillan hi pillma|> ]>8&p anep ^obep^^ Se a

bif . -p ip Eob.^^ Da cpa&f ic. Spa hit ip ppa fu paejpt.^® Da

cpaeb he. Pp8et fix miht openbce on^iton "f "f ip pop inlice

SS^ob^^ Jwnj -p ealle^epceapa^ ealle*^ puhta pilnia]> to habbenne.

*^ Boet. lib. iii. prosa 11. — Dedit enim providentia, &c
1 Bod. ppp»c. « Cott. m^o. • Cott yepo. * Cott pe^

» Cott. >ups. « Cott. rype>£^ ' Cott iia>el»r. ■ Bod. bi«^^^
j^hce. * Cott. )ropl>»m. » Bod. Sehpilcum. " Cott. nalep. " Bod.
hip Secynb. " Cott. j-peotoL '* Bod. ?>p»t. »* Bod. untobvleb
bi1$ hit SehaL '< Bod. D»t ealle >ins habba'5 anne pillan. n Cott
Soobej". »» CotL soob » fpa P»P«Sr*^> desunt in MS. Bod. « Cott
Soob. ^ Cott. ealpa.

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less its savour and its virtue enters every vein, even as any
one sifts meal : ^>ifl mAjil wiTin through every hole, and the
bran becomes separated. So also our spirit is vflry ^^tlely
wandering'^ ,with\)ut our will, and without our power, by
reason of its nature, not bv reason of its will , that happens
when we sleep. But cattle, and also other creatures, seek
that which they desire, more from nature than fr^^ f] will. It
is unnatural to everything that it should desire danger or
death, but still many a thing is so far compelled that it de-
sires both of them ; because the will is then stronger than
the nature. Sometimes the will is more powerful than the
nature, sometimes the nature overcomes the will. Thiis lust
does. It is natural to all men, and yet its nature is some-
times denied to it through the man's will. All the desire o f-
cohabitation i g^from nature, not from will.

§ XII. By this thou mayest plainly know that the Maker
Qf all things has imparted one desire and one nature to all
his creatures, that is, that they would exist for ever. It is
natural to everything that it should desire to exist for ever ;
60 far as it can and may retain its nature. Thou needest
not doubt concerning that which thou before didst question,
that is, concerning the creatures which have no souls. Every
one of the creatures which have souls, as well 9s those which
have not, desires always to exist. Then said I : Now I un-
derstand that about which I before doubted, that is, that
overy creature is desirous always to exist ; which is very clear
from the propagation of them. Then said he : iDostthouthen
\ IBderstand that every one of the things which perceives itself
to exist, perceives itself to be together, whole and undivided ;
because if it be divided, then it is not whole ? Then said I :
That is true. Then said he : All things, however, have one
^ill, that is, that they would exist for ever. Through this one
^11 they desire the one good which for ever exists, that is
l^d ! Then said I : So it is as thou sayest. Then said he :
Thou mayest then plainly perceive that it is on account of a
*^^°g> good in itself, that all creatures and all things desire

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/ Da cp8&]> ic. Ne mm^ nan mon f o)^e f e^jan* ppi$am^ ic on^
f ealle ^epeeapcgfeo pteopon^ fpa fpa pa»pep. -] nane pbbe. nt
nane enbdb^^bncjje ne heolbon. ac f pi]7e mg^[>ec hoe^ ^jjupca
-} to nauhte pupben. fpa f pa pe s&p f tebon* on fin'© ilcan bec;

J ^if hi naspboB anme Jj6tt ]>e bun eallum fuopbe^ ^ pacobe. an^
p»bbe. AjC nu popj'ainj'e pe piton -^ an pealbenb if €»llpa tSin^

y pe f ceoIon Vbeon nebe ue^af a n. ram pe piUan. pan jw nylbm. ^
He neT^e^^eSrta hTM)|: eallpa xoba. • t)a jme^cobe^ hf m^ mini
cp8&]>. €ala^ mm alb ea« bpe&c ]>u eapt; fpijie %ejmi%, ^ ic fpi]c

iObh}i^. f op ]>mum^ anbpte. fpif e neab ]>a onjectt^^ t$a -^ pik:, ]
f dee f ])iL 8^ f80bejt; f yn onpcom ne mikktm, t$»f )>u p»pf

/I nu se)^af8. Da q»J> ic. ppast p»j* -^ -^ ic »n^»be -p ic njyse, ^
Da cp»^ he. Du f»beft -^ t$u njjceft^^ s^^e jef ceajpte enbe^
ac pite nu f f' if 8elep» jef ceapte enbe. J^Jia f elf aap nembqfc.

/i f ^r S^^*" ^o l'^ funbia)> ealle^^ ^efcef^a. nabba]^ hi ni

/(5"ofep *p CO recaane.'^ ne hi imSi robr ngnia^on ne ""^^ •*

/ ^^ § I. DA he t$a }>if fpell amb h»fbe. t$s on^^ he e}»> pn^.
3 ])Uf cpaBjy.'tSiya 'hpa rpa m wwsshce iPipijCMi mab^ imaepeapbaa
^GOobe »iapeti pthte» ^ nfile ^ hme sem^ mon ot$5e s&m^^in^
ma^e ameppan. oB^mnc 'Sonne feoan on lunaa hmi felpum. f
he Sep ymbutOB hme f ohte. ^ f opl»ce unnyrte ymblio^;an fpa
he^^ fP>)K>p7 TXM%e. "3 ^e^aeb^i^e to yam anumi 3 ^ejecs^
t^onne hif aj^num^^ OOobe. f hit msa^ pnban on mman hmi

^^felfum ealle ^ 30b l >e hit.ute fec^.^ oimetnaeg he fpijw pa}«
on^it^tt ealle ^ yy el ^ ^umiet. •ph© ap on bif GOobe haefbe.
fpa fpeotok fpa ^u mint Sa pinnan ^feon. "3 J>u onptfc pin
a^en in^]>ane. "^ hit bi]> micele beophtpe ^ leohcpe iSonne f eo

j^funne. tonVam naii|haByixner "Sa&f lichoman . nenan unpeapne

^0 m»g eelkuDSft ttaon Of hif GOobe )>a pihqnfneffe.** fpa -^ he
hipe hp»t hpe^u nabbe on hif GDobe. tSeah po fpa&pnef j?air

^jt jichoman. i ]» un|>eapaT opttabirezien jB ODob mib ojejjjio^

* Boet. lib. iii. metrum 11. — Quisquis profand& mente, &c

1 Cott f op)>»m. 2 Cott. f lopem. » Bod. ungehce. * Cott langc

fsebon. « Cott. f culon. « Cott. fmeapcobe. ^ Cott. Ca. ® Bod

mino. 9 Cott. neffe. ^ Cott. neffe. " t if Sob, desunt in MS.

Bod. " Cott. ealla. " Bod. hi. " Bod. anum. " Bod. un-

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to possess- »V. Then said. I : No man can more truly say; fbr
r know that dl creatures would flow away like waterj and
keep no peace nor any order, but very confusedly dissolvB,
and come to naugtit, as we before said in tbis same book, if
they bad not one God who guided, and directed, and governed
tbem all ! But now, since we know that jfcbere is one governor
of allihings, wb m nat nfleda bft conTim^ed . w hether we will,
OT whether W^ jyill ijnt, that bft ia thftT>io^WH^>rtnf nf all

goofls. Then he smiled upon m^ Mid said: O, my child,
how truly haprpy art* thou, and how truly glad am I, on ac-
cotmt of thine understanding! Thou hast very nearly dis-
corered the trjith ; and the same that thou before saidest thou
wtildefit not understand, of that thou hast now been con-
^ced. Then said I: What was that, which I before said I
ktiewnot-P Then said-he: Thou saidst that i^ou knewest
not the.Mid of' erery creature. But* know nowj that that is
tbe end of evBry creature, which thou thyself hast dready
^Emnaed, that^ is^ gpod. To this all (features te^T^hey have
Jtogood besides^this to seek, norcarathej AJjfi^ ^aBything
eitfe above on beyondlW

CHAPTEE XXXV.

§1* Wnosir he had ended this discourse, then began he
^S^ to sing, and thus said : Whosoever is desirous to search
de^y with inward mind after truth, and is unwilling that
^7 man, or anything should raddead him, let him begin to
wek within himself that which he before sought around him ;
^d lat him dismiss vain anxieties aa he best may^ and resort
W SkL% alone, and say to his own mind that it may And within
JWfralLthe good* which it seeks externalhr. Then, may he
y^ soon disoover all the evil and vanity which he before had
^ his. mind, aa plainly as thou caiist behold the sun. And
1^ wilt know thine own mind,,.that it is far brighter and
^f^i^'^an the sun. Por no.heaviness of the body, or any
«ialt, can wholly take away from his mind wisdom, so that he
oave not some portion of it in his mind ; th^^^gb the sluggish-
ness of the body and iU imperfections often prepossess the
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/ rulnerreji ijniS |^«.m]Veb polmifte hir |f:ont/o -p hit ne ma&^e jf
e fcinan fpa nit polbe. ^15^"'

eophte fcinan fpa hit polbe. "3 iSeah bif pmle'^cojin
roJ>p»jTnen*e f»b on fsepe juple punijenbc. t$a hpile fe po
;) fe lichoma jebepobe beof. -f |copn fceal bion apehc
, f arcnnxa i mib Tape, jip hit 2;popian ]*ceal. Pn ma&i t$onne ;_
tf ^man p y^tpifh ce ;) terceabpirhce fecn?c;an. gip he nan xpot pto
pifnej'je oiTnriirna&p^. nif nan fpa fpi)>e beba&leb pyhtpipiejH
■p he nan py'ht anbpypbe njte. jip mon acfa]>. Fop)>am hitj
jjije jiyht f pell f Plato f e uf pita fa&be. he cpa&f j^wt hpa j|

/5l § II.® Da cpa&)> ic. Ic eomfKelyafa "p ^ paf fot$ fpell f Haco

//^ ra&be. pu ne inynejoBgr^ fu joae eac nu tupa ]>8epe ilcan

/^fppa&ce, aepept fu cpa&f e ^ ic ha&pbe popjiten f jecynbehc job.

•p ic on mnan me f elpum haepbe. pop ^Jaej* hchoman heppfiefpe.

ggt^oBji um ceppe |?n.me ps&bept fa&t "8u h»pbept on^iten f me

feipunf uhte^ ic hsepbe eallunja poplopen -p jecynbebce job.

■^ ic oninnan me pelpum pceolbe habban. pop t$a&pe unje-

i()methcan unpotneppe Se ic ha&pbe pop])am poplaetenan pelan*

Da cpaej> he. Dap }ai nu 3;emynbert ^a popb fe ic J>e paebe oa

]>»pe popman bee. ^onne miht* ou be f am popbum- jenug

pptfotole onjitan -p f J>u a&p pa&bept f )>u nypptept.* Da cpa^

ic. Pp»t paep -p. hpaet pa&be ic f ic nyjte ! • * Da cpa&f he. ja

^ J pa&bept o n faepe dean bee. ']) j?u on^^eate^ te jCiob pe plbe jijS

mifeban xeB.i\ bev.ac ^u_£K&ept f ]>u ne mihte^pitanhumeta h«

f hi]- p eolbe. o^SeTiu he hip^peplbe. Da cpa&p icTlc geman jemoj
5eap8?"min ajen bypi^. ^ ic hip paep a&p De jefapa. J>eah ic hit
Jja be pumum baele onjeate. ic polbe jet hip mape a&t tSe je*
JO neopan. Da cpaej? he. Ne ^e nauht a&p ne tpeobejf^ te Eob
"^a&bbe *] peolbe eallep mibbaneapbep [ • Da cpaej> ic. Ne nw
jeot* nauht ne tpeof. ne nu na&ppe ne tpeof.^ ic }>e pille eac
pona pecjan be hpa&m ic hit a&pept^ onjeat. Ic onjeat ]78et f^
mibbanjeapb paep op ppi"5e manejum anb mipthcum* t^injmii
3^ jejabepob. ;] rpi]?q"jfa^fte to romne ; i ; elimeb "3 jepanjob. na&pen
hi jejabepobe "3 xenabobe . ppapifeppeapbajepceapta. ^onnene
JVyujibon he na&ppe ne jepophte ne eac jejabepobe. "3 jip he hi

® Boet lib. iii. prosa 12. — Turn ego, Platoni, inqaam, &c.

1 Cott mynbgobept. ' Cott. meahce. ' Cott neppe. * Cott
nyrpe. »'Cott. Seape. « Cott. jiec. f Cott tpio'5. • Bod. Hm
xc »pej^. ® Cott. miplicnm.

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\ II. BOETHIUS. 157^

K) tbat it cannot sbine so brightly as it v^uld. And never-
iheless, a grain of the seed of truth Ts ever dwelling in the
k>u]j while the soul and the body are united. That grain
iiust be excited by inquiry and by instruction if it shall
|;row. How then can any man wisely and rationally inquire,
tf he has no particle of wisdom in him P No one is so en-
telj destitute of wisdom, that he knows no right answer
then any one inquires. Therefore it is a very true saying
ftat Plato the philosopher said. He said : Whosoever is
forgetful of wisdom, let him have recoursg to his mind ; then
tiff he there find the wisc^m concealed by the heaviness of
the body, and by the trouole and occupation o f his mind.

§11. Then said I: I am convinced that it was a true
laying which Plato said. But hast thou not again twice re-
minded me 6F the same arrament ? First thou saidst that I
bad forgotten the natural good which I had within myself,
through the heaviness of the body. At another time thou
iaidst to me, that thou hadst discovered. that it seemed to
myself that I had altogether lost the natural good which I
ihould have within myself, through the immoderate uneasi-
jess which I had on account of lost wealth. Then said he :
tince thou now rememberest the words which I said to thee
m the first book, thou mayest by those words clearly enough
Jj|U to mind what thou before saidst thou wert ignorant of.
pen said I : What was that ? What did I say that I was

Soraat of? Then said he : Thou saidst in that same book
t thou knewest that Ood governed this middle-earth ; but
ftou saidst that thou couldest not discover in what manner
be governed it, or how he governed it. Then said I : I very
tell remember mine own folly, and I have already acknow-
|Wged it to thee. But though I know it in some measure, I
Ijould yet hear more concerning it from thee. Then said he :
•"lou formerly hadst not any doubt that God ruled and
governed all the middle-earth." Then said I : Nor do I now
doubt it, nor ever shall doubt it. I will, moreover, at once
wll thee through what I at first comprehended it. I per-
ceived that this middle-earth was composed of very many and
^ous thincs, and very firmly cemented and joined together.
*i these, such contrary creatures, had not been united and re-
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/ nebunbe^mibhifunabmbenbhcum^ pacentmn. gonne rojliipan
hi eaUe.^ *;) nsBjion^ no fpa ;|epi]iice. ne tpa enbebjTibuce. ue |
rpa jemeclice hiopa fCebe. ^ hiopa ji yne pinben on hiopal
ftopum. ;] on hiojta cibum. ^ip an unapenbenblic ISob Timja.

jf peolbe pone .^ob f jp he if. f ic hace Lob fpa fpa ealle ^ef ceofca
Fati^:*

y § III/ Da q»}) he. Nu tJu t^agc jTaopenl ice on^ten hxjjt.

t ne;£fflH3j»>JC-nu naufat fpi}« ymbe^ rP^ncaii. f ic ^e ma be
^obe jtecee. .pojijuBin tSu eapc ^ ii nilwih cmaqi mnon^ th

/^ ceartpe )»ne TO}ian ^era&lj te. pe Ju Janje «fi ne mihteg ,

// gufifiiaiL. Ac pit fculon fpa'Seah feoan f f^jEjep myntm. Bb
cp8&]7 ic. Ppiec If ^. S)a'q«&]> he. pu ne xealhan pt «p ^ te
^«n^bt pa^e^ .^efa&lpa. ;] $a ^ef a&lj'a pa&pon Iiob. Da cpaef ic.
Sga hit If fpa pufejft. Da cpn]> he. iCob ne bepeapp nanef

/^ofjief pultmnef. buton hif relcer. htr terceatta mib tojy eal'

// ^jnne . tSe^ ma ]?e he 8*p Jjopjxe to "Sam peopce. p op^ain^ ^if
Ee senij^Tadtumcf on sen^m gmgMm bepoppte. tSonne napbe
he no f elp ^enoj. Da qii»]> ic. Spa hit if, fpa ^u fe^^pt. .Da c^}

/^ he. Duph® hine jelpne he ^^fceop ealle^^ t$ing. ^ eallpat^eat.^^

^Da cp»]> ic. Ne nus; vc t^f opfacan. -Da cpaip.he. .j^p pe)e
haepbon ^ gqieht.*' -p Ixob p»pe J>uph hme pelpae gob.^' fi*
cp»]> ic. Ic ijeman ^ )m ppa f»beft. Da cpafrp he. ;Duph^^ gp ofe
Jjob S^ceop wlc** Jwij. poppam*^ he pelt^"^ ))uph hine f«lpe

^^eaJlef iSaBf fSe pe eep opa&bon -p job paspe. 3 he ir ana mi))QlpaB3i
jj jpealbenb. ;] f teopa. "] fteoppopep.^® popf «m h? peht^^ iTpa^

eallum y rc^^^ff^, | ^ i^au jcob^^ rteona^^ ^anum fcipe] S^

epttp ic. iNlu ic &e anbette 'p ic ha&bbe punben bupn. ]>a&p t$ap

';J£,»P xer eah^uae lytle cvian^ ^ fpa p»t ic unge a > e^ ^ mihte J^

feon^* fpi|p« iyteilne fcimany^^^ op pipun** fceofqram. ^

J^Seah pu mexeehteft sep pa/ bupu. ac ic hi^ ne mihte mape

apebian buton ^ ic hipe ^apobe jmbuton "^ ^e
fj( ledit^efeah tpmchan. icSe f»be^epypn 9&p on $iff<

J

' Boet. lib. uL prosa 12. — Tiim ilia, cum hsec, iaquit, &c.

1 Cott.'^ebunbe. ^ Cott. tibanbmbenbhoiin. > Cott ealla. * Bod.
na&pe. ' TCott. in ong « Coftt. p»pen. ^ Cott. |>on. * Cott. jropiwni.
•Cott. Dt*S- »*Q6tt. eall/ " Cott. pylt. " Cottgepeahc "Cott
goob. /"Oottaajis. /wCotteal. ^ Cott. T«T*»m. ''Cott
pit. /»CottT5^^i|joWxThdjna. »» Cott. pihc «^Cott.soob.
" Cott itiopa. / « Cott ^mfl% ^3 Cott imea>e. " Cott Sffwn-
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neyer bave been formed nor joined together: and if he had
not bound them with his indissoluble chains, then would they
all be dissolved. J^either would their station and their course
be formed so wisely, and so orderly and so suitably in their
pla^s, and;ixi their times, if one unchangeable God did not
ezifb. GFood> therefore, directed whatever is. TEis I call
God, aa all creatures call it.

§ .m. Then said he : Since thou hast so clearly .understood
this, I need not now greatly labour in order that I may in-
struct thee further concerning good ; for thou art now almost __
come iflto the city of t\\^ tnift hftppinflHa^ which thou some
time ago .conldest.not discover. But we must nevertheless
consider what we have already proposed. Then, said I: What
is that' ? JThen fiaid he : Have we not before agreed that suffi-
cieney was Jiappine8S,.and happiness was G-odP Then said
I: So it is as .thou say est. Then said he: God needs no .
other help besides himself to govern his creatures with, any
more than he before. needed for the creation; for if he had
need of any help in anything, then would he himself not have
sufficiency. ThSen Aaid I : So it is as thou sayest. Then said
he: By himself he seated all things, and governs ,all. Then
^d.I; I cannot deny it. Then said he: "Wle have before
shown, to .thee that God was of. himself good. Then said I :
1 ]:emember that thou.so saidst. Then said he: Jlirough
go<?d, God created everything, for he governs by himself all
that which we before said was good : and he is the only stable
govQ:nor,^nd pilot, and rudder; for he_directs and rules aU
creatures aa. a good pilot steers jx 3\i\v, ' Then said I : IsTow I
confess to thee that J have found a door, where I before saw
onlvA^l^lA pJiJTjtK «n thatl.scarcely could see a. very small
I '^y of lighit in ifiis darkness. And yet thou hadst before
pointed out to .me the door, but I couId.not ever the more
I discover it, 'though I groped for it whereabout I saw that
Httle light twinkle* I said to thee some time a^o in this
^^nie book, that I knew not what was titie beginning of all

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/ f ic nyjre^ hp»t fe ppumapsepe ealpa ^efceapta. %a ;g ;ep^lite[t.
^u me ^^ hit paej* Iiob.' J>a nyfce* ic epc ymbe )>one enbe. »ji
}>u me epc jepehteft ^ ^ pa&pe eac Dob.^ "Sa f»be ic J>e-^ ic
nyfce' hu he ealpa ]>apa tefceapta peolbe.^ ac "Su hit me l^sffSi
Snu fpife jpeotoletepehs. ppelce' in haebbe ?a bupu abp^n
J>e ic ap rohte.~Sa anbppopobe he me ^ cp»J). Ic pat ^ icjg
a&ji jayxxfijoj^® tJ»pe ilcan pppaece. "^ nu me )>inc)> -f fu. onpte
ppa jpa lenj ppa bet ^be t$a poJ^psBptnepre. ac ic polbe get fe
eopian pume bipne.^^ ac ppa ppeotole ppa po p»r J>e ic fe a&p
fC pa&be. Da cp8&)> ic. Ppat ip pio : •

§ IV.* Da cp8Bj> he. Ne m»5 n»nne mon )>»p tpeojan^^ f
te eallpa jepceapta agnmn piUan^' Dob picpap opep hi. 3 eaf-
mobhce hiopa piUan penbap to hip pillan. Be ]yaem ip yyiye
ppeotol f te Ijob^ejhja&p pealt mib f»m hehnan "^jinib pa&m

!S ptioppofpe hip jobneppe. pop]?am|?e^ * ealle'^ ypceairaftecvnbe-
^Ifce hiopa agnum pillmn pmbia)? to cumanneto j ^Qoe. ppa fpa
'pTopt »p pabon on )>ippe ilcan bee. Da cpa)> ic. Ppi ne m»j

tS 10 J)»p gjeo^Bm,'^ popf »mfe Iiobep anpealb nape pill^eabi^c^
gip pa jepeeapta hiopa unpiUum him hepben.^^ *] ept t5a Jjft*

ZO pceapta napon^* nanep ^oncep ne nanep peop))pcipep peopf&^'
jip hi heopa unpillum hlapopbe hepben. Da cpaj> he. Kip nan
j^epceapt "^e he tiohhije**^ f hio pcyle pinnan pi^ hipe pcippenbef

£.3 pillan gip hio hipe xecynb *^ healban pile . Da cpaj> ic. Nip nan
jepceapt*' pe pij kipe pcim)enbep pillan pinne. buton bypij mon.

^5'ol5^ ept ^a pipeppiepbanr en^ap. Da cpa)? he. Ppat penpc Jm.
Xipig ney i terceait: t iohtfobe f hio pi)? hip piUan pceolbe pinnan.
hpat mo mi^te pij> ppa/mihtine ppa pe hme gepehtne habbi^.
Da cpa]7 ic. Ne magon hi nauht t$eah hiTpillon. Da punbpobe
he ^ cpa]?. Nip nan Aiht )>e maje ot$tSe pille ppa heagum"

^0 Dobe pi^cpejan. Da ycpa]> ic. Ne pene ic J'ang puht pe %
pifpmne. Duton ^ mt ap pppacoii. Da pnegcobe^'lie anb

St cpap. pite geape ^fp ip f hehpte job. f hit eall ppa mihtigicg

9 Boet. lib. ill. prosi 12.— -Cam Deus, inquit, omnia, &c.

» Cott ftyrre. 7 Bod. hpwt. « Bod. et Cott. gob. * Cott nyj^e.
s Bod. etCott. sob. / « Cott. nyrre. 7 Cott polbe. » Cott gepeahc
» Cott rpylce. w Cott mynbgobe. " Cott bypie. " Cott tpogan.
" Cott. pillum. h Cott. ):op>»m)>e. " Cott. ealla. " Cott J^pone
mses >wr tpogan. i " Bod. hepbep;. »■ Cott. n»peD. " Cott. pypj»e.
^ Cott tiohhie. ^2» Cotttc yn^ « Cott Secynb. » Cott pi^qj-
peajiban. " Cott heaum. "^^ Cott pneapcabe.

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creatures. Thou didst then inform me that it was God. Then
again I knew not concerning the "end, until thou hadst told
me that it was also God. Then said I to thee that I knew
not how he governed all these creatures, hut thou hast now
explained it to me very clearly, as if thou hadst opened the
door which I hefore sought. Then answered he me, and
said: I know that I hefore reminded thee of this same argu-
ment, and now methinks that thou understandest, as the
later, so the hetter, concerning the truth. But I would yet
show thee some example as manifest as that was which I he-
fore mentioned to thee. Then said I : What is that ?

§ lY. Then said he : No man can douht this, that hy the
proper consent of all creatures God reigns over them, and
bends their will conformahly to his will. By this it is very
evident that Gt)d governs everything with the helm and with
tbe rudder of his goodness. For all creatures naturally of
their own will endeavour to come to good, as we have often
Woce said in this same hook. Then said 1 : Indeed I cannot
douht it, for God's power would not be entirely perfect if
creatures obeyed him against their will : and again the crea-
tures would not be worthy of any thanks or any honour if
they unwilling];^ obeyed their lord. Then said he: There is
^ ^^IEE? which attempt^o contend against its Maker's
*ill, if rtdeaire to retain usnature. Then said I : There is
^0 creature which contencis against its. Mak^'fl. will except
^lish man, or, again, the rebellious angels. Then said he:
what thinkest thou P If any creature determined that it
would contend against his will, what could it do against one
80 powerful as we have proved him ? Then said I : They
cannot do anything, though they will it. Then wondered he,
^d said : There is no being which can or will oppose so high
ft Gbd. Then said I : I do not imagine that there is anvthing
which opposes, except what we before said. Then smiled he,
ftnd said : Be assured that that is the highest good, which so

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; maca]). j eall ^m^ ^pceop. -j ^allnm pjaKepediP ^T^^t* "3 W
eapelice^ buton »lcum gefpince hit ealifet. D& cysap ic, yd
me bcobe ^ ]m eji 7»be]t;. "3 Jnjref me lyjt; nu-jpet^ bee. ac hk
fceama)) nu "p ic hic a&p ne onjcar. Da cpes]' be. Ic par^ -p )>u

^ gebepbejt; ope peccan an ealfamn leapnn ipeHum ^ te lob
Sarupnef pmu r ceolbe beon^ relueiirta liob opepTo^e Ikrt^^
J he fceolbe bion "SeBf heopenef funu. "3 reolbe, yiicnan on heo-

^ peniun. j^^ rcoteon MJJJ23' b^bn eo pftm fuiagC I 3 l? a rceolbon^
jjucnaa o yen eonpan . T j?a p ceolbannii beon* i^dce® hy pa&pon

/I xerpVrtnena beaTm7 icoTi^»m]»e^° he rceol&e beoa heoroner r«inL
J hi eopjmn. tSa fceolbe tain ^ijancum ©p)pmcan*^pSe haefbe

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//pophton. "3 mihton eaf e fec^an yoffpdH., ^ip hmi )>a leaTim^

'' - naepon^* pp^cpaii. 3 "Beah ypiye gelic j^inuiL hi mihttm pec^

nhpjlc byfij'Keppob pe p^ane pophte. pe Nemob ymf Lhup^

I punu. liup psBj* lihamep punu. fcham^^ Noep. ys Neppob bee

pypcan »nne top on tSam^^^elba J^eSeiEmap^^ haeee. ^ on fa^

2,6 "Siobe ye Deipa haete. fpi}>e neah ))»pe b^i^ i$e mon sm hxsc

Zt Babiloma . ^ hi bybon pon ^ m ]>ip^im ^fe hi yolbon pieon hn

heah hit p»pe 1:0 ]?«m hepone. "3 hu tSidke^^ )% hepon ps^;]

^u paeft. of5t$e hpeet J^eep opep p»pe. Ac hit ^bypebe. jy^ tc

a^^^-f Tg js ; obcunba anpealb^^ hi t o pagncte «p hi hm

_^^fehaoi^m?^ Tftc^pe^ppJ^OBe.sopiaL^'^iiiopaniaHi^nB^

opploj. -^^ hiopa ppp»ce toba&lbe on tpa^ ^3 hui^ peoponti^ ^

j^eoba.^^ 8pa-^ebype}> »lcum ^bpa jie pm]» pn}? )n&m ^obcimbm

anpeatee.^' ne ^epe^g^® himnaafeopi)ipoipe on Jinm. se j^]> fft

^epanob ]7e hi iep^h»pban ! •

30 § V.^ Ac loca nuhpaB)?eptSupiile'jJpitMCppypflgen*' «&ft^

J/ »ni^pe ^epceabpipnepfe ;piip]»ap. nu pit ?^^i^S^^ liabba^. f

^ Beet lib. iii. prosa 12. — ^Sed visne ratieones vpsss, .&c.

» Cott. ej>ehce. * Cott. ^et. » Bod. ?>p»t ic par. * Cott. bion.
5 Cott. oUpu Lobu. « Cott. pceolben. ^ Cott. pceolben. » Cott

bion. » Cott. ppelce. " Cott pop>»m J>e. " Bod. hipe. ^ Cott
hseta. »« Cott DyUica. " Cott. ns&pen. " Bod. nhaanic^ punB.
libaaii. i« Cotj. >»m. " Cott. Nenpap. w Cott |»e. " Cott
hcce. *• Cott jc^ . 2»Cottpalb. 22 Cott mopten. «»Cott.
top. «* Cott monisne. » Qott fcu. " Cott sehoba. *'Cott.
anpalbe. » Cott Sepy*S. 29 Bod. SeppJTwSen. •> Cott punben.

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powerfmly does everything, and has created all things, and so
\?idelj|fover all ogtonda, and so easily without any labour dis-
poses everything. Then said I : I well liked what thou be-
fore saidst, and this pleases me still better, but I am now

^.itehamed that I did not know it before. Then said he : I wot
thou hast often heard tell in old fables, that Jo\re « the son of P

%t3i^, should bte the highest god above Uthfer'f ffds ; and^P-^ '^^'^^
tbould bp the son of heaven,, and shojjddgign in J "
and tbe fgiants s hniilH ha f.hft sons of earth: an( ^
over the eartn ;''and then they should be as if they weresist __
cMdren, for he should be the son of heaven, aaoid they of earth.
Then should it bethink the giants that he possessed their
Itingdom. Then were they desgous to break the heaven under
ten. Then should he send thunders, and lightnings, and
^ds, and therewith overturn all their work, and slay them.
'Such fictions they invented, and might easily have related
%ue history, if the fictions. had not been more agreeable to
%in, and yet very like to these. They might have related

i what foUy. Nimrod the giant wrought. Nimrod was the son

I of Cush; Gush was the son of Ham, and Ham of !N'oafa.

I Kmrod gave order to erect a tower in the field which is
•called Shmar, and in the country which is called Dura, very
3»«ar to the city which men now call Babvlo n. They did it. ^

» ^ these reasons ; that thev wish ed tpjtnoy Fow high itwiB
'wibe heaven, and how thicic tbe hesven was, and how -firm,

'<»what was over it. But it happened, as was '^^ that the
4Wae power dispersed them before theyTOTM'iOTnplete it,

«nd overthrew the tower, and slew many a one of them, -and

^divided their speech into seventy-two languages. So higpens

* to every one of those who sbive against the divine povper.
iTo honour accrues to them thereby, but that is diminished

•which th^ before hiad.
§ V. But see now whether thou art desirous that we still

ihould seek after any aigument further, now we have dia-

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I pit »p robton. ic pene ))eah2i£jic pet^ uncpejpopb cojotmj

dea^. -f )>8&p afppunje J^jffljpffa^ gvi^ ro^pertperre" Sapa ]«

jnc 8&P ne jej-apon. Da cfl^'TcnDo fpa j-pa du piUe. Da cpif

4 he. Ppaec ns&nnermon nu ne tpeof f Dob j-J' fpa mihnj f he

J* mxre pypcan f -p lie pille. Da cpsBf ic. Ne tpeo]> f»r nan' moa

ge jauht pac. Da cp»)? he. Pp8&]7ep aenij mon pene* f faqht pe

fxj ^e Dob bon ne m»^e. Da cp»]) ic. Ic hit pat f nauhc mf

^a&r ?5e he bon ne ma&je. Da cpeef he. |7enft J)u hp8ej>ep he

m»^e aenij* ypel bon. Da cpa&f ic. Ic^t ^ he ne maet. Di

/acpsef he. Sol? gu regrtj poplxam hi t^tr f ua^p l>»p vfel jauht

p»pe J>onne mihte" mt Ltob pyp^ua^ fopjjy hit if (nauhc.TJi

/? q?»)) ic. GDe |>incl> f Ini meTbpehte a nbth^p ie^^ raa men c^

bef. laetp: me hibep ] tJijbejfi^ on'fpa^ficn? pubu ^ ic ne mi^

utapebian. popfam ^u a ymhe fticce jehj t eft on "Sa ilcai

//fppaece. Je fu ap fpaece® ;] foplatft eft ^a ap tSu hi jeenbob

/7habbe.® "itc^ hrtp on nndube . fy ic nat wj}^ hpat fu pile. CDc

]>mc]> -p tSu Kpepfeft ymbuton^^ pime punbe^ce ^ felbcuje

,' fppace. Sj?^£j^-* anf ealbnef fe f ape jobcunbneffe. Ic jemaa^

•p fu me ap lpehteft fum punboplic fpell. be tJam pa 8ume

^^ pehteft f hit pape eall an jef alf a "3 f hehf te job. "3 cp»be f

t$a jef alpa papon^' on t$am^* hehftan jobe^* f af te. ^ f hehjtt

50b pape Dob felf .^* 3 he pape pill alcpe jefalfe. anb ^

cpabe f ale jef alij mon pape Dob. "3 eft 8u f abejt f Eobq

jobneff ^^ ^ hif jef ahjneff ^ he f elf fat f pape^® eall an. "] f

ZS }>onne pape fe hehfta job. "3 to fam jobe ealle fa gefcea^

funbiaf ^e heopa jecynb healbap. ^ pilniaf f hi^® to cumen. 1

eac tJu fabeft -p te Dobpeolbe**^ eaUpahif jefceafta mib )«m"

j rteo]ijiol?pe!' hif jobneffe.*' •] eac fabeft % ealle** jefcei^

hiopa ajnum piUum un^enebbe him papon** unbepf eobbe.*^ ]

^0 iiu on laft J>u fabeft*^ f yfel nape nauht.^^ eall t$if J)u 3^

i^/pehteft to fofe fpife xerceabpirhce baton jalcne learnftjU Br

SM be^2S? ^ cp*? ^®* Du ra&beft ap ^ ip l)e1bpeaibe. '^ Ac irt

' Bod. pit sif Sec « Cott nwnne. » Bod. p»ne. . * »tug, dealt
in MS. Bod. « Cott meahte. « Cott.|bpe!le f bybpe. ^ Cott

Uebf t me hibpef "j hbpef. ' « J>e >u »p fpsoce, desunt in MS. Bo4
• Cott. h»bbe »» nu, deest in MS. Cott. »» Cott. ymbe utan. » Boi
Senam. >' Cott. p»pen. »*Cott, >»m. »» Cott. soobe. »«Cott.
Soob p»pe nob. »7 Cott soobef. » Bod. jJ jJ he p»pe. » Cott
by. «• Cott piolbe. « Cott J>»m. «« Cott ftioppo^pe. «• Cott.
Soobneff e. «* Cott ealla. . «» Cott p»pen. «« Cott unbwi|»iobbe,
•y Cott raebef. « Bod. » i>e Tbpelobe.

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covered what we before sought. I think, however, if we
again strike our words together, there may spring out some
spark of truth of those things which we have not yet ob-
served. Then said I : Do as thou wilt. Then said he : No
man doubts that God is so mighty that he is able to work
whatsoever he will. Then said I : No man doubts this, who
knows anything. Then said he : Does any man think that
there is aught which God cannot do P l^hen said I : I know
that there is nothing which he cannot do. Then said he :
Dost thou imagine that he can do any evil ? Then said I :
I know that he cannot. Then said he : Thou sayest truly,
for it is nnthing : If evil were anything , ^en could God do
Jt, Therefore it is nothing^ Then said I: Methinks thou
misleadest and deludest me, as any one does a child : thou
leadest me hither and thither in so thick a wood that I
cannot find the way out. For thou always, on account of
some small matter, betakest thyself to the same argument
that thou Wore wert speaking of, and again leavest that
before thouNjiast ended it, and beginnest a fresh one. There-
fore I know not what thou wouldest. Methinks thou re-
Tolvest about some wonderful and extraordinary argument
concerning the oneness of the divine nature. I remember
that thou formerly madest to me a wonderful speech, wherein
&0U toldest me that it was all one, happiness and the highest
good: and saidst that the felicities were fixed in the highest
food, and the highest good was God himself, and he was full
«f all happiness. And thou saidst that every happy man was
ft God ! And again thou saidst, that God's goodness, and
kis happiness, and himself, that this was all one, and was,
consequently, the highest good; and to this good all crea-
tures which retain their nature tend, and are desirous to
come. And moreover thou saidst, that God governed all
lis creatures with the rudder of his goodness; and also
'•aidstj.that all creatures of their own will, uncompelled,
^ere subject to him. And now, at last, thou saidst that evil
was nothing ! And all this thou hast proved for truth very
tttionally, without any ambiguity. Then said he: Thou

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I ]>iiiGl> f dpim ^ ic^BBuht n^^gdobe.^ ac f 98e t$e fpi]>e lan^
fpell ^ panbiqihc rpi]>e^ ^efceabiice be ^am Iiobe tSe pit nnc^-
^ffOL co^eBsboiu ^ iWL jet* le teohhia -f ic ge hrot hpQsa*
uncul^ef jepecce be ]>ai& ilcan Iiobe. pit if jecynb tS»pe job-
^ctmbneffe j} luo nue^ heoa unjemenjeb pt^ Q]ijie^ jefceafta.
bucon o)»c]i)ia. jefceajta- pultSmcieT fpa fpa nan o^p ^q-ceaft
ne iiid»g. ne maa^ nan o^eji^^fce^ be him j-dlfum bion. jyt^
fpa jio*^ Pajimembef 3% rceep fe^faebe^ anb qwft}>. 8e admihti^'
!Dob If ealljia Sinja pecoenb i ne ana unayenbenbli c^^ imnia >, ^j

/^ eellpa ^afia apenb«3^iejia^^ pdc foji^a&in^une ^eapft nauht
ffij^e punbpijan ^eeh pefpipian^^ seftep t$am^* J^e pe onpmnon.

li. rpa mib laBf popba. fpamib ma. fp»J>ep pe hit ^^eccan ma^n..
Beah pe nu rculop maiiey; a •] miftdice^* b ijua anbtbirpe"
neccan. geah nantal? une tOob ealne pej on fc&m )?e pe a ^^

/3'jpypia}). ne fo pe na^* on Sa Jiifena^^ anb on bifpell*^ ipoji^
leaf ana fpella lupan. ac pop|iam]>e^^ pe polbon mib feebea

t$a fo^F»ftneffe. "3 polbon f hit pupbe to nytt^^am"^

l iepenbum .^^ Ic ^nunbe nu pihte^J^saf QfsmJ^^itonef la|ui

/^fuma. hu he cp»&J),tj^fe mon fe l>e H)irpe31^^an^ ^ polbe^je

^0 fceolbetpon on to unjehc bifpell tJaepe fppaace t5e he tJoMft

fppeean polbe. ac X^heop^ ^ nu jef ylbelice hp»t ic nu fppecan

jille. ^ah hit ]?e Sejrypn 8&p unnyt t$uhte» hpa^qi J?e fe enbfr

''>€«p hcian pille : • ^

§ VI.* Onjan ®la pnxag . ^ cp»];!jllief aalij bi}? pe mom Je

^^ m»3g ^ereon. t^one hluttnap|tegpellm >^ tS^ hehftsuo^^^bef . 3 op

/6 him felpim. apeoppan mae^;'^a ^Siof^pa hif CDobqr. |7e f cidon '

jet OP ealbum l eapim fp^Htun ^pimtbifpdl pec^an. pit je-

lamp jio. ^ te an heanpene . pasr on t^»pe ]>eot)e.^*^ i?e Thpaoia

^ ^ httCte. jio psBf on Cpeca pice, fe hei^pepe paf fpi}>e. un^^

^0 FP*Sl>ce job.^s ]>«f namapsBf Oppeuf . he hs&p be an fpifre aenhc

pif. f 10 p»r haten 6upybice. })a onjann^'^ monn f ecjaa. be Jwubi

5i|heappepe. -^ he mihte heappian '^ f e puba^^ papy)be. ;] tSa ftanaf

* Boet, lib. iU. meirum 12. — Felix qui potuit boni, &c,

' Cott Tbpelle . 2 Cott. -j rpi^e. « Cott giet. * Cott. hpugn.

t* Cott. otpa. 6 Cott. otpu. 7 gio, deest in MS. Cott. « Cott.

abbobe. » Cott. »lmihtesa. *® Cott. unaDpenbenbhc. " Cott
eflSfcTanpenbenbhcpa. 12 Cott. fpypien. " Cott. >»m. »* Cott
mifhca. " Cott no. i« Cott bifna. " Cott on J?a bifpel. " Cott
f opJ>»m J)e. *® Cott becnan. *>. Bod. Sehejienbon. 21 Cott. pyhte.
22 Cot tf -fe te. 28 Cott j-ecsan. «* Cottftehep. «« Cott J>iobc.

« Cott Soob. 27 Cott onsen. 2^ Cott. puSu.

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saidsir just nomrthat I deceived thee; but metbiuks tfaseb
I hsre not deceianed thee, but have stated to thee a very'long
and: wondeifcd avgament, very lationaMy, concerning that
Gk)d ta whom we some lime ago prajed : and I still intend
to teach thee Bomcthinq^ unknown eoneeming the same God.
It is tiie nature of the divinity, to be able to exist unmixed,
with other beiiogB, without the help of other beings, in such
a way as nothing else is. capable of. No other thing is able .

to exist of itself. Thus f n^mHy P5^nn'^*^^*^fiff the poet stng . (V I
and said : The Almighty Q^^ is ruler of all things, ana he '
alone remains unchangeable, and governs all changeable
things* Therefore thou needest not greatly wonder, when,
we are inquiring concerning what we have begun, whether-
we. may prove it with fewer words, or with more. Though
we should produce many and various (Examples and tables,
yet our mina always hangs on that which we are inquiring
aft^; We do xust betake ourselves to examples and fables,
for love of fictitious speeehes, bub because we desire therewith
to point out the tmth^ and desire that it may be us^ul to the
KfflrersT I called to mind just now some instructions of the
wise Plato, how he said that the man^ who would relate
ajable, should, not choose a fable unlike the subject of his
discourse. . JBut hear now patiently what I shall further say,
though it formerly appear^ to thee unprofitable, whether the
end may batter pkase thee.

§ YI. He began then to sing, and said : Happy is the man
who can behold the clear fountain of the highest good, and can
put away from himself the darkness of his mind 1 We will
QAw from old &bles relate to thee ajtox^. It happened for-
merly that there was a harper in the country called Thrace,
which was in Greece. The harper was inconceivably good.
His name was Orpheus. He had a very excellent wife, who
was called Eurydice. Then began men to say concerning the
liarper, that he could harp so that the wood moved, and the

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B0BTHIV8.

CHA]P< ZXXV.

I polbonxo mnan.
^eah hi men.

/ hi ft Jpebon.^ pop )>am rpege, ^ pilb feeop.^ t>»P t

"} fcanbon.' fjnlce hi tame^ pa&pon. j^a pnlle.

otSSe himbaf . pi]> eobon. f hi hi na ne onfcunebon. gapsbon

hi. J ga&r heappepef we. jPfol^c acp^lan. ;j hipe jttple. mon
^ fceolhe.Taebon" co helle. ^a fceolbe \e heappepe. peop]>an fpa
/fapij. ^ he ne mihte.t on-xemon:^. 6i >nmn mannum bion. ac

teah CO juba. "3 f»t on j)»m muncum. 8e2]>ep jetbaejej*. je
f niBtef. peop 1^ heappobe. p }>a pubafpipobon, 5 fa ea rtobon. 3
, nan heopt. ne onpcunobe. n»&A6 ieon. ne nan hapa. ns&nne
IC hunb, ne nan neat, nyjte nsBnne anban. ne nsenne eje. co
// obnum.'jop J)8epe"5^pht^l5aBj* fonej*. DaUaenv'heappepe fa
//_ ^^ce. f mae^pa.^ nanep tJmjef ne l^e on "Sijye populbe. ia
/$ pohte he. f he polbe jep econ. heUerijobu . f ^ onxinnan_ him.
fA oleccan mib hif neapepanf-^ bibban ^ : hi him axeacan. ^ ett hif
//pif. Da he pa ^ibep coin.pa fceolbe cuman. l^a&n^ielle Jmni

onx ean hine. ]>a&r riyia pa&r Jgl^mif » re rceoio^^
/jffpio iieapbn. i onxail Ha&xeniS ymre OT ^^^V ^%' ^ ple;
fit" pyp hine . pop hip heappTHSTSf^fe paf ^a&p e ac. rpibae^em e y;eac-
)^ peapb. ^a&f nama pceolbe beon^* Eapon7 f® i^flfpo^ ^^u; SpiS.
^oheapbu. "3 pe^* ps&f ppipe opeaJb . Da on^an^* t$e^* heappepe,

hine bibbau. f he hineaga^^Hyjibe. pahpile j$e he pa&p ps&pe.

^ hme jepunbne. eft pluion bpohte. ^a jehet he him ^. fop-
7^p»m he paef odyrt. ^^ ga sf plbcupan f onef.^Da eobe he fuplK)p
, ', ob he ymette/^ ^a ^pamMij teybena.'.^ geT Folcirce meiw haci4> ,
^Papcaf, ?5a hi fec^^ap, J on /nS&m men^ i^on nane ape. ac

oainiiTvi menn^ ppecan^° bdr hip jepyphtum; "^^ hi pecjap, f

f^ selcef monnef pypbej^ onj^ann^^ he bibban. hiopa*

i4 iiQ /M^>r»nn/>r> Vii lapan mib him. Dfi eobe he^* fup-

onjean. "3 la&bbon hme. to
fppecan mib him. itbitifcaiL.-

a&lcum

pealban^** selcep monnef j

milcfe. '

pa x>n junnon
•^ ^ himhinnon ealleT

J^ hiopa cyninje." *] onra
j$a&f pe he b»b. Anb -p
bunben. Laiuca^ cynin;

ttfCiUe hpeol. t$e Ixion pa&f^ co je-

fop hif fcylbe. -^ o ^ob. pop hif
JJheappunja. Anb Tantjalilf fe cyninj. tje on piffe populbe. un-

» Bod. hipsebon. « Cot*, jnlbu biop. » Cott. fConban. * Cott.
camu. * Cott. l»ban. « Cott. mepsl^- ^ J>a> deest in MS. Cott
• Bod^acu. » Cott. ageran. " Bod. Spnepnuf. Cott. liepuepne-
puf. " Cott. onf»snian.l » Bod. pleigan. " Cott. bion. '* !«»
deest in MS. Cott " Coft ongon. " Cott fe, " Bod. onlyft-
*» Cott mette. '* Cotri pnettena . ^^ Cott. ppecen. «> Cott palben.
«* Cott onsen. » Cott heopa. " Cott bbj^e. 24 Bod. hi. 2« Cott
pipj>uji. «7 Cott cinnmse. 28 paef, deest in MS. Bod. *» Cott
ijeuica.

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stones stirred themselyes at the sound, and wild beasts would
mn thereto, and stand as if they were tame ; so still, that
though men or hounds pursued them, they shunned them
not. Then said they, that the harper's wife should die, and
her soul should be led to hell. Then should the harper be-
come so sorrowful that he could not remain among other
men, but frequented the wood, and sat on the mountains,
both day and night, weeping and harping, so that the woods
shook, and the rivers stood still, and no hart shunned any
Hon nor hare any hound ; nor did cattle know any hatred, or
any fear of others, for the pleasure of the sound. Then it
seemed to the harper that nothing in this world pleased hifki.
Then thought he that he would seek the gods of hell, andj
endeavour to sdlure them with his harp, ancpray that they
would give'him back his wife. When he came thither, then .
should there ^ome towards him th e Hoyy of hell, whose name
was Cerberus ; he should have three heads, a ncfbe^an to wag^
^s tai l, an^lay with him for his harping. Then was there
ffio^Hvery horrible gatekeeper, whose name'should be Charon. *
He had also three heads, and he was very old. Then began
the harper to bese^h him that iie w<^d protect him while
he was there, and bring hhn thence again safe. Then did he
promise that to him, because he was desirous of the unac-
customed sound. ^''Then went he farther, until he met the
ferce goddesaea^ whom the common people call I'arcae, of
wnomfe^ say, that they know no respect for any man, but
punish every man according to his deeos ; and of whom they
say, that they control every man's fortune.^ Then began he
to implore their mercy; Then began they to weep with him.
Then went he farther, and all the inhabi ^anta of hellja n
towards him, and led him to their king ; and all b^ganto
speak with him, and to pray that which he prayed. Aid the
restless wheel^ which Ixion the king of the Lapithse was
bound to for his guilt ; that stood still for his harping. Xnd
Tantalus the j^ing, who in this world was immoderately

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^j^Sa^SSff:^* he ^eptilbe. Anb j-e Uiifep T'pceQlbe pplaBCanrlr
nene plac. pa bppe Tyoef . 9»f oymn^.^ ]>e hine »ji. nub yj
pitnobe. Anb eall ^sU]Qk|ia. jntu ^eftilboa. )ra laf ile i% he be-
/popaa Jrain cyninse heappobe. Da be ]>a lai^e. -} lan^heap^
pobe. ^a dipobe.^ re he]lpapana > cyimix » ^ cpni^. ytx)ii^xiPM,

I ^a&mterne hif piF» Fopjwm® he hu haayp t jg pa p Mfr/ "^itr ImT
i^ppiingp^ Kfthflfth hmt Sa. "Salt he ^eie^a'^fte*^ f he^ hine
fra^TieTufibepbaftc ne befafe. pjifaa^^ he ^onongeag^^ pa&pe. 3
fOY9dbe, ^ip he bmeunbepbaao h^pe..^ befceolberFo^»can ])»c
pip. Ax: 8a lape moB ms^ fp^]ie imea}>e. oS8e na" popbeobaa.
if j?ila p^.^ ^ hp9t Oppeuf )>a. l»bbe hip pip nub bun. o)>]>e he com.
on f ^eniaape. leohtep '3\f»eoptpo. jfSi eobe '^ ptpaei^n him , ^a
he pop|>^^ on f leoht com. "Sa bepeah he hme unbepbssc. pi]>
/^asp pipep. fa lopebe*^ beo^^ bun pon|i. Dap leajian^^ ppelL !b]ia]>
^ehpilcne man. ])apa }7e pibiiii|?« belle |^ ^y-tpa.^^ co pliopne. ;} to
fa&p pofep.^^ So^^r bohce. to cumenne^** ^ he hme netberib. to
/^hip ealbum^^ ypelum. ppa fi be. hi ect, m m ]iAgtpiiipp^Tn || Bj^.
f pa he hi ae^p bybe. pon^am^^ ppa hya ^p a. mibncuHon^^ pilLari. hit
/j/ ) {Pob pent, tsg J^a yp lnm. ])e be sep poplet. 3 hi tSosmetmkj^eme^
_iji^-be bim Jwffierpuflice bcitj?. ;] be luna&ppe. pofil»tan ne
}7«ic)>. ]>oniie ropljjt he. eall hip a&ppaa )Jpb.^^ buton he hit
ept ^ebe&B : • ^ pep enba^i niL pe<> fcpibbe boo Bo^tie g^anb on-
jmj? peSpeopfe:*

CAPTTT XXXVLk

2/ § I. D35 pe jTipbom ^a pip leoJ> ppipetl^^^^^;] jepceab-
pipbce apunjen baepbe. pa b»pbe ic pa ^ec*** hp»C* bpeja^^ je-^

irmynb on minum COobe pa&pe nnpotnerr e pe ic a&p beapbe. 3
It cpaBp. €ala j7ipbom. pu pe eant iboba anbrto ppynel^^j Sfep pofan
U^ leobcep. bu punbopbc me "Smcp^^ pu 1II6 pecpfc.'^oppam ic

k Boet. lib. IT. prosa 1. — Bxc cnm Phflosophia dictate, &c.

1 Cott. plsbe. 8 Cott. uteop. » Bod. cynins. * Cott deopobe.
« Cott. puton. « Cott. pop>iBm. "^ Cott. geeapnab. « Cott. geajie
piire! Te, deest in MS. Bod. et Cott " Bod. pop)>am. " Cott.
})onanpeapb. " o^]>e na, desunt in MS. Bod. " Cott. peila jw.

1* Cott. pup>um. " Cott^pabe. " Cott. hio. " leapan, deest
in MS. Cott. " Cott. jp>tltftpo, »» Cott. po >an. *o Cott. cumannc
21 Cott. ealban, 22 ^ott. ]:op|>»m. 23 Cott. pulle. 24 rjott. S^o^*
25 Cott. Siet. 2« Cfott. hpylc. 27 Cott. hpusu. 28 Qottho^jry^

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gisedy, and whom thoir same vice of greediness followed
there; he* became quiet. A^di i^e yoltuFe sfaould cease, so
that he tore noi? the liver of IHtyus* the king; which before
therewith tormented him. And ail the punishments of the
inbabiteaita of hell were suspended, whilst he harped before
the fci^! When he long and long had harped, then spoke
the king of- the inhabitants of helJ , and said : Let us give the
mam his wife> for he has eaimed bOT by hisHiarping . He
then commanded him that he should \i^ observe that he
sever looked; backwards after he departed tfaehce, and said,
if he looked backwards, that he should lose the woman. But
men can with great difficulty, if at all, restrain love ! "Well-
away! what! Orpheus then led his wife with him till he
cnne to the boundary of light and darkness. Then went his
wife after him. When he came forth into the light, then
J^oked he behind his back towards the woman. Then was
she immediaitely lost to him. This &ble teaches every man
^0 desires to fly the darkness of hell, and to come to the
light of the true good, that be look not about him to his old
▼ioes, so that he practise them again as fully as be did before.
for whosoever with full will turns' \v& minci to the vices,
which he had before forsaken, and practises them, and they
tben fully please him, and he neverthinks of forsaking them :
then loses-he^U his former good, unless he again amend
it! Hera^e^a the third; book of Boethiusj and begins the

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CHAPTER XXXVL

§ I. When Wisdqm had very delightfully and wisely sung
this lay, then had Ijas y^^me little remembrance in my
mind of the sorrow which I former^ had, and said: O
W isdom, thou who art the n^flftflengfir and forerunner o f the
true light, how wonderful does that appear TD me which thou

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/ on^^ite )>»tte eaU f 9u me »p peahteft me peahte' Ixob tSupli
pa. "} ic hit prte^ eac a&p be pimum b»le. ac me ha&pbe )>iof
unpotnef ameppebne. f ic hit ha&pbe mib ealle fopjiteii. ^ f

2f If eac minpefunpotnef]e f e m grta baL ^ ic punbpi^e Fop^F?

J' re xoba** Jjob l»te s&nix ^el beon.* o^5e jip hit feah bion^
jcyle "^i he hit 2e]>apan pile, pop hpy he hit ^onne* pona ne
ppecce J Pp»t f u miht® tJe pelp on^itan ^ ^ ip to punbpmmie.
^ eac ojjep tJinj.^iojp fmcf jet^^ mape punbop. f ip "p te pyn"
Tjrnjnhrpip^.p T\irpiypa}> p pftp eq jne^^ mibbamcapb . T re p'lrboin

/^ T eac o^ne cnfectar ntebbaj) nan lop ne naanne peop^cipe on
t5ifpe populbe. ac licta]) poprepene ppa rpa meox^^ \i ||^<>pfpA]^ini».
•] ypele men on aelcum lanbe pinbon nu pypf e. 1 ^a ^oban
habba)> mani^pealb pitu. ppa maBgfeopbagpan " ^ he ^ ne piopje

Jli^S rpylcpe jgaifi. ne punbfnpPpHDeae^iejTtlc ypel jep^fan

/5'pceolbe unbep t$8&p s& lmihtiXMi Eobep anpealbe . nu pe piton f
he hit pat. ^ 8&lc job^* pile. Da cps&)7 he. Dip hit ija ip ppa tJu

/•r pe^pt. t$onne ip )?s&t ejephcpe "Sonne a&ni% o]?ep ibnota. 3 jp
^i &nbeleap piinbon, tSam^^ jehcopt fe on pumep cymnjep hipefee
'^Ipien ^Ibenu patu ;] r^ppenu}^ poppepen. "3 tjieopen]!. nion

%0 peopfije. pit nip no^''^ ppa ppa ))u penpt. ac jip "8u eaJl f je-
munan pilt ^ pe e&p pppsecon. mib "8»p Ijobep pultume. ^e pe
nu ymbe^* pppeca)?. i5onne miht^^ f u on^itan -p fa ^oban biof *®
pimle pealbenbe. "^ fa jT^lan nabbaf nsenne anpealb.^-^ "^ -f 5a
cpaeptap ne biof n»ppe buton hepinje. ne buton ebleane. ne

j^fa unfeapap n»ppe ne biof unpitnobe. Ac fa joban^* biof
pimle ^epsehje. ^ fa ypelan unjepselixe. Ic t$e m«5 eopian C»p

I ''ppif e hiane^a bipna^^ l>a ^e mazonrytpymian .^^ to l>am^^ ^

/ fu napt hpaet fu la&n^ piopiy* Ac ic ge pille nu jiefjietaecan

©one pej pe '^a jelaet to f »pe heopenlican bypi^. ^e f u aep op

^0 come. jitJtJan fu onjitpt fuph mine lape hpset pigjof e ^epaelf
bif . ^ hpsep hio bif . Ac m j<yeal ^pept "Sm ODobpepif epian.^
•f hit maeje hit fy ef up ahebban »p t$on hii: pleojaii onjinne
on t5a heahneppe. ^ hit mseje hal "^ oppopj pleojan to hip

%Jl eapbe. ^ poplaetan a&lce f apa ^ebpepebneppa 9e hit nu f popaf .

iBod. mihte. « Cott. pippe. » Cot t. Sgobfr, * Cott bion.

5 bioD, deest in MS. Bod. « J>onne, deest in MS. Cott ^ Cott ppece.
« Cott meahc » Cott. J>mes. " Cott giet. » Cott bypS-

»2 Cott. eallne. " Cott. miox. " Cott. soob. " Cott J)8&m. »» Cott
relrpenu. ^ Cott Nir hit no. »» Cott. embe. " Cott meahc
20 Cott. bee's. 2» Cott. anpalb. «« Cott. sooban. 23 Cott bipena.
2* Bod. Setpymisan. «« Cott. co Jwn. =» Cotf feere)>epan .

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declaresfc to me ! Therefore I am persuaded that ail which
thou before saidst to me, God said to me through thee!
And I also knew it before in some measure ; but this sorrow
had distracted me, so that I had entirely forgotten it. And
this, besides, is the chief part of my i^phf^y^pinftHH^ that I
wonder wh y the good &od should suffer any evi l to exist :
OP, if it yet must exist, and he wills to permit it, why he then
does not speedily punish it. Indeed, thou mayest thyself
know that this is to be wondered at. And also another
thing seems to me even a greater wonder, that i8,«that fjplly.
^d wickedness now reign over all the middle-earthy and
wisdom and also other virtues have no praise nor any honour
in this world, but lie despised like dirt on a dunghill : and in
every land wicked men are now honoured, and the good have
manifold punishments. "Who can forbegj lamenting and won-
dering at such a marvel, that ever suclievil should take place
Wider the government of Almighty God, when we know that
te sees it, and wills all good. Then said he : It it. is as thou
8ayest, then is this more dreadful than any other prodigy, and
i8 endless wonder : most like to t^is, that in a king's court
gold and silver vessels should be despised, and men should
esteem wooden ones. It is not as thou supposest. But if
thou wilt call to mind all that which we have before said,
tten, with the help of God, concerning whom we are now
sneaking, thou wilt be able to understand that the good are
always powerful^ and the wicked have no power; and that
^ues are never without^ praise or without reward, nor are
^ces ever unpunished ; but the good are always happy, and
the wicked unhappy. I can show thee very many examples
of this which may encourage thee, so that thou mayest not
know what thou any longer shouldest lament. But I will
^pw teach tiee the way which will lead thee to the heavenly
^ty, whence thou formerly camest, since thou knowesfc
tittough my instruction what the true happiness is, and
where it is. But I must first give wings to thy mind, that

« may the sooner raise itself up, before it begins to fly on

^^\ in order that it may, sound and untroubled, fly to its J
^tive country, and leave oiehind it every one of the troubles * — ^ -

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/ f icte him on tnmum hpsebpwne. ^cyiige him on mmne pej. ic
bio hif lacfiop : . ^ .

.; epc rmtan t epB6]?Jt lc Wbbe m^ jpipgej'fe|?ena. 'p ic maK

^lio^an oyen tSone heart hp6f paey hgof onef . Ac Iw&n ic mvL

mO]t;e))in GDobT^epii[>e)ii^an mib Jm n^ tf tj^p iun. f pa mi^e g;

y mrb_infi^io^ap. l?onne miht ^n QEenn^T ealle »ar eoribhw

' fin^.**Ijip )>u mihteft "Sejiion opep J>am pSbope^ 1$oime mihceft

yi? u ^non |>a polcmi unSen |>e^ ^ mihtefc ^jdio^an opep ]>am

/^ i^e j>e iT^ Wtimx Mi ^Tt^^opp^ >j »Jie lypte. ^j mikceji: ^ pepaa

/ 1 mib Jya&ne jTinnan becjryx J)am 5iu;5lum. ^ 'Sonne peop}»n <m

j2am poQope. -^ r^^&n Co ]>am oealban fcioppan ye ye hatn^

/iJ 8acupnef rteapT>lq[ ]^B ir eall^n^ . p jwnfepaj^opep o}>pum ftJeop-

, /Jf pum upoplTonne ienij ofeptunjol. jiiS^on pu ^onne pop]) opqi

//fone BifC ahepob. ^onne bijr fu TJupan tSam jpiptsn pobojie, 3

la&cjr ]>onne Ji£tuXlfcttll4^|>onehehrtanheopon. pitSSan t5u mit

habban 'Kmne bal t5aep po^an leohcep^»p picpa^? an oyniii^fe

h»pj> anpealb eaJlpa o)>pa cymnja. TTtf^Jgem^ai) tSonetbpibel. 1

'9 ^ES^iit^ eallep ymbhpeopptep heopenep/j ' eojijwui. pe an

i^ bemai]^^ra&]?})ij ■;) beopht. r e rtionl? t>ann1iiiiKbpaMie eafl^

^epceapca. Ac jip fu sappe cympt on f one peg ;] Co $a&pe pcepe

^gJSu nu jeocjojigiCenhMjr. )>onne pile fu cpe)>an. ©ipipmm

^ pihc ej?el. hionan ic pap »]i cumen. 'i { Lionon ic pap acemwb.

hep ic pille*nu7ciEbafli pa&pce. helle ic nu na&ppe hionon. lepat

j^gpenh jip t5e aeppe jepyp)? f )m pile o^emopc epc punbian yi^

Lh f;;op5p9' ^iIT® populbe. fonne gephpc tJu nil ]>a i^^ihc^U).

^ /cynin^a ^ ealle Ja^pgjrmoban pican bion ppij?e umnihcige ^

i ^ pp i |?6 eap me p peccan. J?a ilcaaoi ^e ^ eapme ^i^c^nujh^jiboi;;

onbpaecj •

JO ' § Tli."^ ©a cpaef ic.® Gala f^ipbom. micel ip^ *) ]nmbofAcf

}>u gehwcpc. -3 ic,eac nwaSxc ne cpgo»g t$y tJu hic pi»ay"gfe

^^^ la&pcan. Ac ic fe halpige "^ )?tt me no len:f nej' igBPe.* ac teoac

me ))one peg. popfsem fu mihc on^iton ^ me IJ7IC Jwp pflOT-

^_C|2»]^ h e. Du pcealc g Rpgr qggffl^ !>» S®^*"^ hgbbaf pjmle

^b^f^Ty^^m^^^^^iSj^S^kf^ne n»nsie feggjcjeop-

i nan ne onjic ^ ce. gob* ^ ^d bio)> pmile^^p^ian.

^ Boet. lib. iv. jnetmm 1. — Bant etenim pennffi volucres, &c
™ Boet. lib. iv. prosa 2. — Turn ego, Papse, inquam, &c.
1 Cott. lab>eop. « Cott. apeaht. » ic, deest in MS. Cott. * Bod.
l86be. » Cptt. soob.

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Trhich it now endures. Let it eit in my chariot, and be con-
ducted in my path ; I will be its guide.

§ II. 'Wh^tt Wisdoin had ended this speech, then began he
Again to sing, and said: T have vnry swift winp^^ so that I cai^
fly OYer the high roof nf hftftv^n - But I must furnish thy
mind with wings, that thou mayest fly with me : then mayest
thou look down upon al])2$}j^.J5J5fcto ^nSmf^ ^L^.^ J'^^^ ^

^. ^ de r t h^e, and m^t^MB ^ 9yg ;^the fire which is feetweenthe
^My ana thejair ; and ™^m^^^^^ *^® sun betweeiiTEe
Binrs, and then be in the aI^, and afterwards near the cold
star which we call Saturn's star./* It is all icy. It wanders
above other stars, higher than any other heavenly body.
After thou art elevated far above it, then wilt thou be above
theswiffc sky, and wilt leave behind thee the highest heaven.
After this thou mayest have thy portion of the true light,
^ere reigns one king who has power over all othoftkng^
He regulates the bridle and the rein of all the c^SBf
heaven and earth. The only judge is steadfast and ongEt.
He directs the chariot of all creatures. But if thou ever
comest into the path, and to the place which thou hast now
forgotten, then wilt thou si^ : This is my proper country :
heaee Iformerly came , and hence was I bom : here I wiU
Sw stancl fast ; 1 wiIT never ^j'o hence ! But, I wot, if it ever
happen to thee that thou wilt or must again explore the
darkness of this world, then wilt thou observe unjust kings,
and all the proud rich, to be very feeble, and very wretched
exiles^: the same wham this miserable peo^e now most
dreadffi

% IIL Then said I : O TFisdom, great i« that and won-
denul which thou dost promise, and I, moreover, doubt not
that thou canst perform it ! But I beseech thee that thou
wouldest not any longer hinder me . but teach me the way,
for thou mayeat pecrceive thatl am desirouB of the way. Thesi
«^id he: Thou must flrst imdeFstand that the good always
have power, and^he wicked never "hwe aaj, nor ai^v ability :
for none of them comprehends that good and evil are always

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/ ^if ])a ^oban^ Sonne pmle habba]> anpealb.^ ]7onne nabbap jia
ypelan naeppe naenne. popj^am^ f job anb -p ypel pnc ppife un-
ram|7pa& be. Ac ic 5e polbe jet^ be 8es]>pum 6apa hpa&t: hpe^a^
rpeocolop' jepeccan. f "8u ma&je fy bee jelypan* "8e ic fe ofpe

J^hpile pecce be fam'^ o]7pum. oppe hpile be ^am® oSpum. !)»
tSinT; pnSni^ jy^^l^ft j* mo ^ngp yn^ejiajin^ CopmbaJ)>j_ :^ If bonne
mlla J anpealb .^Q jif tJonne hpaem fapa tpeja lipa&fepej-^^ paoa
DiJ>. t)onne ne ms&j he mibfam^^ ofpum nan puhc jipemman.^^
popfam^* nan nyle onjinnan -p -f he nele.^^ buton he nebe'^

Id pcyle. 3 f eah he eaU pille. he ne m»j. jip he f a&p fm^ep an-
pealb^'^ na&pf. be })aBm j)u mihc^® ppeotole onjitan. jip f u »mne^^

/2mon jefibpc pillnian^^ J?aep J>e he^aepj. -p fam bif anpealb
pana.21 Da cpaj? ic. D»t ip poj?. ne m»T ic }»«p o}>pacan. Ds
cpaej) he. dp J>u ponne hpe&ne^^ jepihpt*^ f e masj bon -f -f he

/5 bon pile, ne fe Sonne naiiht ne tpeof f pe ha&bbe anpealb. ©a

/jcpad^ ic. Ne tpeojrme jzasp nauht. t)a cpaef he. .^Elcjaonhj>
pealbenbj)aBp 5e_h4p^- ^^fp he jaanne. anpealb pSp peTie nf

/rpdc Da cpaef ic. Da&piceomjefapa. Dacpa&]>he. PpaBj)epfu
nu jet** ma&je jemunan f ic f e sep pehte.^* f pap -p ce »lcer
jlO monnep mjefanc pilnaj> co paepe po|>an jepselfe to cumenne.^
Seah he unjehce hiopa eapnije.^^ Da cp»p ic. D»t ic jeman.
jenoj ppeotole me ip f jep»b. Da cpaef he. Demunpt )m f ic
J)e aep28 ys&be f hit paepe eall an job*® "} jepaelfa. re pe jepafrl)«
pecS. he pecj? job.'^ Da cpsep ic. Ic ha&bbe ^ tenoyjpepte onie -
^ /mynbe^ Da cpaej? he. €alle men je jobe'^ je ypele pilmap co
cumanne to jobe.^* peah hi hip miptlice^* pilhiijen.** Da cpaf

;; 'ic. Daet ip pop f pu pejpt. Da cpaep he. Eenoj jpeotol $Jj:f

te pop py pint jobe men jobe.®* he ni job^^jemetap. Da cp«p

ic. Eenoj open hit ip. Da cpaep he. Da joban®^ bejitap f

JO 5^^'* f ^1 piUniap. Da cp»p ic. %ame^in^ Da cpa&p he. Da

1 Cott. Sooban. « Cott. anpalb. • Cott pop>»m. * Cott. Siet.
» Cott. hpusu, • Cott. SelcFan. f Cott Jjeem. » Cott. JjKin. » Cott
mSe>onc. " Cott anpalb. " Cott hp»«per. " Cott >»m.

" Cott pullppemman. " Cott popy»»m. " Cott. nyle. »« Bod. ne.
" Cott anpalb. " Cott meaht. »» Cott wnigne. " ^ Cott pilrnan.
«» Cott an palbep pana. «2 Cott hpone. *» Bod. Sephc. " Cott
Siet. 26 Cott peahte. « Cott cumanne. ^ Cott eapmen.

«8 a>p, deest in MS. Cott . «» Cott Soob. » Cott Soob. » Cott
Soob. "Cott soob. Mfcottmiphce. »* Cott pilnien. « Cott.
Soobe. J^Bod. sobe. " Cott sooban. * Cott Soob.

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enemies. If, therefore, the good always have power, then the
wicked never have anv, because good and evil are very incon-
gruous. But I would inform thee somewhat more distinctly
concerning each of them, that thou ma^est the better believe
what I sh^ sometimes tell thee concerning the one, and some-
times concerning the other. There aretwothmgs which every
man's intention requires, that is, will and power . If, there-
fore, there is to any man a deficiency of either of the two, he
cannot with the other effect anything. For no one will un-
dertake what he is unwilling to do, unless he needs must : and
though he fully wills he cannot perform it, if he has not power
of that thing. Hence thou mayest clearly know, when thou
seest any man desirous of that which he has not, that to him
power is wanting. Then said I : That is true : I cannot deny
it. Then said he : But if thou seest any one who can do what
he desires to do, then there is no doubt to thee that he has
power. Then said I : I have no doubt of it. Theii said he :
Every manjs powerful so far as he eiercises pow er; he has
no power when he does nor exercise power. Then said I :
Of that I am convinced. Then said he : Canst thou now call
to mind what I before told thee, that is, that the mind of every
nmn desires to arrive at the true happiness, though they pursue
it differently ? Then said I : That I remember ; it is clearly
enough proved to me. Then said he : Dost thou remember
that I before said to thee, that it was all one, good and happi-
ness? He who seeks happiness seeks good. Then said I :
I have it sufficiently fixed in mi/ memory. Then said he : All
nien, both good and evil, desire to come to good, though they
desh:e it variously. Then said I : That is true which thou
sayest. Then said he : It is sufficiently evident that good
nien are good because they find good. Then said I : It is
evident enough. Then said he : The good obtain the good
^hich they desire. Then said I : So methinks. Then said
ko: The wicked would not be wicked if they found the good

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/ ypelan nepoa mJ yfeL^^.^if bi ^emetan f job* f hi piliua]>. ac
pop py hi fint.ypela ]>6^ hi hiC ne ^emet^.^ '^ po^ ]>y hi hic ae
^meca]>.^ tSe hi hic on pihc ne feca^. Da.cpaB)> ic. Spa hit; if
J) fpa-iJtr fegt;. Da opseji he. Fop]>»ni hic if nan tpeo -p ^
^ Xoban^ bioj? fimletpalbenbe. 3. ]»a ypelan luDbba]} nasnne anpealb.*^
pop py fta ^oban"* 'p ^ob on pihc feca^ n tSa ypdan on poh. Da
cpa&^ ic. 8e "pe yfinp f ]iif fo}i ne pe.^ tSonne ne ^lep]>^o hft
nanep fo]Mf;r*

%§ IV.*^ Da cp»]> he. pp»]iep. penft pu nu. ^ t yxen moa
abiab to anpe iropa. .^ habbaptenm'-miceme pilian t;o xm
menne..^ o)»ep hm^p hif pot:a.anpealb f he mn^.^an p»ji he
pjle^^^fpa fpa eallain monnumj ^ecynbe pane f hi mihson.^

opeyr^naa p}) hif pota^ ' ^fpanlK ^ he maft^e ^^an. ;] piln^i peah
Co ranenne.^^ t onanl>Topfpaii^ ^ onJSone ilcan pe^ hpagpep

Nif "p jelic;

rig

/5^5ajia tfe^a^^ pinc}> pe mihta^a.^* Da cpa&p ic. , ^ ^

p hip mitiayjyR fe ge xfel>. jfonne re petcp^ p.^^ pp-
piam^^ he mse^ cuman ep pibejr^ ^e he pile tSonne p e opep«
fege^^ ellef |i %u pilku f pat »lc man.^^ Da cp»]> he. 8^
gehce?* beo)r* )?aizi. gobum** ;] tJam**. ypelum. »S]>»p hiopa**

j^ pilnap pop ^ecjrnbe pet he cume to pam hehftan jobe. Ac pe
^oba TasB% comaoi pfbefi he pihiap. poppam he hip on piht
pdnap. *;) je ypsla. ne m»s cuman to puu^^ p|e he pilnap. pop-
pam he hit on poh^^ yecip. Ic nat peah. pe ellef hpat t$ince. Da
cpseip ic Ne ]»ncp me nauht opp^ op ];inum ppellum.. Da. cpaep

ZfhA. Eenoj pyhte pu hit on^^itfC. 3 f if eac tacn tSinpe ha&le.^
fpa fpa Isftca jepuna if ^ he cpel?alit jopflie hio reocne^^ mon xe^

' 7 jisft* 2SJi ^ hpelc*^ unpft^c^ ^ ta(m mm on ifs^eop^me finc^
' nu. jj Jnn S^cjnb 3 ^ngepunaTj^ce fpijie fpi^hce pip t$aan
byn^e:- ' '

Jd § V-^ Ic habbe nu on^lten f t$u eapt. ^eapo^ to on^tanne

ti mine lape.^ F<H^ ^^ ]# polbe ^e^aab^ii^ mani^ fpell 3

° Boet lib. iv. proaa 2. — ^Runus inquit: Si duo sint, &c. , ,
® Boet. lib. iv. prosa 2. — Sed quoniam te ad inteHigendum, &c.
»»Cott;iio. "Oottgoob. »Bod. j). <06tt. meta^. * Cott.
metaV. • Cott sooban. f Cott. anpalb. « Cott. gooban. » Cott.
8e pe ne pen« j> pif fo* pe. >® Cott SdypiJ. " p»p he pde, desunt
in MS. Bod. " Cott meahten. " Cott pepanne. »* Cott Tcneopan.
" Cott tpega. " Cott mehtigpa. " Cott cpiep^. " Cott pop|>8em.
>» Cott y»ybep. «» Cott pasa. «» Cott men. «« Cott ilce. « Cott
bi«. «« Cott soobum. «» Cott pwrn. « Cott heopa. » Cott
|»»m. «• Cott peg. » Cott h»lo. •« Cott he pocnew « Cott
hi hpilc. « Cott ansep»shc » Cott mina lapa.

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\rhidi tfae^ deedre;; but they are wicked because ibey do not
fioj^ it^ and thej do not find it beeause they do not seek it
lighily. Thea^ wd I^ So it is as thou sayest. Then isaid.
bft: Therafoire them- is no doubt tbat the good are always
powerful^ asid tiier wieked have no power, because the good,
aeek good rrgbtlyy and the wicked wrongly. Then said I:
Bmwho tbifiJEAk tbair this, is not true^.then beliayes he no
tmth.

§iIY. Then said he: Whether dost thou think P. if two men
am going; to one plaee, and have e<]ually grea^ desire. to arrive -'
thne, and one baftthausaof his feetj so.that.hemay go whera
BeewilJ, aft it wera natural to all m«n that they could ; aud the
oiiffir has: not the use of his feet that he can go, and yet is
desirous to go, and begins to creep the. same way, whether o£
die two doBti tb0u think, the moire powerful P Then said I :
There is no eompmson. He is more powerful who goes than
Ke who- eeeeps, beeause he can. more easily come whither he ^.
^ than the other. Say what, else thou wilt, every man
blows tiiat. Then said he : In like manner it is with the.
good and with tiie wicked. Each of them desires naturally
^t he may eDme to the kighe^ good. But the good is able
to coma wbitber ha deeii^es^ because, he desires it rightly, and
the wicked oannat^eom^ to that wbich he desires, because he
"Bckfl it wrongly* I know not but thou mayest think dif?
ferently. Then said I : I do not think at all differently from
what l^ia saiy^L Then said. he: Very rightly thou under-
B^dest it^ sod that iB^also a token, of thy health; as. it is
^ eastern ofphypeiaii* to say,, when theTBea a^fflck man, if
^% perceive in him any healthy tokez^ Methinka now that
% nature, and thy habit contends. 1^7 poinseifully against

§: y» I have naw found that thou art prompt to understand
^y doctrme.: therefove I am desiroua to coUectfor thee many

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180 BOBTHHTB. CHAiP. XXXVI.

/ mane^a bipa. be J^am f iSn mihteft^ p^ €6 onjitan hpa&t ic
fecjan pille. On^it nu hu i^rnnihci^. ^a ypelan men beo]>.*
nu hi ne mason cu^an ]7ibep. "^ibep tSa un^epitti^jan xerceapta

— / pilniali^ CO to ^ cumenne. ^ "^ hu micle unmihte^an^ hi pa&pon.

/ ^jip hi hi J nan jecynbe nsepbon.* behealb nu mib hu bep^e
pacentanTbyf ijep -} unjepsBlf a hi pnt jebunbene. ppaBt ^a cyib.
)>onne hi pup]mm jan ma^on. "^ eac 9a ealban ceomar . oa hpile

fe hi jan majon. pilnia)? rumer peopffcipep "^ pumpe m8ep)>e.

nan puht

Da cilb pibal? on heo pa rvapiiy\. t manixpealbne plexan pl^ia)>.
/O tSaep hi onh^ia)>^ ealbum monnum. "] ?5a byre^an ni
nylla)? on^innan. t$8Bf ]>e hi^ him ap]>ep mse^enT]^

IC lopep o95e leana. ac bof "f^ypre if- ipnaj? hiben

yn be unbep f am hpope eallpa ^epceapta. ^ -p ce }>a un^epitte-

jian^ jepceapta piton. ■)) n^on fa bypejan men. popjry pmt ^

/i icnaeptac. betpan 9onne tSa unfeapap. popfam 9e 8&lc mon pc^

/(: biomgef apa. pam he pile pam lie nylle. ^ pe p^Bmpalbegop:^^

be msss becuman co ]>am hehptan hpope eallpa ^epceapta. f ip

/T fcob. t$am ni p nan puht bupan. ne nan imht|l)en\rl>an.. ne

^mbutan. ac ealle "Sm^ pnt bmnan him on hip anpealbe. fe

^Tjob ip ppife to lupienne. pu ne cpaebe }m ap ^ pe psepean

'j'jjI^gjnihcijojT pe f e mihte j^an. "8eah he polbe. of f ippe eopfan

enbe. ppa paBt te nan bael tSippe eopfan opep f n»pe. f ilce fu

miht ^efencan be Eobe. ppa ppa pe s&p cpsbon. f pe bif mihti-

jopt. f e to him cumon msBj. popfam he no hpibep opep f

JJ' cumon ne ms&j * •

'§ YI.P Be eaJlum fipum pacum fu miht on^itan f |7a ^^oban

biof pimle mihti^e. "} ypelan biof »lcep mas^enep "^ selcef

cpseptep J^^ija^jie. hpj^ penpt fu 9onne f hi popl»tan tSa cp»ptef

^ poljian 9am unfeapum. Ic pene 9eah f f u piUe pec^an f hit

JC pe pop byp^e f hi ^i ne fiiinnnnTtppfinitpRTi. Ac hpa&t pejpt tJu

tSonne f pie pop cupjie. 9onne po unjepceabpipnep^ hpi jefap^^

hi f hi biotJ bypje. hgy^ iiylla9 hi ppj^iijan a&ptep cp»ftum 3

/'' aptep pipbome. Ic pat feah f pponj^opnep hi oppit "} hi mib

riaepfe opcpcymf . ^ X'^T'^S ^^ ablent. pit cpabon 9eah ap f

J»^ nan puht nape pyppe f onne unjepceabppnep, Ac hpat pillaf

J^pe nu^* cpefan. jip 9a jepceabpipan habbaf unfeapap -} nillaf

P Boet. lib. iv. prosa 2. — Ex quo fit, quod huic objacet, &c. s,
1 Cott meahte. < Cott. bio9. > Bod. pilha9, * Cott cumanne.
» Bod. unsemihtpan. « Cott. nwpben. M^otthypia*. • Bod. et
Cott. hie. »Cott. hibpepj>ibjier. w Cott. Sepcnsan. "Bod.

anpealbe hesopt. « Cott pc nu pc

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arguments and many examples, so that thou mayest the more
easily understand what I am about to say. Observe now, how
feeble wicked men are, when they cannot come thither where
even irrational creatures are desirous to come ; and how much
more feeble they would be if they had no natural inclination
to it. Behold with how heavy a chain of folly and"unhappi-
ness they are bound ! Even children, when they can just go,
and also old men, a s long as they can go, are desirous of some
honour and some praise. Children ride on their sticks, and
play at various sorts of plajr, wherein they imitate old men.
But the unwise are not willing to attempt anything from
which they may expect to themselves praise or rewards. But
i\ey do what is worse ; tliey run erring hither and thither
under the roof of all things ; and that which irrational crea-
tures know, unwise men do not know. Therefore |ihe virtufia
are better than the vices. Por every man must be convipced,
whether he will, or whether he will not, that he is the most
powerful who is able to arrive at the highest roof of all things,
that is Q-od ; whOB Lliothing is above» nor anything beneath^
nop about, but all things are in him, in his power. G-od is
greatly to be loved. Didst thou not before say, that he was
.niost powerful in walking who could go, if he would, to the
end or this earth, so that no part of this earth were beyond
it ? The same thou mayest conceive with regard to Q-od, as
we before said, that he is most powerful who can come to him,
because he nowhere beyond that can come !

§ VI. From all these arguments thou mayest understand
that the good are always powerful, and the wicked ar e desM-
tlije of aU power and all ability. Why, then, dost thou think
they forsake virtues and follow vices ? But I suppose thou
^ilt say, that it is through ignorance that they are not able
to distinguish them. But what wilt thou then say is worse
than this want of reason ? "Why do they allow themselves to
ne ignorant ? Why will they not inquire after virtues and
^r wisdom ? But I know that drowsiness oppresses them,
and overcomes them with sloth, and covetousness blinds tliem.
We have before said, that nothing was worse than ignorance,
fiut what shall we now say, if the intelligent have vices, and

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182 sozmmia. chap, xxxtl

/ rP]^ai^^ mpoefi ^ifbome "3 wpxji rejumfcwsL Ic pat tSeah '^ Jgt
pilt cpetmn ^ yrnonner I^MXPneticwrtner hi omtage . Ac hpst
If tSonne unftjieD^e' $c»me pe man )?£ biot^ to un^aBetQiee
o]pepfpi)»eb mib )«in^ tebpan fbsfce. buisoii he ejt; 'gejfioe 3
5innne ]n)» Jml mij^espsf fp^ he rpi)>o]i: mes^e. Ac hfteac pdc &
ponne cpejian. pp hpa puht ntlte pi}> wnnm. ac mtb puDan^
pillan poplnt kIc job 'j pilssD]) fam ypele. ^ bif tfeah jep oeab-
pipe. Ic pecje fie unmihci^; '3 eac ealkf nauht. joppwrn ppa hpt

j^ ppa ^$one jemflBnan' job eaHpa joba p opliel:. ^uton rp eome bi}
10 fe nauht. Ac fpa hpa fpa p]hia)> ^ he^gisBa^pe. :he piHna]? f •
he pif fie.® fpa hpa ypa ]>oiine ' feiwftix bi)). he bi)> pif . "5 fe tfe
pif bif . he bip '^.'^ fe f e %otm& job t)i]>. i-e bij? jepselij. ^ fe
Ce jef»Lj bip. f e bif eabij. n f e )» eabij brj). je bi^ lici).* be
)iam^ b»le ^ pe ttp pehkjon^^ on ]nfpe ilcan bee. Ac le pene nn

/^hponne ^ bj^ijemen pillon pumbpion p»f )>e ic sbji f»be. ^ paf
f te ^eie men nspon^ nauhcaf. fopjwmjiejyapa if ma iSoime

/ ^ )nipa o)>pa. Ac tSeah hi hif nu nssppe ne jelefaxL ]>eah it if fg .

/ *:• ne majon pe n»pp« jepi^can pone ^km mon clsenne "j un-
t^ealbne. }>e^^ ma pe jej^^ais^on hapm otH^e faabban beg^e

i,0 mon poj i jcpiicene. ne bi^ fe |cpuca tkmne"iciyttpa )»e fe bea^
jip him hif ypel ne hpcop)>. Ac fe ))e ^nggpff^**^ hopap. 3 H
jecynb nyle healban. ne bip f e nauht : •

§ VII.^ Ic pene t^eaih ^ fu pifle cpef^an f hit ne f le eaBcf
fpa jdic. ^ fe ypela ms&je bon ^rel t$eah he job ne nueje. ;) ]£.

^Jfbeaba ne m»je nau}»e{i ban. ac tc i$e pecje )>»c jej^pe^'

^apa yplena ne cym}> opnanum qiSBfte. ac op mipeapam. ac jq:

pa yp<dah f^&ile jobe^^ psapon.^^ t$anne ne b;^boii hi nan ypel.

i ne bij?^* ^ nane mihta ^ mon mseje ypd bon. ac^^ beop nn-

mihta. j^ f fop if ^ peep jepypnTiehtan^® ^ ^ ypel.nanht ne

J0 fie. ponne ne pypcp f e nauht. pe i$e ypel fjiti^'p^ Oa cpasfp ic.
Iienoj fop f if -p pu fejft.^® l>a cpaftf he. pu ne pehton*® pe
»p ^ nan puht ntsspemihtijpaCemie^ hehfte job.^^ Da fs^

S3 ic. 6pa hit If fpa ^ r^ST^*^ ^^ cp^l' ^- ^^ ^ l'®^ ^^^ ^^'^^

4 Boet lib. iy. proaa^.— Sed poaannt, inqnies, mii^, &&

* Bod. fpTPiSan. * Cott. unftpengpi. » OotUbi^. * Cott

J>»m. » Cott. puDe. « Bod. pifpse. ^ Cott. Joob. • Bod. gob.

• Cott. )>»m. *o Cott. peahcon. * " Cott. ns&pen, »^Cott ]>on.

>' Cott. anpalb. *^.Oott. goobe. "Cott.p»pen. i«Cott.bio«.

" Bod. •). »» Cott peahton. >» Cott. feftSfC, «> Cott. peahcon.

«» Cott. soo^- ** Cott. r»Sft.

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§ VII. BOETHIUS. 183

will not inquire after wisdom and after virtaeef I know,
however, tbat thou wilt say that luxury and intemperance
oppress them. But what is weaker than the man who is
utterly overcome by the frail flesh, unless he afterwards de-
sist, and contend against vices as he best may ? But what
wilt thou say if any creature will not contend against ihem^
but with full win forsakes all good, and does evil, and is
nevertheless intelligent ? I «ay that he is feeble, and more-
over altogether nothing 1 For whosoever forsakes the uni-
versal good of all goods, without doubt he is nothing. Bijt
whosoever d:esires that he may be virtuous, desires that he
may he wise." "Whosoever, then, is virtuous is wise: and he
who is wise is good ; he then who is good is happy ; and he
who is happy is blessed; and he who is blessed is a. god, so
fc as we have before mentioned in this same book. But I
wther think that foolish men will wonder at that which I
bare just now said, that is, that wicked men were nothing ;
hecause there is a greater number of them than of the others.
•But though they never believe it, yet it is so. We can never
reckon the wicked man pure and sincere, any more than we
^ call or esteem- a dead man living. Nor indeed is the
living better than the dead, if he repent not of his evil. But
^ who lives recklessly, and will not preserve his nature, ia
aofc he nothing ?

§ VII. I think, however, thou wilt say that this is not
together so likely, because the wicked can do evil, though
he cannot do good, and the dead can do neither. But I say
to thee that the power of the wicked does not come from any
virtues, but from vices. But if the evil were always good,
then would they do no evil. It is not from power that any
one is able to do evil, but it is from weakness. If that is true
J^hich one some time ago asserted, that evil is nothing, then
he works nothing who works evil. Then said I : Very true is
that which thou say est. Then said he : Did we not prove be-
*^ that nothing was more powerful than the highest good ?
Xhen said I : So it is as thou sayest. Then said he : "^t it

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184 BOETHIUS.* CHAP. XXXTI.

/ nan ypel bon. Da qw&J) ic. Daec jf j*ol). Da cpa&f he. Pp»]>ep
aeni^ mon pene ^ S&ni^ mon pe fpa minti; f he ma&^e bon eall
f ])»t he pille. Da cp8&]> ic. Ne pen)? ^as)* nan mon i$e hif ^epic
hsepp. Da cp»f he. Ppa&c ^ele men^magqnge^bjf d. bon.
/Da cpe&p ic. 6ala -p^ hi ne mintOIir'Sa cpsep"Her TitTrjy eotol
■p hi majon bon ypel. •] ne ma^on nan job. f if pppainlliic^
^el nif nauht. ac jba joban.^ jip hi pubie anpealb habba]). hi
majon bon to j^obe^ -p jJ hi pilla]?. popf J »r F® P^^ anpealb* co
tellanne to fam* hehptum jobum.® poppam^ »jpep je pe an-

/<9 pealb.® je pit oJ»pu job.^ anb pfk cjiBBjiar. J?e pe lonje a&p
nembon. pmbon pa&fte on pam hehmui jobe.^® ppa ppa sBlce;
hurgr pah bif p®!^ »3fcp te on g^n^^e. je on paem hpope.
ppa bif 8&lc job^^ on Eobe pa&jt:. popp»m he ip »lcep jobej
aegpep je hpop jeli^op. f Py ip a to pilaianne ]?aBr anpealber. -^
//mon ms&je job^* bon. poppam "p ip pe betpta anpealb.^^ -p mon
</ maeje ;] piUe pell^* bon. ppa laejjan ppebum ppa mapan. jpa&pep
he ha&bbe. popfamppahpappapillap^* S^^^^ ^^ bonne, he pillna]^
job^^ to habbenne." "^ mib %obe to bionne. pop fip^^ ip je
Platonep cpibe jenoj poj). t$e he cpsBp. Da pipan ane majon bon

;^ff to jobe^^ f hi pibiiap.2^ Ca ypelan majon onjmnon f hi glm^
Ic nat nu peah t$u piUe cpefan -p tJa joban onjmnon hpiEunf
hi ne majon popjybpinjan. Ac ic cpef e. f ^3 hi hit bpinjap pimle
popp. pesii hi f peopc ne ms&jen pulppemman. hi habbap tSeah
pulne pillan. "^j pe untpeop ealba pilla biof^' to tellenne^* pop

^/pullppemob peopc. popfetir^Tre naeppe ne poplypt tSam leanum
ot$^e hep. o^^e fveji, ot^tSe ve'^fe&ji. peah piUa]^ ^a ypelan pypcan
•p f hi 1^. tSeah hit nu ne pie^^ nyt. ne popleopaJ> hi eac pone
pillan. ac habba)> hip pite. oppe hep. otS^e ellep hpsep. o^e
aejpep. pe ypla pilla^'^ to ponne hiopa pelt, poppy hi ne majon

JO bejitan f ^ob^^ f hi pillnia)>.^® pop tf hi hit tjujih^^ gone pillan
pecaf . nalep fuph pihtne pej.^^ 8e ypela ^^ ^dla, n»pj? ns&nne je--
peppcipe pif fa jepselpa. Da pe f^ij-bom fa tJip ppell apeht haepbe.

SS ga onjan he ept pmjan anb t$up cpsBf.

> Bod. l»ap. Cott. >Kp. « Coii, gooban. » Cott. goobe. * Cott.
anpalb. » Cott. >86m. « Cott. soobum. » Cott. pop)>»in. « Cott
anpalb. » Cott Soob. w Cott. goobe. " Cott goob. » Cott.
Soob. " Cott. anpalb. " Cott pel. »* Cott. pilnaiJ. »« Cott soo^-
"Cott. soob. »8 Cott. habbanne. i» Cott. pop>y. «« Cott soobc.
M Cott pilla«. « Bod. l»eah. « Cott bi«. 94 Cott. ciellanne.

*» Cott pop|>8em. « Cott hit nyt ne pe. «' Bod. pilla ypel. ^ Cott
Soob. » Cott. pilnia«. »Cott)>ups. « Bod. nallap )>uphcne
pes. « Cott ypla. »» Cott apeahc

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§ VII. BOETHITTS. 185

cannot do any evil. Then said I: That is true. Then said
he : Does any one think that any man can be so powerful
that he is able to do all that he wills ? Then said I : No man
thinks it who has his senses. Then said he : But wicked men,
nevertheless, can do evil. Then said I : O that they were not
able ! Then said he : It is evident that they can do evil, and
cannot do any good. That is because evil is nothing. But
the good, if they have full power, are? able to do whatsoever
good they wiD. Therefore full power is to be reckoned among
the highest goods ; for both power and the other goods and
exoellences, which we long ago mentioned, are fixed in the
highest good. As the wall of every house is fixed both to the
floor and to the roof, so is every good fixed in God, for he is
both the roof and floor of every good.) Therefore is the power
that man may do good, ever to be desired ; for that is the be^
power, that any one is able and willing to do well, whether
with less means or with greater, whichsoever he may have.
For whosoever wills to do good, is desirous to have good, and
to be with good. Therefore is Plato's saying very true, which
^^ said : The wise alone can do the good which they desire ;
the wicked can only attempt what they desire. I know not,
however, but thou wilt say that the good sometimes begin
what they cannot accomplish. But 1 say that they always
accomplish it. Though they may not perfect the work, they
have nevertheless full will, and the sincere will is to be
reckoned for the perfect work. Therefore they never fail of
rewards either here or there, or both. If the wicked have
will to work what they list, though it is not now perfect, they
lose not also the will, but have its punishment either here or
elsewhere, or both. Sb greatly does the evil will control
them ! For this reason they cannot obtain the good which
they desire, because they seek it through this will, cmd not
through the right way. The evil will has no fellowship with
happiness. When Wisdom had finished this speech, then
began he again to sing, and thus said :

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CAPUT xxxvn/

/ § f^ jep6R nu aiij;peUbe )>am ojej^ms^bjHja ^ fam unpiht-

ppun cypii^um. )>a pe ^ejiop f ittan on ]mm hehftan heahfec-

lum. )>a7CiDa]> on mane^pa cynna bpa&^um. *] bio)> ubon

L ymhrtanb &abe mib midon ^e^efifcipe hiopa ^egna. 3 f^ln^

/mibl petlum . 3 mib ^benum h^ jjeojibum. *] mib b£uq^-

pealbmn^ b^egeat»M n aehThiT^. *] ])peata£^ ^all moncymKiub

^ nrf^ftnj^. l?e ma ^ yebenbe him b , ac biotS fjnfe ungejyaagJMg

- t upffia^en on hir'fcooe |:ofi|?Mii'unxemetlyan anpeatoe. Ac2

' /(? him "mon^ enne apmt op t>atdia|>ar . 3 himtomh^ ]»Tia ^^e^aa»

T {>«f anpealbef . gonne mSnt ^yg xereon y be biol> n»}>qifl^

/ . yaejpSL bif J'e^na pimum tfe him "Sap jieniaj). DUton be pop^w'jC

.^Anb jip him nu^eaj xebSrfiel? ^ bim pvTi> pime bpile ]^

'w {^enrnigajl gp'tobgn. *;) ^palfclalya. "^ jMepanpealbcf. ^oime pm^

/^bim f he ne omdancenne xebpobt. otStSe on pacentom. fopjiua

op l?ai rfunmet^. "j )>am maggttmeEfican ^^epelaai. op )«kin jyex>-

mectnim. 3 0): mipshcanyfepyncum Jyqef h]ief . OBfra&cnt^ po

pobe >nax I w&ne yn«nneiTe. t xe5n8t1> biopa Xob fpi]»e ppijiljce.

{ ►onne Tyeaxal? eac te^opepmetta t unxetnwtinef . •] j^nne h

2^ peop)>a^ ^ebol^en. ^onne pyp]) '^ GOobtbefjnm^n imb ^asn p^me

}7»pe ba^teoptneppe. oppa&t hi peop]>a}> ^^aepte mib }i»pe im-

nSS^IP^* 1 FF^ seh»pte. 8i^^an ^ ^onne ^Son ba]i. ^sne

-" on^mj) bim leo^an pe tobopa )»»pe ppsecje. ;] ppa bpeop ppa b^

\ipfun^ piUap. t$onne Jebec bmi }>»f bip peccel^. Ic jxe ptebe

i^^^Fypn s&p on yv[xe ilcan bee. '^ eaile jepceafCa piUnobcm jmoss^

^obq*. pop ^ecynbe. ac ISa unnibt piriHl cy^jap ne ma^on naa

^ob bon. pop |win ic |?e hsl p»be. nip ^ nan pumbup. pop]iam bi

hi nnbep]Mobaj> eaUum pam xmpeapum pe ic ^e mft nembe. joSL

t^ OTine nefae to papahbqx^a borne pe be bme »p nnbeppeobbe.

$0 "3 ^ ce pyppe ip. "p lie him nyle pupptmi . pt>yinjian« )>»p he bic

an^innan polbe. ^ tSonne on pamj^epinne j^upkpuman mibce.

ponne na&pbe he hip nane pcylbe : • '

§ II.* Da pe f^ipbom t5a ]>ipleo]>apun2en ba&pbe. pa on^an be
3L ^i* rpjl^y 1 V^T q>aBj>. Irepibpt t5u nu on hu micliun. ;j on bu

» Boet lib. iv. metrum 2.— Quos vides scdere celso, &c

■ Boet. lib. iv. prosa 3, — Videsne igitur, quanto in c«no, &c

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§ I. n. BOETHirs. 187

CHAPTEE XXXYII.

§ I. HniLB nowA discourse concerning proud and unjust
kiiigs, whom we see sitting on the highest thrones; who
ihine in clothes of many kinds, and^e surrounded by a
great company of their thanesr wii5'"^ ^^onie4 witb^belts
and golden-huted swordsTaod w ithmanifold weaponj^ f and
terrify all mankind with their greatnesff. Ana ne who governs
them regards neither friend aor foe, kn y more than a m^ ^
hound ; but is inconceivably lifted up in his mind, through
Biibounded power. But if any man should strip off from
bim the clothes, and deprive him of the Tetinue and the
power, then wouldest thou see that he is very like to any one
of those his thanes who serve him, unless he be worse. And
moreover, if it by chance happen unto him that he at any time
is deprived of the retinue, and o f the clothe s, and of the power,
then it seems to him that he is brought to prison or to chains,
^cause from excess, and from immoderate clothing, and from
dainty food, and from various drinks of the cup, the fury of
lust is excited, and disquiets their minds very greatly : then
increases also arrogance and wickedness ; and when they are
offended, then, is the mind scourged with the heat of anger,
^til they are distracted with unhappiness, and so enslaved !
-^er this takes place, the hope of revenge begins to deceive
%m, and whatsoever his anger wills his recklessness pro-
loiaes him. I said ;to thee long before, in this same book,
that all creatures were naturally desirous of some good : but
iffijust kings can do no good, for the reason I have now given
^ee. That is no wimder, for they subject themselves to all
tiie vices which I -have already named to thee. JEvery one of
'^^i therefore, aeeossarily miist submit to tiie judgment of
'the lords, to wliom he has already subjected himself; and
^hat is still worse,: that lie will not even strive against them.
^ he were willing to attempt it, and then were fl.ble to per-
«»were inijbe-contest, then wo^d he be freedom his guilt.

§ II, Ifbcn Wisdom had sung this lay, then began he
^in to speak, and thus said : Seeat thou in how great, and

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188 B0ETHIU8. CHAP. XIXVII.

/biopum. -j on hu ^fOji-T^nm honaj-eabe^ }>apa un)>eapa fa yfd-
pillenban fCiciaf. "^ hu t5a jobannfcmaf beophtop )>onne pinnc.
popf am® fa joban* na&jrpe ne beof bebaelbe fapa ebleana hiopa
jobep^ ne )>a ypelanna&jrpe papa pita 9e hi jeeapniaf. jiEIc finj

JT f e on tJifj'e populbe ^ebon bif . ha&p)> eblean. pypce hpa -^ -p he

/ pj^pce. o'86e bo J -p he bo. a he^ haej:^ 'g ^ heTeapna]?. ^ Nij* f
eac nauht unpeht^ fpa ppa jio Romana feap pa&P'® T 5^^ ^r ^'^
mane^um tJeobum.^^ ' ^ mon hehf agnne hea robbeah>^ xyfeenne
set fumefja&pnepege^^ n, ^ ^. f a&pf |K)nne mrcel tolc zo, i ipna])^*

/^ "Sm^ eftbetner.^* ^a^e hiopaTs&pninxe'j'tnepab. ^ f pa hpilc fpa
»n6rt _^ "Sam b^e cymf . f onne mot re nine habban him. aelc
pihiaf f ke f cyle sepeft to cuman -^ hine habban. ac anum he
tSeah jebypaf .^* fpa bef call moncjun. on Jryj anbpeapban hp
ipnaf. anb onetra ^, anb pillnia^ eallej*^* f »r hehftan j^obef.^*

//ac hit If nanum^'^ men jetiohhpb. ac if eallum monnum. pop-
)>»m if selcum f eapp ^ he hijie eallan*® maBjne'® aptep f«pe
mebe. ]>»pe mebe ne pypf na&ppe nan job^® man beb»leb. ne
m»^ hme mon no mib pihte hatan f e ^ooba. ^ip he bif ffBf
hehftan joobef beb»leb.^^ popfa&m nan job^^ J>eop lie bif
j^O buton jobum** ebleanum. bon ?ia ypelan ^ ■]) hi bon. pymle bip
re beah^* xobep^ ^ ebleanef f am jobum^* jehealben on ecnefpe.
ne mae^ f apa ypelena ypel f am joban*^ beniman heopa joobef
^ hiopa phtep. ac jip hi f 500b buton himrelpum ha&pben.
6onne meahte hi mon hip beniman.*® of ep tpeja o6^e pe &
^i'hit »p fealbe. ot5t5e ofep mon.*^ Ac fonne pophept 50b'® man
hip leanum.®^ ^onne he hip job popla&t. Onjit nu -p te alcum
men hip ajen job'* jipf 500b eblean. f job f te omnnan him
pelpum bif . ppa pippa monna pile cpef an ^ «nij job man pe
beb»leb tJap hehptan jobep. popfam he pmle septeji fam
j^ ppmcf . Ac jemun tSu purde tSa&p miclan ^ f »p paejpan ebleanep.

' Cott. hopo f eaf a. * Cott. ^ooban. » Cott. popf 8&m. * Cott
Sooban. » Cott. goobep. * Cott, seeapna'S. ^ Cott. unpiht. » Bod.
Romana >eapap ip. » Cott Siet. »« Cott. hobum. " Cott b^ S>^
" Cott ypna«. " Bod. enbemept. '* Cott gebypeU. » Cott.

ealle. >« Cott Soobep. " Cott anum. " Cott ealle, ^ Cott
m»sene. ^ Cott Soob. «> Cott. ne m»S hme mon no mib pihce

hatan pe sooba. Sij he bilS l>»p hehptan goGbep bebnleb. " Cott
soob. ^ Cott soobum. ^ Cott beag. «» Cott soobq-. «• Cott
goobmn. ^ Cott sooban. 2s B6d. hiopa gob. buton himpelpnin

n»pben. fonne mihte hi mon hi bemman. ^ Bod. pealbe olSf a ofep
ma. »« Cott soob. « Bod. Seleapan. « Cott soob.

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§ II. BOETHITTS. 189

in how deep, and in how dark a sink of vices the evil-willing
are involved, and how the good shine brighter than the sun r
For the good are never destitute of the rewards of their good,
nor the wicked ever of the punishments which they deserve.
Everything which is done in this world has recompense. Let
any one work what he may, or do what he may, he will ever
have that which he earns. Moreover, it is not'unjust, as was
formerly the custom of the Eomans, and still is in many na-
tions, that man should have a golden crown at the end of
some course. Manv people then come thereto, and all run
equally, those who have co nfidftT ^fte in their running ; and
whichsoever first arrives at the crown^ t hen may he have it
to himself. Every one desires that he may first arrive, and
have it ; but nevertheless it falls to one. So does all man-
kmd in this present life, — ^runs and hastens, and is desirous
of the highest good. But it is ofiered to no one man, but is
off&red to all men. Therefore it is needful to every one that
he strive with all his power after the reward. Of the reward
no good man is ever deprived. A man cannot rightly call
himself good if he be destitute of the highest good, for no
good servant is without good rewards. Let the wicked do
what they may, t he crown of good reward will always be pos-
sessed by the good for ever. The evil of the wicked cannot
deprive the good of their good, and of their excellence. But
if they had that good from without them, then might some
one deprive them of it ; either he who formerly bestowed it,
or another man. But a good man then loses his rewards
when he forsakes his good. Understand, then, that to every
man his own good gives goo^^jga^d^ that good which is in
himself. What- wise man wilT^ayfthat any good man is des-
titute of the highest good P for ne always labours after it.
But meditate thou always on the great and the fair reward,

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190 BOBTHIFa. CHAP. XXXTH. |

/ popfanji f eb l ean y ojep ealle oppeMea^ co lupenne.' •y.bo
Jt^Kf lean co"^am ) poperpecenan ^obum* ]?e y ^e gn t:ealhe on

6pAb8uiL bee. j;Oj!liierlii J>Uuhe ^u^a^ejiube^ bio)». 'OoimemiW

)>u on^itan jj f a sef»lj>a ^ f h^fCe. :^ob^ bif eall an. ^ f bip
S Jjob, ^ ]70iuie tSu milit^ eac on^tan f a&lc job^ man bij? eabij.

^ f eeiRe ^f»li^e men heoj^^ Iiobaf . ^ habba^ ecu eblean

hiopa^isobef :.12

§ III.^ Fop]nun^' ne Ses^ nsume pipne. mem tpeo^an. f Sa

y^elan nabba& eae ece^^ eblean heopa p^f. f bi]? ece pee,
IpBeoh t5u nu ^n»:f biopahpylc^^ jepeligf^ pe hep pp populbe,

he h»p|? ^eah fimle^^ hif ypel. mib himi ^ eac Jmb]' ypelef^^

eblean ^a hpile \fe hit him lica]^. Nif nu nan pip man f nyte f
/,? t» gob^® J ypel biofi pimle^® T^nje^jayw beieyttx.^^ him. ^ pmle^^
/// OB cpa^* piUaf . "3 rP» rP* ^«r jofea^ g obngf bj)? hq- agen job^* ;j
//hif a^en eblean. rpa.bjlt.eac pxy ypelan tgel ijiraxen/vT^Ti hif

eblean. ^ hip a^en pite. ne tpeof nenne mon ^q: he pjte haspjr.

^ff he nsabbe ypel. pp»t pena^ ]7a ypdan f he bcon heb«ke

iapa pita ^ pmt pulle aalcef ypelep. nailap^* nofesaf hi hioj^

apylbe. ac popneahtonauhte^ebone. On^it nu be ]}am ^obum
^Jiu micel pite fa ypelan pymla habba]^. ^ i^vp ^ t^^ JuSt

Tbifpell. ^ 5eh«alb )>a pel ]>eic fe aafp paebe. Gall f. f te anneije

nepp. '^ pe pe^a]> ]ra»t te pe. "Sa. hpile ]>e hit. a&t pamne hy. 3
> '' €a lymppBBbnef^e pe hata)^ ^ob. Spa ppa an man bi)> man. t$a

hpile ^e pfo^'papl ^ pe hchoma bib aatpomne.^^ ]}onne hi foime
^^'jepnbnebe biof ^onne^* ne bi^ he -^ f he »p p»r. "p ilce fa

miht^^ gefencan be ^Sam hohoman -;] bo hip lunum. ^ip ]>a|ia

^ylima hpilc*® op bij?!. ^onne ne bif hit no pull mon ppa hit ap

Tpap. jip eac hpylcgob*^ mftnppom2obe^epite..t$onBe ne bif he

fe*^ ma pulhce gob., jip he eaUunga ppom. jafee'* SejMJce. )wMian
^^hit gebypaf •p t$a<y7:eliin. popl»ta|) f fhxmfi biboai?^ ne^^ biof

^ Boet lib* ir. prosft 3. — Qu» cum ita sint, &ci

1 Cott. popJ>»m, ' Cott. o'Spu. ' Cott. lupanne. * Cott soobum.
« Cott. gegabepubu. ^ Cott meaht. ^ Cott. goob. » Cott meahc
9 Cott. goob. w Cott bio«. " Cott heopa. " Cott soobep. " Cott.
popJ>8&m. ^* Cott nsebben eac ecu. " bpvlc, deest in MS. Bod.

18 Bod. ser»l)>e. *' Cott pymle. " Cott yplep. » Cott 500^-
20 Cott pymle. «» Cott beryeox. « Cott pymle. ^ Cott. tu.

2* Cott Soob. «» Cott nallep. «« Cott get. «? Cott wcpomne
bio«. «8 hi fonne gepiubpebe bi6« J>onne, desunt in MS. Bod. ** Cott
meaht. «> Cott hpylc. " Cott soob. " Cott )>on. » Sobe,
deest in MS. Cott. »* Cott. bybon. « Cott. i ne.

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fortbati»w)U>dift above all other rewards to be loved: and
add tbat rgyamLto^e before^menti ongd goeds which I for-
marly cieoiiAtad t<> thee in the tmrd booL When they are
added together, then mayest tiiou perceive that happiness
afld the lughest good are all one, and that is G-od. And then,
thou may^ also perceive that every good man is happy,,
aud that all happy men are gods, and have eternal reward of.
their good!

§ III. Therefore no wise man needs ta doubt that the evil
luura also eternal recompense of their evil, that is, eternal
BimiBhment. Though thou mayest think that any of them is
oapj^here in. respect, of the world, he nevertheless has always:
hifi evil witk him^ and also the recompense of the evil, ettn
whilst it gives him pleasure. There is no wise man who is
ignorant that, good and evil are always discordant between
themselves, and always are at variance in their wishes. And
IB the goodness of the good is his own good, and. his own re*
ward, 80 is also^ the evil of the wicked his own evil, and his
lewaid, and. his own punishment. No man if he has punish*
foeaty doubts that he has evil. What.! do. the wicked think
i&atrthej^are exempted from punishments, and yet are full of
•11 eyil? ]^ot only are they foul, but almost brought to
nothing. Understand, therefore, &om the good, how great
punishment the wicked always have : and hear, moreover, an
lEQffile: and well rotain those which I before mentioned to
i^hee. Whatsoever has unity, that we say exists while it re-
nains togetiiflr ;: and this unity we call good* Thus a man is
a man whUst tliavsool and the body are together. But when
Aey are sepasated, then is he not that which, he was before,
l^e same thou mayest conceive concerning the body, and
concerning its limbs. If any of the limbs is off, then it is
Dot full man, as it waft before. So if anv good man depart
fiwm good, then is he not any more fully good, if he at all
^part jQrom good. When it happens that the wicked leave
off. what they before did, #Aey are not what they before were.

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/ff hi 9&JI p»pon. Ac ]K>nne hi f job* poplastab ^ peop]>i^
j^rele. tSonne ne beo)>* bi nanbcaf 15uton anLcnefT^ mon maej
jepon -p bi po men ESpgfi.' ac hi babb^ ^a^ TinftnT^ij-f»<*j -
t$onne Jigr^ft h<>rjt:aD_ba&l ^oplopen. •} j>oneT^cu|>e]tan^ ^fe .

/^ealben. bi popl»ca)> f jecjTibelice 50b. -p^ pnc mennifcbce
feapifr ^ babba]> ^eab mannef anbcnejje tSa bfile ^e k
Lbbaf :•

§ IV." Ac rpa rpa manna jobnef* bi abep)> opep J>a men-
nif can jecynb. co fam^ ^ bi beol> Cobapynemnebe .^ jrpa eac

/^biopa ypelnep apjjipf bi ^mbep ^a mennifcan jecynb. to fam®
f bi bipf ypele jebacene. f pe cpe)>^ pe naubt. Fop]>am jip
©u rE^Kfi^gO)^ nion metjr ' ^ be bipplbpeppeb ppom ^ofee'^^ ^
yrele^ ne mibt' -^ t$u bine na mib pibte nemnan man. ac n&lc!
IjiF*pu f onne^* on bpilcmn men onjitpt. f be bij> pcfefte 3

/^peapepe. ne pcealc ]>u bme na batan man. ac pulp. Anb }Kme
pefan f e bip fpeopteme. f u pcealt bacan bunb. nallap^' maun.

/ '^ Anb ^one leapan lytexa n/yu jcealt batan pox. ns^ mann. Anb

,': tSone unjemetbce mobejan.^ yppenban.^* t$e to i%i <?f1nft y^f^p
baejf . t5u fcealt batan leo. na&j* mann. Anb ^one ra&nan. 'be bd>

io io flap, gu jcealt batan arra ma l?onne man. Anb l?one unte^
metlice eapjan. pe him onbpa&t mape^'^ bpnne be J>uppe.")»i
mibt^^ batan bapa. ma ^onne man. Anb ^m^^ um ^|^y% j>}ig7;an
•] iSam^» hal^an.'o j?ii mibfe^^ ^'^^^ftp'^ -f^lii bij> plnbe jebcpa.
ot$ge unptillum pujelum. ^onne jemetpa&ptum monnmn. Anb

^^J>am )>e tJu onjitpt f be lip** on bij* bcbaman luftum. f he bitJ
anbcopttjrettum jwun^_fe pmle pillnap^ licjan on julum

2 rfohlm: •] bi nyU^jlijim^bjjan** on blutqium pa&tepum.^ ac
peab bi relbumnpohneTberpembe peop]>on. ^onne jjealThe eig
on pa rolu Tfbepealjnap J>»p on. Da pe f^ipbom*^ pip ppefl
^^Upent ha&pbe. ia onjan be pmjan -j )?up cpaa]?.

u Boet. lib. iv. prosa 8. — Sed cam ultra homines, &c. 4-
» Cott soob. * Cott. bio's. • Cott. p»peii. * Bod.|popcu|>e]um.
« Bod. "3. « Cott. Soobnep. ' ' Cott. }>on. « Cott. Senembe, » Cott.
Jjon. '0 Cott. soobe. " Cott. meaht. " >onne, deest in MS. Cott
" Cott nallep. " Bod. ippenbe. " Cott ma. » Cott. tvpjre.

" Cott meaht. !» Cott. \mm. « Cott >»m. » Cotf^^

" Cott. meaht, « Cott. pecsan. 23 c^tt. hig^. -* Cott' pymle
pilla'S. <« Cott. n»ppe nella'Stgr p^han, ^ Cott. pvtpnm.

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§ IT. BOETHIUS. 193

But when men forsake good, and become wicked, then are
they nothing but a resemblance ; so that one may see that
they formerly were men, but they have lost the best part of
humanity, and kept the worjat. They forsake the good of
their nature, that is buman manners, and have nevertheless
the likeness of man while they live,

§ ly. But as the goodness of men raises them above human
nature, so far that they are named ^ods ; so also their wicked-
Bess degrades them below human nature, so far. that they
are called evil, which we say is nothing. ^J?herefore if thou
Bhouldest meet a m an so debased that ha i^ n rned from good
fcevil . thou canst not ngbtiy name him man, but beast. I^
thenHEhou observest with respect to any man, that he is a
rapacious man, and a spoiler, thou shouldest not call him a
wan, but a wolf. And the fierce man who is a brawler, thou
Bhouldest call a hound, not a man. And the deceitful, crafty
«««, thou shouldest call a fox, not a man. And the immo-
derately proud and angry maUy who has g reat malice, thou
shalt call a lion, not a man. AncTthe^ulI man wFo is too
Blow, thou shouldest call an ass more than a man. And the
excessively timid man who is more fearful than he needs, thou
Gayest call a hare more than a man. And ta the incc^nstant
*^d the light, thou mayest say, that they are more like the
^d, or restless birds, than modest men. And to him whom
thou observest that he is lying in the lusts of his body, thou
^'jie%t say, that hp is most like to fat swinOy which always
Qjgirejo li e in f oul mire , and will noFwash themselves in
pare waters ; butlTthey sometimes, rarely .are vagAe to swim,
then cast they themselves again into the mire, and wallow
therein. When Wisdom had ended this speech, then began
he again to sing, and thus said :

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BOXTHXUS.

CHAP. XXXVIII»

CAPTIT xxxvni7

/ § itK ^C tSe^ TTiaB^ peccan op ealbiim leapun fpellmn jTim
fpife anlic rpeU f «pe fpjMBce ]>epic nu ymbe ppfieBCon. pit je-
b^ebej^io on Tpoiana ^epnme f Jwp pe&f an cyninj )>»f nain^
;^ Aulixef. fe hnphe tfa £ifiba nnbep ^am Karene . Da Siobft
^p»pon hafcene I]»aci^« "3 Recie. "^ ^bbj* Kapspef nama peef Aga-
memnon. Da fe Aulixer mib fam Kafepe to }iam'feepohre pop*
y <?a haB^ he pime hunbpeb rcipa. jk pfl&non'hi roB
' on |>Mifeepin ne. "ga pe c^nmg efc ham cepbe fpom ^

3 hi f mnb hs&pbon ^epunnen. 6a naajrbe ma ycip a ]7onne an. ^
IC p»fJ5eah ^pe pe]?pe . ^ S^P^^ ^^^^ ^®®^ f ebep ^ ]rop m y»j
//pea p }) ga ionbpipn on an^tlonb ut on' gcepe ren&el»r» . }i
pa&r )>»p ) Apohine;

cynmj,
pole html
/5n»nne o]
peop}K)bon
Eob.
pop

^(^^
;^/punoi

hcette

bohcop.

he pceolbe bion
pop])am]>e he p»]

fatj^l

'»r hiopa

hi nyptota

opa cjnin^aj* hi

_ beoneac

c^^ hi h»pb(m

on tSsene timan. but<
Eiobap. tJa pceolbe Jiobl
la psep Satupnup. ";] hip ppa ilce ei

hiopa an pe Apolhnup "Se pe egp j mb pppycon.

jbflh&op pceolbe__bipn_2jbene. fsRjie nama psef

pa&bon rceolbe bion ppib^T^ycpcgpCi^ . *] po

on 'Sam j ^lanbe 1>e re cr^int^ Q nlcopbpitS^ peia p| ) Se pe

»p ymbe ppp»con. pio ha&pbe "Sflftp

micle 'pepob€jhipe

't5ejna. "j eac oJ>eppa ms&bena. Sona ppa hio xepeah ^one'fe gji-'

bnipenan cvnmpc ye pe esp ^bppp»con. J>»p'nama fG&p Aulixi^.

^J' ^a on^^ hio hme lupan. "j hiopa sej^ep o{»epne ppijie imje-

. methce. ppa f te he -pop hipe lupan poplfe hip ptce eall. 3 hip

T ^^^^^» 1 pimobe mib hipe o|? "SonetnnrJE f hip ^>CTiap him ne

r • mihton lenj mib jepunian. ac pop hion&^oapbep lupan ^ pp

J.J Sa&ne ppace tihobon hme jco popls&tannMDa on^monleape

Jo men pypcan ppell. T ra&bon 3 hio jceolg^«b hipej bpyqia gpt.

M l>a_Hifii CTopbpeba n. 6 peoppan Li an pilfclBE5paTfc7^|p?^8m

dean on |?a paccentan t ontco rpar.^Suiiy^hi p^bon^-p hio

^♦^rceolbe'V poprcedpp an tot leAn. ^ fenne pe6 pceolbe pppecan.

Jyonney jjgibe. too^ /Sume pceolban bionf^i^iar; ^ tJonne hi

J^pceolbaiT niopa pap popan. ]>onne gpygHroan hi. Ssssfe

J^pupbon to pulpan. Sa Suton. tSonne __ ^^.^

▼ Boet lib. iv. metrnm 8.— Vela Neritii du^, &c.

I Bod et Cpt^a. « Bod. et Cott uton^ » Bod. et

iptecan pceolbon.

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CHAPTEE XXXVIII.

§ I. I CAN relate to thee, from ancient fables, a story very
like to the subject which we have just now spoken about. It
happened formerly in the Trojan ^ar, that there was a king
whose name was ITlysses, who had two countries under the
Cffisar. The^qountries were called Ithaca and Eetia, and the
Caesar's namie was Agamemnon. When Ulysses went with
the CsBsar to the battle, he had some hundred shipsi. Then
were they aome ten years in that war. When the kin^ again
returned homeward from the Caesar, and they had conquered
fcbe land, he had not more ships than one ; but that was a
*Mp with three rows of oars. Then opposed him a great

I

tempest and a stormy sea. He was then driven on an island
|at in the Wendel sea. Then was there the daughter of
i.poUo, the son of. Jove. Jovoswas their king, and pretended
that he should be the highest god, and that foolish people
believed him because he wasof ^")^1 IJTipagfpi and they knew
not any other God at that timu, UUl\liOfHmprped their kings
fop gods. Then should the &ther of Jove be also a god j whose
iianie was Saturn ; und likewise aH his kindred they held for
gods. Then was ohQ of them the Apollo whom we before
mentioned.— -Apollo's daughter should be a goddess, whose
iiame was C[irce. She, they said, should be very skilful in
sorcery; ana siie dwelt in the island on which the king was
feven, about whom we before spoke. She had then a very
great company of her servants, and also of other maidens.
Ab soon as she saw the king driven iMtheVy Whom we before
nientioned, whose name was Ulysses, then began she to love
jim, and each of them the other, beyond measure ; so that he
for love of her neglected all his kingdom^and his family. an3
welt with her until the time that his thanes would no longer
J^naain with him ; but for love of their country, and on ac-
<^unt of exile, determined to leave him. Then began fake
^n to work spells. And they said that she should by her
Borcery overthrow the men, and cast them into the bodies of
]^d beasts, and afterwards . throw the

*ju<l boars, and when they fthk,cx« «.^^**u «*.w.x -.«w*w«««
taen they grunted. Some became wolves. These howled

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/ 8ume minbon to bam Ibeopc^nne Ve mon hac cigiir. 8pa peopti
call re gepepfcipeTfephp eppeb to mip:licum j |^eopcynniim. »lc
to fumum bioji^.* Duton ])am cyninje anum. iElcne mete hi
onfcunebon fe men etaf. "^ pilnobon t$apa "pe beop etaf.

^Neepbon hi nane anbcnen*e manna ne on licboman ne on
jremme. j aelc piJTte tSeah hip jepit ppa fpa he a&n jpipre, f je-
pit par vyipe popgien be pop fam epm]7um t5e hi gpoxan . Ppaet
)?a menn%e pyfum leapinjum jelep bon. ^eah ji rrt»» J «t hio
mib ]>am bp^cps&fte ne mihte tSapa manna GDobon penban.

10 )?eah hio t$a bchoman onpenbe. Gala f hit ir micel cpaept tSa&r
GOober pop tSone hchoman. Be rpilcum ] be f p ilcum pu mihc
on^itan f ye cpa&pt faer hchoman hif on J>am OOobe. "3 ^ ce
selcum men ma bepiaf hir GDober un)?eapar. g»r ODoberttiol>
ealhie ))on6 | ic )ioman to him. -] fa&r hchoman mettpumner ne
IS imdxf OOob eallimxa to him t)^eti(^n : •

§ 11.^ Da cpa&f ic. Ic eom'be}?aj:a 'p 'p ir rol?. f ]>u »p

ra&bert. f pa&r $ hit nauht uiJfuht pa&pe p»t mon tSa yjrel-

/^ pillenban men hete netenu. o^"Se pilbeoji.^ t$eah hi manner on^

'ilicnerre haebben. Ac jip ic haepbe rpilcne anpealb.^ lEjJce pe

i^selmihteja Irob h»p]7. tSonne ne lete lo no ^a ypelan bepian
^am® jobum* rj pa ITil>e rpa hi nu boJ>. Da cp»f he. Nir hit him
no ija lonje alepeb jya. fet^jiicf . sicjii miht onjitan f hmi

Jj^^biVjv^ hnaBbhceT xertyTieb^ hiona^ofJj^nXPeiTe^ Xys. ic fena

pihte j-ec^an pille. geah ic yetTfemtan^ nasbbe pop o)>eppe*
^/rPP*ce. t$8ep hi t5one unnyttan anpealb^ nsepben pe hi pena^ f
hi habba]).^ "Sonne naepbon hi pp^ micel pite jps. hi habban
rculon. Da ypelan hip micle^^ unjepaehjpan ])onne. tSonne^^ hi
maxani l?uphtion^' }?a6t y^ el f hi Itpg;, }>onne hi fonne bion.
J>onne m hit bon ne maton. t$eah^ip^"b^ije men ne jelepan.^*
3d pit ip rpife ypel f mon" ypel pille. ^ hit^® ip ]>eah micle pyppe
f hit mon ma&j bon.^^ popf »m^® pe ypeW® pilla bif toptencei.

^ Boet. lib. iv. prosa 4. — Turn ego, Fateor, inquam, &c.

1 Cott. pilbiop. « Cott. anpalb. « Cott. >»m. * Cott. soobnm.
« Cott. serciopeb. « Cott. »mefccan. ' Cott. o«pe. » Cott. un-
nectan anpalb. » Cott. hsBbben. »« Cott. bio« rymle. " Bod. >oiie.
» Cott. maKonr i>mim Qn. " Cott. hip " Cott. sdejren. " Cott.
men % « Bod. he. " bon, deest in MS. Cott. , »» Cott ppj**!!!
pop>8Bm. "Cottypla. «« Cott >»p pec. " CottJ hupjqnon. »*ne,
deest in MS. Bod. ^^ Cott yplan. »• Cott unpSSpei: «» Cott

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when thej sliould speak. Some became that kind of wild
beast that man calls tiger. Thus was all th% company turned
to wild beasts of various kinds ; each to some beast, except
the king alone. Every meat they refused which men eat,
and were desirous of those which beasts eat. They had no .
resemblaiftee of men either in body or in voice, yet every one
knew his mind, as he before knew it. That mind was very
sorro^ul through the miseries which they suffered. Indeed,
the men who believed these fictions, nevertheless knew that
she by sorcery could not change the minds of men, though
she changed the bodies. How great an excellence is that of
the mind in comparison of the body ! By these thinas, and
the like thou mayest learn, that the excellence of the body is
in the mind ; and that to every man the vices of his mind are
more hurtful. Those of the mind draw all the body to them,
and the infirmity of the bodyi cannot entirely draw the mind
to it. »

§ II. Then said I: I am convinced that that is true which
tbou before saidst, that is, that it would not be unfit that we
should call evil-willing men cattle, or wild beasts, though they
have the resemblance of man. But if I had such power as
the Almighty God has, then would I not let the wicked injure
the good so much as they now do. Then said he : It is not
permitted to them so long as thou supposest. But thou
mayest be assured that their prosperity will very soon be^e-
moved, as I will shortly inform thee, tbougb 1 have not leisure
now on account of other discourse. If they had not the vain
power, which they think they have, then would they not have
so great punishment as they shall have. The wicked are much
more unhappy when they are able to accomplish the evil which
they list, than they are when they are unable to do it ; though
these foolish men do not believe it. It is very wicked that
any man wills evil, and it is still much worse that he is able
to do it, for the evil will is dispersed like incense before the
fire, if man is not able to accomplish the work. But the
wicked have sometimes three misfortunes : one is, that they
win evil; the second, that they are able to do it; the third,

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/ pop]yaiD]>e^ Irob li»f]> ^etiohhob co felLenne^ pitu ^ epin]>a

l^am ypelum^ monnum pop hiopa y]dum peopcum. Da cp»J> ic.

.9 Spa hit If fpa t$u regt:. -j peah ic polbe ytfSX^^- S*F ^c mihte *

?l hi ns&pboii ]>a heapbfaol^a '^ hi mihtoaypel bon. Da cpse]> he.
c pene )>6ah -p him lop^e pe anpealb* »p ]H)nne ^u polbeft.®
otS^e hi penen. jxgjipt&m naa puht ny lanjt^ f a&pcf o n )>if anb-
peapban hf e. ]?eah monnum ]>ynce -^ hit lan^ pe. Ac ]*pi]>e ojt
le micla anpealfo^ Sapa ypel^aa tehnipL rpiHe ^»phce. j^a fpa
?,Jllg5^ hftam 911 PY^*^ Wl^cy hl&ne &xifc.J $onne men la&jt
/^peM^J). 3 popjiam^^ egp m biof^^ pmie ppife eapme. Ijip hi
tSonne hiopa ypel eapme jebetJ. ha ne bil> ]?onne nml e^ Jhin^e

Deah nu ))a yflan"n8&j^e ne pup-

cpe]7an ^ hi paepon^* eagaM32S:^*

_ ^ ^ f^^ jint. ^e pe lange** aep ymbe

fijiehtonP f 8a ypelan*^ hep on populbe^^ habban j-ceolban.**

]»onne if f«t fpeotoL -^ J^afeapmfa beof^^lenbeleafe fe ece^

biof . Da cpaef ic. Da&t if punboplic f t5u fejfC.^^ -3 fpij>e eap-

fo]7lic b^e^m mommm to on^itarnie. Ac ic on^it;e pedh f

hit behmp> xenox pel to l?a&ne pna&ce, l?e yit aep ymbe fppaecon.

i()Da cp»]> he. Ic ne fppece nu no to byfejum monnum. ac

fppece to fam fe filUmaip^^ f^ipbom.onjitan. pp))a&m f bjj,

tacn pifbomer . f hine mon pihiije^^ jehepan'-^ •] on^itan. AF

jifbyjTjpa^pone tp^e^^ a&mjef :tSapa fpdla. t$e pe a&p ymbe^®

fpps&con on ]7]ffe ilcan bee. tSonne ^pecce he. pp he m»;^.

^i^ofep tpeja ot$6e papa fpella j*um leaf o^Se un^ehc tSaope fppaeee

26fe pit a&ft^ fpypiaf. o^Se fpibbe^jenb ongite "3 jelepe f j^

onjiih^4;gigi^.®^ jif he fapa nan ne beji.'^^ tSonne nat^

Epi^^he menj> : • ^*

§ III.* Ac ic^e m»s S^i^* tsscan o|)ep 8in^ 'pe b^yfejum
Ji; monnum pile gincan xet^^ u ngetepCTiblicpe.' ^ H if tJeah ^eno;

^ Boet. lib. ir. prosa 4. — Nam hoc quoque quod dicam, &c.

' Cott ):opl>»in)>e. ^ Cott. f eUanne. ' Cott. yjrlum. * Cott meaht.
» Cott. anpalb. « Cott polbe. ^ Cott. long. • Cott. anpalb. » Oott.
puba. '0 Cott. Fop>iBffl. " Cott. beotJ. " Cott pupben. " ic,
deest in MS. Cott " Cott. p»pen. " Cott. eapmoftse -3 iinscywl-
SDfte. i« Cott ealla. " Cott fojja. >8 Qq^^^ 10^15^, ij> Cott
peahton. «» Cott yjrlan. ^^ Cott. peapulbe. «« Cott j-ceolben.

«« Cott. ypmj>a biotJ. ^ Cott eac. «* Cott. r»Srt. « Cott pel
pilma'5. 2' Cott pelnige. «« Bod. gepan. « Cott. tpeoge. * Cott
ymb. " Cott. fpyP^S^^- ^ ^^^^' ^^y^- ^ Cott. nan J>apa hp»t.
' ]^ Cott. msfrn-S. "^^ Cott giec. ^ Cott siefc. «' Cott ungele-

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that they accomplish it. For God has decreed to give punish-
jnents and miseries to Tracked men for their wicked works;.
Then said I : So it is as thou say est; and yet I would wish,
if I mighty that they had not the unhappiness of being able
to do evil. Then said he : I thinkj however, that that power
will be lost to them sooner than either thou or they would
expect. For nothing is of long duratio n in this present life,
though it seem to men that it be long» But very frequently
the great power of the wicked falls very suddenly, even as a
great tree in a wood p^es a 1qu<^ crash when men least
expect ; and through lei they are always very miserable.
But if their wickedness makes them miserable, is not then
the long evil always worse than the short? Though the
wicked never died, I should still say that they were most
miserable. If the miseries are all true^ which we long ago
discoursed about, that the wicked should have in this world,
then is. it evident that those miseries are infinite which are
etemaL Then.aaid:!: That is wonderful which thou say est,
and very dificult to be understood by foolish men. But I
nevertheless perceive, that it appertains well enough to the
discourse which we were before holding. Then said he: I
am not now speaking to foolish, men, but- am speaking to
those who desire to understttud wisdom ; for i t is a token of
wisdom that any one is willing to heac and understand it.
But if any of the foolish doubt any of the reasonings which
we have already uttered in this same book, let him show, if
he can, some one of the arguments which is either false, or
inapplicable to the subject i^out which we are inquiring ; or
thirdly, let him turn, understand, and- believe that we argue
rightly. If he will do none of these things, then he knows
not what he means.

§ III. But I can still teaeh. thee another tiling, which* to
foolish men- will seem yet more incredible, and is nevertheless
suitable enough to the argument which, we are holding. Then

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pite' poji hjpa* Jrpelum.^ tJdhne fa pen pe nane ppa&ce nabba]^.

i ne nan pite on pijje populbe poji hiojia Jrple. Ne pene tSeah nan

mon ^ ic poji ])8&m anum "S^Uic fppece. t$e ic polbe un]>eapa]*

^ t»lan. -3 jobe hejiian. ^ niib tJsepe bijue® men tSpeacian ]

r tihcan^ to ^obum t$ea]nmi. popfam' eje fJaef pitef, ac pop

6]>pum pinpim^ ic hit pppece^*^ let rP*)>op. Da cp8Bj> ic. Fop

10 bpilcum" oppum tJinjum polbept" tJu "p pppecan.^' buton pop-

])am^* tJe J>u nu paBbept. Da cpaep be. Eemunpt** t5u ^ pit sep

pppa&con. ^ peep ^ l>a joban*^ baepben*' pymle anpealb^® ^ je-

p»lpa. •] pa ypelan^® naepben naeppe naubep. Da cpaBp ic. Daet

. ic ^eman. Da cpaef be. Pp»t penpt Du nu. ^ip pu jepibpt

//bpylcne ppife iinjepa&b^ne mon, ^ onjitpt tSeab hp»t bpeju**

// jobep*^ on bim. bp8e]>ep be pe ppa un^epa&bj.ppa pe pe nan puht

jobep** n»p]y. Da cp8ej> ic. 8e me^jjjiicp ^ep»li^a. Ce hpaet

bpeju** bsep]>. Da q^a&f be. Ac bu1>yncj>t$e ]K)nne be }>am** fe

^ nan pubt jobep** naepf . xip be baBpl?'* nimne eacan ypele p . pe pu

2^ pilt pecjan ]>onne jet" pe unj^epaBbj^pa^onne pe o)>ep7 jop )«r

yp^lep*® eacan. Da cpae^ ic. Ppi ne pc^olbe me ppa tJincan.**

Da cpaBf be. Telo ]yonne -f ^e ppa J>incJ>.'*^ ontit t$onne mib

innepeapban^^ flOobe -p faypelan^* baobajy pmle** bp»t bpepi**

gobep on jemonj biopa ypel. -p ip biopa pice ^ mon maej ppit$e

jl,J>ea^e jepeccan mib pibte bim to jobe.f * Ac Ja ]>e bim bip un-

pitnobe call biopa J^pel'on tJippe populbe. babbal) pum ype l

^ bep3pe j ^ecenblicpe ]?onn e .a&nix pite pe o n pyf^ pop"^^-

^i^'p ip f bun bij) uQjepitnobe'^yniopa J^rel on pippe populbe.^ f

fO ij f ppeotolopte tacn®* J^aejjmaejran Jpelep on fippe populbe.

* Colt, yplan. < Cott pe^nlbe. ' Colt. pita. * Ck>tt. hiopa.
» yjrelum, deest in MS. Cott. / « Cott. bypne. ' Cott. j^eatisan T

tyhtan. » Cott. pop>aem. A Cott. hncsum. " Cott. pppasc. " Cott.
hpylcum. " Cott. polbef . " Cott pp]i»can. >« Cott. pop>»m.
" Cott. semanpt. "Cott Sooban. " Cott haepbon. »• Cott

anpalb. " Cott yjrlanr « Cott hpugu. 21 Cott Soobep. ««Cott
Soobep. 2« Cott. hpuj^u. " Cott >8Bin. " Cott. Soobep. =« Bod.
n»p«. *7 Cott pec/ «Cottjplep. «» Cott >yncan. •'Da
cps&tS he. Telo honn^^ t ]>e ppa |>mG^, desunt in MS. Cott *^ Cott m-
nepeapbpe. »* Cott yplan. » Cott pymle. ^ Cott hpn^ » Cott.
Soobe. * Bodrfam. ^7 Cott unptnob. »» Cott. peopulbe. * Cott

ne]

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tacen. ** Cott peopulbe^

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said I : What thing is that ? Then said he': It is this, that
those, wicked persons are much happier who in this world
baye great misery, and manifold punishment for their evil,
than those are who have no suffering nor punishment in this
world for their guilt. Let no one, however, think that I
speak thus merely because I would reprove vices, and praise
virtue, and by the example urge and persuade men to good
conduct through fear or punishment : but I speak it still
more for other reasons. Then said I : For what other reasons
wouldest thou speak it, except what thou hast just mentioned P
Then said he : Dost thou recollect what we before said, that
is, that the good always had power and happiness, and the
wicked never had either ? Tnen said I : That I remember.
Then said he : But what thinkest thou, if thou seest any man
very unhappy, and yet perceivest something of good in him ;
is he as unhappy as the man who has no good m him ? Then
said I: He appears to me happier, who has something of
good. Then said he : But what then dost thou think con-
cerning him who has no good, if he has some addition oL^
Svijj* He, thou wilt say, is still more unhappy than the
other, through the addition of evil> Then said I : Why should
not I think bo ? Then said he : Consider that it so appears
to thee, and understand with inward mind that the wicked
have always something of good among their evil, that is their
punishment, which we may very easily, and justly reckon to
them as good. IBut those whose evil is all unpunished in this
world, have an evil heavier and more dangerous than any
punishment in this world is ; that is, that their evil is un-
punished in this world, which is the most evident token of
the greatest evil in this world, and of the worst recompense

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jSOi BOBTHnrSk chap, xxxthl

/ "D f^r P^JtJan^ ebleanef sftptejit^iffepofiQlbe. Da qwt$ ic. Ne*
m»; ic id&Y o}>facan. Da q^he. FopJ^em pnt un^efa&li^giao
pa ^yjelan. p op)>»m him hip buton ^p^phtaim foppfen luopa
yfel 'Sonne ))a pen fe him bi)» hiopa ypel r^deanob be
5heopa' jep^hcum. fopl>»m hic if piht^j^ lmon ypdbg
jaj pelan .* -^ hit; ly yoh^ j ET mon laece unptnobe. Bs
cpaejj ic. Ppa b)>f»c]> J)8Bf . Da cystp he. Ne-ma&^'nan man
0}>facan f hit ne pe eall job^ f ce piht bip.' ^ eaU ypel $ ce
poh bi]>. Da cp»]) ic. Ic eom fpipe ^ebpepeb mib 6i]ye fpp»ce.
/() ^ punbpi^e^ pophpi^ fpa pihcpif bema sani^ unpihte ^pe pile
popppm. Da cpadp he» Be hpam^** cpeft ]ni "p^ Da cp«p ic.
Foppam])e^^ tSu SDp q^a^be ^ he i^uhc b^e. f he lete unpyu-
nob^^ J?a ypdan. Da cp»J> he. D»t ip hip peopj^pcipe. -^ he fpt
jipoP* ip. ^ ppa pmnebhce jijiS. ^ ip micel Jipu^ "g he'^efe

// o^t$»t; tSa ypelan** on^tJS]> hypa^^ ypd j-jecyppiSj)^^ tx> jobe."
Da cpaef ic» Nu ic onjice- f hit nip ece jipu f he jij^ Jiam"
]^am. ac i£ hp»t hpetu^ yelbunz^^ t anbib]^»f hehr ^n y^naa.
Fbpfam** anbibe '^ pppim^' •^epylbe me J?mc|? ^ he pie }%

*9 rP^J'op poppepen* -3 peah me hcaf ^if ppell 5enp2;^jill. -^ pyncp

10 me jeno J jehc^* pa&m pe^' a&p paabept : .

§ IV.y Ac ic ^e halpje^* ^et^® -p- iu me p^^je^^ hp»))ep ?Ju
pene ^ pa ypelan*^ habban aenij pite vptep ^ppe* populfae.**
otJSe pa joban*® »nij eblean heopa^^ jobep.** Da tf»y he. pa
ne paabe ic Ce sep -jj pa jobsm*^ habbi^ eblean hiopa^ S©^"

2J as^pep Te hep; ^pe on ecneppe. ■] tJa ypelan** eac habbap eblean
heopa^' ypelep*^® »S?^P S^' ^®P* S* ^ <^^^ ecneppe* Ac ic pdle
baalan ^aypelan^ t$am ypelum^* nu on tpa»*^ poppampe** (^
baal papa ypdwia** h»p9 ece pice, poppam hi nanne milbheopt-

2^ neppe ne xefl«pnoboni opep b aal pceal b eonfeed aBnpob.** anb H

7 Boet. lib. iv. prosa 4. — Sed, qusBso, inquam, te, &c.

» Cott pypfiepcan. « Ne, deest in MS. Bod. « Cott. hiopa. * Cott.
yphSe l>a yjrlan. » Cott peg. • Cott. Soob. ^ bi*, deest in MS. Cott.
* Cott punbpie. ^ Cott pophpy. »" Cott bp»m. " cpept; Jju f.
Da cp©* ic poppam, desunt in MS, Cott " Cott unptnob. " Cott
gipul. " Cott. sipo. " Cott yplan. " Cott hiopa. " Cott
Seciefina'5. " Cott soobe. » Cott >8Bm. ^ Cott hplc hpoS^J-
2> CottJsl&caaS- ^ Cott. poppwm. M Cott poppaan. « Cott

Sesonsehc «» Cott healpise. «• Cott giet. « Cott pecge. »Cott
yplan. » Cott. peopnlbe. »® goban, deest in MS. Cott « Cott
hiopa. « Cott. soobep, » Cott gooban. »* Cott heopa. » Cott
Soobep. » Cott yjrlan. ^ Cott hiopa. " Cott yjrlep. * Cott
yplan. <• |>am ypelum, desunt in MS. Cott *' Cott tpua. ** Cott
Top>iem pe, *• Cott yplena. ** Cottlgeclcpnob.

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after this world. Then said I : I cannot deny this. Then
said be: Therefore the wicked are more nnhappy, because
their wickedness is undeserredly forgiven them, than they
are if their wickedness is recompensed according to their
deserts. Therefore it is right that evil should be inflicted on
the wicked, and it is wrong that they should be suffered to
go unpnniahed. Then said I : Who denies this P Then said
he: No man can deny that everything is good which is right,
and everything evil which is wrong. Then said I: I am
very much troubled with this discourse, and wonder why so
righteous a judge should bestow any unjust gift. Then said
he : Wherefore sayest thou that ? Then said I : Because
thou before saidst that he did wrong, inasmuch as he left the
iricked unpunished. Then said he : That is his glory, that he
is 80 bountiful, and bestows so abundantly. It is a great gift
that he waits till the wicked are sensible of their evil and turn
to good. Then said I : Now I understand that it is not an
ctenial gift which he gives to the wicked, but is rather the
delay and waiting of the highest judge. On account of Im
waiting and forbearance, methinks he is the more despised ;
and yet this- argument pleases me well enough, and seems to
Hie like enough to what thou before saidst.

§ lY. But I beseech thee, now, that thou wouldest tell me
whether thou- thinkesh that the wicked have any punishment
after this'woi^d ; or the good any reward for their goodness P
Then said he: Did. I not say to thee before, that the good
have reeorapense for their goodness both here and for ever;
Slid the wicked also have recompense for their evil, both here,
aiid also for ever ? But I will now divide the wicked from the
wicked in two parts. For one part of the wicked shall have
eternal punishment, because they have deserved no mercy ;
^ the other part shall be deanaed and proved in the

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y ameneb on Jam^^beop onbcon^jrjjie. n» ^^P b»f rylFop-^ F^P-
'f am^Tie ha&fj? pime ^eeapnunja'fUiiiepe milblieoptneffe. fop-
)>am^ he mot cuman aefcep )mm^ eapj:o])um to ecjie ape. Irit
ic "pe mihte peccan mape.^ seSt'^P S^ ^^ J'am^ jobum.^ ^e be

Jlwum* yjdum. jip^® ic nu semtan^^ hsepbe. Ac ic onbpa&be f
ic poplete^* f pit «p »p[;ep appjiiebon.*^ ^ paf -f jnt polbon
jepeccan f in onjeace ^ ]>a tflan naepbon^^ naenne anpealb.^^
ne n»nne peop)>fcipe. ne on hifye populbe.^^ ne on ]y8&pe to-
peapban. fop)>»m fe ]»uhte «p -p jeallna jSigg a pvpnert -p }ni

/^penbejr^' f hi h»pbon*® to micelne. "^ -p ealne pex p^gobert^
f hi egjgejjfijj* na&pon on pite. "^ ic fe f »be ealne^ peg -f hi
n»ppe ne bio]y buton pite. ]>eah 5e fpa ne tSmce. Ac ic pat
tJeaii f |ni pilt fiopan f hi fpalanjne** fyPI^ habbaj> leap** ypel
to bonne. ^ ic fe f»be ealne pe^; "^ pepyppt bi)) ppi)>e lytle hpile.

/^anb ic tJe pecje jet.** ppa ppa he lenjpa bif. ppa hi bioJ> unje-

'. r»L2;pan. f him paepe ealpa msept mipagl} ? y^ f je pyppt pajie
op bomep b»;. Anb ic ^e psebe eac '^ t& p»pon unjepseli^pan
0e him unpihthce hiopa vtel lpopbonen p«ne. )K>nne ^a p«peB
J>e him*' hiopa*® ypel pjhtlice on^eppecen p»pe. tet** hit je-
2^ bypef -p tJe ^incp f fa oppop^an bip^^ jep»li2pian*i^ Conne** fa
^epitnoban : •

§ Y.' Da cp»]> ic. Ne i$inc]> me n»ppe nanpuht ppa po]^hc

^'.^ppa me pmcp tim'' ppell pa&m timum° * pe ic fa ^ehepe. Ac Jip

ic me penbe to "Sipep polcep borne, f onne mp hit no "^ an f b

^^nyllaf fippe iSinpe pace ^elepan. ac hi hit nellaf '^ pupfum ;;e-

hipan.^^ Da cp»f he. Nip f nan punbop. Pp»t^u papt f fa

men fe habbaf unhale ea^an. ne maxo OTaLeafe locian onxean

fa punnan iSonne hio beophtopt^^' ^rcmp rhe pupWrn on p5pc«**

jg^^ne on nan puht beophtep® hi ne lypt locian. ;^ip re »ppel to

' Boet lib. iv. prosa 4. — Turn ego, Cum tuas, inquam, &c.

» Cott >»m. « Cott peoljrop. » Cott pop>8&m. * Cott. pop-

>»m. » Cott. J»»m. • Cott. meahte mape peccan. ^ Cott. >8Bm.
> Cott. soobum. 9 Cott. haem. *^ Cott >»p. " Cott. »mertan.
»* Cott poplnte. " Cott. fpypebon. " Cott naepben. " Cott

anpalb. »« Cott peopulbe. " Cott penbep. " Cott haejrben.

" CottTeallnes. • «> Cott. pioFober. " CottteallpeS. " Cott
eallne. "Cott lonsne. « Cott leape. «* Cott giet. «• % deest
in MS. Cott « ],e him, desunt in MS. Cott. «« Cott heopa. «• Cott
Sit. >• Cott bio«. « Bod. et Cott unsersehspan. w Cott Jwnne
Fonne. " Cott hnca^ >ine. »* Cott tibnm. »» Cott nyllaU.
* Cott. sehepan. ^ Cott. beoptopt. » Cott opyp. * Cott

beopcep.

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§ T. BOETHIUS. 205

heavenly fire, as silver here is, because it has some deserving
of some mercj, wherefore it maj come after these troubles
to everlasting honour. Still I could instruct thee more both
concerning the good and concerning the evil, if I now had
leisure. But I fear that I should neglect what we were be-
fore seeking after, that is, that we would argue so that thou
mightest perceive that the wicked have no power, nor any
honour, either in this world or in that to come. For for-
merly this appeared to thee the worst of all things, that thou
thoughtest they had too much ; and thou always didst lamen t
that they were not alwayls punished : and I always aaid to
thee, that they never are without punishment, though it ap-

Cnot so to thee. But I know, however, that wiou wilt
tnt that they have so long time permission to do evil ;
and I have always said to thee, that the time is a very little
vhile ; and I how say to thee, that the longer it is, the more
unhappy they are, and it would be to them the greatest un-
happiness of all, that the time continued till doomsday. And
I said to thee also, that they would be more unhappy if their
evil were unjustly passed over, than they would be if their
evil were justly punished. Yet it so happens that thou
thinkest those who have impunity are happier than those
who are punished.

§ V. Then said I : Nothing ever appears to me so true as
% argunjents appear to me, at the times when I hear them.
But if I turn myself to the judgment of this people, they not
only are unwilling to believe this thy doctrine, but they will
^ot even hear it. Then said he : That is no wonder. Thou
kuQffi^t that the men who have unsound eyes cannot very
,^5ilFlook at the sun when she shines brightest, nor indeed ^ .
tlo theyTSKbose to look on fire, or on anything bright, •tiMWgb VL
^he apple of the eye be k£L In like manner the sinful minds ^

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/hip. fpa€io]A y& fynnpnllan QQofel ablcnfe mife hiopa^ ypelan'
piUan. ^ hi ne ma^on ^ojion ^ bobt^ ]>8&pe beophtan Yopfsefc-
nejxe. "p if r® hehpca pif bom. Ac him htp fpa psem pi^lum. -]
]»»m biop«iEL )»e ma^on^ bet loctan on mht; tSonne on ba&^.j]e

J '&aflJBllBpg T^iOTTpa}? hmpa ca^ an. ^ t$8Bpe nihtw {lOjSjift hi
onJUlif a^. J? op}?y i>enal)^a %bleaban CDob. ^ -p pe po mKjre^e-

y faelf jJ men reo aJepeb_^ el to bonne, n po b»b him more bicm

/ unpi^ob. fop]>»m hi ne* lyjr fpipian 8&|t:ep olcpe fpp»ce fpa
lange 0*5 he f pyht jnton. ac penba]> on hiopa unpihtan'^ pillan

/0 1 rpyP^S^}' mpcejn J^aem. Dy ic nat hu nyta^ ]m me rnhft &o
]»8nn bype^om monnrni^. "Se ii»ppe a&)t»p me ne rp]^ia]>. Ic

/i.ne'rapece nieppe to faem^ Ac . ic TTppecc to 'Sq. pop}?»m IST

/J teonhaft f ^ rPjP»S® »pep nae, -^ rp i}>op rP P^ <^ Y'^
]^g^)fi.^DiUieJii bon. Nepecce ic hp»t m beman. Icls&tenn

//to ^mnm borne ma ]7onne tohiopa. fop]>am hi eaUe loGia]> mib
^2am^ eajom on y&y eop)»hcan "Sinj. ";] hi him licia)> eaUun^a.
a&^]iep je on ))»f OOobef eapimt te on fmy hchoman. Ac ^
"^j, >^ana hpilum ybercvlrt, mib ^^e eagan on |>a heopenlican pm^
^^^;>S5b]&)> pe^^Jiuloca ] r nu '^et on ])af eop]?hcan . pop]>8&m penaf

j^/) fa b]yTjatf3i bbIc inon pe blmb fpa hi pnt. "^ ^^nan Tnon ne
ma&;ge' fe^^\^ hi ^epon ne magq^L/^ Dast b^ij if anhecop: fe
pim i^ilpm ^uiN ial n g illfag&pe xebopen. -| p7a folhce tSionbe^
>n eallumtfi^f^"^1 cpa&FEtnBTpa hpile pe hit on cmhthabe

/ // biol>/* T irarofiy^jla^e j>onnelao'go)>4iab. o]> fe he pyp]> »lcef

^J ^cp8eit :e £ mefcrne'.' T \onne lyrae a&n hir PM bpeph]^ {ggj^?"
b»m^^ "^^i Sy^ hhnb. ^ «^ fSBf ODobep eaj^feopfan fpa ab- *
lenbe f he^^ nanpttht ne^emime fmy 'Oene esj^ie »p jefcah
o^tJe ^ehqibe. "3 pene feah '^ he pe sslcef tJinjef j^a mebeme
j^a he ajpemebemap:^^ p»pe\5 penf f 8Bloam men pe n» IT*^

^0 him f I. ^ selcum men^ Kncpl ^ rpa n« him pmdt, Jieah }>e" he^
"Sonne jrpa "Syp^ pe "p he p»f pena, hpa^fep^lSonne pillon*'
ealle penan iaf pe he penf. ic peM, f eah f pe njilen.*^ Ac'

J3 polbe pitan hu pe pviht^ be J>am^^ moimum Se pit^sep cpsebon

» Cott. betfS. 2 Cott heopa. » Cott. yplan. ♦^tt leoht. » Bod.
J>a mag. « Bod. et Cott hine. ^ Cott. unnew:aii.\^* Cott nyt.

9 Cott baem. i« mib o^pe, desunt in MS. Cott i»tJott ,

« Cott bi«. " peop>e, deest in MS. Bod. " Bod. bam.
hie. *• Cott mebomifc. " pe pm p>a him p. •) »lcum men, desunt
in MS. Cott " Cott. hnce. " >eah ]>e, desunt in MS. Cott *• Cott
pillen. «» Bod. nylla«. ^ Cott >»nL I

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% V. BOETHIUB. \ 207

are blinded by tbeir evil Will, fiothat they are not awe to be-
hold the light of bright truth, which ie the highest wisdom.
But it is with them, as with the birds and the beasts which
can see better by night than by day. The day blinds and
darkens their gyeg ^ and the darkness of the night enlightens
them. Therefore th e blinded midfts think that this is the
greatest happini^s, that a man shonid be permitted to do evil,
and his deed should be unpunished. For they are not desirous
to inquire after every instruction, jmd^ they know what is
right, but turn to their evil 'will, and /seek after it. There-
fore I know not to what purpose thou teachest me to the
foolish men who never id^uire after me. I never speaH to
them; but I speak to the^, because thou art inclined to seek
after me, and labourest more in the pursuit than they do. I
care not what they judge. I approve thy judgment more
than theirs, for they all look with both eyes, as well with the
eyes of the mind as with tho^e of the body, on these earthly
things, which excessiveljj^ygjight them. But tiiou alone
sometimes lookest with om eye on the heavenly thmgs, cmd
^th the ottier thou loosest as yet on these earthly things,
^Porlihe foolish think that every man is m blind as they^
*od t hat*iiQ man is able to_6 ee what they cannot "

Such lolly is most like to tJm : that a child should hfi I

SSSS^andfull healthy, and so flourishing in all excellence s

Si^ TOEues . during "nohildhood and afterwards throughout .
J^thj^that he becomes capable of every art ; and then a little
^forehis 'middle-age, -^e: should become blind in bo thjejigg^
^ d also the eyes of the mind should become so bimd iBd, that
°^^ remembers nothing which he ever netore liaw or heard :
Atid nevertheless he should think that he is as capable of
everything as he ever was wJien most capable : and should
think that it is with every man as it is with him ; and that it
seems to every man as it seems to him. But though he were
BO foolish as to think so, should we alHhink as he thinks ?
I think, however, that we should not. But / wish to know
^hat thou thinkest concerning the men of whom we before

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/ f unc ]>uhce f p»pon^ jnlbiojium jebqian tSonne monnum. Iiu
* micelne j^ifbom ya, b»fbon.^ me ]yinc]' tSeah f hi naebbs&n'
na&nne:. -«wiife .fiiJ/e.t«Ee^

§ VI.» I ff «e*pQlhe ^ft:*yp efin&n .pma mKn fr-fiaflft.g Ac JC
JfyB!cf]fif pole bif n)rle* ;rAli>p>^n 7 jiT i|- i|^ t"^^ j;Ap»lA|rpftT> jie
^ mon pj mp}?.^ gonne l^at^j^^ffl l>e V^^iBUtt' Dapmbpobe ic Jwef
3 cp»))7 Ic polbe f j)u me jepeajite^m?" bic fpa bion mibce."
Da cfBdp be. Pp»)»ep ]»u onjitfe f »lc jrpelpiUenbe mon 3 selc
jrpelpypcenbe n ejitey | ryp^e./l)a cpiej> ic. lienoj fpeocole ic f
/^onjite. Dst cp»]> be. pu n^if fe ]K>maLe ypelpillenbe anb ypel-
pypcenbe te j>one un]*cylbaan pitno]?.^^ Da cp»]) ic. 8pa bic ij
fpa pu fejft.^^ Da cp»)» be. Pp»)>ep ])u pene f )>a fien eajmie
/S -1 i^J^Xcrs^iS© p« pitef fjfpi§ biof . Da cp»f ic. Ne pene ic bif
no. ac pac jeapa.^* Da cp»f be. dp fu nu beman mopte."
/ibp»)>epne polbeft^* p/ ^eman j/itej jpyxiVpt ai' t$e ]K>ne un-
rcvlbxan^ ^ pefioSe. fa^one pe f pitefolobe.*** Da cp»t$ ic. Nif
/yv lebc. ic polbe beloan l>aey ]>e gasp unfcylbi^ paspe. anSlhenan
/ j?one^^ }>e bine twQbe .'^ Da cpasl? he. Donne l?e l>inc^ re
'} eapmpa pe f fpeLbep. Sonne pe]?e bic papa]>. Da cp»]> ic. Deep
^i? ic jelepe -p te »l/iinpibc pitnun^ pie paep ypel fe bic bej>. naf
])sep pe bit l^apal^. poppam^^ hip ypel bine ^ebef eapmne. ;) ic
onjite f f ip ip yfpf e^^ pibc pacu f J?u nu pecpt. 3 ppife anlic
}>»m J)e t5u »ii pebtept.*' ac ic pat )>eab -f pyp** polce ppa ne
J>incJ> : • /
2/J § VII .^ 3Da cpa&J) be. pel pu bit onjicpt. Ac |?ah?inxepa|'
l?intiap nu yhpilum pa&m tSe l»ppan peappe abton. ymp ^p jiiJi
J>e^ J>»p man Jplap? ^ ne" fm^aj? jiiun*® pe. J Jxel bpj. ' Jjem
peepe ma^e ^eapjF' f ® P^^ cppe unpcylbije ypela]?.*'' jjiun mon
^^ fynjobe/to J?am* picmn*. ;j b»be -^ bim*® mon SfSe ppa micel
yo pireTparbi tJam'^ oppum unpcylbejum bybon. ppa ppa pe poca I

* Boet. lib. iv. prosa 4. — ^Nam ue illad quidem, &c.
^ Bo|gt. lib. iv. prosa 4. — ^Atqui nunc, ait, contra f aciant, &c
» Cott. paepen. « Cott. hnpben. » Cott. nnbben. * Cott. pet.
» Cott/ n>i>e [iihce paca. • Cott. nde. » Cott. sdypan. • Cott
pitna-S. » Bod. sepehtept. w Bod. hi. " Cott. meahee. " Cott
picna-S. " Cott r»Srt. " Cott. seape. " Bod. moptopt. »• Ck>tt
polbef. " Bod. nonepcvlbgan. »» Cott >olabe. w Bod. Jwnnc.

» Cott y):lobe. «» Cott j:opJ>»m. " Bod. ppa. «» Cott peahtep.
2* Cott >ip. » ]>e, deest in MS. Cott « Cott. >»m. «» Cott yjiatJ. ,
2«Cott>»m. »Bod.J?amt. « Cott >»m.

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said, tliat ifc appeared to us that they were more like wild
beasts than men ? How much wisdom had they ? Metbinksy
however, they have nonez-^ ^^.^ 4^tS£i^

§ YI. I would now nfwi to thee nlitt ^ ^cpBer v atiea , but I
know that this people will not believe it : that is, that those
j^mons whom men injure are happier than those are who
mjure them. Then wondered I at this, and said: I wish
that thou wouldest explain to me how it can be so. Then
said he : Dost thou understand that every evil-willing man
and every evil-doing man is deserving of punishment ? Then
said I : Clearly enough I understand that. Then said he :
Is he not then evil-willing and evil-doing, who injures the
innocent ? Then said I : So it is as thou sayest. Then said
be: Bost thou think that they are miserable and unhappy,
^'ho are deserving of punishment ? Then said I : I not only
think it, but know U very well. Then said he : If thoa wert
iiow to judge, which wouldest thou judge more deserving of
punishment, him who injured the innocent, or him who
suflered the injury ? Then said I: There is no comparison.
1 would help him who was innocent, and oppose him who
injured him. Then said he : Then, in thy opinion, he is more
Qiiserable who does the evil, than he who suffers it. Then
said I: This I believe, that eveiy unjust punishment is the
evil of him who inflicts it, not of him who suffers it ; there-
fore his evil makes him miserable. And I perceive that this
18 a very just observation which thou now makest, and very
agreeable to those which thou madest before ; but I never-
theless know that this people will not think so.
, § VII. Then said he : Thou understandest it well. But
t^dvocates nowadays plead for those who have less need of if.
They plead for those who are injured, and do not plead for
those who do the injury. It were more needful to those who
injure others who are innocent, that some one should plead
for them before the magistrates, and pray that as great hurt
^ight be done to them, as they had done to other innocent
pet^sons. As the sick man has need that some one should

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/ ah )wappe f hme mon Issbe to ]yam^ Isece. f he hif tdije. j^a
ah fe fe' -JJ ^pd be|>. JJime mon l» be to fam^ p icmp ^,moa
J^aeji mag!
;^1 pe

,<ppii}>ft -p Jin^ir hetp^ jp mion vnete Iwne rtvlbitan.^ t ic recg .
■ p potrojig j pyi^ jie|b^e'^ naalian ne |>am^ rctlbixan»^ ne |>am^*

/ je himtope^tonffl^. gip hi pa&r pilma]? f him hiopa^^ jrpel mi»
^eggp jre oe p»f jyltef anbepne. Ac ic pat pp f* [tJ^lbijaS^
s&ni^e reeaTican pifbomef h»pbon^' "^ be ssn^^am b»le on-

/^jptan.^* pmmEtan** faiopa fc^lba Jmphf* pite^' ^d>etaii. pe
hun hefi on pojmlbe^^ on become. "Sonne nolbon hi na cp^wn
f hit pospe pit». ac polbon cpnpan f hit p»pe hiopa^ *^ clnn*

''.; fon^. ";] heopa bgj^pim;;* "} nolbon n»nne pm ^epe recan> *^ ac

/>irlufthce hi pokon. l»tan & picairhie tiic^ asftep hiopa

IJf apmm pillan. foppaem ne ycyle nan pif man nBanne maiman
hatian. ne hata^ nan mon: pone ^oan. bucon fe eAlpa*'*^ oypB*
^Ofta?^ ne "^ mp nan piht:^ mon pone-j^elan hatije; ac hicif

' pihtpe ^ag£^m,mon milbpje.** f ly ponne hiopa mdbfunj^ 4
mon ppece hiopa unpeapap .be hiopa yepynhtum.^^ Ne rc^g '

SO'nxn mnn pgfmft nfiffTTiq^^^ fe^^P^^bTifi^^ ]]pencan. ac hme E^
pceolbe^^ l»ban to t5am^^ laece f he hip tilTje. Da pe ^ipbom
pa. t$ip ppell a|ieaht hsspbe. ^a on^n he ept pn^an -j pop
4Scp»p.

CAPUT XXXIX.0

X4f § l?jt^Rpf rfbpepe je: eoppu ClDob mib impihtneTgon Me

3,^ jjaj;pa J^a ^ojiijanbe J3ij5»^ oSSe pop lipy afSffcS^

eopeppe.pjTibe f hio nan ^ep^b nah. ot$t$e hpi ne ma^^^

jebiban^ jecjubelioq* beat$ep. nu* he eop »lce b»x^topeafiber,

ODjat. ppi ne ma^n je S^poii f he pp^ap sBlce bee;^ aofsmt

^mi^lumv 3 fl^ptep: biopum. ';} aeptep monnnm. ^ nej^j^^^M^

^ Boet lib. iv. metram 4.^Quid tantos juvat exeitare motas, &c.

1 €k)tt; p»iii. « pe, deest in MS. Cott » Cott. >«m. < Cott.

mqrcyllisaii. s Cott betqie. « Cfett: pcyibsan; ^Bod. bypse^
« Cott >»m. » Cott. pcylbgan. »« Cott. pa&m. " Cott heopa.
»2 Cott jcylbsan. " Cott hajben. " Cott onseacen. " Cott .
meahten. » Cott pupg. "^ Cott t pte. " Cott peopulbe. "Cott
heopa. «o Cott Sepecan. «» Cott ealliia. ^ Cott bypgopta. «» Cott
nultpise. •* Cott unpyphtum. «* Cott. pcyle. ■• Bod. monna.

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Imd him to th6 pbysician, that he may cure him ; so has he
vi'ho does eyil^ that some one should lead him to the magis-
trates, that they may. cut off and burn his Ticesj Ldo. not
say that it is wrong' that men should help the innocent, and
Mend him 4 hut I say l^at it is better*that we should accuse
theguilfcy ; and I say that the defence doea 119 j s pnd either to-
the guilty ontoThim who pleads for] himi if thev wish that
tbeir evil should not^:be punished in proportion to. its guilt.
But I know that if the guilty had any spark of wisdom^ and
in any measure- knew- that they might make amends for their
ccimes by punie^ment^ which came, upon- them here in this
^^d, then they would, not say that it was punishment, but
would say that it. was their purifieation. and their amend*
uifflit; and would. seek no advocate, but they would cheer*
.fu!l][ suffer the-magistratds to punish them according to their
i^ii will: •* Hence no wise man ought. to hate* any one. No
one hates^the good, eaasept ^themost foolish of all.. Nor is-it
light, that we: hate the wicked; but it is more right that we
^ay© mercy on. him: This, then is mercy to them, that we
punish their vices according to their deservings. No one
ou^t to affictaaick person who is troubled; but we should
jflad him to a phyvicias , that, he may cure him. When Wisdom
liad fiaished thia diaeouniej. then began.he again to .aing, and
tau&said;:

CHAPTER XX2IX.

§ I* Whsbsfobb ve£>ye your minds with evil. hatred, as
J^vea through the wind agitate the- seap Or wherefore. up»-
^d ye your: fortune, that she has^ no; powerf Or why
jaanot ye wait'fornatural death, when he. every d^ haatens
r-yg ardsyq ^? Why cannot ye obeerve mat- he seeks every '
% after birds, and after beasts, and after men, and forsakes''

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/t rpag^ 8&P lie ;i;ei»hl> "p f he aBccen rpvnel?. ^a^apaf Iwnmxe -
ragLp^an menn ne ma|on ybibon hponiie hg Tiinry fcn f^yrmt. ac

$a {gnrceota|> hine fopan. fpa rpa jlbe beoa, pi]lna|> oJ>ep to ac-
pellenne. Ac hit n»pe no manna nyht f hiopa s&m^ opepns

J^pobe. Ac -p pi»pe p^ht. -p hion a a&lcmilbe o]>num eblean adce^
peopcer gften hif jejr^htum. f if y mon lufobe f one ^oban.
fpa 17a pihc If f mon bo. ^ milbp^e J>am ;^elum. fpa pe »|i
cp»bon. lupe ]x>ne man. ^ hatije hif un]>eapaf . ceoppe hun op
fpa he fplwft maej :• .

10 § 11.^ Da he ]ya ]yif leo]> afunjen ha&pbe l>a feeypeo^obe^ he
ane hpile. Da cpaej? ic. Nu ic onjice openhce 'f f 10 f ope je-

y^f8BlJ> rt ey on tobna monnatte eannuna^a. ^ po impselp fcenc
on ypeljui monna ^e eapnunpim. Ac ic pec^e jet f me ne
pmcp nauht Ifcel 2;ob^ ^iff^f anbpeapban hpep jefa&lpa. ne eac

/^nauhc lytel jrp el hif un jef aelpa. pop))»m ic nasirne ne ^epeah ne
?;;ehypbe naenne pifne mon 'pe ma polbe bion pnecca. . '^•fe a pm. 7

8ell?iobix.^ T ponrepen. gonne pelg. ^ p eo p^.- j pice, monemawie
on hir ^num gipbe . ponl?a&m hi recxat>* TjiTmigge n^ W^<fl>
/>^ hiopa ^bome^ulg&i "] nine jehealban, jip hiopa anpealb bi^
30 pulhce opep 'ppoic pe him imbep bip. "3 eac on^ pumum bale

^ maej. bip pmle piter yyppe. 'jie on piffe j^jiulbe. je on Jwpe
topeapban. Ac ic punbpije ppipe jjnl'bce pop hpi hit ppa pent
fpa hit nu opt bep. "^ if ^ mifthci pita^^ -| mani^ealbe^'
eappopa^® cumap to Oam^® jobum ppa hi to J>am*® ypelim
fceolbon. 3 5a job'^ pe fceolbon bion eblean jobum monnum

5^ jobpa peopca. cumap to ]^plum monnum. poppaem ic polbe
pitaifc nu a&t ]>e hu pe hcobe f jeppixle. Ic hip punbpobe nude

J>« fy Iw* Jip ic piffte** f hit peaf jebypebe buton Dobef pillan 3

Jf8 buton hif jepicnepfe. Ac fe a&lnuhtija^^ Ik)b hajyp jeeceb

*^ Boet. lib. iv. prosa 6. — ^Hic ego, video, inquam, &c.

» Cott. sen^Sobe. « Cott. soob. » CotftelbsJlaJU * CJott. f»sa«.
» hi m»seia desunt in MS. Bod. « Cott. |>e. ' Cott be. . » Cott
biotJ ymbu^m. » Cott. f op|>»m. »• Cott m^Sen. " Cott^yph»*"-
" Cott sooban. " Cott sooba. »< CotU ]mm, " Bod. yjd. >• Cott
mif hcu ptu. *f Cott mam^ealb. " Cott, eapf o|>u. >* Cott

>8&m. «»CottJ)»m. "Cott soob. " Cott piffe. «Cott
8&hnehtesa.

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so track till he seizes that which he pursues P Alas ! that
unhappy men cannot wait till he comes to them, but antici-
pate him, as wild beasts wish to destroy each other ! But it
would not be right in men, that any one of them should hate
another. But this would be right, that every one of them
should render to another recompense of every work accord-
ing to his deserts ; that is, that one should love the good, as
it is right that we should do, and should have mercy on the
wicked, as we before said ; should love the man, and hate his
Tices ; and cuTthem off, as we best may.

§ II. When he had sung this lay, then was he silent for
some time. Then said J ; JNow J clearly understand that true
happiness is founded on thedesfi rvinga^^g^^^^ p**Tlj and misery
is founded on the deservmgs of wicked men. But I will yet
say that methinks the happiness of this present life is too little
good, ar{d its unhappiness no little evil. For I never saw nor
heard of apy wise ilian who would rather be an exile, and
miserable, and foreign, and despised, than wealthy.^ and bonojur-
able, and powerful, and eminent in his own country. For tbey
?»y thatj tjiey can t he better fi^lfirtheirwisdom, and observe
% iftheirpowerbe ample overthelieopltJ that are under them,
8nd also in some measure over^th^e who arein t^o^^gjgb"
bourWj round ^ou^j^them, b««2S^ they ag om b te t o]?^picaa
the wiefeed, and ^roomote the ^ood> For the good is always
to be honoured, ooib m this present life and in that to come ;
*ud the wicked, whom man cannot restrain from his evil, is
always deserving of punishment, both in this world and in
that to come. But I very much wonder why it should so fall
out, as it now often does ; that is, that various punishments
a^id manifold misfortunes come to the good, as they should to
the wicked ; and the blessings which should be a reward to
good men for good works, come to wicked men. Therefore I
^ould now know from thee, how that course of events were
approved by thee. I should wonder at it much less, if I knew
that it happened by chance, without God's will, and without
^ia knowledge. But the Almighty God has increased my

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CnAP. XXTTT.

f mmne eje '^ mine papin^a mib tJifpun ]>inpitn. ]:op]>sem he

hpilum felf 6aRq'8el]>a ^m^obum.^ •] yxm ^mn unrael]WL.

fpa hit piht p»pe ^ he pmle* b]^be. hpilum he efc ^e}iapa^ f fa

joban* habba]y unfself^ Tj gn^el imp on msenejium fmjum. 3 tia

^y]:elan faabba^ne]*»l]7a. "fnim jelimp))* ope a&ptrep hiopa ajnran

pillan. ]>y ic ne mse^ nan opep ^el^encan. bnton hit peaf ppa ^e-

b^juje. buton tu me jet ^ j^epceabhcop o}>ep jepecce. i)a

anbfpapobe he Jmbe lonj '^ cpsB]). Nrp hit nan punbop "Seali

hpa pene "p pp^lcep hpaet* unmynbhnja jeb^ije.^ ]>onn e he ne

/ ^an^ onxitan i jepeccan pop hpi tiob ppyl^ jefapaf . Ac'liu ne

// T^calt no jpeo^m? f ppa job^® rceoppenbiipe albenb^^ eallpa^e-

' i rcea]t:aj iindice,p ceop^^ ea31 'p he rceop. "■;) pjriice bemf ;]

c*' wJlep. feahfunfterop hpi^* li pp*^ ■] ]

II« Da he ga }>irTpe]

unlaepebjia ne punbpap

Si, huhe »lce baej utoi

^fj^SLXie punbpajT^

Conne rume habbai

ppa f)0 : -
pftht^^ h»ybe« t$a ongan he prnjan

f'fpobepe]- laspelber i

^bhiT^ttS ealne ^ipe

j;e~ru gae tung;lnj iabtw^

J 77a rpa tnnpdn habto| >

op fy TiThabbaf ppa pcepptne ;^bh-

ZO KQiptj popfi hFpnt fpffheyh^-Kam nop}> enbe )?aepet^axe^ fe eaU

]>er~pbbop on hpeppp^otSSe hpa ne papap J?»p. buj&n t5a' ane J>e

hit piton. ^ pmnc^TOn jlu habba]> lenjpan VmDhpyppt. fonne

x'3 pome habb^irrii^a lenjeptne ]?e jm b_pa'pMLxe nubbepeapbe

hpeappa))^m«[ nu fedfeier 6et>. "jSatnpnup pe pteoppa. ne cymf

J^)»8&p aftp ymb J^pittij pmtpa fatp he yp paepi Qt$t$e^pa d£

jm6pal> "Sesp ^ mme rteonnan ^i^fcajifnyiSAp jia p5¥^. ppa jpa

punie men pena]) 'P p^o_ runne bo "Sonne hio to petle jaej). Ac

hio ne hip t$eah fy neap ]>8ene paa ];e hio bi)' on niibiie b«^.

*' ^Ppa ne pap]? gasp 1$o nne pejpilla mona pjrpj?']^eptogen nub

J()' ^io[tTniiP . oi5Se ett ^ ^a Tteonnarifiicina}ybeE^^^ jmTn'j^r^Tmaii.

•]^ '^ jjccma]? beponan b ag nie punnan Ttli rep lifj fein bpia[? T mapigL

Jryllioep. ^ ne piinbpiad'na*pteTnS!r^kiie cpuca puhta habbaf

n ngalne T imn^tne anban betpuh him. 096e hpi ne pimbpiap

m }>»p y tilC h]»llnm jjimpap . hpilum na ne on^b. o^tSe epc je-

j/pmnep p». "3 pinba. "ff^Bkr] lanbep. oSt$e hpi -p^r peon]>e n epc

« Boet lib. iv. metrum 5. — Si quia Arctori sidera nescit, &c

» Cott. soobum. 2 Cott. pymle. « Cott. gooban. * Cott lunp«.

» Cott sehpa&t. • Cott. Sebepige. f Cott. con. « Cott. pop hpy

ppylc liob. » Cott on tpiogan. »» Cott goob. " Cott jjalbenb.

" po>t Jl^ep^ecm. " Cott pelt. *< Cott. hpy. " Cott. apeahc.

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fear and my astonishment by tbese tbings. For be Bome-
times gives felioities to tbe good, and infelidtiy to tbe wicked,
as it were right that be always did. SometimpB again he per-
mits that the good have infelicities and misfortunes in many
things ; and the wicked have happiness, and it frequently
happens to them according to their own de«re. Hence I
cannot think otherwise but that it so bappens'by chance, un-
less thou still more rationally show me the contrary. Then
answered he, after a long time, and said : It is no wonder if
any one think that something of this kind happens unde-
signedly, whe ^ he cannot understa nd and explain wherefore
God so permits. ~ Bui thou oughtest not to doubt that so good
a creator and governor of all tbings, rightly made all that he
has made, and rightly judges and rules it all, though thou
hiowest not why he so and so may do.

§ III. When he had made this speech, then began he to
sing, and said : Who of the unlearned wonders not at the

volves about all this middle-e^hP^^irwho wonders not
that some stars have a shorter aSSS^tHan others haye^a^s^ ^\^^At a

ich we call tbg waggon's shafts ? Thd

course of the sky, and its swiftness ; how it every day re-
"1 this middle-e^hR.^Oirwho
have a shorter aSSm

short a *lSS«, because they are so near the north end of the
axis, on which all the sky turns* Qr who is not astonished
at this, except those only who kdow it, that- somejtaEs have
a longer circuit than others havo^andji^se the longest which
revolve midward about the axis, asJjBoStes does ? And that
the star Saturn does not come where it before was till about
thirty winters ? Or who wonders not&t this, that some stars ^
^dgp art under the sea., as some men think the sun does when
she sets ? But she nevertheless is not nearer to the sea than
she is at mid-day ! Who is not astonished when the full m nan
Jjcc gered over with darkness ? or ae^ain^ that thestars shine
J^fiJ Q^SUhe moon, and do not shine before th e..aia f At ttifs
and many a like thing they wonder, and wonder not that men
and all living creatures have continual and useless enmity
^ith each other. Or why wonder they not at this, that it
aometimes thunders, and sometimes begins not ? Or, again,
at the strife of sea and winds, and waves and land ? or why

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BOETHIUS.

CHAP. XXXIX.

; fop ]»»pe puma f ciman to hif ajniun ^ec^nbe peop]>e. Ac f
un^eftaB^tSije folc punbpa]> f »r fe hit felbort^xe nhK tSeah hit
leejje punbop pe. 3 pena]) f * ne^ pe ealb jef ceaft. ac'pe j>eiqf
jepoplsen nipane. Ac t$a ^>gTO npet»] t|eopne peonWp onpnnaf

^ )>onne leopnian. ti^ him JjoARbnit op pam loob e •pTb^JX j S hit
»p mibibj^pppisen pef . Sonne ne'*pimbpia]> hi no fdajisef )>e
hi nu pimbpia]) * •

§ IV/ Da pe f^ifbom ]?a ])if leo]> apin^en hepbe. tSa ^e-
pmjobe he anelytlehpile. Dacp»]>ic. 8pahit ip ppa tSu pe^pr.'

/J Ac ic polbe ^et f )ni me hp»t hpe^' openhcop jepeahce^ be
]>»pe ppan )>e min ODob ppi^opt jebpepeb h»ff, -^ ip f ic t$e asp
Jmb acrabe^ pop}»am hit peep pimble* jet fm jepuna -p iSu
polbept »lcum QDobe bijlu tSm; ts&can j pdbcu)>e:*^ Da

/^onjan he rmeapciaa 3 cp»)) to me. D u] ppenpt^ me.oa.j5a

/i'meptan p£p»ce 3 on ^a eappn|>ept^ ^o ^epeccenne. }» pacfe

con . 3 unea]>e

fohton &me n]>pitan 3 p^

»mj com to enbe faepe pppfiecc'^opj^am* hit ip ^eef ]y8&pe
/^ ppjiaBce 3 t$»pe apcunje,^ f te pimle** ^ogp^ t(«p aa^^
/J 9pabon bib. )>onne bi]>t$8&p unni m aptypeb. ppa ppa g
? ^ rrdlrm Pnl'^r ' g Jm n»bpe p»pe ge tof^ff "j;^"!'

pmleJ;* tip mon^ fi a hpih\ jMajkL " l^om^^ peoxon ]

op j>am^* jfoamJimi^. t?<0^^ebe^^ hit Jwt fe&p domj;^.
li T ]^pein»naj€ncnlu'r' rfoV pe^ jjsruobfer pmu. ]« n^j pihte he xe -

>encan hn he hi mib - » | |i K W opencuman^rceolbe. aBu W

^.f ni 'bftPg&j i; mift piba i^j y^-i^nbepnbe^^ t$a mibmjie. SSgl^JJ^

"girre rpniece te t$u m e aBptep ppcapc.^ ^ unea]>e hype cym)) a&m^

mon op. ^ip he »pept
JS enbe. baton he ha&bbe
.0 pe t5e jrob ^ "

JO anpealbCT ^nerceaponx rfObe]-. n hp»t Fmb ne. 1 1

bypije. 3 hpet pe jobcunb anbjit. T Xobcunb pnetiohhnny .

rceapptanbget'^ ppa ^M p* popjwun

\ ymb "P ycian^ ile. ne pceai a&pept pitan ^fcpast pie po

IbCT ^nerceaponx rfObef. 3 hpaBt^mb pe. l.hpaBt peap je-

je. 3 hpet pe jobcunb anbjit. T Xobcunb pnetiohhnny .

anb hp»t monna ppeobom pe. Nu gu miht on^itan. hu hepij

93 j| hnt geantol>e* ^ ^ip ip eall to jepeccanne. Ac ic pceal ]7eah

' Boet lib. iv. prosa 6.— Ita est, inquam, &c.

» ue, deest in MS. Bod. et Cott « Cott. potspt.

isoet. lib. iv. prosa 6. — Ita est, inquamf &c

» ue, deest in MS. Bod. et Cott « Cott. pstspt. * Cott. hpusiu

* Bod. Sepehtept. » Cott pymle. • Cott pelbcu'S. ' CottTj^^BHia^

* '^^tt ronbmn. • CotL arcnnirn. i« Cott rvmli^. " Cott p»S^.

' Cott pOp|>»m. - ^^vi. aj^tui,

« Cott nison. " Cott pymle.

• Cott apciuis». ** Cott pynue. •• vyow. pojo.
s n«*f •jr^.i^ 14 Cott hpelcT opplffi " Cott

t. popbaepnbe. "Cott. aqvpt.

^* Cottteanrobe.

" Cott.

]>(em. " Cott gebepebe^ vw. |.«^j>il^«^j.uv/«^.

»» Cott cem«. «• Cott anbsic «» CottI|eappo>e.

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ice is formed, and again bj the sbining of the sun returns to
its own nature?.. fut the inconstant people wonder at that
which it most seldoiA sees, though it be less wonderful ; and
thinks that that is^fiot the oldjyeatiQn^ but has by chance
newly happened.' ' But they who kre very inquisitive and en-
deavour to learn, if Gk)d removes from their mind the foUy
with which it was before covered, then will they not wonder
at many things which they now wonder at.

§ lY. When Wisdom had sung this lay, then was he silent
a little while. Then said I : So it is as thou sayest. But I
am still desirous that thou wouldest instruct me somewhat
more distinctly concerning the thing which has chiefly troubled
my mind, that is, what I before osked thee. For it was always
hitherto thy wont that thou wouldest teach every mind ab-
struse and unknown things. Then began he to smile, and
said to me : Thou urgest me to the greatest argument, and
the most difficult to explain. This explanation all philoso -
fhero have sought, and yery diligently laboured about, and
BC^i^Ely any one has come to the end of the discussion. For
it is^e nature of the discussion and of the inquiry, that
always when there is one doubt removed, then is there an
innumerable multitude raised. So men in old tales say, that
there was a serpent whichh ad nine heads, a nd wheneveT fliay
^fi-ofJJi fim was cS ^oSjtberL grew tBereleven_ frQmthat one
hfiad, Thep'jhappened it tliat the celebrated Hercules came
there, wh'cT was the son of Jove^ Then could not he imagine
how he by any art might overcome them, until he a^rrQunde4
them wif,{^ T?^4i ^^^ ^^^^ burned ^Aem .with.fire. . JSo-is this
argument which thou askest about : with difficulty co jies any
man out of it, if he enter into it He neyei^ comes to a clear
end, unless he^ have an understandiujar as sharp as the fire.
For he who will inquire concerning this ought first to know
what the simple providence of God is, and what fate is, and
what happens by chance' and what the divine knowledge is,
and tlie divine ^bredeBtinatioD^ and what the freedom of men
^8. Now thou fflfljrtst perceive how weighty and difficult all
this is to explain. But I will nevertheless endeavour to

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/ hp»t bfe^^ hif on^nan ]»e to tsecanne. popjom^ ic habbe on-

^iten f hit ij* fpife micel lecebom tSinpe fopse* 2»F f^ P'F^

auhc on^tfc. tSeah hit me laD^ to Is&penYie pe. f opfraem lut if

neah Jraepe tibe 6e ic jetiohhob h»pbe on ot^eniwonc tolymme .

^3 jet naebbe tSij* jebon. t ine ^intp eac 'g |)u Tft^^y ^f^

hpe^unjef'.anb tejfencenfcotaslenxe )?ar lanxan rpiy . nwlce

tJe nu lyjte leo)>a.* ic pat eac '|? tSe heona^ lyrt.> Ac gu fce^

])eahfe;e]?oliftn pinne hpile. ic ne mej hit nu fpa hpa^ afmjan.

5 nel aamtan^ nabbe. pop]>8ain hit if jppe louj fpell. Ba cpse]? ic.

10 Co nw&)>ep fu pille I • ^ ,

§ V.K Da on^on he fppecan fpi||eTyeoTin ^ 1^V>w>^iM> j^^Mi

/Z he na ))a fpptece ne m»nbe. *} tiohhobe hit l^^'h^^VJ^^

"3 cpee]>. galle^ ji^ercesiga, ^efepenbce anb ungefejI&ahJfb? jtiUn

■] unftillu^® onpop ast J>Km jtillan.^^ ^ j»t ]iam]^eft»}>]n2an. ;j

I /^»t fam^^ anpealban IfObe. enbebypbnejye. i yanbphtan. J^

met^nn^e . "^ pophpsom hit ppa jepceapen pasp. pop]nein he J«c

fr J>y^' he jepceop eall f he ^pceop. nip him nan puht^* unnyt

feep tSe he gepceop. Selrob punalrnmle^^ on fmjie hean ceafgi g

hip anrealbnerre Tbiremtnepre. tSonan he baal]? manexa n mto^

\ 20hce^*T Xemen;^^3^ eallum hir xerceaptum. anb fonon^^ he pete

eallpa. Ac y. ^ te pe hata]) IiobeiLpop^cM ac ^ hi)f pQgg^^gyz.

f bif. t$a hpile J>e hit f aep mib hmfDlpr Sa lip GOobe. aspjiam^

^e hit jeppemeb'peop^. t$a hpile ]>e hit je]H>ht b^. Ac ptStSon

hit pullppemeb bip. "Sonne hataf p e hit yi]ib. Be J^y^msQ aslc

^/mon pitan ♦p hi^® pmt SB^fep te tpe!g ; en naman , je^ft^ffij.*

|i coT^e]>onc 1 pyp&. Seffopejyon^ i r no xobcu nhe 'mt ^Kfnnut ^

** pia jp paept og^ftoirhean reeoppenbe^^ ^ eaUlTpBlieiJBb hu i

jepeopfan pceel a&p s&p hit jepeopj^e. Ac ^ ^gfe j jjipb Jii^ .f
bi^ Ijobep peqpc )4 he selce bm^ TYJ^^^p- s^^pl^ yBsr fefep^
^P feof. je J^aep }« up ungepepenhc bif, Acpe jobcunbdfgoji^imj.
i^ea^tepat^, ealie jer^^®*}** "^hi^ne moto n toplnp an op heapA
enSebypbneppe,*^ ftp pypb^ nne baelji eallam ge pccaptum ffl^
I $$ ^tan. ^tjtopa,.,-] Tjto/ j^' ^emetgunga ^ "Ac fid pypb cjl^of

» Boet. lib. iv. proaa 6. — Tom vdat ab alio orsa principio, &c

1 Cott. hpnsu. 2 Cott. ropJ>»in. » Cott. hpusununsep. * Cott

ho>a. » Cott. hiopa. « Cott. nmettan. ' c^tt polbe. • Cott.

edla. ' Cott. sepq'enhca anb un^epepenlica. ^^ Bod. Inlle *] uDjnfle.

" Bod. unptillan. « Cott. J>8&m. " Cott. hpy. " Cott pihc

" Cott pymle. >« Cott. mipleca. " Cott )>onan. " Cott wpjwm.

" Bod. et Cott hit. «• Cott jnncg. «» Cott pceppenbe. " Bod.

pypbnerpe.

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§ T. . BOETHItrS. 219

teach thee a little of it, beeause I have conceived it to be a
very powerful remedy for thy sorrow, if thou learn something
of tkfiwthough it be long for nje^Qjf ach. For it is near the
time when I had intended to iipRother work^ and I have not
yet finished this : and methinks, too, thou art rather weary,
and these long discoarses appear to thee too leugthy^ so that
thou-art now desirous of wy songs. I know, too, that .they
give thee pleasure. But thou must nevertheless bear voith
me for some time. I cannot so readily sing it, nor have I
leisure, for it is a very long argument. Then said I : Do as
tbou wilt.

§ Y. Thei} ^gftTi hfi to speak very far about, as if he
intended not that discourse, and nevertheless approached
tbitherward, and said: All creatures visible and invisible,
Btill and moving, receive from the immovable, and from the
steadfast, and from the singly-existing God, order, and form,
and measure; and therefore it was so "ordained, because he
knew wherefore he made all that he made. Nothing of that
which he hae created is useless to him. God dwells alwajrs
in the high city of his unity and simplicit v. Thence he dis-
tributes many and various measures to all his creatures, and
thence he governs them all. But that which we call God's
pyvidence and foreknowledge , is such while it is with him, in
Ms mind, before it is fulfilled, fl«i so long as it is designed;
hat after it is fulfilled, then we call it fat e. Hence may every
man know that these are both two names, and two things,
Pfovidennft ftnd fidj^p. Providence is tha ^jvyqir intelligence ^mi I
>rnich 18 tixed in the high Creator) wholoreknows all, how it
shall come to pass, before it happens. But that which we
gilfetg , ia God^s work which he every day works, both what |] 1 1 1
Je Bee,^and what is invisible to us. But the divine provi«
qence reatmi nB aU creatures, so that they cannot slip from
tneir order. TVtte, then, distributes to all creatures, forms,
^ place?, and timee, and measures. But fate comes from

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BOXTHITJB.

pHAP. xrxrL

/lynV gepitte ^ op }»am^]:ope}>once faBf aslnuhtijan* Cobef. ye
' pypcf 8&pcep hip unarectenblicmiffc o}ief>oac e ]K)nne' ppa hpaw
, ppa he* pile : •

§ yi.!" 8^^ rpa g lclcpaftf^ff a ^enc|? 7 meapca}> % pgopr. on

JiiLCOsb& »p a&p ne it pypce. "3 pypcf fiSt$an eall. Jjiop panb-

pienbe pypb fe pe pypb hatab. p»p]> a&ptep hip fopefoiice. 3

«ptep liip jefeahte. ppan^Bi h^tiol^^ f hit pie. ]>eah hit uf

mani;gi:ealbhc tSince. pum ^ob.^ pumype^hit ip ]>eah him anpealb

joS^popfan? he hit eall to jobum enbk bpingjj.^ 3 pop jobe*

/O bef eall p -p he bef. 8i]^an^ hit hata]?

pophc bi|?. aep hit pa&p Ijober^on el>onc i J

pypb he tSonne y^cf\ otStSe fmff'os, ^oba

monna papla. ohie ^ph ofenjui ^epceap

penep tun^. offe iugh^afm pcucc^iu^

//hpilum Jmph an y^tai. bpili

/^ cuf. f f pio gobcunbqroTl»teohEtt£x ip a nrealb i .anapenb^blic." /

3 pelt alcg;^ pinjer/Cnbebypblice. anb eaU fantrobiwi^ . tium?^

)>inj ]K)nne on ^pfe populbe^* pnt unbejipieb j^spe p^be. pume

hipe nane^* pjiSt unbepj>iebe^® ne pnt. ac pio y^b. -^ eall p«

JlfO tJmj fe hijm^bepbieb pnt. pint i mbep]?ieb l?am^^ jobcunten

Fdpe]?onc^ be Jwm" ic f e me&j pumTbippell pe<^an. f tJu mihc^*

t5y ppeotolop on^itan hpylce men biof unbep]7ieb ]»8epe pypbe.

^^^hpylce^® rie bioJ>. 6all' ^ior unrtille jepceapt "3 Jieop^ hpei^*

pienbe hpeappap^ on t5am" ptillan Eobe. 3 on fam jepta&^tSe-

j^ Jan. ;3 on famj* anpealban. -3 he pelt eallpa jepceapta ppajja.

he fg^ ppnp?an p;etihhob h»c be "IXet htep]) I •
<^ § VII.* 8pa fpa on p«nej\axe\ hpe^ p^^ g^h 3 noti

it^an hit je-

^ Mmv ^

In^p. otSSe paph
otJtSe ]>uph heo-
^ miplice Jfitppencap.

^ Boet lib. iv. prosa 6. — Sicut enim artifex, faciendsB rei, &c
' Boet lib. iv. prosa 6. — ^Nam ut orbium circa eundem, &c.
> Cott >iem. s Gott. sBhnehtiS&n. ' >onne, deest in MS. Cott.

♦ Cott. hpa. » Cott soob. • Cott pop>»m. f Cott bpens;S. • Cott.
Soobe. • Cott Coobep. »• Cott Sooban. " Bod. pcuccena lot.
w Cott unanbpenblic. » Cott. SumiL " Cott peopulbe. " Cott
nan. «• Cott unbepheb. " Cott >aBm. »• Cott meeht. » hpylce»
deest in MS. Bod. » Bod. eaL «» Cott hop. ** Bod. hfeupjcb,
» Cott. >a5m. ** Cott hpeappat^. «» Cott. vine. •• Cott i
^ Cott ymbutan. «■ Cott. napii. ® Cott pelsa.

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the mind, and from the providence of Almighty God. He,
therefore, works after his unspeakable providence, whatsoever
he wills.

§ yi..As every nrtificer considers and. marks out his work
in his mind before he executes it, and afterwards e^ocutes it
all ; this varying fortune which we call fate, proceeds ^er
his providence and after his counsel, as he mtends that it
should be. Though it appear to us complicati3f|Srtly good,
wd partly evil, it is nevertheless to him singly good, because
he brings it all to a good end, and does for good all that which
he does. Afterwards, wh^ it is wrought, we call it ffl||^
before, i t was God's provid^fle and h is predestinfttinTi. He
therefore directs foBtune, either through good angels, or
through tbe souls /of men, or thrpdgh the life of other
creatmres, or throiigh the stars ofneaven, or through the
various deceits o^devils ; somedmes through one of them,
sometimes thro&gh them^ll; But this is evidently known,
that t the divine r predest i^tion is simple and uncha ngeable.1
and governs yeveryuhing accordmg to order, anH^ fashioias
everything. /Some things, therefore, in this world are sub-
ject to fateyothers are not at all subject to it. But fate, and
«ill the things which are subject to it, are subject to the
divine j^vidence. Concerning this, I can mention to thee
P ejaffiJlepwEereby thou mayest the more clearly under-
Btahd wnich men are subject to fate, and which are not. All
this moving and this changeable creation revolves on the
immovable, and on the steadfast, and on the singlv-existing
^d; and he governs all creatures as he at the beginning
nad, and still luis determined.

§ VII. As on th§t axXertree of a waggon the wheel tarns,
*iid the ftTj[^.f.rpfi stands still, and^jevgjjj^gless supports" all
the waggon, and regulates all iU p»o grigML~ the wheel turns
round, and the nave, leing nearest to the axle-tree, goes much
More firmly and more securely than the fellies do — so the
axle-tree may be the highest good which we call God, and

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B0ETHIU8.

CHAP, xxxir

/ tJtt f elejrtan men papan nehft Hobe. rj» FF* nony nretil? nehyfe^
anb )>a imbmeftaa f pa fro j^acm. popJiiiGLn^}^
le^nape. of ep ojL^ayijS

onjuf

ibij)i

Q jpacaa Dip op«n enbe fserc on |»aeiie^naj:e. of ep oi

fpa bif f am' imt^k^;)^ monhum. of pa hwle t^

^ GOobe ymb Kf^eop^he^ L p,^ ofpe hjpdeymS^ gobcunblice.
fpeke^ he loae mib o}^e^9^an Co heofxmum. nub o^pe co

y eopfan..fpa ffa fa^ ][pacan jatis^j^ofefi enbe on; fagpelpelge.

fiJfiJl-OII-J*]}? .?*£?• mibbepeapb ffe^^qg*^** b*^ »5tSpum emu

jieah., f eak of e^i enbe bio pa^ on f s^^'^iiice. ofep on f»pe

/j)lpelsei fpabiof Sa mibmeftan? men on. mibbut^^i^ q^u»ii. ]

fa bet^an^^ neap faspe nape. "^ fa ma&ffcan^^

biof

ysB^, on f^p^'-nape/'*^ •] |-e_na][aL on faap

feakbi'

f1 ppaec gayelga 'Sea h liaiixiaf^* on ganLn^acan
^ pea)x)pi^n <^ f aepe eopf an. ppa bof pa m»

mttftan men ^
/jfmibm^t^um. ^ fa mibme]taBm^^ on fam. betfOm. 3 "Sa

on Iiobe. Deali fa me&ftan ealle hiopa lupe penben jco ^ijje
populbe. hi ne.ma^on f »p onpuman. ne to nauJxte ne/peop)»^.
^tp hi be nanum belene biof ^^rseftnobe co Ijobe. ran ma ^
f asr bpcohle f ^^ If ply;ft mn^nn hion nri^^ f »^Tn tp6nelfee .^] Jip hi ne
Z^ biof paejte on fam^ fpacum/" y^B, rpacan on tS;

biof tpyrmert fa&neteaxe _^

hcojt;.^^ pio napu pe&pf nehjt; t ^aspe ^-^»-«^^^.^

y j ninhpnillicofic.? ^ fpa bof ^a felejrtan iifen. ppa: hi hiopa lupe nes^
" Jjtobe Isa&af. anb pfif opf af eopfhcui Smj poppeof .** ppa hi bio)^

jf ^ oppopgpuv^ 3* la&f peocaf 4 hiL^o pypb panhp^i ot$tSe hJ«Bt
hio^* bpai29^*.n» fpft'pj^® napu^i^ pimle^^ ppa ^eponb. hnadxJo^
^s^pA^ottf t$e.hi hnaappeii. "3 ^eah bif pia napu hiwy&lbmga
&ob»leb ppom ^ej^^a^/Hetf y ^u; miht^ ongik»n f , ye^ p»n
bif mide lenj jepunb fe laep bif tobaeleb ppom fsepe eaxe. n»

30 biof Sa men eallpa oppopgopte'^ »^f ^ jc ^if^F anbpeapban
Lpep eappofa.^^ ^ ^s&p copeapban.. fa. te' paefte^lnof -on trobe.

42&C ppaihi ppifop^^ biof ^afyn^obe?* f^iam. Dobei ppa* hi

* Cott neafa'pt. 2 c^tt. pop>»mJ>e. * Cott. haun. * hp, deest in
MS. Cott » Cott: fpilce. « BoA >8&r- ' Cott pta€aa«. « Bod.
tmbhof^^pbpe ppaoa. » Bd<L mmjtxa. i*Bbd« bej^nr. " Bod. et
Cottt m»tpan . " Cott. >8&m. ^ Cott neepe. " Cott honS»a*-
" Co|;t maeteptan. " Cott. hpeolep. " on, deeat in MS. Bod. " Cott
J>»m4aBC^2£r *^ ^^^^ ^^^' * ^^^' rpacanum. «i Cott. pelsea*
22 Cott Tmsepebehcopc. ^ Cott Sepanbhtfopc. ** anb ppijipMr
eop^can Jing poppeo'S, desunt in MS. Cott. 25 Cott oppopspan-
« Cott hi. " Cott pymle. «« Cott meahfc. » Cott |>e. »Cott.
opropSep*^' " Cott eappo>e. «* Cott ppij>up. » Cott apynbpebe.
** Cott. ppi>up.

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tiie beat mien go nearest to Glod, as the nave, goes nearest to
the axle-tree ; and the middle claB% of men as the spokes.
For pf every spoke, one end is fixed in the nave, and the
other in the felly. So is it with respect to the middle cloBn
of men. One while he meditates in his mind concerning this
earthly life, another while conoeming the heavenly : aB if he
Bhould look with one eye to the heavens^ ani with the other
to the earth. As the spokes stick, one end in the felly, and
the other in the nave, and the spoke is midward, equally near
to both, though one end be fixed in the nave, and the other
in the felly;, so are the middle oZas« of men in the middle of
the spokes^, and the better nearer to the nave, and the most
numerous '(^2a«» nearer to the fellies. They are nevertheless
fae djn the nave, and the nave on the axle-faree. But the
fellies depend on the spokes, though they wholly roll upon
the earth. So do the most numerous clan of men depend on
i^e middle olasSf and the middle clast on the best, and the
best on God. Though the most numerous <oZa«« turn all their
love towards this world, they are not able to dwell there, nor
do they oome»to anything, if they are not in some measure
fastened to God, any more than tWfeUiea of the ^yheel ^^ <
B oko I my pgofflgopo if they are not fastened to the spokes, and -^^^^^
thi" spokes to the axle-tree. The fellies are farthest from the ^^■jpk^^^
axle-tree, therefi^re they go the most roughly. The navegoes
^ nBacest the. azle^ree^ therefore it goes the most securely. So
do the best men. As they place their love nearer to Gt)d, and
more despise these.earthly things, so are they more free from
case, and aiw less JEinxious how fortune may vary, or what it
may bring* Provided the nave be always thus s ecure, the
femes may ^jfc on what they will. And yet the nave is in
^me measure separated from the axle-tree. As thou mayest
perceive that the waggon is much louger secure, which is less
separated from the axle-tree ; so, of all men, those are most
untroubled, with the difficulties either of this present life, or
of that to come, whoare fixed in God ; but aa they ace farther

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/ biof 2^pej:&e 3 jefpencte. td^feji ^e on QOobe je on licliomaiL
Spylc If J>8Bt jj pe pypb hata]).

I

3 § VIII.^ . . . Be l?am^ j^obciinban popebonce fpylcejo

^jmeamft t no xerceabpirner ir tojmetanne pil? pone beanopi^y

A^mbjpelce^JIjjeo^ pij> ^a%axe. popj>»m jio-|eax

^c es^ej^vf pjenef. jpa bef jy xobcunba)^^ <^j!mi^* hetftype]?^

gone1inofc^][ ]^ 3 ^a tun^u. -} ^a eoppan jebep p:ule. "3 ^emetja]!

~JL peopepTterceapca . $ if paecep. ^ eop}>e. 3 p^P* 3 lyP* ^*^ ^

pa peopepperceapta . y ip paecep. ;) eoppe. 3 pyp. 3 lypc. t5a he

y {>paji^ n yplite^a> .* hpdninjept| jindi£exa|> 3 on o)>pum hipe

/A)Xebpen%p n.ept xeebnipa]>. iT fe^bpegT a&^c tiibop. a yb hit^ ect

gehyt^-y yhelt . SftnT^AjTirfrrj^^ an^^o ppeapob . 1 eg

g^eeopl? 1 ^eebnipa)) ]>onne ponne he pile.^ 8ume u]7pitan^ ^eaE"

/ipecjaf ^ pio pjrpb pealbe^ vSl'^P 5® jeps&ljja je ip;g;epylj>a a&lcep

/^monnep. Ic ^onne pecje. ppa ppa eadle' |EiMptene men pec;^ a)>- f

/^po ^obcunbe popetiohhunj hip pealbe. naep po pypb. 3 ic pat f

hio bem]7 eal J^mj ppi]7e pihce. tSeah un^pceabpipmumonnum"^

ppa ne ]>mce. Pi penap -f t$apa aglp pe Dob. "Ke hiopa p^]lgfi

tpulx»l>. Nip hit nan punbop. pop]78sm hi bio]> ablenbe nub

Swir^ioptpum hiopa^* pcylba. Ac pe ^obcunba pope]7onc hit

^unbepjrent eall ppife pyhte.^* ?eah up |3nx». pop upum bypjc.

^ f It on poh fape . pop)>am^* f^^fi cunnon f piht unbeji.-

ptanban^ pe bemf ^eah eaB ppij>e pyhte. tJeah up hpilum ppa ne

iJince : •

<^ 4 § IX .^ GaUe men ppypiaf ^* ayrtep Jam hehptan ^obe.^^ je

3S'^obe^^ je ^ele. Ac popfy ne majon tSa" ypelan cuman to

fam^® hean hpope eallpa joba.^^ popfam*® hi ne pp;^ia]> on

piht 8&ptep. Ic pat*^ "Seah ^u cpefe^^ nu.hponne to me. Ppylc

unpybt me&x bion^^ mape Sonne he^* ^e)>ap2e f hit jepypf e.**

ppa hit hpilum "^eyypf. -^ ^feaem ybum^^ becyml? anpe jb ypel o n

J(?fippe populbe.^' ;) fam y|dum anpealb 50b. "3 ofpe*'* hpile se^j^ep

^/jemenjeb. sesf ep je J>3&m jobum.^^ je pa&m yplum. Ac ic fe

^ Boet. lib. iv. prosa 6. — Igitor uti est ad intellectam, &c.

^ Boet. lib. iv. prosa 6. — NihU est enim quod mali cau8&, &c.

' Cott. >a3m. « Bod. seapepton. Cott. se&poptan t ppylce >ap

Isnan Jnng biotJ to metcume pitJ J>a ecan *j ppylce ji hpeoL * Cott.
apcepe:S. * Cott. geSpaejialJ -j pliteSa'S. * Cotftti^pe^. « Bod. et
Cott. hi. ' he pile, desunt in MS. Cott • Cott. u%otan. » Cott.
polb. » Cott men. " Cott J>8Bm. " Cott heopa. " Cott

pihte. " Cott pop>»m. " Cott ppipia«. »« Cott Soob. " Cott %
i» Cott >8Bm. *» Cott sooba. «> Cott popJ>8&m. «i Cott nat.
2« Cott. cpae^e. 23 Cott been. «* Cott ge. » Cott Sepeop>e.

*• Cott Soobum. 2' Cott. peopulbe. ^ Cott o5>pe. *» Cott. soobum.

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separated from God, so are tbey more troubled and afflicted
both in mind and in body. Such is what we call fate. . . .
§ VIII. ... With respect to the divine providence f^s
argument and reaaoning is, compared with the intellect, and
Buch the .wheel is, compared with tlie axle-tree. For the
axle-tree regulates all ^g^^ggon. In like manner does the _•
divine providenc e. Hs mw^ fthe sky and the starsf an^ makes
the earth immovable, and regulates the four elements, that is,
water, aiid earth, and fire, and air. These it tempers and
l^ms, and sometimes again change^) their appearance, and •
togs them to another form, .and jftfterwards renews ^^e»*: j
and nourishes every production, and again hides and preserves
'^ when It is grown old and withered, and again discovers
and renews it whensoever he wills. Some philosophers how-
ever say, that fate rules both the felicities and the infelicities
of eveiy man. But I say, as all Christian men say, that the
fi?ine predestination rules over him, not fate. And I know
,that it decrees everything very rightly ; though to unwise men
»do€8 not ap{>ear so. They think that everything which
fcjfils their desire, is God. It is no wonder, for they are
I winded by the darkness of their sins. But the divine provi-
fdence understands everything very rightly, though it seems
; w us, through our folly, that it goes wrongly ; oecause we
i cannot perfectly understand it. He, however, ordains all
l^fiiy rightly, though to us it sometimes does not appear so.
I § IK. All men, the good as well as the wicked, seek after
|ne highest cood. But the wicked are unable to come to the
«Jgh roof of all goods for this reason, that they do not seek
•ftcr it rightly. I know, however, that thou wilt on some
occasion say to me. What injustice can be greater, than tliat
lie should permit it to come to pass, as it sometimes does, that
w the good unmixed evil happens in this world, and to the
Wicked unmixed good ; and at other times both mixed, as well
^ the good as to the wicked ? But I ask thee whether thou

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ms&^e on^Dcan «lcne mon on pyhc hpeic- lie fie j*t^^iie nai^

ne fie ne beeepa ne pypfa ^onme he hif pene. • Ic pae tSeahtif hi

Jf ne ma^on. Ac yeopjia^ VP^^ op oyk yon fe nbo^ jfe fumema

^ f ec^]> ^ pe inebe pyppc. fume men f ecsa)> ^ he- pe jjcg

fT g^^e. Deah hpa ma&^e ongitanhpeet; ojwp bo. hejiejog

: fit»n h0o h^-^nejL Deah he moege fume hif piUraoi^im{

,>j»onne neaneej he ealhie. ' Ie»]ytf ma^eac jieccan fumf bif^M

/jOimen oniSittanme m»^en.':.f if ron hw p ^oba h&ee feilft^Sm^

/ '. halnm -men «retcne bnenc i rpepne, "3 o]>)iinn halrnn ' bieefme*)!

r ft^angne. ^i.hpiium eft ]Mem utihalum. funnun iijme. fnimaa

; ftpangne; fomnm fpmaie; fnmnm bitepne. Ic !»^J»lcj^

/y }»e ««ie cp«Bft ne can. pile_J|ag;;punbpian ^fSflSfifln fpiHbimJ

/i'Ac hif s ne'pnib^uaf^fia TaScaf" natihc. pop]«m hi *piton ^Jaj

'/ o^e n^on. fbp]i»iniu otinnon leleef hiopainebtpuimefre ofi-|

^tan ^ODonapan.* ^ eac^a cpieftaf |>e ji&p pip peeb'^Tpfwc,

'^ if fapla hsloi bntepihcpifnefj o^e;bpnt!if hiopa untji^mef.

bute n ni^eaTar. Ppa af jionne betepa l«ce ^pe faple. jwone

^^.he' ISehi jefcoop.'^ if Iiob. he >apa)> ^< jobail.* -^ pitiit^tlai

yplan. he patrhp»f eklc pyp)^ bi)>. nif fait nan-piHibQp.'fof>^8Esa|

..he Of ]i8am!>hean hpope hit eail '^ef ]^]>.' anb' {wnan - ■mirca] ? anbl

'^ek^^^islcum ba>hif ^epjFphtmn : • ^

§ X.™ < B»t f e ^nne hata]) p^b.'^onne f e^jef eeabpifslSob.

^^esslcej monnef ^ei^fe fnt. hpajt-p^cj? •Ci^e^^fttp Jw^^i

ipe'Be penitt}?.^ Anb jet^.ic J>e hm&j fame bipie peapom popbum

ifecgambe ]>Bm7 bnle j^e- fio -mennifce jefceabpifnief mse^ o&-

r^tan'tSa-^bcanbneffe. '^-ifSonne ^' peon^ita]) ^hdmn^ mofi'

o n e]?ne pkran; on <o]>pe; hme Ijob onjit.^® Ppihim pe t^iohfait^

^•^ lie fie pe *etfca.^^ ;)t)K)nBep«»Ik»b fhit fpane ^ip. 'Bonne

hpa&m' hp»t< cjniffi 'o8^e gobef** ^"8^e ypdef ^mape ]H>nne )«

)yinc]> -p he-pjrpjie pie.» ne bi]? fio'impj^hr^ifnef no oi3cTiobe.8C

: fio nn^^eapnef ' bif ron »'5e*felpHn.'^'p t5u -hit* ne -canft t«t piht

:geonapan. TS^ jebype}> ]>6(ih f temen on^a]^ ma» on )« dean

JJ^ pifan. t$e hine Eob onjit. Oji hit jebypef f te mani^e men

$if biop fpa unjetpimie.^* a&s]'ep je on GOobe je on hchomao. f

™ Boet lib. iv. prosa 6. — Hinc jam fit illud fatalis ordinis, &c.

* Cott. anbsitjridl. « Cott. oncnapan. » Cott. pe. * Cott J>»i»
Sooban. » Cott na-S. « Cott git. f Cott >»m. » Cott hpUmn.
• mon, deeat in MS. Cott »« Cott anbpc " Cott betpa. » Cott
Soobef . *» Cott untjiume.

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{thmkeslr tbat ai}y m^ i» so dkoeramff^tiiftt be is able to Imow

^every one arigtii^ vhat be is^ 8a:tbatli& may be neither better

hgt werse^ tbaoJlie thinks bun- ? I knovr, bovever; that thoy

^cannot. Ytt i^ isTery often imprc^erly tbe custom for some

persons to iky tbat'^ lOim is desemz^ of reward, te;^/^ others

L'say that Jie^'is deserving' of punishment. .Tbonghany one may

^kerve what another, doe^, be eanoot^lEnowtnBrhat be thinks.

'Though' be may know some fntt of his- disposition, yet he

eaanot' know it tdl. > I can moreoverrdate,ta thee an example,

'wherebytbou'maysi&t^more clearly understand ^&i>, though un-

'wisemen cannot understand it. .That is: Why does the good

'pbysidan giFe to this headthy^man >mUd and aweet drink, and

toi another he&Ithy i!»t<m bitter and strong P And- sometimes

"^"to^ the isittk ; to one. 'mild ;; to another siarong ; to one

Bweet; to^anotber bitter? : I know that every person who is

i tuiaoquainted with tbe 8rt>i7tll'woader:at it, why they do so.

I But the physicians wonder not .at it,, beeausa they know twhat

*be others ^ave ignorant of. Eor. they know how to discover

\ ^d distinguish the infirmity of each of. them ; and ako tbe

I ^tts^wkioh sbould be «Mi^ wdth respecttrto it. What is the

iealth of souls, but* mtue ? or what is their infirmity,' but

^06S f Who t^en is: aibetter physician of the soul, than he

^ho made it, that is, God? He honouvsthe 'good, and

puoishes the wicked. Hie knows ^hat each is desemng of.

^Itisno'w^mder, beeaose Jie:&om^ i>he:high)']x>of sees.it ail;

'^d thenee disposes > ssid i tmetes ^ ito <^each ' acoording to ibis

§ X. This tben'we call &te ;ttwlieai the vise God,^bo knows
every man's necessity, doestOF/peraB^s anything, whichtwe ex-
pect not. And yet. I may .give, thee some examples, in few
^ords, so &r:.as human reason is aUe' to und^N9^and> the
divine nature. That is, then, tiiai^' we sometimes know man
|fl one wise, cmd God knows Jiim in another. Somefcimea-we
judge that be is the best^ and then Godimows that it is not
*<>•, Whenanythitrg comes>to.aay persony^berof goadoiuof
f^) Bcuwei than it appearsrto* thee that he daeerves,: the-iin-
jUBtice is not in* God, but thewant of bkiU is in-thyeelfjthat
■thou canst not rightly understand it. Yet it often happens
that men know a man in the same ^manner that God kinows
l^^m. It often happens that manymensatre saddfirm^both in
^ind and in body^ that they cannot of their own accord do
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228 BOETHIUS. CHAP. XXXIX.

/ hi ne majon ne nan job^ bon. ne nan ;^el nf[h,p nnnebi^sg. i

Z^hidp eac fpa unjjlbije* f hinemayn ^ nan eap roba^ xel>vibelice

'j' abenan, fop)>8^ Jiic xehifiiep ort: j Dob n^ylg ^pop~tnr milbhe-
optneffe nan|u n »^)epenSll^ft6 bppc bim'^^anfettan . "Sy l»f hi

J f opl»tan' hiopa unfceafFulnejje.'' 3 peopJ>an® pyppan. jip hi
apiiypebe® biof ■] jej^encebT™ 8ume men bioj^ ^^ aelcef cpaftef

y culffc pa&ttite anb pull halije pepaf 3 pihcpij-e. 5onne ^.mc}' f

' £io8e unpiht f he ppelce^* fpence. je Fup)>um J>one^' beaf . fe
eallum monnum jecynbe if^* to Jwlienne.^* he him je^)>

//>r eytpan tSonne o))pum monnum. fpa fpa 510 pim^* pif man"

// cp»p. -p re xobcnnbaanpealb te ppi|?obe hirt biPphnXar^^ unbep
hij-^* ri^e^rceabe."^ T lif Ycilbe tW xeonnhceTrpaf^^^ man

/3 bel? tSoneTi&pl^ on hir ea?;an. ODanexe tih^afef^ Ik)be to cpe-
manne to t^on ^eopne f hi pilllniaj>. hiopa anum pillmn. mani-

/^pealb eapfoJ>e** to fpopianne. popfam fe hi pilhiia]> mapan ape.
^ mapan hhfan. '^ mapan peop^fcipe mib Cobe to habbanne.

/ > ]K)nne fa habbaf^* Hi^E^PJL?^!?^*? * •

/ § XI.° Out eac becymg j-e anpealb^^ tSir^-e populbe to yyifeg
.Xobum^'^ monnum. popfa&m ye anpealb^® Japa ^ana^ pe(^)>e

;^^opoppen. Sumum monnum Irob j^eUe^ »Sf^P S« S^^" S®
ypel 2;emen^eb. popfsem hi se^fpep eapniaf. 8ume he bepeapaf
hiopa pelan p pife hpafe. faep ^e hi 8&pept jepe&hje peopfaf. 1^
l»p hi pop Ionium ^eps&lfum hi to up ahaebben. "^ "Sonan on
opepmettum peop^en. 8ume he** let fpeajan mib heapbiiaL

9. ^ bpoce. fe&t hi leopm^en Sone cps&pt jelrylbe" on JSam*^ lanjan

geppmce. 8mne him onbps&baf eappof u ppipop f onne hy f ypFcn*

ietih hi hi ea]>e abpeo^an m»^en. 8umehi ^ebyc^af peopflicne

hhpan tJippef anbpeapban hpep nub hiopa ajnum beafe. poppaem

4/^ fiTpenaf f hi na&bben nan ofep poh tS»p hhpan'^^ Fypp® buton

■ Boet. lib. iv. prosa 6.-^Fit anteiMBaepe uti bonis, &c.

> Cott. Soob. * Cott unse>ylbise. » Cott. eappo)>n. * Cott.
nylle. » Bod. nanmMlbcnenbhc. « Cott poplnten. . ' Cott rnipce^
pulneppe. * Cott peop]>en. ' Cott. aptepebe. ^^ Cott geppencte.
" Cott becS. " Cott ppylce- " Bod. >onne. " Cott. ip gecynbe.
" Cott jK)lianne. " pum, deest in MS. Cott " Cott men. " Cott
Seppio|H>be hijpeophnsap. »» hip, deest in MS. Cott » Cott. pceate.
» ppa, deest in MS. Cott «* Cott leppel. *• Cott CDanige tihaiJ.

** Cott eappo)>n. «» Cott h»bben. ^ Cott anpalb. «' Cott

Soobunu «» Cott anpalb. » Cott ypelana. *» Cott pele«. " Cott
Soob. « hi to up ahnbben -j J>oDan on opepmettum peop)>en. 8ume
he^ desimt in MS. Bod. » Cott. Sej>ylbehce. »* Cott i>»m. « Bod.
habben nan o^eppio'5 >»p hhopan.

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any good, or avoid any evil ; and are, moreover, so impatient,
that they cannot with resignation bear any troubles. There-
fore it often happens that God, through his mercy, wills not
to impose on them any intolerable affliction , lest they should
iorsake their innocence, and become worse, if they are moved
and troubled. Some men are full virtuous in all virtue, and
full holy and righteous men. Then seems it to God unjust
that he should afflict such; and moreover death, whic^ is
natural to all men to suffer, he makes more tranquil to them
than to other men : as formerly a certain wise man said, that
the divine power saved his darlin gs under the shadow of his
winga, and protected themascarmilly as man does the apple
of his eye. Many so earnestly endeavour to please God, that
they desire of their own accord to suffer manifold troubles ;
because they desire to have greater honour, and greater fame,
and greater dignity with God, than those have who live more
Jleasantly.

\ § XI. Frequently also the power of this world comes to
Y6iy good men, in order that the power of the wicked may be
averthrown. To some men God gives both good and evil
oixed, because they earn both. Some he bereaves of their
Wealth verjr soon, when they first are happy, lest through
long felicities they should too much exalt themselves, and
wence become proud. He permits some to be vexed with
fevere trouble, that they may learn the virtue of patience by
uie long affliction. Some fear difficulties more than thej
Jeed, though they may easily bear them. Some purchase
the honourable fame of this present life by their ovvil death ;
Oecause they think that they have no other price worthy of
wis fame, except their own life. Some men were formerly
unconquerable, so that no one could overcome tbem with any

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S80 MUMS s mvU i CHAP. xxxa.

/ hiqia agmim^iqiei Same maaymj^oa po imD)

Jf hi nan ne^imhte^ rmik dbohiii pifce opejifpi] ^_

nsofia asftejL ^cnjuin.'p. hft:n»peiL' nMb* pitott;of:ep]7i^. on

t$CBm pef fpcoeol .j^ hi fop;heopa^ob«un peopcmn hnji^on tSone

Jf cjiBipc ^ hi^ mon ne* nnhde opcpfp^Km.'. Ac )»a jrpelan'* poji

hiopa jhfhim .peoficnnL p»poiu gey^obeto ptp fn)>^/ p op)«m f

y ^a. pituTg^npbonf* otoMim 'p'hi rpa bon^. ne bopixen; "^ eac &

' Tebetaa pe hi gonn^p j^ca^ :p.ir mbe rpeotol taMmTam,^ piran

p he ne f ceal lupaaTtoim^&ethce 't^af popnlb ^j-el^lu fop-

/^ ^aem hi opt cttina^ ra jSaoxl pyp)«an^ monnum. Ac hpast piUe

pe cp^aa be. 'Sami^" anbpespbaB; peian.i €e opt< cyin)> to pBsm

. ^obom;^^ l^»t he ellef ]*ie« ^"'^^ t^^^'^fnr ^?^n|l^^n pfV" 1

^»f ebleenef :ai^inge hnm Iiob jecihhob^' h»f]ij:op hif ^oban^^

/^piilan. Ic peneeac ^tefHofo peUeinaiiA^^m y]dum^^ monnum*

/i^r^ff* F^^Pf *°* J'® ^® V^ hieopa^ ^ecynb aab heojia^^ pillBB:

rpat^epabne> -p hi pop nt^num eapmjmm^^ ne bi^}^ no ji;^

; y bectpsin/'' ac tSy^® pj^ppan. ac pe joba leBce. ^ ip Iiob: lacni^

/ BiopatDb8<ml5''%am**^peKiiwpile' f. hi onjiten hponan himfe

pela come anb'oi»ece'9i»m <]);^la9p hei him ]>one .pelanjE ygpp^

^0 oiStJe hme )?am pelan. -} penbehip Ceiqwip to jobe. ■] ^oe^m^^

uDpeapap ^ )>a. ypd t$e he . »p pop hip epm]mm bybe. Sume

beop^^ t$ei£ ')>y p^pon ^ hi pelan. thabba)>. pop)wm hi^^ opqi-

mobi^af^ pop tSiB&in pelaa ^ hip un^medice bpueatS^ !

^i yplan unxe|>p»n e Hgfcpyli^^'huiti. ^e eac hpUum tSayj^soi hvof rair

I 2^pabe betpuh 'him/ pehnmuxg pup]'ttm>an ypel man bit$ hpihifl?'

4^mi3e]>p8epe him pelpimi. popfamfe^^ he pat ^ihe imtela beS. 5

B06I. lib. ir. prosa 6.-^uibti8d8in penninom pudnidi jvav &&

1 Cott. meahc. '^ Cott him. ' Cott. meahte ofepppi^an. ^ Cott.
yjrlan. » Cott. rpi«>e. • Cott Jeptipben. » Cott Sebon. « Cott
>»in. » Cott pyppepcum. ^ Cott ji&m. " Cott Soobum. " Cott
tiohhob. *» Cott sooban. " Cott m»nesiun ypdum. " Bod.
J>eah. i« Cott. hiopa. " Cott epml>mn. " Cott. hyo«. " Cott
becpan. «« Bod. ne na J>y. 21 Cott >»m. " Cott aiypjxe. « Cott
hio'S. ** hi, deest in MS. Bod. 25 Bo^. ofepmobpam. » Cott.
)rop)>Bm. « Cott peopulb. » Cott. J>»m. » Cott Soobum. * Cott
Soob. « Cott J>»m. " Cott. pop)>»m. »* Cott gooban. »* Cott
betpuh. '* Cott pimle. . » Cott pop>em|>e.

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iomreni;/ TBese Be<«luDL iextmpU' td their smocesswv tbatdhb^r
sb'ould hoi^beovei'eoine'bf tdpotenti. IH'these it:wa8 evidanbc
thatithej, for thbn*good«hrark8^ hiid'.the.B^engtrh.tkatinniai
migfabnot^overeomevtb^mv But the wicked^ for theirrevill
workB,- haTe been-^unishbd beytmd »mBaR»B^ in' j order that:;
tbepunisfamenta Inighb^2%str8iIl othdrs^from daong .t«do bo^'.
aad fllee might ameBil those- whomxthdy them affii^ . It is aa
verj' clear token to- the^wise/ thatihb ought :not totlove theset)
worldly goods immoderately, bfeeaiee they^xxftea coma to the^j
worst 'mem Bdt what' shall ^we say conceming^theipMseat:;
wealth wWch of^m oomes t4>-thfe g«od.P' Wtotisit else, bat r
a'tokeaof the fatnre'.w^altb^ aadah^giniiisgrof the reward i
whfeh Ged has^di^creed'to him fdrhis good idtspositbis?: Ii
suppose alse^ thattGMigfves'feHdties' to^'many^wioked. menri
l^use he knows^their uatHre^'anditheivrdiispositioarit^ bbe
I SHch, that'they.wouldtnot'for'aa;^.troubies:4}e/the better, biiit
I fte worse.' Biit -thfe good phygioian^* thht dsOod, heabtthbir :
ttbds witK the -weal^h^* until thfey leann .wheoioe /th^ wealtk:
cmeto them^ ftBd^A^Tnof^ submits t^^^hrm.destiiertaksa^wi^)'
tto^weoKh from him, or him; from the* 'weatthv andituimaihiai"
nnumers-td jgood,<aBd^fdii!«ake8*the^m6B^)aa .the. evil Iwhick)
ne beftH«*'through^hiB povertjp didu. Some, indsedi aie the.
'WBedf ^they hkve^ wealth, beeausg^ thby become 'proud on
awount oflthe- 'Wealth,^ aad ienjpy 'it without mx>deratioii;>

§-' XIL .TcK many men ak&these worldly fdUditfes ere there- •
feregiven^ thfet they may recompensedhe^ good for their ;gDod,
wd the wicked fdr their ^evfl»; Fop theigood (and. the'wicked.
^ ever at variance with each other,; aad iaieo semBtimes thei
^kfed are« 'at ^variance betteeen tbemselveS) and moreover a?
^cked maa* >ia sometimes at Yariance with > himseli Eoc . he :
^^that4ied<>es«mi8s, aad bidthiiiks himaelf o£thetretrU^u>i'

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/ pentS hun )»apa^ leana. 3 nde' t$eali f»f ^efpican. ne hit fofh
Jhtuk him ne laetsjbiieopan. 3 t5oime pop ^am f mjalan^ e^e ne
ma&2 no peoppan jejyps&pe on him f elpim. Ojt; hit eac^ jebyp^
^ f e "jfjlB, f onI»t hif )7:el pop pimef oj>pef ]^ef monnej* anban.

/pppam' he rpolbey mib ]>y telan^ pone opepne f he onfcunebe
hif peapaf . fprncp tSonne ymb f fpa he Yfipojt ms&j. *]) he tiolaj^

/un^ehc to bion pam^ oppum. fop]>am^ hit if p»f ^obcunban
anpeateef j^epuna -p he pypcj) op y]Je gob. Ac hit nir nanum
^ f eb "P he msdxe p iton eall "p jSob jetiokhob naejjS. ne

/^eacj ^i^an f "p he tepopht h» ^:j >T ILc on ^aem hi habbap
jenojTtd on^itai^e -jt f e fceoppenb'® ^ reTpealbenb eallpa ^e-

/jg rceaira pelt. i pyhte jepceop eall f he jefceop. 3 nan ;^el ne
pophte. ne jec ne pypc^. ac selc ypel he abpipp op eallum hif
pice. Ac gip ^u a&ptep tJam hean" anpalbe fp;^pian^* pilt t5af

f^ a&lmihtijan^' Ixobef . ponne ne on^itft ]>u nan ypel on nantun
pm2;e. peah *e nu pmce f hep micel on %^* mibbanjeapbe pe.
pop])»m hit If piht f 1>a ^oban habban job^'^ eblean hiopa
jobef . 3 ^a jrlan habban^' pite hiopa yplef . ne hip f nan ypel.
f te pyht bij). ac bip job. Ac ic onjite f ic J)e ha&bbe apju«c

^0 nu mib pif Uuijan fpelle.^^ pop$»m fe lyft nu jiol>a. ^^ Ac
onpoh hiopa nu. poppam^^ hit if f e l»cebom anb f e bpenc 9e
^u lanje pilnobeft. bat tSu by e^ ma&je ^ape*® lape onpon :•

§ XIILp Dape pfbon^^apif fpellapeht^^hapbe. paon^an
he ept finjan. 3 puf cpa]>^1[jip bu pillnije mib hlutpum mobe

^/onjitan "Sone hean anpealb. behealb ba tundi^ pap h^m

2l heopnef . Pealbap/pa tunjlu pa ealban fibbe t5e hi on jefceapne

papoh. fpa f fio Tpypene funne ne onhpinp no t$af balef p«r
heopenep Ce fe mbna onipnp. ne f e mona no n^ onhpinp paf
balef t$e po pinnetggijinj. tSa hpile pe hio pap on bip. ne pe;

JOfteoppa. Ce pe hatap Upfa. ne c^p nappe on pam peftba ele.
peah ealle oppe pteoppan papen mib pam pobope aptep pape
funnan on pa eoppan. nif hit nan punbop. poppam he ip ppipe
neah pam up enbe^ pan eleaxe . A< pe preonna ge pe hatap.

S^ aFenfteonpajr ^nne he bip pef t jepepen, ponne tacnnap^he

P Boet. lib. iy. xnetrum 6. — Si vis ceisi jara tonantis, &c.

' Bod. ifiapan. * Cott. nyle. • Cott. p»m pmsaliim. * eac,
deest in MS. Cott. ' Cott. mannep . • Cott poppiem. ' Bod. letan.
^ Cott. bionne )>8em. ^ Cott poppSBin. ^^ Cott p appenb. • " hean,
deest in MS. Bod. '' Bod. anpealbe pcvpian. >' Cott aelmehtas&ii'
>* Cott pyp. " Cott Sooban haebben 500^- *• Cott h»bban. " Cott
apetne nub J>y lansan ppelL " Cott. leo>a. » Cott poppasm.

« i? i»HS» ^^ ^ ^^' ^****' !i Cott apeahc

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tion, and yet will not cease therefrom, nor indood suffer him- ^

self to repent of it; and therefore through perpetual fear he
cannot be at peace with himself. Frequently it also happens
that the wicked forsakes his evil for hatred of some other
wicked man ; because he would thereby upbraid the other,
by avoiding his manners. 'He labours then about this as he
best may ; that w, he takes care to be unlike the other ; for
it is the custom of the divine power to work good from evil.
But it is permitted to no man that he should be able to know
all that God has decreed, or indeed to recount that which he
has wrought. But in these tMngs they have enough, to un-
derstand that the creator and the governor of all things,
guides, and rightly made all that he made, and has not
wrought, nor yet works any evil, but drives away every evil
from all his realm* But if thou wilt inquire concerning the
supreme government of the Almighty God, then wilt thou
not perceive evil in anything, though it now seem to thee
that here is much in this middle-earth. Since it is just that
the good have good reward for their good, and the wicked
have punishment for their evil ; that is no evil which isgust,
but is good. But I perceive that I have wearied thee with
this long discourse, wherefore thou art now desirous of songs.
And now accept them, for it is the medicine and the drink
which thou hast long wished for, that thou mayest more
easily receive the instrilction.

§ Xinj When Wisdom had ended this speech, then began
he again to sing, and thus said: If thou liesirest with pure
Baind to understand the suiTreine "goveifiiment, behold the
stars of the "high heaven. The heavenly bodies preserve the
ancient peace m which they were created ; so that the fiery
sun does not touch that part of the heaven in which the moon
moves ; nor does the moon touch that part in which the sun
moves, so long as sheis therein. Nor does the star which we
call XJrsa ever come into the west, though all other stars go
with the sky aftei* the sun to the earth. It is no wonder, for
It is very near to the upper end of the axis. BuJ; the star
which we call the evening star, when it is seen westwardly,
then betokens it the evening.^ It then goes after the sun ^^^^v

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234.

/ dsfeafpsfty hB fQim^'apceju^pmfiBtjnaDttxiitaiit
rceabe/ oi . hei- opimf ]>a. pmmaiiBijban^
< CBiiiMai^m ]L, )>omi6 naten^pe hine iinoicogi

/ mona habba]i)Co6tekr

picfm]» f uj "

7 ppn;^ 1 una>|iPt»Biioe >'gropta|? l«ai

/ &»^. FO}i> ^*hi ne4flier GobTon) <aiie .'liBaJjie ipaq' heafoiiep bio&;

t$]^ la^ in^opbon ofjiK 'gsfceapaLj Ac ^gerAhuga

IjoSe^opmoiii^i
lepbion;.

t jit^a9Ti:qni^nfc.be ^gr c^mnaer
pertm i ;j . »k; t«bop . aeice p

luita.pmoKfbnyjJiX

Tfe bagjdar » "^ nffffftT !) ref oi:t:n»&a- pen tgcgg^: 8a eoj^ma on
/£l^Spa. paphani/'Uiibeppel^y po eop]>6.f r»b: !J jebej^^-^lut:

Spepap' OH' len^nv Ac re ' MBtob • eaPha 3;erceaitt a peap on.-

eop])an eolfe.^popenbe peremapr'j

<2^)>0]iiie lie pyl^t "3 eopa]> ^oime<he pile. - .7 iiim]> ']>4)ime J

hpiletSe ])a .^^ceapta ']>iopia]}; .pt >p hghrtai.rcseoppenb on bif
pelc f9ini ^epwble)>epui9T eaUe^ ^cf oeaptui..

R jiaq^eliiui
gfa[la.»^

beah fctlei l»a»o|iil]e<

N>f nan' punbbpv pop^fta]>e henf-cymn^^ 3 fcj
jfpunMU •]( at: 7 pifbomi "3 .pihtpip
j^ ifrceaftni o n hrf »penba. 3 he betLLeil_
^ftseS^e^c^nmsne pts^MiIobei^ailli'

Cinnetpupbon

hi ealle tofl(^ene 7 coftcncte. anb tm nauhtft pppbonr eaHe ^^

fceapta^ geak habbayf xegMMteKcsi t$a>vane'ilup& ^ hi tjieopiaiK

fpilcum blappbBi. anb<p»gnia}»]yief .f heiieopaipeakn.mp'^fnaa

^ pnnbopv poiM>agi^ hi ;iie ■P Mhton.Telter' biont. ay t haT'nB-|>iopefa<HL

S/ hiQprfQ 7»«"T^««" TJi^ rmilAftrra f^ipfeomi>'p )iioj)3 BPfe cp»^ ttomfei

32 § J. Pf J^^E)@R )$u mjuoixsffce hpibcft ]>top'rppesoeipiHil. Bv
qw^ iCi 8b^ me h)nbep ihi»> piliiiSk Da cpaaji hej l^^Jl^J^^SSL.
}»ter 89k p^bbio job.? ramhio nionnum ^ob* J^Soei^I^^JJ^

J r* KinF ypgl"?ince. IH ;cps»^ 4cr Ic pene *p'bic ea]>et j*pm iJioEbiQtfge;

j/ ))eah Tip hpilum of ep f ince. Da cpa&f he. Nip faap nanjtpy* f

4 Boet lib. iv. prosa 7. — Jamne i^tur vides, quid base omnia, &c
1 Cott. leo«. » Cott. soob. » Cott. soob. * Cott tpeo.

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iota the eaith's sluideytill itnura off behind the BWivaad
copBee<iip':befoi!e.tbe son. Then, we catt it ithet morning: star,
hecanse^it comes up in theteast, and i^iint^ffyififtii the ana's ap<«
pooach.'^The snn and the moon have divided the dayand thot
night Ycvj eqaaEj ^>fltw^n thftiiL i ^and they reign verj harmo-
nionsly through divine providencejandiunoeaaingljr serve' the
AlmightJ^ Gred till .doocnsdaji Ghod doee not suffer them to.
beonoae.fiide of the hearen, lest.thej should destroy^ other,
crealuves. ^<^^'^^%P^|S&^^S|E^S%^ adapts

aE creatnree^^ when'tt^^SiMSM^wm^^Bometimes the wet
^ias^he/dr^^ Sometimes he'hingles the fire, with the cold..
S^ometimeB the^. light < and bHg^t fire ^es -upwards, and thet
beavy earthiis statioDBd beneath by the ting's command s* The
sarth brings yeatly evei7ftufib,.and every production^ and the
hot summer- dries aad prepares- seeds andJruits; and th&
fhiitficd . harvest * brings ripp com.. Haila, and snows, and
frequent raku moisten. the^.easthr injirinii^r. . Hence the earth
neeives the seed, and causes it to grow ia.spring« But > the
createtof all things nourishes in the earth all growing fruits,:
and > produces ihsm all; and «hides. when >he<willy.and^8hows
when he will, and takes away when he.wiU... "While the
deatnres obey,\the supreme - creator sits, on* his thronOi
Thence he gtudes with reins all crei^ures. It isno wonder 4
for he ia ^ngv'<^ \oid^^ and fountain, ^nd origin, and law,
and wisdom, and irighteousjudgi^. He sends, all creatures
on his errands, and j^e^commAiids jU^ all to come agUjLr If
the only stead&st : king m3i2 nol support all creatures, then
w^d they aM.be dissolved and dispersed; and' :all creatures
would come* t o opught. . But they haYo in common^ one love
ifi^sem^liuch aHord^ andirrejoicec because he rules over
them. That is no wonder, for they could not else exist, if
they served not their r aothoF.' . Then • ceased. Wisdom ^ the
^ii& and iMid td me :

CHAETfS'XL.

§.1^ D68T thou ixowpereeive whithw this diiscoum^ tends P
Then said I: Tell me whither at tends; Then said he: T
Would say, that everjr fortune is good, whether it seem good
to men, or whether it seem evil to them. . Then said I« I
think that it perhaps may be so, though it sometimes ap-
pears otherwise to us. Then said he : There is no doubt of

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236 BOSTHixrs. chap. xl.

/ jbIc y^b bio]) job.^ Capa pe pihc 3 nytpj^fife bio]).* ):op])»m

^ »lc pypb. fam hio pe pynpim. fam hio pe impynrum . pp J7

5 (T^f to fam ^obum^ jg hio o ))ep cpe^a bo. o65e bine l)i>^ixe

4 to €on -p he bet bo. ]>onne he »p bfbe. oCtSe him l^^jfe -p te

J' asp tela bybe. An^ eft ale ))$7ib])apa pe to €am* yplum cym)).

cymf ^ ]:op])am tpam^ ])in2am fam hio fie ]iepe, fam hio pe^

pynpim. pf to tSam^ yflmn cym])pe]7U pypb. ])onne cym)) he to

ebleane hif ^fla. oCtSe to fpeatunje® *] to lape -p he ept^* fpa

o ne bo. Da on^ann ic puhbpijau aiib cpsj). Iff pop mpeapbhce

^0 piht pacu jn$ u jiwp peqt. " ©a cp»J) he. 8pa hit if fpa ))U

// fcSI^- -^c ic polbe. jif Cu polbeft. f_jat unc penbon^^ pime

hpile to J)ifef polcef fpp«ce.fyl»f hi cp»})on^^ f pit fppa&con"

opep monnef anbjet.^* Da cp»J) ic. 8ppec f *5u pille :•

§ II.' Da cpaj) he. f enft «u -JJ f ne pe job.^* f nyt^' bif.

/^Da cp»]) ic. Ic pene ])»t hit pe. Da cpaJ) he. iElc yvnb^^ ij

nvt l?ana tSe a ufr&n be)>.*® ot$^el»p]). ogge ppic ]>^ ^^ Da cp»l) icT

D»t If f oj). Da cp»J) he. 810 pijieppeapbe pjTib if psem job** )«

pmna]^ yip \mpes;j^ 3 penba]) hi to jobe.'^ Da cpse]> ic. Ne

m»j ic ^af o])facan. Da cpa)) he. Ppat penft p n be gaepe

^()2oban*^ pypbe. ^e opt cymf to jobum*' inonnum on Cijre

^/-^populbe.** fpilce^ hit p ^^frpf riirTi l^pa ■ i^Sb^t. i^ hpej^ep I)ir jilc

maje cyepan f hit pe ypei pypb* Da rmepoo^y ic** ■] cp«f.

Ne cpij) $ nan mon. ac cpaf^^f hio pe fpipe job.'° fpa hio eac

bif. Da, cpaf he. Ppat penpt pn be fape impepenhcpan'^

ZS pypbe. J)e Oft l) piet»}>" tSa yplan to pitnianne. hpa^ep Jjif pic '

pene f f gob*' pypb pe. Da cpaf ic. Ne pens^ hi no f f X^b

p;^]ib pe. ac penaj|) -p hio pe fpife eapmlico. Da cpaj> he. Uton

healban unc f pit ne penan fpa fpa ]>if pole pen^. Dip pit f$ef

pena]) fe "Sip pole pen]). ]>onne poplate pit alee gepeeabpifneffe

J0 anb alee juhtpipieff e. Da epaf ic. ppi pojilate pit hi &^*fff t

' Boet lib. iv. prosa 7. — Nonne igitnr bonum censes esse, &c.

*CottSoob. «Cott. bi«. •Cottsooban. « Cott >»iii. » cym«,
deest in MS. Bod. < Cott. pop>»m tp»m. » Cott py. • Cott.

J>»m. » Cott. J>peunse. " Bod. gee " Cott penben. "Cott
cpej>on. w Cott. rppecon. »* Cott Semet. » Cott soob. " Cott
nic >7 pypb, deest in MS. Cott >» Bod. apepbe'S. »» Cott pyp(*
•Cottgoob. *iCottsoobe. ** Cott Sooban. » Cott Soobmn.
•• Cott peopulbe. *» Cott fpylce. *• Cott selcpa sooba. ^ Cott
pmeapcobe. » ic, deest in MS. Cott » Cott cpi'S. 3« (j^tt $oob.
»> Cott. unpenhcpan. « Cott J>peaca'S. » Cott Soob. »* a, deest
in MS. Cott u Cott l>a.

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§ II. B0BTHIV8. 237

this, that every fortane which is just and useful, is good :
for every fortune, whether it be pleasant, or whether it be
nnpleasant, comes to the good for this reason, that it may do
one of two thinga ; that it may either admonish him, in order
that he should do better than he did before ; or reward him,
because he before did well. And again, eyery fortune which
comes to the wicked, comes on account of two things, whether
it be severe or whether it be pleasant. If severe fort une come
to the wicked, then it comes for retribution of his evil, or else
for correction and for admonition, that he should not do so
again. Then began I to wonder, and said : This is a thoroughly
right explanation which thou givest. Theji said he : It is as
thou sayest. But I am desirous, if thou art willing, that we
should turn ourselves a little while to this people's speech,
l^t they say that we speak above man's comprehension.-
^en said I : Spea^ what thou wilt.

§ II. Then said he : Dost thou think that that is not good
which is useful ? Then said I : I think that it is. Thep said
he: Every fortune is useful which does either o^two things;
either instructs or corrects. Then said I : That is true. Then
said he: Adverse fortune is good for those who contend
against vice8,^an4. .are. inclined to good. Then said I: I
cannot deny it. Then said he: What thinkest thou con-
cemiDg the good fortune, which often comes to good men in
tbis world, as if it were a foretoken of eternal blessings ?
Can this people say that it is evil fortune ? Then smiled I,
and said : No man says that, but everg one says that it is
very good, as it moreover is. Theii said he : What thinkest
thou of the more invisible fortune which oflben threatens to
punish the wicked ? Does this people think that this is good
fortune ? Then said I : They do not think that this is good
fortune, but think that it is very miserable. Then said he :
f et us beware that we think not as this people think. K we
yi this respect think what this people think, then shall we
forsake all wisdom, and all righteousness. Then said I : Why
shall we ever the more forsake them? Then said he: Be-

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288 BOSTHnm. ohap. zi.

/ma. Da cy»y he. Fop^ plcifee ^ men fecjajy-f 'adee' ^tifn
j^b ;) luxfynpimu pe ^pel. Ac pe ne fcuk>Q'tef ^elepan. pop-
]Nem'p»t' »lc p^b bif gob'.^ )7a.'pe«Bp fpjia»ooiiH)»Di bio jie
p^.^ fam hio fie yifnpam. Da peap]> ic apnpebr -^ efmp. ' Bast
J If fOJ> f 5u r«Sr^- * io nar^ah lifa mt bnppe^ fe^aarba^^^um
momium. fop]>am^ hif ne msB^nanbyp^ man'jelepiii : * ^

§ III." Da onrac re Virbem ffnhee n q»a)^. Fop^nefc^e
nan pif monn pophti^an ne pnopman^to bfBBBi hif pife peopjie.
epep faim cnme; fe p^u p^pb* t$ei li{iu;'.^^'i6oit ma peje

ilepi

Dip eac »»r wan .met) pv"maoe. "pe mm 'ppappe yfpb^'j PW*
L%to becvmi?. IH ne peeOlbe^ nan« lir man- piUian^*. recper Ugec^

pp he ssm^a cpe&pta jietp, o1$6e emjej* peop]^cipeff hep fop

/^populbe.^^ i<^C^ eoep hpef «ft;epi$iffetfopQlbe.^^ Ac alc-pir
mon pcyle apinnan 8&s]>ep je pijj j>a pej^an^a^e ge |»)» ISa pm-
punan. jTjr lasp he hine pop Jte pe^pynp man-^ ypb ereeptfiU)^^^
o^^e pop ^B^e ~ pel>an pope>ence . 'Ac - him ir Wang y 'itf
apebije^'^fSBRrnnWSTSftran 'pej becpyhf** tSaepe pejmn J^m

2,0 tStepe h^an. (^ he nepihu^epjufampanpypbe '^^mapan-oppoph-
nepfe gonne h it^gemefctfc yie . Jie'ert to*^ peji^e.* pop]78em he ae

.^ mBg:t nalmet^^^ xaDag t »Lbpiohq[p .°^ Acintip onhiopaa^eiiam'^
anpealbe hpa}>pe' • 'Sapa 'hi geeeopan.^^ Itip hi ]9enne ]»Be inib-

2^ mejtan pej apebian pillap. ' ^onne jefha^ *hv fe^kamjfS^^
temeg^ian ]»a*pinpmian pypbe. ^'^a oppc^^^J pcnm^jm^Qt

I pa'pls]>an pypbe ^e on pifpe pepalbe.^^jge on ^pebo*
peapban. Spa fpa hi ea^l Sibpeo^ajei*^ map j an • «

§ IV.^ yel la pifa»<mei^! pell.'^]>eaHe4XDi )>one^fi^>)>^eop

l8&pa]> "Sa popemo^an bipna ^pa ^obena gmnena "^ ^ee^a p0op)>-

3^ ^eopnena pepa t^e^wp eopp!»pon.< -€a]a %e eaprgan-^ •ibdje^jjUQ;

S/ %y S®' rf* ^Hujiycte pon** ^ ppft' ' afpunbene .'^ %fapy je nifflan*®

■ Boet. lib. iv. prosa' 7. — ^QimTe,'.inqalt, Ita Vir saptem^-'&c.
^ Boet. lib* iv. metnnn 7* — 'BeHa Us fnims operattu asa^b^lito,

Soob. « Cott. ry pe>e. ^Xott^bj^ii^e. ? Cott. ropjimn. '^Bud.
nde nan bypg mon. » Cott to jpij>e ymh i> snc^nian. "Bod.
pypj>an pcyle hp»p hnn cume J>»jie pu pf\ib J>e hpu. " CJdtt. fcjle.
« hip, deest in MS. Cott " Cott pcyle. " Cott pihuan. " Cott. peo-
pulbe. ^ Cott popJ>ence. " Cott apebie. " Cott betpeoh. »» to, deest
in MS. Cott » Cott nauj>per. «» Cott abpipgag. «« Cott asnuin.
» Cott hp»>|ie. " Cott seciopen. «» Cott pculon. *• Cott
peopulbe. ^ Bod. ge abpysan. «» Cott pen. « Cott. appnnbDeb
"0 Cott nyllen.

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§ ni. IV. B0ITMIF8. " i39

cause T^^ men saj tliat>»every eevere and unpleasant for-
: tune-iffevil. Bnt we Bhonld not believe it, since every fortune
. is good^affwe before saifl, whether it be eerere^^r-i^hether it
be pleasant. Then wae^ I afraid,: and said : That is true which
thou'SKyest. I%know' not, however j who dares to mention it
[to foolish men^fcr no fooHsh man can .believe it.

§ III.:Then'replied^W4adom«sharpl7, and said: Therefore
-^no wi6aanan<ought to* fear lOif lament, in whatever wise it may
happen to hiro^'>or.whether- severe* fortune or agreeable may
. coraerto him ;. any more than the brave man ought to lament
Jibout thi9,\how often he must fight. His. praise ie not the
• leas ; bub the opinion, is., that it is the greater, - So is vAi&o
the. wise «um'« ireward the ^greater, if more adverse,- and
severer 'fortune oomes^^o Jiim. Therefbre no wise man^ should
:.b6.desiiroiis of a soft Hfe, if he makes acooont of any virtues,
or anyiiononr here in thevworldy^op-of ftemar life.after this
vpdd.. j]3ait every wiee.man ought, to contend, both against
the severe ibrtnne,>and again&t ^tibe: pleasant, lest he throo gh
jljl^ft piflM5 ait fortnne>sho (uld be presumptuous, o r tbrougft^the
' Bevere^despaar. * IJnt it. is Necessary for him that he-^eek the
middlewiray,>between the -severe fortune and the agreeable :
that he. may not- desire -^more^igveeable fortune, or greater
security than is fit: nor again too severe j^Tr^t^n^; because
■he is;unable to bear excess of e^her. But it is in their own
power, whicb of* them they will choose. • If,< therefore, they
.'dsttrecito- find the /middle^way, thenpught they themselves to
tmoderataiathemselvee the pleasant and the prosperous for-
tune. .iThar^cwill' Ood modmte to Ifchem the-severe fortune,
both in-rthis.nvorldy.and' in that; to come,* so fehat'.they^ may
easily bear it,

§ IV. Well ! wise men, well ! Proceed ye all in the way .
>ivhich the ilhistriousezamples of the good men, and of the
men desirous of honour, who were before you,^ point out to
you. .0,.ye weak and. idle! why are ye .so us^eiSy.and eo

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/ acfien »ptep Sam^ pipim monnum anb »]:tep ^am^ peopf-
^eojrnum. hpilce* hi p»pon 15a t5e sep eop paepon. anb hjn* ^e
t$onne nellon.* ppyan je hiopa ]>eapaf jeacfob habben.'^ him

J^ onhypian.^ fpa ge rpifojt; ma&jen. FOpfaem hi punnon aeftep

^ pyppfcipe^ on tJijye populbe. 3 tilebon® jobep hhfan mib
jobum^^ peopcum. ■] pophcon jobe" bifne fam** Ce s&ptep him
p»pon. pop^aem hi punia]> nu opep ^sem tun;^um. on eqie

f t||^gggg^. pop heopa^^ ^obum peopcuni ; • pep enbaf ]>io
Tpeopbe^* DOC Boccief . anb onjinntJ^* f eorngs^ ', •

/o\ § V." Da fe ^ij-bom t5a tSij* jpell apehP* haepbe. tJa qwB)> ic.
Spife pj^ht^^ ip fm lap. Ac ic polbe €e nu mjujian" )>ape
manijpealban^^ lape ^e 9u me sep ^ehete lye ]>«pg ^^^
tonetiohhunre . Ac ic polbe »pept pitan aec fe hpa&)>epjjaiiht^
pe f pe opt 2;ehiopa]) f men cpe)^ be pumum Jwnjunij" '

i^ fcyle pear j^ eb ypiaiL Dacp8e]>he. ClOe paapehojjjj^^ f *^j
► icoen

pif faep f ic oe mopte ^ei»ptan f icJSe aftp^enS;. T j>^nofte .
/iv^ecaecan rpa rceoptne^ ^ pej. ppa ic rcirptertne nnban iniEce*'
/ to pmpe c^oe. Ac hitlp |] ga F^ p^* op uncpum pgje. op }>»m

pe^e fe pit jetiohhob habba]> on to papenne. f ]>»t $a me »p
JO baebe. hit** pa&pe Ceah nyttpe to jecyppenne** 3 to*^ on-

ptanne. Ac ic onbpa&be f ic 5e la&be hibpefjibjiep on ]>a pa^f

op }>inum pege. ^ tSujie mse^e ept ]>ftine pj^tkn ebian . Nip hit

/ jnan pimbop €eah fufeetypije.^ jip ic f e laBbe | 56 ^™^ f^"^

jDa cp8B}) ic. Ne pJeappt pu ho -p onbpa&bon.'" Ac icj^^io ppi^

^^fSB^^ Jip Cu me la&bept fibep ic t$e bibbe. Da cp8B)> ne. Ic fe

pille la&pan bi ppellum. ppa ic tJe ©^e jej bybe. 3 ^e feah

JO pa&pe hit peap jebyjieb :

» Boet lib. y. prosa 1.— Turn ego, Recta quidem, inquam, ftc
» Cott >»m. * Cott. hpylce. » Cott hpy. * Ck)tt nyllen. '» Cott
haebben. • Cott. onhipian. ' Cott peoii^pcipe. • Cott tiolobon.
• Cott soobep. " Cott. soobmn. " Cott. soobe. « Cott. >»m.
" Cott. hiojia. " CottTnop]^ " Cott onsin«. »« Cott apeaht.
w Cott piht. » Cott nlVn^Sian. " Cott mRnispetlban. *• Bod.
annhc. *> Cott leoppe. * " Cott pcopcne. «» Cott meahte. ** Cott
ppij>e peop. ** hit, deest in MS. Cott «• Cott Secipanne. ^ to,
deest in MS. Cott J* Cott. setiopie. *> Cott bi J^m. ^ Cott
ODbpvban. ^ Cott7s^»sen. ** Cott popHeiii. ** Cott amlS.

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enervated P Why will ye not inquire about the wise men,
and about the men desirous of honour, what they were who
were before you P And why will ye not then, after ye have
found out their manners, imitate them, as ye best may P For
tbej strove aftet honour in this world, and sought good fame
by good works, and set a good example to those who should
be after them. Therefore they now awell above the stars, in
everlasting happiness, for their good works. Here ends the
fonrth book of Boethiuis, and begins the fifth.

§ T. WhenWisdom'had ended this discourse, then said I : *
Very right is thy doctrine. But I would now remind thee
bruction which thou before promisedst me,
JBestipation of God. But I wish first to
ler that be' aught which we often hear,
that men say concerning some things, that it will happen by
chance. Then said he: I would rather that I hastened
towards this, that I might perform to rhee what I before
promised thee, and might teach thee as short a way, as I
shortest might find, to thy native country. But this is so
far out of our way, out of the way which we intended to
travel, that it would be more expedient to return, and un-
derstand what thou before askedst me. But I aUo fear that
La bpuld lead thee hither and th jtliftp ip pa|h ff out of thy way ^ —
Bothat thpu mightest not again find thV way. It is no
wonder if thou shouldest grow weary, if I lead thee beside
the way. Then said I : Thou needest not fear that : but I
shall be very glad if thou leadest me whither I desire thee.
Then said he : I will instruct thee by discourses, as I always
did : and will say to thee, that it is naught that men say, that
anything may happen by chance. Because everything comes
from ce^ain things, therefore it has not happened by chance :
but if it had come from nothing, then it would have happened
by chance.

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I § YI»T Da cpift5 ic. Ac hponan conii ft nana^ aBfiepti D&

cp8B)> be. A pijtsottele r mm. beoplin^^ hug^pehte-o n i^cBpe bee*

))e Fipca hatte» Da cfm^ic. Pu pebtehe h]ic«:.Da cpmiSihB,

Jj (Pen ci>»bopji i ^iQ: gQIUlle^ htm hpgitrjuBpeniMa%eb\^^ -p ^

, f pospfr pjp a fiftgMpeb. jy eke : hpa^ nif^lge. eon^ . .i cmfee l?aBff»

IfonnelolaiiopI). 7 ]'ecser}>f>niie. j^{ -p pe.peaf ;^cb;^eb. Icpitt?

71?eab yp q-etbtek^p(8« ga eo|>]>aPi >no nEtbulae;, jae naft inon. »fi jj'
jolb ^l&p: nie bybbei .]>pi]ae.ne puBbe he hjtr>iK>.|xip)iy'bitrii8Bf'
na peaf punben. Ac no* xobcuabet pyetiohknii;! : Ittpfee^one ^
/(^hetpdbe.f ]>e ^plb hybber 7 ejrt )>(me^]>er;hb.pdibe -f be hit
puaobe:**

§.yil.?r Da.cp»)> ic. BfleC ic.on^i&e.f bi&.ip xpft:nni' )>tL

fe^lT- Acic. polbe.iSe acrian bp»l>en Te BBPianB nwrboin^. babfai»

oS^e »ni2pe'aap^e2ft.hp»t( pe bon. bp»&pe ne n&bon; ^e \v>

/52obcuabe«fPp)»t»iohbluiQ Ql>l>ef no* ' f^^ ^T nebe >^ ^ ^fp )»a hi*

pilka : t Da cpiB^ be. . pie bdbba]> mieelae liapeaibbi n]* nasL'^-

fceabpif jegrceapcs f * iuebbei|FpeobDm; p^i fe. ^fGeabpi)iiwffB^

5b»f)», fe m»S ^^^'"^ ) ^^^^^^P^ heipifauamfcalj

hp8&t.he< onpfnatian fceaL "^ aelc moiihsQ]!]) .Sone piuobom;. ^h^

^fB.'c hpmit he .pila.hpnbthe nek. anb tSeah nabba))^ ealle-jqt^abA-

pij-e^ ^ef^eaj^.^hcnet'ppjrbom. Snglaf habbi^'juhts&boonf 7;

^obne^ pdlaai .^eattibpaat?: hi pilkna}»P'h] be^a]i pfi|»ee4^.'

i:oTd?8Bm l>e. hi Pftagf: iHX^Pf^^ 'n» piUmatK ^^ Nif man. ^cf ceaft ]ie»

bfi&bbe pjpfeom^ ^ • jereeabpij^nerre bucoBD ftii^iifni rj nanaunk-

2S^^^B^^^ habba^; pmkj^yboinJ.^ ]>y,ma|ias yeahi heepmrCDdb'

tneapi.^obcunbiuai iSm^nait. Ineajii '^ hablM^ tSttf ]?y.laBff8B^
ppybom.'^'^ ]70 hi heopniCDohep pillaa^^ neap.tkff^^ fppialb^ apei'
lasta^ . Nabbaft, hn influmeTppybom'^^ ^knue • hi .hnpa^ a^unv
pillum hi lylpe uii]»eafUiii unbej^ieoba^.^^ Aci foaa fpa/ hi'
J0 heopa?^ CDo&^af^a^?^ pppm jobe. fpai peop)N^ ha^ ablenbe*'
mib.uiipijboaiew.8pft> peah if an la&hnding/Iiob onr h^'J^atpe-
J^hban cffif^#v?^)*^:2efyh|i^Wilcef monnejrv^^^mmii^'^hif popbl'

^ Boet. lib. T. prosa 1. — An est aliquid, tametsi valgus, &c.

^ Boet. lib. y. prosa 2. — -'Animadverto, inquam, idque uti, &c.

1 nama, deest in MS. Gott. ' Bod. hpesnunsa. ^ Cott nieobom.

* Bod. pe. « Cott. hpsf. ^ Bod. habbatS. ? Cott. ealla Sejceabpifa.

* Cott. Soobne. » Cott >Kt. » Cott. pdma-S. " Cott poj*. « Cott
pilma'5. *• Cott. ppiobom. " Cott ypeobom. " Cott jryuobom.
" Cott pilla. " Cott peopulb. " Cott Fpeobom. « Cott heopa.

, *> Cott nnbephobatJ. " Cott hiopa. *« Cott onpenba'K. "Cott
hi. «* Cott ceartpe. «» Cott sephtJ. « Cott se>ohc

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§ TI. Them said It Bot'^exicecemo^thd'.naBiB first Pr
Tfaeiveaul ht&^i Mjr foebved Atistotte has eipiainBd ib ' in: the.
book called Phjsica. Then said I : How has he explakued it ? ^
Then said be : Men said formerly, when anything hap^yned
to them unexpectedly, that it happened by chance : as if any
(ttie should difi^ the earths and, find there a.hoan^of ^d^and
tbea ^^ thatut .had happened by chance. ? I*#know, nowever,
that if 'the digger, hkd iUot dug the earth, ,or' man had* .not
hflfose hid iihegqld thore; thenJie wotdd .not have found. it.
Therefore it ..WAS n^t found by chajuce. Biit .the. divine pve-
destinatioa.inBtmcted whom he would .that he should hide,
the. gold,, and jif terwards whbm^he would, .that he should'
find it..

^ TIL' Thea said I \ . L'p^eeive .-that this is as thou sayest :
but I would .aah^thee. wliether we* haire any irieedom, ior lany
power, what we jna^ do, q/nd what we may.not 'do P or whether
tbe^dmne predestination, or. fate^ compels U9_t 6 what they
*ill? Thea.saidlhei.We.haTe-much poweri There is no.^
utioQaL. creature 'which. has not freedikn. Whosoever ^hks^
^'^uon,.i8 able to judge and discern what iie oug^t to desire j
i&d.what lie ought to-BhiuL^ And every man hasthia freedom,.
that he Jmowa what he wiUs, and.y^t hid wills JM>t.. And yet
dliationaL creatuiea have not equal freedom... Angels havet
'^bt judgmentsiindgQod wiTl; and whJEttever they desirethey;
yeqr easily obtain^ because^ they desire nothing .wrong; . There
' ^ lU). created being .which.) has^fireedom and reason except'
^gels andimen... Men hkve always freeddm;,the more as
I *bey lead their, mind nearer to divme things ; ,and they have .
x^nmch the Idss j&eedom, as they lead the will of their mind
^^fi^^er to. this woddly. honour. They, have not any freedom;
I Jhen they, of theisiown accord, subject themselveB to vices.
But as.soon.as.they tum.away their mind &bmr^d, bo soon\
do tiiey become blind with f^lly. But one Almighty GFod^
exists in his high' city^ :who sees every; man's thought, and

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/ •] hif b»ba tofc»t. 3^
Da fe ^ifbom fa J>if rpel
])uf cp»]>.

BOXTHITT8.

CHAP. XLL

Bfdbb hiefbe. ^ onjann he finnan ;)

§ L DeAtffOin

ife

5 p«r. p par J

relert . feah ^

uej

CAPUT XLI.«
mnre xoba rceop^ H»»»i

[jecumjelejt

Qiope

funnaa
V jn»S hen }>eyli

ne m»^ hio eaU

f a xerceapga. ])e heo^ e ycinan mae^.
t:T gefcip aji. ne ealle innantjieonfe-

/^fcman. Ac mj ]>am selmihci^an Irobe fpa. ]ie if fc^penb

//ealpa ^efceapta. he jereoj^ 3 ^jih):$o]» ealle hij- ^^fceafta

ttenbemej t.jSone mon maej hatan buton leaf e f oJ>e Sonne : .

' § 117 Da fe ^ifbom fa tJif leof ajTinjen haepbe. fa jefpy-

gobe* he ane IJcle hpile. Da cpaef ic. 8um tpeo me* h«j}>

jtjrfpife jebpepeb. Da cpael) he. Ppa^ if fe. Da cpaef ic. pic if

^ p f u f ejijr* f Jjob ryile a&Ucumtepybom^ fpa gob* to bonne.

fpa jrpel. fpaefep he pille. anb bu f ejgi eac^ Dob pite jelc^ fmj

gT4 hic jepyjif e.® 3 f u f egft^o ^^ ^^^n f m^ pyjyf y^^^iifef hy

He ot58e jefapje.^' 3 "Su fejft^' f hic fcyle eall papan

l^eciohhob habbe.^* Nu ipunbpie ic f »f hpy he jefapje

. men habban^^ f onerpybom^* f hi majon^7 ^Qn j^

i ypel fpa&fep fpa hi pillan. iSonne he »npat ^ hi ypel bon

^ .Da cp»f he. Ic f e ma&g fpif e eaf e jjegibpjjib^ f»f

fpellet. Pu polbe fe nulician^® gphpylc fpife pice cynugjepe

^^ na&rae na6nne\|p jne^* mon on eallon hif juce. ac]^pon ealle"

ifeope.tPa cpaepMC. Ne fuhte hit me nauhc^ pihthc. ne eac

^T ^pireifli c.'^ jip him f ceolban f eope men f enijan.^ Da cp«f

y ' iKeVPpJpt paepe unjecjnbhcpe.^* yp Ijo b na& pbe on eallum hip

imbep hir anpSaib^popf»m hej^
?0 fceogt^a jepceabp ipaill^^^ge fceapt^ en^ap 3 men. fam

'*■ Boet.\lib. y. metrum 2« — Pnro clamm lumine Phodbmn, &c.

y Boet. nb. v. prosa 8.— Turn ego, En, inquam, &c.

» Cott ale « Cott. sefpusobe. » Bod. tuna. * Cott p©?!*-
» Cott. fellfe »lcum men ppeobom. • Cott goob. ' Cott r»a* f
pite»lc. \* Bod.T»nen. » Cott SepeopJ>e. »• Cott f ©gpt. "Cott.
Sepeop>e. 1^ Uofl. geFape. " Cott pwspt. " Cott hebbe. " Cott
h»bben. >« Cott ppeobom. w Cott. masen. *• Bod. he nn loaan.
» CotthECgfiBje. «• Cott. no. 21 Cott nauht gepif enlic " Cott
l>enian| » Cott D»t p»pe nncynliqie. •* Cott Sefceapt. ** Cott
Sep ceabmra. ^ « Cott Wo.

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discerns his words and his deeds, and renders to every one
according to his works. When Wisdom had made this speech,
then began he to sing, and thus said :

CHAPTER XLL

JQ H Homer the ^ good p6el ^wh» with the Greeks
'^ "--- Virglfs m ^----^ •-! ^i

yjw the best^ ^he was Virgirs master ; Virgil was with the
Latin men the best, though Hbmer in his poems greatly
praised th e natare of the sun^ and £er excellences, and her
Drt^htneaa : yet she cannot shine upon all creatures^ nor those
creatures which she mav shine Tipon. can she shine lippn-al l
equally^ nor shine through ihem all within. J5ut it is noi so
witn tne Almighty Gt)d, who is the maker of all creatures^
He beholds and sees through all his creatures equally. Hini
we may call, without falsehood, the true sun.

§ II. When Wisdom had sung this lay, then was he silent
a little while. Then said I : 'A certain doubt has much troubled
me. Then said he : What is that P Then said I : It is this,
that thou sayest that Qod gives to everyone freedom as well
to do^good as evil, whichsoever he will : and thou sayest also
that jGod knows everything before it comes to pass ; and thou
Bayeit aJso, that nothing coD agaJiQ4)a8 Sjinle8B God wills and
permits it : and thou sayest that it must ail proceeil as he has
ordained. Nowtl wonder at this, why he permits that wicked
men have the frieedom that they may do either good or evil,
whichsoever they will, since he before knows that they will do
evil. Then said he : I can very easily answer thee this inquiry.
How would it pteaBethee; if- there were some very powerful
king, and he had not any free man in all his realm, but all
were slaved P ~ Then said I : I should not think itjit all right,
or moreover suitable, if men in a state of skvery^skouldrserve
him. Then said he: How much more unnatural would* it be,
if God had not in all his kingdom any free creature under his
power P Therefore he created two rational creatures free,

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/ he 3; eap imcleyace "imcobomer. ip hi mopcm^rbon n» 50b fpa

4f

Faejre » mib faftjie^jife'lelcum tanm^ of hip enfae. ^uy re

pnybom.^ |>cet te*^ mon mot bon -p he pile , anb f if po » ^ pk
lelcum men be hir xepyphtum aBJ;]>ppfee on ^ijje populbet^e on
faepe topeapban ppa ^* ppaypefjpsefeji he bef . -^ men ma^an^
beptan )>«phjK>n^ppybom^^ ppahpn&ppahq piDa)>. bixton bea))
hi namagonlpopcyppan. a&C/ hi . hine/ maxon mib. gobwm^^pe-
^ apcum*^gQEaa;f he fy^^ lacop cym]>; ^e pippjiwi o)) opdbolu
/Ohme hpJiim lettftf ^p mon to ^obum^' vewaee . ne~ cphaspe
habbai\.sobne^ pillan. -p ip 50b. 'Dft cp»J> ic. p^cl fu me^^t

/^apetne onr^m t^eoiL "j on ^pe ^ebpepebn^e J^e ic <aB|vw
p«p^e:f8Mmieobome. . Ag 10 eom nu^et onnudemapan ge-
bpepebneppei^eunpotfob.. ptdneahop opmohn^ppe. I Da cysdf^he,

./J'-Pf»t ip: pio micle..uBpocnep." Da.opie]> ic.f.pit*^ ip jaafibi^

Eobe^ Eopetiohhup^e. . .pop|>am^7 pe gahf^)> » hjnhim pecjan f

. Lit pcyle eaU ppa gepypf an" j^ia ppa Hob jet^ ppumanr ^etioUiob

rhaepbe. I'^.hit ne mseie. nan mon apenban.^^ Nu ^mcp me f

y he boi poh . ^coone he.aTia ^^|?a ioban. ^*^ '3. eaq>]x)Bn6 kej^na^

^^ypelaji. gip f{fQ} ip. ^ hit him ppa i^epceapen. fmvjfh^
mopcon ellep bonv unnvthce; pe rpmcab ^nne> pa untebibbab.
J tJonne pe pa^atJ. otSSeia&lmeppan p^)>. ^ip f e hip nahba]^ t$y
mapan 15anc. )ionne^^ V^'p^ ot^ eaUnm^dinsam^^abSi^onhiqia
avenue pillan. ,-] aptep^^ hiopa hchoman Ivpse ipna]) :•

2fS ;§ :in.' Da . cpa&]?. he. ©ip ijj pw' ealbe piogptt ^ '&i 'hn!3;e
piofobopt.^' •j.mamje eacl a&p ^. ]>apa papTpam .GDapenp. ofpe
naman ,TllJlI^p. {ipibbaoi naman he, po^p.gehatfoi 'lae^io. ^*
paep Romana hepetc^. pQpa&p.u^to. pe>pa&p ppijie abip^obimb
. SsBpe ylcan ^ pppaece. . Ac . he hi ner^mtthte . bpmgan: to nammi

^0.ehbe ^Dj-pone timan.^^ .pop)?y he^pa OOob pap^^ial^ob m^gje
populbe jullmmga:^^ . Ac. jc ^e pecge. gip j^i fSp .ip |! g^

^t. ^t pa&pfuniiet gebob on'^obcwabum boomni^/Jwob

* iBoetj:Hb.' r^ pioia 4b— Turn illa,'TiBtu8j<mquiV>&c
. 1 Cott.nu^twxi. 4^ Oott^ rp»^p. * Cott^ iwlben. 1 Gdtt. fBiflbe.
«Catt. men. « Cottjjpeobto. '.Cott,re. "Cottsoob. «Cott
mason. wtJott. n»ebbom. " Cott soobmn. « Cott |>e. " Cott
Soobmn. " Cott ^oobne. ^* ]>p»t if po micle nnjiotnef, desnnt
in MS. Bod. » Bod. Dif. " Cott fop>»m. " Cott. sepeopJ>an.
w Cott onpenban. »• Cott Sooban. «» Cott J>y. ** hiopa agenne
pillan. -J »Fte]i, dcstmt in MS. Cott ** Cott popobef . ^ Cott fe.
3' Cott f op[yy he ne meahte ne nan mon on j^one timan |>a fpp»ce to
nanum enbe bpin^an. » Cott p»r. ^ Cott peopnlbe mlnunsa-

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angels and men. Tg theea he gave: the ggeJitcyifb df fgeedom,

that . they might ido either good jort«vil,>{virhiohsoever:tbe7

would. .He. gave: a very laure .gifty^aiDd arireryjssire Ja(w with

the . giftr to .«very man luddl his end. That is the freedoig,

that man may do -what be.will ; wA that, is t the law, .which

renders to every mauracoordong . to his wiorks, i.both . in * this

world, and in that to come^igodd orevil, whichsoeveEihe does.

And men may attam through this freedom whateoevert they

-will, except that they cannot; avoid deatii. But:^ie;^jUl^ >by

^good works delays it , > so that it may ooBte. later : _and imooe-

fover, they may some^mes defer it till oM age,) if.tthey do not

^ase to have ;good will to, good weikSj.thatui^.good. Thea

said I: Well hast thon set me- riy^fc in: thedoiibt^aDd in the

trouble wheeeiin I before was ocascennngs fceed^. dBut* Lam

'Still disquieted with rmuch more toou&e, almost , to. despair.

'Then said hq : What isithis.gveat.dUsqpidet ? jTheoisaidl : :It

is coneeming' th ^ j;)rgdeBtination lof Bad. . iFon-we sometimes

bear say^ that everything must so. oome. to pa68F'.as Godiat the

beginning had decreed, oni. that; no man can; alter it. Now

methioks that he. does wrong, when be honours tbe-good^ and

also when she, puaMshes the wicked, if it is.tme that it was so

ordained to them that they oould not do otherwise. .In. vain

we labottr yhen we pray, aad'.when,we fast, or give alms, if

we have, not thwefore-more JGavour tlian those .who in jail

things walk accocding to .their .own will^.ahd ran a£(ser their

bodily lust.

§ III. Th€a> said he :' Thia i& the oldcomplaint, which thou
bast long bewailedi and many also befiMre. thee : osne of whom
"^as a certain. Marcus, by another name.TaEius ; by a third
name he was called. Cicero, who -waa a conatil of 4^e Bomans.
He was a philosophfif . He was very much occupied with this
^me tquest^^TH^inie could notJ^rmgit to any •end at that
^lae, because their mind was ocenpicfd with the desires of this
^orld. But I say to* thee, if that is trua^which ye say, it was
a vain command, in divine.boaks^hick'9od commanded^thi^

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B0ITHIV8.

CHAP. 2LL

/ mon f cealbe^ poplsetau ^1 -^ bon j^ob.^ 3 ept f e cpibe t$e he

cfB&f. fpa mon ma fpmc^. fpa mon mapan mebe onfeh]?. "^ ic

pui^bpi^e hpi ]>u h»bbe popjiten eall f f pit »p fppaecon. pit

fSBbon »p f po jobcunbe p opetiohhun^ »lc job pophce. anb

J nan ypd. ne nan ne tiolihobe co p^cenne.' ne naeppe ne

popbte. je pup)>um -p pic ^epeahcon^ to jobe.^ faet polcifcum

monnum ypel ^uhte. f pief f mon ppaece anb pitnobe bpone

pop hip yple. pu ne paebe* pic eac on'^ *ippe ilcan bee. f Eob

haepbe ^etiobhob ppybom Co pyllenne® monnum, ^ ppa bybe.' 5

/^jip hi^® tJone ppybom cela jeliealbon.^^ f he hi polbe pp lye

// peopj^ian mibjecfijjice.^* n xip lu t$one ppybom^ jonheolben . f

Ee hi tTonne polbe pitman mib bea]?e. pe teohhobe^* }pp hi

hpaBC jepynjobon" on pam ppybomeV^ f hi hic epc on ^am"

ppeobome mib hpeoppim^e gebecon.** 3 jip hiopa hpilc'^ pp»

/5' heapbheont p»n e f he nane hpeoppunj^e ne hjfbe, f he ]H)nDe

/.^h»pbe pihtbcpite. 6a]la jepceaptaheh»pbe2etnqhhob-&Q]?$.'®

/vburon en^him anb jndnmim. i^j^gyj^'^ njipa ^a^f^Mfn^ jifippg

/ n^. hi healbaf^ hiopa ]>enun^a oJ> bomep baaj. Ac j >a menni

Pa enrfap . l>e nieo'* nnc . popl»ta]> hiopa fenimja.** Vp«t^

^majon men cpefan^ pio jobcunbe popetiohhun^ jetiohhc^

haepbe ^aep J>e hio n^Jujihcuje. ot$8e hu m ay n hi 1 "

f hi ne mayn ^Ob^ bon. nu hic appiteri if ^

8&lcum men aapcep^® hip jepjTihtum. Ppy pcea'

monn bion ibel. ^ he ne pfiQp£fi,f* Da cpa&J) ic.

"■ " K»o i,ai„a i-ruMr^^^T.'rJ minep OOobcp.

X^Ds-

^/haBprcteppylpob*^ fa&pe tp
fnn;^a'^^e icUe acpobe.'^
ppp»ce 6e me pob*^ tpeof.
ic. Eeno^ me ip cup'* f ?^
/^el . asp hit gepyppe.'^ a

JO pceal unapenbenblice*' -p ]

> Cott. pceolbe.
» Cott Soobom.
bom CO pellanne.
tolanse heolbon.
" Cott SepynS'
hpeoppun^a
>e]>a. 2

" Cott. alabii
^ Cott pyp(

9e polbe ^et
cp8&]? he. Ppa&t
; ^ eall'
nac hps&pep hit ea
-] ^etiohhob h»p]>.

le a&Bi;

]>8Bpe ac-

sn" puinc

Dacpae^

feob^l

Sepyppan^

Dacpaephe.

ion.

s Cott/soob. ' Cott pypcaAne.
* CUt/n. piebon. ? Qott. eac »p

•^Bod. biobe. » Cott. he.
^Cott hpe. *• Cott. ppeobom
»« Cott >aBin ppeobome. "
" Cott hpylc. «» Cott
. habbat?. » Bod. >eppise.

*• Cott maesen goob. ^ Coti
* Cott seppeolpob. » Cott apcunsa. « Cott.
ahpabe. ' « Cott. acpan. »* Cott. ymbe. »» Cott cu« me if-

"Cottsoob. "^ Cott peop]>e. * Cott S^peophan. »Cott.

unanpenbenbhce.

. y>eoij

Bod. sepahcon.

« Cott ppeo-

Cott ppeobom

Cott. tiohhobe.

>»m. » Cott

«» Cott FopJ»y

•* Cott. J>eSiMiiiS«'

« Cott be.

7selbe.

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man should forsake evil and do good ; and again the saying
which he said, that as man labours more, so shall he receive
greater reward. And I wonder why thou shouldest have for-
gotten all that we before mentioned. We before said that the
divine predestination wrought all good, and no evil : nor de-
creed to work, nor ever wrought any. Moreover, we proved
that to'be good which to vulgar men seemed evil : that is, that
man should afflict or punish any one for his evil. Did we not
also say in this same book, that G-od had decreed to give
freedom to men, and so did ; and if they exercised the freedom
well, that he would greatly honour them with eternal power ;
and if they abused the freedom, that he would then punish
them with death? He ordained that if they at all sinned
through* the freedom, they afterwards through the freedom
should make amends for it by repentance ; and that if any
of them were so hard-hearted that he did not repent, he
should have just punishment. All creatures he had made
servile except angels and men. Because the other creatures
are servile, they perform their services till doomsday. But
men and angels, vyho are free, forsake their services. How
can men say that the divine predestination had decreed what
it fulfils not P Or how can they excuse themselves that they
sliould not do good, when it is written that God will requite
every man according to his works P Wherefore, then, should
any man be idle, that he work not ? Then said I : Thou hast
sufficiently relieved me from the doubting of my mind by the
questions which I have asked thee. But I would still ask
thee a question, which I am perplexed about. Then said he :
What IS that? Then said I: I am well aware that God
knows everything beforehand, both good and evil, before it
happens, but I know not whether it all shall unchangeably
happen, which he knows and has decreed. Then said he : It

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250 B0STHroS. CHAP. XII.

/ Ne^ )>0&PF ^^ ^o ®^ )$^op)»on^ anapenbenbhce.' Ac fum he

fceal ^epeo|i]nDiiiiiafenbeiiblice.^ f fal> "C te une Htb^eapp^ b)>.

•3 hi J- piMa bif . Ac hit if pun fpa jepab f hif nif nan iie6bpe«fipl

'] ])eah ne bejia))^ no ^ah hit ^epiopt>e.^ ne nan heapm ne hi}.

f "Beah hit*: none %effpipe,^ Ifejiencnu be J>e'ffelpSTEpS|>ep J«i

»njj ^nj ffa jtsBfte^o j^iobbbb hsebbe f J)** J>ynce*^ jj hic

n»Fpe }>inuHi pilmn onfenbeb'^ peop]>e. ne ^u buton l>'eon^' Be

S m»je. otStSe hf8ft]»ep ]m ept on sen^^um je)>eahBe rpa tp^aebe

fie. ^ ^e heilpe' hpfie}>ep hit jopyf^fe.** ^ hi&w) ne J^pypfe.**

/^ Fela ir g»pa^ * Innja 8e Eob aop j«t 8»p hit 5ef]^)>e.*^ -^ pat eac

f hit bepaj>" hif ^efceaftum jip hit ^epypf. nat he bit- no

Fopt^)" ^eli® P*tt« f i»*^ S^PyPf®*** '^^. F^P ft ^® '-^^ P^^® F^P"
pypnan^^ f lit ne Xe7;^fe.^ fpa j-pa 7;n^ ■ rrip|-fcjrpt«'^ onjic

//i micehie pinb hpeof^ »p'»p -hit peopfe!**^5S^^^|^te«i:i

/ /jgj. "] eac hpilum lecjan JwneiniBft. anb lceran> ^alpgtinxS^

jij he »p ]>peopef pinber ^ bestte. psepnaji^ he hine*® pip f

/^ § IV.*.Dacp»}> ic. Spt^ pel gu jaim lhgcfftnxcbolpen gt
pepe fpp«Bce. anb ic punbpije hpr fpa ma&ni^e pipe men fpa

MWf^ fpanccn*7 mib tsB/pe fppeee. anb fpa litel**'gepif punboi.

Da cp»J> he. Pps&f panbpaft Cu )?»p fpa fpi)>e. fpae^ fpa hit

If to on^tanne. pu ne paft iSnf manij tSinc^^^ne bif no on-

• 5iten fpa rpa Int bij>. ac ppa Fpa ^W^'^^W'^X "^^t ^f P« f«P

-8&ftcp fpipa]>. Spilciffe pifbom^hmenemBBj*^ nan mon op

^/)>iff populbe'^ on^itan. fpilcne*^ fpdce** he if. Ac aelc yw&J^
hif anbjitef medpe "f he hine polbe Km^tan jiphe* imhte.** lie
re pifbom ma&j uf-'eallunja^^onjitan fpilc^^ fpilce'* pepnb;'*

^#T$eah pe hme ne majon"on^tan eallunja fpilce fpilce*' he if.

» Boet lib^ ▼. proM 4.--^Ci:9iu>erron8 «a«ia est, &c

1 Ne, deest in HS. Cdtt. - ' Cott S«reop|ran. > Oott. vnaiipenbeDb-

hce. * Cott. iieb|>eapi]p. « Cott neb^eapf. * Ccrtt.* bepe^. ^ Cott

Sepeop>e. » hit, deest in MS. Cott. ' • Cott Sepeop^e. *• Cott

F»rt. " Cott. >mce. »« Cott. onpenbne. " Cott. bion. " Cott.

Sepeop>e. " Cott. >apa. »6 Cott. SepeopK. »▼ Cott. bepe«.

" Cott. Sepeop>e. »• Cott. poppeojman. 20 Cott. sepeop>e. " Cott

goob f cipftioepa. " Cott. on hpeope f» »p »p hit Sepeop>e. " Cott

^h|^ " Cott b»tmj;e. « Cott papena«. « he hme, desunt in

y^ SlSr Cott. •' Bod. sefpuncen. » Cott lytd. » Cott >inS-

» Bod. J>pilc nyy ^^f bom ne m»s. « Cott peopulbe. " Cott

rpylcne. »^ott rpylce. ■* Cott. meahte. »» Cott. fpylcc-

* Cott fmt. "^ Cott fpylcne fpylce.

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need. not iQl .happen' tmehangeably. But some of it shall
Jiappen unobangesbiy, that is, what shall be our necessity,
and shall be .his wilL But some of itis^soiarranged that it
is not necessary, »nd yet hurts not if it h»pp»i ; nor is the^
any harm if it- do not happen. ' Consider now ocmceming
tbyself, whetber thooi hast-so'.finnly 'designed aoiy thing; that
thou thinkest that ib siever with* thy consent may be oh^ged,
Aor tbon«xist ^without, i^. Or. whet her thou again in any
design :*aH; tso '■ inoonsistent, that it aids thee, \ whether it
happen, or idrbeiiberit happen not. * Many ^a one is there ^
t hetbroys which God knows before it may nappi^, and knows
aisatEatit wall bwt his oreHtures if it happen. He does not
know it, bemmse be <wiQs that it(Should happen^ but because
he w:^8 to provide that it may not happen. Thus & good pilot
perceives a great storm of wind before it happens, and fi;ive8 _
orde r to fori Uie sail, and moreover sometimes' to lower the a
nla8t,^aIKi let* go> the cable, if he firsts restiain the p^ryeys^ M^ ^
♦^nd,««^vf0fpij(MridB8 against the storm. i»<5^^.*u^-^ ^S^ jl^

§>iy.JTbfiiiy88id I : Verywell hast thou assisted me ini this /Ur^^^.
^aigoment ;^aiid J ^'wonder why^so many wise men- have so a^^^
^atly laboured witb this question, and found i so little cer-
tain. Theoi; said he : .What dost thouso greatly <wonder at,
^ easy uis.it ids to undeamtandf .Dost' tboni not kinow that
inanyia* thing is xiot understood! according: as it is, but ae-
ooimng ta the jneasure of the understanding' which inquires
-after it ? ; Such iawiadom ^ that no> man iO'this world can com-
prehend it. such, as itis. Bttevery one strives, according to
l^e measure iof his .understanfding, that he might comprehend
it if he could. iBut wisdom js^aUerto entirely comprehend us
SQch as- werju*e/,tho&^ -wei'cannot<}entireiy' comprehend it

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neTif ne pijinj?" f pe ypd Jfeon. popgun" Je he up feal&e ppy^
5 bom.*' Ic %e m»j eac tsecanpune bifne. j^ f u W e^** on^ican
^imihc** ^a jTppaece. l)j?«t^^ bu part '^ lenhc. "fhehepner . anb
y keppebner: on^ita]? ^dne lichoman teif moiinef ^ feali ne on-
' ^icafTThine no ^^eLcne, '^ ^

onxica]) 111 )>eah ^one h<^oman ei
MpoTTeirnebner hine m»x'

onxica}> f hisehiopaj>
;a fpjrlcne ppj^lce he bif .

^ ne

' bif .

iT^erpeban f hic bchoma

i)> 6e blac tSe hyit. ge

»c irpuman ceppe.*^ fpa &

A bi».' ac hio ne ma&t[xer__

y»xen l>e unptexep. ! ac po xer

eajan on bepob. Bio*^, onpca]> ealle ^one anbplitan ba&f licho-
/i&man. Ac ic polbe xet' neccan rume'Hiace^ f ^u pip'e^^ hpasf fu
y/punbpebep: : • **

§ y.^ Da cp»)' ic. Pp»t If f . Da cp»]> be. Pit if f j-e an

monn onjitt*' f f he on oypxxm on^t fynbephce. he hine ^
^ yt pu ph %aeagm jjnbephce. ^ nph ga eapan fynbephce., g i^
^ hif pflftfefilfan fynb epiice. guph gef ceafepi]Tieff e f fafeigp lifig^. fafit
^^gepif anbjit^ COonije pnt cpucepa** ^efceapta unftiTiiei^. fpa

fpa nu r^Ipj-ca,f ^ f mt. anb habba]> tJeah fumnebei tinb^tcf .

f opf aBrirt^^mihcon^ ellef Lbbon.^ jif hi na n Xpoc anbjicg*

na&fbon. pune ma^on ^epon. pimft mii^i;nn gehyppn^g'pimg
J^ jefpebon.^ ru me'tgerti ncan . Ac ^a ftjrpienban'n^enu pnt
^/monnum jeliCJI^. poppain hy habba]> eall 'B Spi'tmftypienban
2t habbaf. •] eac mape to. ^ if. f hio hypigahsy^oMuun. lupaf

* ]j[i lupa)?. anb hatiab ^ hi hatial>. ^FJvp M |[ hi hatn4>. "] fecaf

p hi luf la]?. Da men ^onne habba]> ean^.pe^p ymbe fppascon.

5 eac to eacan ^a&m mide ^ipe jerp^pifneffe. Baj^k^ Sonne
J(> habba]> jj epif anbtit . Fop]?aem pm^f fceacta'^ ]^f j^ef ceapene.
J/ f ]>a unftypienban hi ne aheb|>^ opep t$a ftynienban. ne him

iliqoid, &c

* Cott. jjoob. * Cott
Cott hpa]>op. » Cott.
Cott soob.^"*^ " pott pepnlS. w^Cott
im. " Cott >e 'U. " Cott meahee.

^ Boet lib. v. prosa 4 — 5.-^eqne enim sensns
» eall, deest in MS. Cott./ « Cott peopc.
Sepopbene. "Cott paji^m. • Cott neb.

popb»nL "Ct

i« Bod. D»c. " jryicne j^ylce he biU. po sepiebnef hine m»s» de«ont
in MS. Bod. ^f^od. seSpapiaU. »» Cott nfumceppe. «» Bod. et
Cott hL «» Bbd. pp%p:. « Cott punbj^obe. «• Cott onjic.

** Bod. cucepe^^ ** Bod, nrcaf. «• Cott me4hton. « Cott hbban.
M Cott sehipan. » Cott s5?«>an. » Cott. Iii onhypia'S. » Cott
Tpho«. »* Cott sepceajxa.

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such as it is. For wisdom is Ood. He sees all oar works,
both good and e^il, before thej are done, or even thon^bt of.
But be does not compel us tbe more, sojlmtwejoefisfiaaril^
miMtdojgood, nor prevent us from diding evil ; because be
fiaagiven us freedom. I can also sbow thee some examples,
whereby thou mayest.more easily understand this discourse.
Thou knowest that sifi;ht ^ and hearing, and feeling, :pai»eeive
the body of ff man, abd yet they perceive it not alikb. The
ears perceive ibat Wbicb they bear, and yet they perceive not
the body altogether siicb as it is. The feeling may touefa it,
and feel that it is a^boidy, but cannot feelwhether it be black
or white^ fair or not fair . But the sight in the first instance,
aa the eyes look thereon, perceives all the form of the body.
But I would still give some explanation, that thou mayest
understand that which thou wast wondering at.

§ y . Then said I : What is that ? Then said he : It is that
the same man perceives in separate ways what he perceives in
others. He perceives it through the eyes separately ; through
the ears separately; through his imaginatioi^ separately;
through reason separately, through intelligence. Many living
creatures are unmoving, as, for instance, shell^fishes are, and
have, nevertheless, some portion of sense, for they could not
otherwise live, if they had no particle of* sense. Some can
see; some can hear; some com feel : gome can smell. But
the moving beasts are more like to men, because they have
all which the uiimoving have, and also more ; that is, that jp
they Tpiiitatemei^ love what they love, and hate what they ^y^*Y
hate ; and "gy^Sw what tbev hate , and seek what they love\ 7^
But men have all that we before mentioned, and also, in ad-
dition thereto, the great gift of reason. But angels have in-
telligenqe. On this account are the creatures thus formed,
that the unmoving may not exalt themselves above the

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/ pi]>.ne pinBBix. ne-jw jt^ienbaa op^ ^imeik'Jie i$t men? ofepn
t$a £Dgiaf . ne ^a. en^lB^ ytp Iiobv . Ac f ipieajunUb^.j^ fe>sifl8fta
bad monnane |-ee^ omf -^ him pofippeft ij*. ipAy^efeetibpqvieff,
ne j^ US* f e^^ ^ ium^ lopep ip -p ip ft en^pr habb^» 'j yipe mhub;;
SfVf Z'^T anb^ee. Ac meft monaa nu^ oat^jw^^ nn neaxsum
on fwsa f lu piBmifi >popiilb' lupta ipp» ^pps.' uBbeniiu . Ac .^qi fe*
job hmfbom sBsagaebKl unspio^enbep a a fagifeq^ FF* TP* engiap
habba6. ]>t>iine«iiiibJce 'p«.«oii2itoii^'^*^anbgec.^bi]>:imole beteper
Sbnne upeej^pceabpquappe.^ Ddabfipf pela tymBan^ • pg«iiabb«^:
/^ liQellhe}'2ea|iD|H^nm ^juton tp eoau . acTpjan ei^Um* TByinaii- rpeo
namep ]>»pm ^bS*^' ]>e bs pitxon. Tp«^. i$T up rEuopaa^^ei^piiscK ppS^^.
miole.bet^a''66mwu)ie'j^€^eabpipn^e.. j-pa xque-i^^eeeahpqniBfpe.
ip bei5ep8i}>oiiiie(ii^eiia^ iAb^piet(ri$ite»^8Bf!^epi&tep'»ai9 bnis
/^ ^^'bim* popj^n ip.' aa)>qiiJ (y^e "hpopvixB .maeom ciffe toApcn
//jmga. Ac uconuniiubAbban. upe'^^CDSSTTuptppa ppaipefy^cmejt;:
/^mai^ea |g)> g»r /bea nhpopeplw iHBb|«»nt anb^np/ jtrfri ,T«i«|rft
/7 h?icsbhcort» cumoDi n' ^ftiiCOit;i t»:» fu

' m^ 1 come.: 7>»p masg : fm CDob ^ f to ^pcea^i|f»ef Tcpeoa
opaEthce-.f '^ bmnmiiiymb tpeo)» a^cep tSm^^tfj .atK^enfeg be/
2jD t$tepe ' ^obamban' ) gopecceayunae . .]Ni pe^mx: i of^i ynb ^pp«x>ii;
t^r be.iipum ppybbme j]gcg Tpatba* eaflttmi giii^iimii • »

§» YI.^ Dape pSfrbom'^ai}>ip ppell .apiBb-baBfbBuj)aaoi^aivbet

^pingan' "] 'I'up cp»^^1pBp»c< ]>ii<inabc:oflgtt»iu fr manijc^^ip)

mipclicecpepenbe'^eonb^ eop))aiL:i'3 pm&jpijie'iuii^eliJcef E^ep; 3

^,J* imgeLce pana». .pme hcy^a^- mib edton bcha

f/^ pa^TLipenbe;i3|ina>i '^ ' ^"^

tttma]?» 1 nun»A)i^ tpiopeg e.
/ \ ^ ^Bg, ftoab bio|>} op bujie .Ti^ber.piiiJiyagiy A *wp}nnj . ^ j^iben'

iic^a^- mib edton bchaiinnyoiBeofitoin , ry'
bim Daat)!en me rpe&" n ypliepapi imI^ W'
op^e. niime|popcpp^e .!T™»^#Besctg&a.
bone ' nealbel. vil> ; . bWn» - eonbftm 1 .t 1>ibeii*

pUlnia!^. jot>^>e 1>iBr «l)e . hi; ; lto^ o))^te . ]?«p ^ ] >e 1^ bff ]»npp>'^^ » . A r. pe*

^oiine^)»6pj ik/U^* "^iCDob
5i2reT^i^m }>ip» k<^:ap9iij<

e(mo))Opop }>oiiiie jwlichomac. w
h»pbe^ t$a'cp»^ibet .

F Boet. lib. v. metrom 5.— -)^aam variis terras animalia, &c.

' Ck>tt. reca%. 2 nn, da^t in MS. Bod. > Bod. onptypwiS. « Cott
jepceabpipneppie. » Cott. fmeaseh. « Cott. netan. ^ Cott ppeo-
lome • Bod. seen. / » Cott. pe fipbom J>a Jnp leo^

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moying, or strive witb tbem : nor the moving, above men ;
nor men above the angels ; nor the angels against G-od. But
it is wretched that the" greatest p^iof men do not look on
that which is given them, that is reason: nor regard that
whiizh israboveithemv that is, what juigelsi and wiBet^xien: have,
luunefy^intdligeBcev: ButsnoBit maa imitale oattlovinasHuach
a8:th^ follow woddty lusts, like caitlewr. But i£ we«had any '
portioziof' undoabtiDg^inteUigence) asmagelaliavev^then might v
^.p»eeure -that that. inteliigeac& i& .much .be^eri than oor^^
rsasonu . Thoujghrw^jcoatemplateinanjvthiagiB^ ,we haKeditile^
iiadentanding^ fieajfrom doubt. Bat <toi the< ang^si theve^ is :
lUM c[bQUiu>f ^aaj of the f&ingS'whioh^thaj^knDW/; : theieforer is -
tkeif undenriradmg. asemuch ibettorithaorKMir.'reaara^ aa>jOUC:
i^B&sonis b&ttte'thaii.the understaBadiogT'oCicaitdena^jor anyv
postioa (^-thatiinteEsctrwhichida given them^ either .to prone
ca|btie^ or toe ttboaemo^ipvoDe j . Bilt . let i us jnow' elevate' our
iBusds, .aaf we^bigheefc.may^ t6wa2dfl the high- roof, of the
ntpi«raB*.iBW£genae^ thatithoui niayfst'vmoet readilj and
mQstie88}l3rGon]0i!to:*thiDB own:coaatrj^ whenoe tbouitbefora>
csnestz . ThJerecmaj'th^inind; and. thy reaaonisee. plainly that .
^^h itiKMic dool^taboatdn everything;^ botk concerning! the:
faii» f(»Bfc y^ pip3^flgrfi^: iditch;wft have.oftenidiscoiirsed about;
^ canoenii]ig.t)iir:freed0m:) -.and.conoenung^jall thinga^

^jYL WhearWtsddm had e!Qded.thi8!Bpeechj<then began he
^sing, aad^iihasisaid : .Thou mayest perceive^ that: many an
^a^anoves varioualy iq)on the earth, aad ^i^y axe of very,
fisiioilar form, and gp^ dxiS&rentily. Soma lie with the.whole
S fe xm; tfae'iearth , and so. 'go creeping „.beeaafle neither
J* wings. sBppODt theBQi: aadisomeTaMt twro-lbdt^dr^ome.
'w-footed 5 8om» flying. ; .a&d :all, ztevertl^i^fiflfi, are inclined.
S gawarda.toyaiad s theieartfa,.5S t iterseAteitber what they .
roB wba& :iB . naedliui • fw ■ tkem^ But maa alone goes up--
^ht. .This betokaaatbat hetoughtmoreitO' direct his thoughts
^P^aeds than downwards^ lest thefmind'ahould bein&rior to
^ body. 'WhiffliJWisdom had sung this lay^ .then saidhe:

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256 B0XTHIU8. CHAP. hji.

CAPUT XLIL*

/ FOR ^ pe fceobon eaUon^ maBji^e rp^pian;^ »ftep Co&e. f

pe piijen* hp»t he p»pe. l>eali hit up^maB)? ncrfrie- 'p pe pitan

hpiet^ he pe. pe f culon ]>eah be t$»f anb^itef m»]>e. ^e he uf

2iF}>. pinbijan.* fpa fpa pe »p cp8»j>on.^ "{^ mon fceolbe^ »lc

jT^m^ onjitan be luf anb^itef maipe. popjmm^ pe ne majon »lc

tJmj onjitsn fpylc fpilc^ hit if .^*^ iElc sefceapt ^$eah »j]?€p je

/ Wcea^gf S® mgerceabpif f jpeotplap ^ Ijiob ece ij^ Fopp»m

n»]qie fpa mane^^a ^ejcewpch anh j-pa'micla -^ n^^^pa&jpa** hi

ne unbepjHobben Iscffan x«r<^eapta 3 laejjan anpealbe ]>onne hi

y^ealle'fj Tn^ap . ne pip)iam )emn»inidum. Da qne]> ic. jj^ggj*

ystgr^ Da cp»]> he. Du me ahfajt; miclef 3 eappojief to on-

^tanne. ^]p t$u hit onj^itan^' pile. t$u f cealc habban sep t$inef

mob^ ea^an cl»ne ^ hluttpe.^^ Ne maBj ^c Se nauht helan

/i P^T/P^ ic pat. ^aft *u f f pio l>i nx nnbon on % mibbanea.pbe.^

//Aw if hpilenbhc J)»t ,hef^ »jbep"je^iiman je enbe. "] i(P

f ^eah nan puht ])»f tie h)»iienbhc if nau)»ep ne hif ppnman

I hif enbe. 0)»ep ^inj if ece. f ha»f^ fpuman *] ikmfp na&ime

Qbe. 3 ic^^ pat hponne hit onjin]). "^ pat f hit nsftppe ne ^e-

[iba]y. j) pnt en^^af anb monna fi^da. t>pibbe }nny j ece

^ buton enbe "ly bnton an^mne. -p if Eob. Be^uh fam" bpim if

Ypipe micel tofcei^. Eir pit f ealle rculon armefcaiL ^' )w)pn»? j

^^<"/ riii|]» p^»: la^f to enbe l?irre bee. ot$ge n »Fpet' Ac anCinj'l

^u fcealt njfbe^ J>8&p eep" pitan. pop hpy^ Eob if jehaten po

hehfte jazegt. Da cpe^ ic. Pp^r. Da cpsa^ he. Fop]K>n pe pton

^J^fpV)>e Ijrel y»f J>e eep uf p»f. buton be gemy nbg. i bejye*

afcunge .^^ anb jet laeffe J)«f "8e »ftep uf oi^-p im'^Mf^

piflice anbpeapb f te j>onne hip. ac him if eall anbpeapb. je f

te »p ps&f . je f te nu if. je f te aeptep uf bit$. eaU hit if him

anbpeapb. Ne pexj>** hif pelena. ne eac na&ppe jaepansj. Nj

jjyt ojpnan he naBfpe nan^* puht. popt$»m nagqie nanht 'he^ nft

* Boet lib. V. prosa 6.— Qaoniam igitnr, uti paulo ante, &c

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» Cott. jranbian. • Cott. cpsbon. ' Cott. jxolbe. » Cott fopHwn.

» Cott. fpylce. »• Cott. bilS. » fpa, deest in MS. Bod. « Bod.

fp»spa. " Cott ptan. " Cott. blutop. " Cott. nubbanseapbe.

»• Bod. J>8&f J>e »S>ep. " ic, deest in MS. Cott » Cott becpeoh >»m.

»» Cottttorme^tan. « Cott nebe. «» Cott. an. «« Cott. geaBfcnm.

«» Cott'fcenc^. •• Cott. nane. •* Cott p}ji\mm be n»fpe nanbc

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BOETHIirS.

CHAPTEK XLIL

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257

Thebefobe we ought with all our power to inquire con-
cerning God, that we may know what he is. Though it may
not be our lot that we should know what he is, we ought
nevertheless, according to the measure of understanding
which he gives us, to strive after it : for, as we have already
mentioned, man must know everything according to the
measure of his understanding, since we are not ahle to know
everything such as it is. Ever}r creature, however, whether
rational or irrational, testifies this, that God is eternal. For
never would so many creatures, and so great and so fair,
submit themselves to an inferior being, and to less power
than they all are, nor indeed to equally great. Then said I :
What is e ternity ? Then said he : Thou askest me about a
great thinff, ana difficult to understand. If thou wouldest
understand it, thou must first have the eyes of thy mind
dean and clear. I cannot conceal from thee anything which
I know. Knowest thou-that there are three things in this
middle-earth P One is temporary, which has both beginning
, and end ; and I nevertheless know nothing of that which is ,
I femporary, neither its beginning nor it« end. Another thing
I IB eternal, and has beginning, and has no end; and I know
' when it begins, and 1 know that it never will end : that is,
&&gels and men's souls. The third thing is eternal, without
fnd,;and without beginning, that is, GK)d. Among the three
^ a 'very great difference. If we should inquire into .the
whole of it, then should we come late to the end of this tiook, __
or never 1 But one thing thou must necessarily first know,
^hy ( jflid is cdled the hi p ;hest etflfnity. Then said I : Why ?
Then said he: Because vre know very little of that which was
l>efore us, except by memory, and by inouiry ; and still less
of tliat which ^all be after us. That alone is truly present
^ lis, which at the time is : but to him all is present, both
J^hat was before, and what now is, .and what after us shall
*^; it is all present to liim. His riches increase not, nor,
teoreover, do xhey ever diminish. He never recollects any-

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/ \ro]2eatJ Ne t'cc^ he nanpuht. ne n^rmeab. popj^am^ t5e he hit
pafc call. Ne fccf lie nan puhc. foptJaftiir he nan jmht ne pop-
leaf. Ne eht he nanne imh te. pon yy hme nan puhc ne ma&j
phon. r7e"*onSp»cnen3ijSht.: popt$a&m he ns&p^ nsenne

J picpan. ne pup]nun nenne pelican. Sunle he bi]> jipenbe. ^ ne
pana}> hyp^ n»ppe nauht. &inle^ he bit$ salmihci^. poppsem ht
pmle ^ gile j!; ob^ anb iiaB|ye imn vreL ^Nij^ him nanep "Smxej-
^ebJ>eanE . Simle^ he bit$ locienbe. ne pbep]? he nseppe. 8iiiile^
he bif 2^eliGe man)?p»pe. 8unle® he bif ece. popjwin naeppe po

/^>> tib'^gp -p hej na&fie . ne neppe ne pypf . 8imle® he bi^ ppeoh. ne

bi)> he to naniun peopce ^enebeb. Fop hip ^obcimblicum an-

pealbe^he ip »^p8&p anbpeapb. Pip micelneppe ne mm% nan

J 3 moni^Lf'mecan. tiBp f tJeah no lichomlfce^ to penanne. ac

japtlice. ppa ppa nu pipbom ip j pihtpipnep. pop^am he f if

ISY^^h -A.C hp»t opepmobije 2;e ))onne. o^5e hpy ahebbe je eop

pi]? ppa ^eane anpealb. ipojipampe je^^ .nauhc pi}> hine bon ne

n^a^on. popf a&m pe eca ^ pe selmihtija pmle^^ pit om ^am^^

. hei^ petle hip anpealbep. ]ionan he ma&j eall ^epion. anb^r

aeloum be "Sam pyhte^^ .s&ptep hip jepyphtum. popjiam hit n^^

10 no unn^^'^ "Saec pe hopien xo Irobe. pop]7»m he ne peit^^ no
ppa ppa pe bop. "Act'abibbal?^^ Hin e' epiSmobhce. pop]>8&m he ip
ppi]7e pummob anb ppiiSe milbheopt. pebba^ eopep GDob to hun
mib eopum honbmn "^ bibba]i tSep tSe piht pie anb. eopep ]»eap):
pie. popfam'^ he eop nyle^^ pypnan. hatiajr ypd 3 plipf^^ ppa je

J5ppi))opt magon. IviriaNcria&train poljiaf iSaem. Dfe.^bl

J£Sl^ p«et jejml^^pSrbon. popfaejn g e pimle^^ ^^FP^S P
Lecan "] fam aBlmehtijan IiQ^ebol? eall y t xe bob . aeJllie
^ T eall he hictpbpgilt. 2ffBeN>~^^"""^

• Cott. Hepop-^ar. * Cott. pop)>»m. ^ Cott. pop>y. * Cott.
he hmk aane pahc ^ Cott.)tfaip. ^ Cott-Sj^mle. ? Cott;^^

» Cott. Symle. • Cott hoiimdbe& 10 Bod. hi. " Cott.<«»lmehk:s& TP^
" Cott. .J>ie«i. " Cott rpi>e pihce. " Cott mp. " Cott unrnt.
" Bod. pete. 17 Cott b^balS^ " Cott pophaem. »» Cott. nek.

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tbiog, because bc^efer forgfite imTtbiog. Ha oeitber soeks
nor HiquiF9s after anything, because be koows it all. He
searches fcrr notbiag, because be has lost nothing. He puv-
sues not itnytbing, beeaase nothing can fly from him. He
fears nothing, beoaiue he bag none more powerful, nor indeed
any like Jiim, He is always giviog, and nothing of Ms ever
decreases. He is ^always Almighty, because hA ftlwflya igiiia
good and never any evil. 1 There is n oj; need to hi m of any*-
tnmg. ile is always eeeing, he never Bleeps. He is always
equally gracious. .He is always eternal, for the time never -
was when he was not,, nor ever will be. He is always free ;
aor ia he compiled to any ^o^k. By his divine power he is
everywhere preset His greatness no man can pneftft»yft;
yet this is not to be underatood bodily, but spiritHallv, even
as wisdom is, and righteousness, for he is that himself. But
what are ye then proud of, or why lift ye up youjpeelves
against so high power ? . For ye can do nothing against him.
Por the Eternal and the Almighty always sits on the throne
of his power.' Thence he is able to see all, and renders to
every one with justice, according to his works. Therefore it
is not in vain that^we^ have hope in God ; for he changes
not as we do. But pray yg ^Q ^ j°^ humbly, for he is very
bountiful and verymercimT dt up your minds to him
with your hands, and pray for that which is right, and is
needful to you, for he will not refuse you. Hate, and fly
from evil as ye best may. Love virtue^a nd follow them.
Te have great need that ye always do well, for ye always in
the presence of the Eternal and Almighty God do all that ye
do. He beholds it all, and he will recompense it all. Ai££]9'

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260 BOSTHIUS. CHAP. XLII.

/ DRIPT6N a&lmibti^a Iiob. pj'pbta ^ pealbenb ealpa je-
fcea)t;a. ic hibbe 8e pop ])mpe micelan milbheopcneffan. "^ pp
))»pe halesan pobe tacne. 3 pop Scam GOapian m»j]> habe. anb
pop Sceiqfoicbaeler jehyppunnerfe. 3 p^^P ealpa fmpa haljena

jTlupan 3 heopa eapnunjum. f pn me ypifrixe bet fmyrxf^ 19
aptpbte to be. i sepijja me to t5mum pillan anb to mmpe paple
j>eappe Det ©omie ic j^lp cimne. 3 jejrafelamm Xob to ^mum
pillan ^ to mmne raple beante. ^ jeptpanja me yif }mr bebder
^ortrmnyiTi). anb apjTipa ppam me Sa pulan jalnyjye 3 «lc un-

j(> pihtpipiyije. •] jepcylbe me pif mmum pi)>eppmnum jepe-
penlicum "j unierepenlicum. 3 tawj me t$mne piUan to pjTicenne.
■p ic msete te mpeanblice lupa nTto popon eallum ymxumjnib
cla&num %e^ance ■] mib clasnum LchamaiL pop)>on Jw 8u eapt
jnm- j'ceoppenb. *] mm TOefenb, mm pultum. mm ppopep. mm

l5 tpepnep. "3 mm to hopa. pi fe lop -j pulbepAu nfii a a to

//po pulbe buton »; ^ pilcum enbe. SOJeN:. '^ ==?'-

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CHAP. XLII. BOETHIUS. 2G1

Lord God Almighty, Creator and Euler of all creatures,
I beseech thee by thy great mercy, and by the sign of the
holy cross, and by the virginity of Saint Mary, and by the
obedience of Saint Michael, and by the love of all thy saints,
and hy their merits ; that thou wouldest direct me bette r than
I have done towards thee: and direct me to thy will, and
to my soul's need, better than I myself know : and make
steadfast my mind to thy will, and to my soul'a nefid ; and
strengthen me against the temptations of the dfivily and re-
move from me impure lust, and all unrighteousness ; and
defend me against mine enemies visible and invisible : and
teach me to do thy will ; that I may inwardly love thee
before all things, with pure P>ipd« and with pure body ; for
thou art my Creator, and my Jiedeemer, my kelp, my Com-
fort, my Trust, and my Hope. To thee be praise, and glory
noWHond for ever, world without end. Amen.

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THE METRES OF BOETHIUS,

IflTH

AN ENGLISH FREE TRANSLATION,

MARTIN F. TUPPER, ESQ., D.G.L.,

&c. &c. &c.

PEOOBMIUM.

W8 iEljrpeb up.
ealb-iTpell peahte.
Ejnmj ^ejr-rexiia.
ciMejt: mdbobe.
leotS-pyphca Lrc
•^oa par %t^ micd.
J>»t be fioffum leobum.
leot$ rpellobe.
Daoimum myp jaii.
^iflice cjnbar.

^tabjupe.
reljdicne j-ecj.
fonne he rpelcef lyt.
ShntS pop hij- 5ilpe.
ic pceal jiec fppecaa.

Folc-cutJne paeb.
^alejmm recjeait
^»rte re f e piUe.

INTEODUCTIOlSr.

Thus to us did Alfred sing

A spell of old ;
Song-craft the West-Saxon king

Did thus unfold :
Lon^ and much he long'd ta

His people then [teach
These mixt-sajdngs of sweet

The joys of men ; [speech,
That no weariness foraooth.

As well it may, —
Drive away delight from truth,

But make it stay.
So he can but little seek

For his own pride :
A f ytte of song I fitly speak,

And nought beside :
A folk-beknown and world-

I have to say ; [read thing
To all the best of men I sing,—

List, ye that may.

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THE IIETBEB 0? BOETHIUS.

METEUM I.

pit p»f i,eB,ji2k m.

ptette Iiotan eajran.

op 8ciS))i&^.

fcelbaf laebbon.

ppeate 2e]>pun20D. j^

peobAonb moni^.

fetton futSpeapbef .

P2e-]>eoba tfa.

Iiotene pice.

^eap-maelum peox. /t^

haefban him ^^cynbe.

cynm^^af tpejen.

Ra&b^ob anb Alepic.

pice 2;e]>un2oii.

Da p»f Of ep muntjiop.

moni^; atyhteb.

Iiota jylpef pull.

ju«e jelyrteb.

polc-jepmner.

pana hpeappobe. ^ _ ^21^

pcip on pceapte.

pceotenS Jiobton.

IcaLa.

ealle^ jejonxan-

hnb-pijenbe. — - .^^

hi^^elaeptan.

fpua epe ppom muntsiop.

oS ]K>ne m8span peapot$.

)>»p 8icilia.

f ae-ptpeamum iiu — - ♦/^

e^onb inicel.

efel maeppatJ.

Da paep Romana.

pice ^epunnen. ^

abpocen bup2;a c;^ji:;. ^^^

beabu-pmcum paep.

Rom jepymeb.

Raeb^^ot anb Alepic.

popon on ])S6t paepten. Jj^

METRE I.

OF BOHE AlTD BOETHICS.

It was long of yore

That the Gothic rout,
Porth from Scythia's eastern
shore,

Led their shieldmen out,
Thronged with swarms of war

Tiie lands of many a clan,
And in the South set firm and
far,

Two tribes to trouble man.

Yearly waxed and grew
Those Gothic kingdoms
twain,

And Alaric and Rhsedgast too,
Right royallj did reign.

Then down the Alps the Goth
Made haste to force his way.

In haughty pride all fiercely
wrath
And lusting for the fray.

Their banner fluttered bright,

While all Italia through
Shot ruthless in their linden
might

The shielded warrior crew,
Forth from the Alpine drifts

To great Sicilians coast,
Where in the sea-stream it
uplifts,

Its lofty island boast.

Then Rome's old rule was

crush'd,

Her costliness despoilM,

And by that host, with battle

flush'd,

The city's beauty soilM.

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jJeah Eaj-epe. - - /^ff

mib fam sej^elmpim.

uc on Epecaf .

Ne meahue ^a reo pea \^, Jj$

pije popftanban.

Iiocan mib ^uSe.

Jio monna jejcpion.

realbon unpillum.

efel peapbaj*.

halite aj^ap.

)«Bf jehpaefepef paa.

Deah paj- majo-pmca.

mob mib Hrpecum.

S^F ^ leob-ppuman.

lasftan bopften.

8cob fpaje on fam.
; feob paef jepunnen.
I pmtpa maenijo.

otS faftc pypb jefcpap.

faet fe peobpice.

fejnap anb eoplaj*.

hepan j-ceolban.

r«r r® Pepetema.

Epifte jecnoben.

cynmj j-elfa onf enj.

pulluht feapum.

F»jnobon ealle.

Bompapa beapn.

anb him pecene co.

FPifep pilnebon.

l?e him p»f ce gehet.

faet hy ealb-pihta.

»lcer mojicen.

Pjpfe jepunijeii. '
^ on fa&pe pelejan bypij.

Jenben Eob puolbe.

faftt he Kobena jepealb.

^Vaa mofte.

l^e faet eall aleaj.

F»r faem aef ehnge.

•^Jipianep.

Alaric and EbsBdgast

The fastness first tliey seek,
While Caesar with his chiefs
fied fast

For safety to the Greek.

Then could the wretched band,
Left mournfully behind,

No more the warring Goth
withstand,
Nor much of mercy find.

Unwillingly their trust
The warders then gave up,

None to his oath was true and
just ;
And full was sorrow's cup..

Tet to the Greek outyearn'd
The people, as at first,

And for some daring leader
bum'd
To follow whom they durst.

The people wore their woes

Many a wintry year.
Till weird-ordainei Theodoric
rose,
Whom thane and earl should
hear.

To Christ the chief was born,
And water-wash'd the king,
While all Eome's children blest
the mom
That peace with it should
bring.

To Eome he vowed full fast
Her old-time rights to yield,

While God shoiud grant his
life to last,
The Gothic power to wield.

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TH3f KBimn GV BOXTHHTB.

jebpola leofpe. •
]HMme Dpihmef m,
per lohaanef .
jobne Papan.
heafbe behei^KUU
naef f hsejilic b»b.
eac fata p»f impirn.
o^pef manef .
f fe Iiota Fpemebc.
^obpa ^ehpilcum.
Da p»r picpa j-um.
on Rome bypi;.
ahepen pepeco^a.
hlapopbe leop.
]>enben EynefCole.
Lpeacaf piolbon.
Diec p»r pihcpip pmc.
pae)*^ nub RompapoDk
f mc-jec^a p ella.
fid]7an lonje he.
paBp pop peopulbe pip.
peopt^mynj^a jeopn.
beopn boca ^leap.
Boicrnp.
pe haelebajtce.
pe ])on6 falipan ^idi.
p^sep him on ^emynbe.
msela jehpilce.
ypel anb ebpit.
p»t hmi eljieobje.
kjrnm^^ap c^bon.
pa&p on Cpeacap holb.
^emunbe papa apa.
anb eelb-pihta.
pe hip elbpan.
mib him ahton lonje.
lupait anb lippa.
An^^an pa hfrom jmbe.
penceaa ]»eapphee,
hu he pibep meahte.

He did forswear ail that :
The Atheling he lied,

To please Arius Ghod forgot,
«Aud falsely slipp'd aside.

He broke his- plighted oath,
And without right or ruth,

Good John the Pope against
all troth
Beheaded for the truth.

A shameful deed was there ;

And heaps of other ill
Against the good this Goth did

In wickecuiess of wilL [dare

A man there was just set j

For heretodi in Borne, i

Loved by the lord whose bread |
he ate.
And dear to all at home:

Dear also to the Greek,
When he the town did save ;

A righteous man, whom all
would seek.
For many gifts he gave.

Long since was he full wise^.

In worldly wit and lore.
Eager in worth and wealth to
rise.
And skill* d on books to pore.
Boethius was he hight ;

He ate shame's bitter bread,
And ever kept the scorn in
sight
Outlandish kings had said. ^
He to the Greek was true,

And oft the old-rights toU,
Which he and his fore&then
too I

From those had won of old*
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UpecBf onceppan.
jwc re Eapefie.
ejt; anpalb opep hi.
a;^aii mofte.
renbe aepenb-jeppit.
ealb-falftppbum.
bejebce,

anb hi pop Dpihtne b»b.
ealbum tpeopim,
]n£t; hi sept co him.
comen on ]>a ceaftpe.
lete Lpeca pitan.
pa&ban Rompapum.
pihtep pyp<5e.
lece fone leobpcipe
J)a fa lape on^eac.
Deobpic Amtilin^.
anb fone fejn opeppenj
heht paepdice.
Folc-jepjxap.

bealbon f one hepe-pme.
P«r ^ina hpeoh j-epa.
eje ppom )«m eople.
lie hme inne.
hehc on capcepne.
cluftep belucan.
^ p»r mob-pep a»
miclum jebpepeb.
Boetiup,

l>neac lon^e ap.
plencea unbep polcnum,
he j>y pypj. meahre.
polian fa fpaje.
}>a hio ppa feapl becom.
"* F»r fa opmob eopL
ape ne penbe.
^^e on fam paptene.
FPoppe jemunbe.
ac he neopol aptpeaht.
^l>ep op bune.
peel on fa plope.

Carefully then he platm'd
To bring the Greek to Boine;

That Gsasarin biftri^tful bind
Again might teign at home.

In hidden haste he plied
With letters aU the lords,

And prayed them by the Lord
who died,
To heed his earnest words.

Greece should giye laws to
Borne,
And Eome should Greece
obey;
The people longed to let them
come
To driye the Goth away.

But lo ! the Amuling:^

Theodoric found out all,
And bid his fellows seize and
bring
This high -born chief in
thrall.

He feared that good eari well,
And straightly bade them
bind

Boethius in the prison cell,
Sore troubled in his mind.

Ah ! he had basked so long
Beneath a srummer sky,

111 could he bear such load of
wrong.
So heavy did it lie.

Then was he full of woe,
Nor heeded honour moie ;

Backless he flung himself
below
Upon the duugeon floors

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THE MITSEB OP BOSTHIUS.

pela popba fppaec.
pop]H)ht ]7eaple.
ne penbe ])onan »|:pe.
cuman op ])89m clammum.
cleopobe to Dpihtne.
jeompan ftemne.
jybbobe fuf ; •

METETJM II.*^

Ppset ic liotSa pela.
luj-tlice jeo.
fane on faBlum.
nu fceal popjenbe.
jwpe jepa&geb.
ppeccea ^lomop.
rmjan fap-cpibap.
flOe J>iof ficcetunj hapat^.
a^seleb fej jeocfa.
■^ ic ]>a ^eb ne m8&^.
jepesean rpa pa&spe.
]>eah ic pela ^lo ]7a.
fecce fotJ-cpiba.
jK>nne ic on paelum p»f .
Opt ic nu mifcyppe.
cuSe ]*pp»ce.
anb ]>eali uncutSpe.
ep npilum ponb.
me f ap populb paeKa.
pel hpaep^ blmbne.
on fip bimme hoi.
bypme poplsebbon.
anb me fa bepypcon.
paebep anb ppoppe.
poji heopa uncpeopum.
fe ic him «ppe betpt.
tpupian pceolbe.
hi me topenbon.

Much mourning, there he lay,

Nor thought to break his

chains,

But to the Lord by night and

day, ;

Sang thus in sighing strains.

METRE n.

A SOEBOWrUL FTTTE.

Lo ! I sang cheerily

In my bright days, '

But now all wearily

Chaunt I my lays ;
Sorrowing tearfully,

Saddest of men,
Can I sing cheerfully,

As I could then P

Many a verity

In those glad times
Of my prosperity

Taught I in rhymes ;
Now from forgetfulness

Wanders my tongue,
Wasting in fretfulness

Metres unsung.

Worldliness brought me her©
Foolishly blind,

Biches have wrought me here
Sadness of mind ;

When I rely on them,
Lo ! they depart, —

Bitterly, fie on them !

heopa bacu b.tepe. ^«°«* ^^^y ""^ ^^«^*-

• Boet. lib. i. metrtun 1. — Carmina qui qaondam studio florente per-

egi, &c. — The metres of Boethius, strictly speaking, begin here.
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THX MXTRXS 07 BOXTHIUS.

2G9

anb heopa bLjje jrpom.
Fophpam yolbe ^e.
peopulb Fpynb mine.
rec^an o^]^ pn^an.
faec ic jefa&llic mon.
jwpe on peopulbe.
ne jynt fa popb fotS.
nu ]>a ^ef 8&l]>a ne majon.
runle jepunijan.

MBTEUM III.^

-^^a on bn ^immum.
anb hu ^unbleajiun.
rea^e fpincetJ.
f»t rpeopcenbe mob.
fonne bit fa ftponjan.
rtopniar beatalS.
peopiflb-bij^unja.
l>onne bit pmnenbe.
% «S^n leobc.
an FoplaetetJ.
Mib mib una fop^it.
l>oiie ecan jepean.
fpmjtS on J>a fioftpo.
^rrejH)pulbe.
Fopjum jefpenceb.
rpa Jf piniim nu.
niobe jelumpen.
iiu hit mape ne pat.
pop liobe jobef .
buton piopnun^e.
FPembpe populbe.
'^ni »r FPOfpe feapp.

Wby did your songs to me,

•World-loving men,
Say joy belongs to me,

Ever as then ?
"Why did ye lyingljr

Think such a thing,
Seeing how flyingly

"Wealth may take wing ?

MBTEE III.

A 7YTTE 07 DESPAIB.

Alas ! in bow grim

A gulf of despair,
Dreary and dim

For sorrow and care, '
My mind toils along

When the waves of the world
Stormy and strong

Against it are hurl'd.
When in such strife

My mind will forget
Its light and its life

In worldly regret.
And through the night

Of this world doth grope
Lost to the light

Of heavenly hope.
Thus it hath now

BefaUen my mind,
I know no more how

God's goodness to find.
But groan in my grief

Troubled and tost,
Needing relief

For the world I have lost.

^ Boot. lib. L metriun 2.— Heu, qaam prscipiti mena profondo, &c.

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METBITMIV*

iEala ])u f cippenb.

fcippa cun2;]La.

hef onep anb eopjiazi.

]>u on heah-pecle.

ecum picrajT,

anb }>u ealne hpa0f$e.

hepon ymbhpeappeft.

anb ]>upli ]>ine hahje mibt.

cnnjlu ^enebepc.

]>»t hi ]>e to hepa'S.

fpylce-feo pmne.

f peaprpa nihea.

fiojrpo abp»feeti.

])uph fine mehc.

blacufti leoiire.

beopbce yoeoppaxL

mona ^emetja^.

]7uph ])inpa meahfia n^.

bpilum eac ]m poanan.

fine]- bepesq»t$.

beophtan lecih&cf .

)>onne hit jebyp^^^^BQ^S*

]>»t fpa 2;en«dipie.

nebe peop^^aS.

fpelce ]Kxne Tna^Mm.

mopjenfteoppan.

]>e pe otSpe siainan.

»fenp:eoppa.

nemnan h^al5.

fu ^enebeft .)«iic.

]>»t he p9ejyd Yvmoiux.

p"8 bepittj«.

^eapa ^ehpeloe.

he jonjan f ceaL

bepc^ianfepaii.

Ppet fu fflBbep pepceft.

punup-laas^ ba;^f .

fpiSe hate.

MBTEE 17.

A F8AXM TO QOD.

Thou, that art Maker of

heaven and earth,
^Who steereat the stars, and

hast given them birth ;
For ever Thou reignest upon

Thy high throne, •
And tumest all swiftly the

hearenly xone.

Jhou, by Thy stroog holiness

drivest from fer
In the way that Thou willeBt

each worshipping star ;
And, through Tbygreat power,

the sun from the night
JDrags darkness away by the

might of her.light.

The moon, at Thy word, with

his pale shining rays
Softens and shadows the stars

as they blaze,
And even the Sun of* her

brightness bereaves,
Whenever upon her too closely

he cleaves.

. So also the Moming^and Even-
ing Star

.T];iou makest to foUow the Sun
from afar,

]To keep in her pathway each
year evermore,

And go as she goeth in
gnidanee before.

• Boet lib. L metrum 5. — Stelliferi Conditor orbis, &e.

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fmnbpum f ceopca.

tihajetiohhaft.

Du ]i»m tjieofum felejt;.

pifan anb peftan.

]>a »p fe fpeiqita ]n:o)im.

nop))an anb eaftan.

benumen hs&pbe.

leapa ^ehpelcej*.

^ph pene latSpaa pmb.

€(da hp»t on eofi^aa.

ealla:2efcea|t».

typatJ pmpe h»f e.

bot$ on heoponum fpa fome.

mobe anb wampne.

butan men anum.

re ptt$ ]Nniim piliaii.

pypcetJ Qftopt.

f^eila jm eca.

anb ]>a almihti^a.

ea)pa.2;«peeap::a.

rceppenb anb peceoiib.

apa ]>inum eapmum.

eop]MBn*txibpe.

monna cynne.

^iph ]>inpa jnelitsa fpeb*

Dpi fu ece.Dob.

^ype poibe.

]^set po pyfib on ^epilL

peaban peeolbe.

^um mcomum.

eallep ppa ppitJe.

bio pul ope ^epe^,

unpcylb^m.

Bitti^ ypele men,

Jionb eopS-picu.

on heah-fetlum.

balije fpicciS.

unbep heopa pottun*

ppum nncutJ.

bpi po pypb rpa po.

Behold too, Q Father, Thon

workest aright
To summer hot day-times of

long-living light,
To winter all wondrously or-

derest wise
Short seasons of aniMrhine with

&ost on the skies.

Thou givest the trees a south-
westerly breeze,

Whose leaves the swart storm
in its fury did seize

By winds flying forth from the
east and the north

And scattered and shattered
all over the earth.

On earth and in heaven each
creature and kind .

Hears Thy behest with might
and with mind;

But man, and man only, who
oftenest still

Wickedly worketh against Thy
' wise will.

For ever, Almighty One,Maker,

and Lord,
On us, wretched earthworms.

Thy pity he poured ;
Why wilt Thou that wei&reto

sinners should wimd,
But lettest weird ill the ub-

guilty ones .vend?

Evil men sit, each on earth's

highest seat,
Trampung the holy ones under
. their feet ;

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THB HETBES Of BOSTHIUfik

penban f ceolbe.

Spa fine jehjrbbe.

hep on populbe.

jeonb bupja pela.

beophte cpa&ptaf .

Unpihcpij-e.

eallum cibum.

habbatS on hofpe.

ya, pe him pnbon.

pihtef pifpan.

picef p^'p'Span.

Bit5 f leaf e lot.

lan^e hpile.

beppi^en mib ppencum.

Nu on populbe hep.

monnum ne bepiaS.

mane apaf .

JQip ]m nu palbenb ne pile.

pipbe fceopan.

ac on felp-pille.

fijan l»cefc.

ponne ic pac ]>a&t te pile.

populb-men tpeojan.

^eonb folban-fceac.

bucon yet ane.

€ala mm Dpyhten.

pu pe ealle opepphjt.

populbe ^efceafta.

phc nu on moncyn.

milbum eajum.

nu hi on monepim hep.

populbe ^pum.

pynnatJ anb fpmca5.

eapme eopt$-papan.

apa him nu pa.

Why good should go crookedly

no man can say,
And bright deeds in crowds

should lie hidden away.

The sinner at all times is

scorning the just,
The wiser in right, and the

worthier of trust ;
Their leasing for long while

with fraud is beclad.
And oaths that are lies do no

harm to the bad.

Guide, if thou wilt not steer

fortune amain.
But lettest her rush so self-
willed and so vain,

1 know that the worldly will

doubt of Thy might,
And few among men in Thy
rule will delight.

My Lord, overseeing all things
from on high.

Look down on mankind with
mercy's mild eye ;

In wild waves of trouble they
struggle and strive,

Then spare the poor earth-
worms, and save them
alive!

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MBTEUM V *
Du meahc be ]>»pe pmnan*
rpeocole se})encean.
anb be a&jhpelcum.
otJjium jreoppan.
fajia fe a&ptep bup jum.
beopbtojT fcine^.
Elf him pan pope,
polcen hanjatJ.
ne maejen bi rpa leobcne.
woman anfenban.
»P re )>icca mijr.
fmjia peoptSe.
Spa Ofc pmylce jw.
nifepne pmb.
Sjw&se Slar-blu«pe.
Spimme jebpefet$.
fonne hie ^emenjaJS.
micla ^ta.

onhpepa« bpon-mepe.
Voh bits ])onne.
reo fe sBp gjabu.
on-pene psep.
Spa Oft a&pppmxe.
utapeaUe«.
Of chf e hapum.
col anb hlucop.
^^ Sepecbce.
PAte flope«.
ipnetS pits hip eapbep.
00 him on mnan peltS.
"auntej- mfiejen-rcan.
»»b him on mibban jebjetS.
Jtpenblob op faem toppe.
*^e on tu p«f an.
*^rceaben pyp«.
rcip bi« jebpepeb.
J^pna xeblonben.
"^Poc bits onpenbeb.

METBE V.

OE TBOUBLS AND ITS CUBE.

Te may learn by the stars and
the sun
Shining on cities so bright,
If the welkin hangs dreary and
dun.
To wait in the mist for the
light.

So too, the calm sea, glassy

The south wind all grimly

makes riot ;
And whirlpools in strife stir

away
The whale-pond that once

was so quiet.

So also, outwelleth a spring,
All clear from the cliff and
all cool,
Till midway some mountain
may fling
A rock to roll into the pool.

Then broken asunder will seem
The rill so clear-running
before,
That brook is turned out of
its stream.
And flows in its channel no
more.

So now, in thy darkness of
mind,
Thou wiliest my wisdom to
spurn,

^ Boet lib. i. metram 7.— Nubibos atris, &c
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OVBOITHXIIB.

op hlf pibc pjriM.

py]m]n toplopen.
fpa nn )>a ]>ioft)io.
]>inpe heoptan piDa'S.
mmpe leohtan.
lape pi^jronban.
anh ]>in mob-jejionc^
nudum jebpepm.
Ac jip fu nu pilnaft.

]>a&)D fotSe leobt.

fpeotole oncnapan.

leofate ^deaj^n.

]>u f opla&tan p cealt.

ible opep-p»lpa.

unnytne ^epean.

pa pcealt eac ypelne eje.

an-poplaetan.

populb-eappo]«.

ne mopt pu pepan pop J^aem.

eallep to opmob.

ne ]>u pe 8&ppe ne Isstr.

plenca ^eps&can.

]>e laep ]>u peoptSe pop him.

mifo opep-mettnun.

epc jepcenbeb.

anb to upahapen.

pop oppopjum.

populb sep8el]mm.

Ne ept to pacbce.

jeoptpeope.

asnijep jobep.

]>onne pe»J>op populbe*

pi])eppeapba maBpt.*

fmja ]>pea5e.

anb pu J>e pelpum,

ppipopt onptte.

poppa&m pmle bitJ.

pe mob-pepa.

midum ^ebunben mib.

Witbstanding^j by trouble
made blind,
The lessons thou never wilt
learn.

Tet now, if je will, as ye may,
The trae and pure light

dearly know.
Let go tbe vain joys of to-day,
The weal that brings nothing
but woe.

And drive away bad unbelief,

The fears of tbe world and

its care,

And be thou not given to grief,

Nor yield up thy mind to

despair.

Nor suffer thou glad-going
tbing»
To puff tbee with over-much
pride,
Nor worldliness lifting thy
wings,
To lure thee from meekness
aside;

And let not, too weaUy again,
Ills make thee despaur cf the
good,
Wben bunted by peril and
pain,
And baunted by misery's
brood.

For always the mind of a man
Is bound up witb trouble
below,

1 Cott. m»r^.

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pfhme ^eccean mot.

fijTa yjJa hp»}>ep.

innaQ fj^ncan.

pop)wm fa tpej^H' tpe^an.

teo^ to f omne.

pit5 jMBfc mob popan.

miftar bpoLeman^

Jwfc hit j-eo ece ne moc.

lunan jeonb f cinan. [mijicuin.

pinne jrop J>aem fpeaptum

»p faem hi ^efpi'Bjiab peop]>en.

METRITM VI.«

J^ re pij-bom ejsc;^
popb-hopb oniieac.

Bonne po pomne.

rpeotoiort jtBiie^.

W)popt ojc begone.

lipaetSe biot5,a^ijt;pob.

^sUe 0):^ eop^an.

o^pe fteoppan.

Fop]>8Bin Inopa b^tn ne bi9»

avit [biphtnejrrei]

*» 2e|*ectane.

pits faape pmnan leoht.

IX>nne pnolce l^p^.

ri]>an anb peftan pmb.

imbep polcnum.

J>onne peaxeiJ lipase.

pelbef blojtman.

]%^en ]>»t hi motoiu

•A.C fe fteapca ftopm.

fonne he ftpons cym^,

^lopfan anb eajt;an.

te jenimetJ hpat5e.

>8&pe poj-an phce.

If ricbea or poverty can
Engraft it with gin or witb
woe.

Because the twib erils make
dun
The mind in m miatj swart
shroud^
That on its etemitT's boo
Is dim till it scatters the
doud*

MBTBE VL
or CHiOfcns.

Then did Wisdom again
Unlock hifl word-hoard well,

And sang in. soothful straia
The truths he had to telL

When with clearest bkoe

The sun shines in the sfcp^
The itero must quench, tlieur
rays

Over tho earth so Ugfa.
For that, set in the light

Of her that rules by daj,
Their brightness is not bright,

But dimly diies away.

When the wind Soutb-weat
Under the cloud .blows low,

Field-flowers wax their besti.
Fain to be glad and grow.

But wh«n by East snd Kcnitii,

The stark storm atsongly

blows,

He speedily drives fortb

All beauty from the rose.
* Boet. lib. ii. metnon S.— Cum polo Phcdnia roseis quadrigis, &c.
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THI MSTXBB OF B0XTHIU8.

Anb eac )« puman ]«•

nopjwpne ^jx.

nebe jeba&beb.

]>»t hio ftpanjejeonb ft^eb.

on fca]m beattitS.

€ala f on eopjwn.

auht j»jTbcef .

peopcef on popnlbe.

ne pinaft »];pe.

So, with a stem needs«be
The northern blast doth
dash

And beat the wide waste sea
That it the land may lash.

Alas, that here on earth
Nothin|; is fast and sure ;

No work IS found so worth
That it for ever endure.

METEUM Vn/

Da ongon f e f^ifbom.

hif jepunan pj^lsan.

jho-popbum ^ol.

Xjrb 8Bt* fpelle.

pnj fot$-q^iba.

punne ]>a ^eta.

Lp»t$ he ne hqibe.

]>sst on heanne' munt.

monna enij.

meahte apectan. .

healle hpop-p»p:e.

Ne ]>eapp eac li»le|>a nan.

penan j^ef peopcef.

]i8Bt he pif bom mssge.

pit$ opepmecta.

»fpe ^emenjan.

Pepbef ]>u »fpe.

]>»t ce eni^ mon.

on f onb beopjaf •

f ettan meahte.

paepte healle.

Ne m»2 eac ppa nan.

pfbom timbpan.

Cp f 8Bp populb-^tfung.
^PS ofepbp»be%.
bapu f onb piUaS.
pen fopfpel^an.

METEB VII.
07 ooirrsBT Aim HrMBLsincss.

Affldn, as his wont, began

W isdom a song,
And spoke out his spells as he

wandered along.
He said: On a mountain no

man can be skilPd
With a roof weather-pioof a

high hall to up build.

Moreover, let no man think

ever to win
By mixing pure wisdom with

over-proud sin.
Heard ye that any built firmly

on sand,
Or caught hold of wisdom with

gain-getting hand P

The liffht soil is greedy to

swallow the rain ;
So now doth the rich, in his

measureless gain ,

' Boet. lib. ii. metmm 4.-^iuBqiii8 volet perennem, &c
> Cott wft, s Gott heane.

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Spa be^ piqia nu.
2;punbleaf jitprnj.
^pey anb »hta.
j^ebjuncetJ to bpyjjum.
bpeof enbne pelan.
anb ^eah ]78Sf ]>eappan ne
JmpfC aceleb.
Ne ma&j b»le]>a jelipem,
huf on munte.
lan^e ^el»jt;an.
f op]>8&m him lun^e on.
fpip: pinb fpape^.
Ne bi8 f onb fon ma.
pi?5 micelne pen.
manna s&n^um.
huper hipbc,
ac hit hpeof an pile,
p^an fonb aeftep pene.
Spa bio^ anpa jehpa&f .
monna mob-fe)»n.
miclum ape^ebe.
op hiopa jt;ebe jtryTxebe.
]K)nne he rtponj bpecetJ,
pmb unbep polcnum.
popiilb-eappojia.
otSSe hi^ eji pe pef a.
pen onhpepe^.
punaep ymbhojan.
un^^emet ^emen.
Ac f e ye )>a ecan.
a^an pille.
f oj^an ^ep ffil]7a.
he pceal ppi^e phon.
fippe populbe phte.
pjrpce him pt5]>an.
hip mobep hup.
)>8&p he ms&je pnban.
eaSmetta ptan.
un^emetps&ftne.'
2punb-peal ^eapone.
1 Cott hit.

Of honours and havings, drink

deep of such weal,
Yea, down to the dregs, and

still thirsty will feel.

bi«.

may

A house on a hill-top

never long stay,
For quickly the swifb wind

shall sweep it away.
And a house on the sand is no

better at all ;
In spite of the house-herd, in

rain it shall fall.

So failing and fickle is every

mind
When rack'd by the rage of

this world-trouble wind.
And measureless cares, as a

quick-dropping rain
Unstopping, stir up the mind's

welkin with pain.

But he who would have ever-
lasting true bliss,

Must fly from the glare of a
world such as this :

And then let him make a strong
home for his mind,

Wherever true Lowliness' rock
hecanfind^

* Cott. uniS metjptsptne.

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THB MEXJiSS OF BOXXniUS.

ft co-jkbftn ne peetpf.
fesih hit pep^e pinb.
populb-eapfojwk.
ot$8e ymbhojena.
opmete pen.
pop]7»m on ]»8epe bene.
Dpihten felpa.
]>apa eabmetCB.
eapbpa&ft puniga^.
]>ep f e yifbom a.
punat^ on jemynbum.
popjion opfopx lif.
ealm^ l8&ba$.
pc^nlb-men pife*
butpn penbin^e.
]>onne he eall poppht$.
eoptShcu ^oob.
anb eac ])apa yp ela.
opfoph punaS.
hopat$ to ])ain ecum.
]>e ]»»p »ptep cuma15.
pme ^onne s&^hponan.
s&hnihti^ Ijoob.
pn^^ce,
pmle jehealbetS.
anpum^enbne.
hip a^enum.
mobep jep elfum.
)niph metobep ^e.
]>eah hine je pmb.
populb-eapfojra.
rpitJe fpence.
anb hme p mjale.
jemen je&le.
]»onne him jpimme an«
populb-f »l]>a pinb.
ppat$e blapetS.
]>eah ]7e hine ealnej.
pe ymbhoja fyppa.
populb-p8&l]»a.
ppat^e bpecce.

A settled groimd-ancfaor that

never shall slide^
Though trouble attack it bj

tempest and tide ;
Tor that, in Lowliness' valley

so fair,
The Loidy and mind-wisdom

for ever live there.

Therefore leads always a quicft-

like life
The wise in the world, without

changes or strife,
When heedless alike of earth's

good and earth^s ill,
He watches in hope of an a&e^

world stiQ.

Such an one evannore Qodever

kind
Happily keeps in the cahn of

his mind ;
Though wild winds of sorrow

against him are horl'd,
Though always aunoyed by the

cares of the world.
Though wrathful and grim are

these trouble-daik gales,
And Care in its anguish and

anger assails.

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METBTJM VIII.«
8ona fpa f e f^if bom.
par pojib ha&f be.
rpecole apealice.
he fa pt5j>an on^an.
pn^an fciS-cpibaf.
anb f uf j-elpa cpaetS.
Pp»fc po fojune db.
Folb-buenbum.
jeonb eopf an-fceac.
aBjhpam bohte.
)» J>a anpa jehpa&m. .
on eoptJ-paftftmum.
Senoh fuhce.
nif hic nu pa j^elc.
naepon ])a ^eonb peopulbe.
pelije hamaf .
He miplice.
mettaj- ne bpmcaf .
^ ne hi f apa hpae^
hupu ne ^embon.
pe nu bp^c-^uman.
biopojt; lastatJ.
Fopfaena hiopa ns&m^*
n»r pa jieta.
J^ hi ne ^efapon.
runb-buenbe.
He ymbucan hi.
apep ne hepbon.
hp»t Jhi ppeabiftA.
Ppecene pa&pon.
buton rpa hi meahton.
Semeclicoft.
pa Secynb began,
pe him EpijT jef ceop.
^b hi aene on ba&je.
8&ton fymle.
on aBpen-cib.
«oppan paBjrmaf .

* Boet. lib. u. metnim 5.— Felix niminm prior »tas, &c.

METRE VIII.

07 PAIMAL INKOCEirCE.

Soon as Wisdom thus had

sung,
He begap, with plainer tongue,
Sooth to sing his sayings thus.
And himself to speak to us.
•0 how full of blessing then
Was the first glad age to men !
When earth's fruitful plenty

came,
Not as now, to all the same ;
When through all the world

were there
No great halls of costly care ;
No rich feasts of meat or drink ;
Neither did they heed or think
Of such jewels, then unknown.
As our lordlings long to own ;
Nor did seamen aye behold,
Nor had heard of gems or gold.
More ; with frugal mind they

fared;
And for pleasures only cared,
As at Christ's and kindred's

voice
They were bidden to rejoice.
Once in the day, at eventide,
They ate earth's fruits, and

nought beside ;
No wine they drank, their

stoup was clear ;
No cunning shur^ was miogling

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pubef anb yjfpoi.

nallef pin bpimcon.

f cip op fteape.

n»f )ya f ceaica nan.

"pe mete ot$t$e bpmc.

ms&n^an cu^e.

p»tep pit$ hunije.

ne beopa psBba )K)n ma.

f loloce popian.

ne hi papo-cpeftum.

jobpeb jipebon.

ne 111 ^mpeceb.

f etcon f eapolice.

ac hi pmle him.

eallum tibum.

ute flepon.

unbep beam-fceabe.

bpnncon bupnan p»cep.

calbe pellan.

nsenij cepa ne feah.

opep eap-^eblonb.

ellenbne peapob.

ne hupu ymbe f cip-hepsap .

)'ae-tilcaf ne hepbon.

ne pp]>um pipa nan.

ymb jepeoht pppecan.

n»f ]>eof eop^e bef miten

apep ]>a jeta.

beopnef blobe.

]>e hi ne^ biU-pube.

ne pup]7um punbne pep

peopulb-buenbe.

^epapan imbep punnan.

ns&mj piSpan p»p.

peopt$ on peopulbe.

^p mon hip piUan ongeae.

ypehie inib elbum.

he y»Y ssrhpffim lat$.

6ala J)8&t* hic pupbe.

otSSe polbe Cob.

> Cott. hine.

Meats and drinks, to glut their

greed,
Or make the heated honey-
mead;
"So silk-sewn weeds wishM

they to wear;
No good-webs dyed with crafty

care;
Kor set on high with skilfol

power
The mighty dome, or lofly

tower.
But under-the sweet shade of

trees
They slept at all times well at

ease,
And, when thirsting, gladly

took
Water from the rumiing

brook;
Never trader wandered o'er
Seas to seek a foreign shore,
Never bad one heard, indeed,
Of ships to till the brinj mead ;
Nowhere yet with blood of

men
Was the earth besmitten then,
Nowhere had the sun beheld
Steel that struck, or womid

that weird.
Those who work'd an evil will
Won not worship for their ill ;
All would then have loathed

them sore :
O that this could be once

more!

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yat on eop)»an nu.

uffataba.

^eonb y&Y piban feopulb.

p»pen se^hpa&p^ fpelce.

unbep pinnan.

Ac hit If f8&mpe nu.

faet f eof jitpmc hapaS.

jumena jehpelcef .

mob ameppeb.

]>8et he mapan ne pec8.

ac hic on ytcce,

peallenbe bjTintJ.

epie po sicfunx.

fe n»nne ^unb bapa^.

rpeapte fp»pet$.

rumef on lice.

epne ]>am munce.

I^e nu monna beapn*

€cne hacat$.
* reonijlonbe.
, 8iciha.

rpejie bypne*.

faet mon helle pyp.

hacetS pibe

Fopjwm hic pmle bit$.

pn-bypnenbe.

anb ;^butan hit.

otJpa ftopa.

blate popba&pni5.

bitepan leje.

^a hpaet f e popma.

peoh-jitfepe.

P»pe on populbe.

re l^f ponj-ptebaf.

Spop eptep ^olbe.

anb »ptep ^m-cymram

hpa&c he ppecnu jeptpeon.

F^nbe m»nepim.

beppijen on peopulbe.

P»tepe o*«e eopf an.

sCott

O that God would now on

earth
Make ua all so purely worth !
But, alas ! men now are worse ;
Lust of getting sets a curse
As a clog upon each mind,
Bookless other good to find.
Lust of gainunfathomed glows
In the heart with bubbling

throes;
Swart it lies, and sweltering

deep,
Like old Etna's boiling heap,
"Which in Sicily's broad isle,
Boms with brimstone many a

mile.
So that men around it tell,
Of its fires as fires of hell,
For that ever still it burns
Bitter everywhere by turns.
Woe! that ever should have

been
In this world the sinner seen,
"Who was first so basely bold
As to dig for gems and gold :
Cares for many then he found
Darkly hidden in the ground.
Dangerous wealth and deadly

worth
In the deeps of sea and earth.

»shp»r*

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THB lOTUS OV BOiBTHIUS.

MBTETJM IX.^

Ppet pe ealle piton.

hpelce ae]ilefce.

^e neah ^e peoju

NepoD pophte.

Bompapa c^ninj.

]>a hif ]uce p»f .

hehft imbep lieoponuin.

to hpype monejum.

^aelhpeopef Zfifeb.

p8&f pil pibe cuts.

unpiht-lmineb.

apleajtai pd^

man anb mop]K)ji.

mifbseba popn.

unpihtpifef.

mpib-]>oiicaf.

pe her him to j^amene

^eapa popba&pnan.

Romana bupij.

po hif picef pa&f .

eaJlef e)>el-ftol.

pe pop uiifnjrttpum.

polbe panbian.

Pf f J7P meahte.

lixan fpa leobte.

anb fpalonje eac

peabpa pettan.

f p» lie Romane.

f ec^an jehepbe.

bset on pume tibe.

Tpoia bupj.

opepto^en h»pbe.

leja leohtopt.

len^ept bupne.

bama unbep heponum.

Nep ]>ffit hepbc beb. ^

f»t hme ppeLcep jamenep.

^ilpan lypte.

METBB IX

irxBO.

All know too welly abroad or

near at home,
What evils Nero wrought, that

King of Borne,
When, highest imder heaven,

his rule was then
The dread and overthrow of

many men.
The madness of this savage

bred betimes
Lust, murder, vile misdeeds, a

bad man's crimes ;
He gave the word of old to

wrap in flame
Bome*s self, his kingdom's seat,

to make him game ;
Wishing in wicked wantonness

to know
Whether the fire so long and

red would glow
As erst in Troy, he heard that

Bomans said.
The mounting fire bum*d

longest and most red.
Base deed, in such fierce frolic

to delight.
Aimless and vain, unless to

mark his might.
And, once it happened, at a

certain hour.
He would again show forth his

frantic power,

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288

p& he ne eapnabe.

ellef piihce.

buton ]»8&t he polbe.

ofep pep-jMobe.

hif anef hupu.

anpalb cy)>aa.

6ac hic ^ef »lbe.

at punum cieppe

f»c fe ilea hec.

eaUe acpellan.

)» pico]t»n.

Romana pitan.

a»b !» «f elejtaai.

eopl jebypbum.

fe he on faem poke.

Seppijen haejrbe.

8ob on uppan.

ajene bpojK>ji.

anb hij- mobop mib.

Dieca ecjnm.

biUum op>beatan.

l?e hij- bpjrbe oj^lpg.

rdp nub rpeopbe,

^b he f^^mle psftf .

ttude j,e bL«pa.

on bpeojt:-cofan.

fonne he j-p^lcej* inop%ef .

maej-t ^epjiemebe.

nall^ pop jobe.

Wep j-i«]?an a.

ni»htij Dpihcen.

^Baetan polbe.

Ppece be ^epyphmm.

poh-jrpemmenbum.

^ he on pept5e f se^n.

F^cnef anb peapupa.

l^lhpiop punobe.

r >olb emne ppa feah.

®^ej- f ijjef msepan.

nubban-jeapbef.

n^ rpa lyft anb laju.

And bade the richest men of

Eome be skiD,
Each earl of highest birth, each

wisest thane :
"With swords and bills he

hewed until they died,
His mother, brother, yea, and

his own bride, —
Ever the blither in his own bad

breast
When he had done such mur-
ders cruellest.
Nothing redk'd he that Aoon

the mighty Lord
Would mete out wrath to sin-
ners so abhorr'd,
But in his mind, that fed on

wicked wiles,
J^emain'd a savage, wveath'd

in cunning smiles.
Still, even he so ruled this

middle-earth,
Par as the land hath air, and

sea for girth,
Far as the sea sunounds all

men and things,
The seats of warriors, and the

thrones of kings.
That from the South, and East,

and furthest West,
And earth's high headlaad

reaching noctheiuesl^

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THB UXTBIS 07 BOBTHItTS.

lanb ^mbcljrppa^.
jap-recj embe-2ypt.
jumena pice,
fecje ptlu.
pi^-eaft anb pefC.
06 ]>a nop^meftan.
n»j7an on eop]mn.
eall ]»»t Nepone.
nebe ot$^ luftum.
hea]K)-pmca jebpilc
bepan fceolbe.
pe hs&pbe him to jamene
tenne he on ^Ip aftaj*
hu he eop^-c^njsf.
^mbe anb qwbnbe.
penjt; )>u f ye anpalb.
eat$e ne meahce.
Iiobef fl&lmihti^ef .
]K>ne 2elp-fca]»an.
pice bep»ban.
anb bepeapan.
hif anpalbef .
]mph ^a ecan meaht.
oWSe him hif f^elef,
ellef jeftiopan.
€ala jip he polbe.
]>»c he pel meahce.
|>»t impiht him.
ea^ popbioban.
€apla f f e hlap opb.
hepj jioc flepce.
fpape on ]>a j^ypan.
f inpa J^e^ena.
ealpa ]>apa h»le]Mi.
fe on hif tibum.
jeonb ]7af lenan popolb.
hban fceolbon.
pe on unf cylb^m.
eopla blobe.
hif fpeopb f elebe.
fpit5e jelome.

All this to Nero willing wor-
ship gave.
And everjr chief by force be-
came his slave,
Till *twas his game, when pride

had pufTd his mind
To hunt and kill the kings of

human kind.
But thinkest thou that God*8

all holy might
Could not with ease this

haughty sinner smite,
And scathe his pride, and drive

him from the helm,
Or quench his guilt, and so

berid the realm P
O that he would, as well he

might with ease,
Ever forbid such wrongful

works as these !
Woe! that this lord should

cast so heavy a yoke
On all men*s neckB,both tbanes

and serving folk,
Who, for the harmful season of

his power,
Lived in this world their

quickly passing hour :
Woe ! that his sword was often

weltering then
With blood of high-born earls

and guiltless men !
Clearly in this, our saying

shone out bright,

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285

Da&p paBf fpi^e fpeotol.

]wt pe f»bon ojr.

]wt fe anpalb ne b^.

apiht jobef .

PF re pel nele.

J>e hif ^epealb bafai5.

That power can do no good, as

well it might,
If he who rules, wills not to

rule aright.

METETJM X}

Ijp nu h»le)ya hpone.
hlij-an lyj-te.
unnytne jelp.
ajan pille.

]H)ime ic hme polbe.
popbum bibban.
}9dt he hine se^ponon.
utan ymbe |>ohte.
rpeotole ymb fape.
futS-eap: anb pejt;
hu pibjd pnt.
polcnum ymbutan.
heotoney hpealye .
hije-piotpum.
ni»5 eatJe pmcan.
l>»t feop eopt5e pe.
«aU pop f»c ofep.
mijemec^ Iftel.
feah hio unpifum.
pibjel fince.
on ptebe ptpon^hc.
rteopleapum men,
])eah m»2 |>one pipan.
on Sepit-locan.
Jwpe jitpunje.
Selpep fcamian.
Niuie hme ]7»f hlipan.
heapbopt lypte*.
•Jib he feah ne msej.
pone tobpeban.

MBTEB X.

07 7AMB AND DEATH.

If any man will be so vain
As now for fame to lust,

The emptj praise of men to
gain.
And in such folly trust.

Him would I bid to gaze
^ around
The circle of the sky,
And think how far above the
ground ,
The heaven is wide and high.

How small this world to wis-
dom's ken
Set against that so vast,
Though ours may seem to wit-
less men
Huge, wide, and sure to last.

Yet may the wise in heart feel
shame
That once his thirst was
strong
For silly greediness of fame
That never lasteth long.

Such lust of praise he may not
spread
Over this narrow earth,

* Boet lib. iL metram 7.--Qaicnmqae solam mente prtecipiti petit, &c.
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n»ni^e ]>in2a.
eop]wn-fc«8raf.
If y»t unnet ^elp*
€ala opepmoban.
hpi eop al^e.
mib eoppum fpipan.
felfpa piUum.
]>8Bt fp»pe jioc.
fymle unbepkitan.
Ppy ^e ymb ]>»t unnet.
eakuj nnncen.
]7»t 2® ]H>ne hlipm.
habban tiLaS.
opep ]>ioba ma.
]x>nne eop ]>eapp pe.
peaih eop nu ^efa&le.
]>8BC eop pit$ o$5e nop)^.
]>a jtmqiaui.
eopt$»buenbe.
on monij ^lobiyg.
nudum kepien.
Deah hpa »]iele pe.
eopl jeb^pbum.
pelum 2epeop)>a9.
anb on plencum pio.
bupi]mm biope.
beats p»f ne f qupelf.
]>omie him pum popI)B9t.
pobopa palbenfo..
ac he ]7one pelejan..
pnblum ^ehce.
epn m»pne ^ebeii.
»lcef ]»m;^ef .
Pp»p pnt nu ywf p^WL
pelanbef ban,
psBf jolb-pnipep .
fe paBf jeo ma&pojc
poppy ic cpaeC f aep pipm«
pelanbef ban.
poppy »npmi ne mn^.

'Tis follf ail, and of the dead,
A glorj nothing worth.

And you, proud, why wiah
ye still
And strive with all your core
The heavy yoke of your own
will
Upon your necks to bear ?

Why will ye toil yet more and
more
For glory's usdess prize,
And reach your rule from shore
to shore
ITnneeded and unwise?

Though now ye ragn from

South to North,

And, with an eameat wiH,

The furthest dwellers on the

earth

Your dread behests falfil2

The greatest earl of wealthiest
praise
However rich or high,
Death cares not fpr him, bat
obeys
TheEulerofthesky;

With even hand right swift to
strike,
At Hia allowiag word.
The rich man and. tha poor
alike,
The low-born and his lonL

Where are the* bones of We-
land now,
So shrewd to work in gold ?
Weland, though wise, to deatb
must bow,.
That greatest man of old :

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287

eopt$4)ueiifa|MU

re cp»pt lopan. .

}e hiia I^ft onlanlf*

Ne m»^ mon »|^e )7 e0.

mme pfisBccan.

hif cpaBptej* bemman.

^ ifton onc^pan^HOigp..

pinnan on}*pi]aBL.

anb fipie rpiftan jiobofi.

oj: % pdit-pyne.

junca asm J.

Ppa pat mi ]»!* yifwiu

pdanbej- ban.

on hpelcum in hlaepa.

l^upui ])eceai.

Pp»p If nu f e pica.

Romaoa pita.

&Qb f e BipoiM^

fe pe ;pnb jppecatS.

luopali^etx>j;a*

re jehaten pa&p.

nub fsdm biiphpi^iim.

Bputuf nemneb.

Pf»P If eac pe pipa.

«nb re peoptS-^eopmu

■Bb re pByr-p80ba.

Folc«r liypbe.

re paep u«pica.

»lcer finjer.

cene anb cpsscta.

{^mp»pl!aconnaina.

P» p»pon xepypn.

poptJ-jepicene.

'Mtt; naeni^ mon.

^P»p hi nu pmbon.

t^t ip hiopa hepe.

buton pe Uifa an.

re ir eac co Ijtd.

rpelcpa lapiopa.

rop])8&m )»a maso-pmcap.

^ftpan pypt$e p»pon.

Though wise, I say; for whsfc
Christ gives
Of wisdom to a man,
That craft with Uol for ever
lives
Which ones on. earth begm :

And sooner shall a man's hand
fetch
The sun from her due course,
Than steal from any dying
wretch
His cunning skill by forces

Who then can tell, wise W«-
land*s bones
Where now tbaj rest so
longP
Beneath what heap of earth
and stones
Their prison is made strongP

Bome's wisest son, be-known
BO well,
Who strove her rights to
save,
That mighty master^ who can
tell
Where Brutus has a grave P

So too, the man of sternest
mould,
The good, the brave, the
wise,
His people's shoph^, who
hath told
Of Cato, where he lies ?

Long are they dead : and none

can know

More of them than their

name : [now

Such teachers have too little

Of all their worthy fame.

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THX M1TBS8 OF B0XXHIV8.

on populbe.

Ac hic If yfjiye nu.

ymt ;eonb ]>af eop]wn.

»Shp»p pnbon.

hiopa ^elicaii.

hpon ymb fpjuBce.

fume opeidice.

ealle popjitene.

b»t hi f e hlifa.

fup-cut$e ne m»2-

pope-ms&pe pepaf .

pop's jebpenjan.

Deali ^e nu penen

anb pdni^en.

tot ^e lan^e tib.

bbban moten.

bpiDt lop »Fpe ]>y bet.

bio ot5Se )yince.

pop]>»m ^e nane poplet.

]»eah hit lanj J^mce.

bea^ »]t;ep bogop-pune.

]>onne he hepS Dpihtnef leape.

Pp»t ]H>nne h»bbe.

h»le)>a aemj.

puna ffit ]>»m pipe.

pp hine je^pipan mot. -

fe eca beaS.

s&ptep ]>ij7um populbe.

Now too, forgotten every-
where, •

The like to them have found
But little kindly speech or care

From all the world around ;

So that, however wise in wbrth,
Such foremoBt men may
stand.
No home-felt praises bring
them forth
Eor fame throughout the
land.

Though now ye wish long time
to live.
And pine to have it so,
What better blessing can it
give
Than now ye find below?

As Death lets none go free at
last
When God allows him
power.
If Death for ever follows fast,
How short is this world's
hour !

METETJM XI.k

An f ceppenb if.
butan 8&lcum tpeon.
f e if eac pealbenb. •-
populb-jefceapta. *.
heofonef anb eojiyA
anb heah fe.
anb ealpa ]»apa.
]>e ])»p m puniat5.
ungefepenhcpa.

METEE XL

OS eon^S WISE GOVBBirMI5T.

'^One, only One, made all the
heavens- and earth;
Doubtless, Id Him all beings
*owe their mrth ;

And guided by His care,
Are al], who theiein dwell un«
seen of us, *r\;

k Boet lib. ii. metntm 8.^Qaod mondas stabiH fide, &&

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289

anb eac fpa fame.

f apa f e pe ea^m.

on lociaiS.

ealpa jerceapta.

re ir a&lmihtij.

f aem oleccatJ.

ealle jej-ceapte.

fe faej- ambehcej-.

apuhc cunnon.

Se eac fpa fame.

fa p»f aulic nj^con. *

J>3Bt hi f aef f eobnef .

feopaf pnbon,

re uf sef ecte.

ribo anb feapaf .

eaJlum jef ceaptum.

rniapenbenbne.

pnjallice.

pbbe 25ecynbe.

fa J>a he polbe.

f»t f he polbe.

rpa lanje f pa he polbe.

fat hic pef an f ceolbe.

rp* hjc eac to populbe pceaL

Fwuan^ pop8.

fopfaem s&ppe ne majon.

fa unpnllan.

pojiulb-jepceapca.

peopfan jeptilbe.

Of faem pyne onpenb.

fe him pobepa peapb.

enbebypbef.

eallum jefecte.

«»}i^ pe alpealba.

ealle jerceapta.

X^baet mib hir bpible.

HatJ bufcu jeSC

ealle ^emanobe.
^b eac jecogen.
f«t hi ne mocen.

And these whom we can look
at, liviDg thus
In land, and sea, and air.

He is Almighty: Him all

things obey,
That in such bondage know
how blest are they ;
Who have so good a king ;
Those also serve, who thereof

know not aught
Dutiful work, however little
thought.
As bond-slaves they must
bring.

He hath set out in kindred

kindness still
Duties and laws to work His
changeless will,

And, after His own mind,
That which He will'd so long .

as will He would.
He wiird that everything for
ever should
Thenceforward keep its
kind.

Never may restless things to

rest attain.
And from that settled circle
turn in vain

Which order's God hath
given.
He hatn set fast, and check'd

them each and all
By the strong measured bridle
of his call
To rest, or to be driven.

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TBX. mVSSi Or'BOIXfilDS.

op^ metob«f ef&
iBfpe jejnllan.
ne ept eallun^.
f jnfop jTipian.
J^onne hi p^opa-petfib.
hif jepealb-lefeji.
piUe onlaeceiL
he haf»t$ ]7am^ bpible.
butu befao^eii.
beoyron anb eopj^an.
anb eall hohna-be^on;.
Spa ha^ ^thaB^xpob.
hefon-picef peapb.
mib hif aapealbe.
ealle 5ef ceapta.
)?a&t hiopa 8&jhpilc.
pi^ o]»ep pmt$:
anb ^eah pmnenbe.
ppe)>ia9 pieroe.
a&jhpilc opep. •
' utan ymbdSrppeiS.
py Is&f hi tofpifea.
f opp»m hi fjrmle fCOloBi;
]»oiie ilcan pyne.
ejt jecyppan.
Jie 86C ppym^.
pa&bep 5etiobe.
anb fpa ebnipe.
ejx: jepioppan.
fpa hit nu pajatS.
jrpean ealb ^eopcx
p»t re pmnenbe;
pi)>eppeapb ^^ceapt.
f a&fte pbbe.
popt^ anheelbaJB.
fpa nu pyp anb peceyi.
polbe anb laj^-fTpieaia.
mani^ oppu jep cespt.
epn fpii5e him.
jionb pap piban* populbe.

» Cott J>e.

Ab He, great woid, the leatheim

reins of might
Holds loose in His right hand,
or draws them tight ;
For He hath stretch'd
along
His bridle over earth, air, sea,

and beach,
That all things, leaning fastlj
each on each,

By double strife stand
strong.

For, ever as at first, the Father

bade.
In the same ways of rmming
that He made

Still changing though un-
changed.
By strife most steady keeping

peace most true
Our Free-Lord's handicraflr, so
old yet new,
Is erermore arranged.

Thus earth and sea*stream,fire

and water thus,
And all great things about or
far from us,
Betwiit themselves hold
strife.
Yet so good-fellowship allfastly

keep.
And render bondage true, and
duty deep
To Him who lent their
life.

ITor only thus, that each the

rest to please,
Whitherward things together

dwell at ease,
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291

|nnna'5 betpeox him.
anb f pa ]>eah ma^on.
luopa pe^nn^.
anb jepepj-cipe.
Jra&jrre ^ehealban.
Nif hit: no f an.
faetr nw eat^e m»^.
pi]7eppeapb jef ceapp.
pefan »rj«b^e.
jymbel jeFcpan.
Ik; hic If feliiqie.
)>a&t; hiopa a&ni; ne m»S-
bucasi opjivm bion.
ac f ceal puhra jehpilc.
pifeppeajibef hpsee-hpa^ti.
babban unbep heopontuu.
fafc h\f hije.
bVLjijie jemet^an.
8Bp hic CO micel peofi^e.
VsBrf^ f e ae^lmilvcija.
eallum jefceaptum.
faet jepjiixle jeret.
pe nu punian fceal.
Pl^ca jpopan.

leaf 2P^^i*^-
pset: on fasepp^ eps.
hpejT anb pealupat).
pincep bpmjetJ.
pebep un^emet calb.
fpipce pinbaf .
8uinop »fteii cpn^.
peapm 5epibepu.
Ppa&t pa ponnan mbt.
mona onlihcet$.
o^pset monnum bsd%.
funne bpmjetJ.
ponb pap f iban j^cei^.
Paaj^ re ilea Cob:
eoppan anb pa&tepe.
meapce jepejct^.
mepe-fcpeam ne beap. *

Bat far more strange than

80,

Nor one, but on its tliwarter

still depends,
And lives on that which while
it harms befriends,

Lest it too great should
grow.

Wisely the mighty Fraraer of

the world
Hath set this turn-about for

ever twirPd,
Tet ever still to stay ;
The sprouting wort shoots

greenly from its root,
And dying, then, in harvest

yields its fruit,

To live another day.

.Winter brings weather cold,

swift winds and snow ;
Summer comes afterward with
warming glow ;

By night ontshinea the
moon;
..Till o'er this wideHBeen world

the day i:^*sp(riiigs.
And to all men the son returo*
ing brings

Her welcome brightness
soon.

So also, G-od hath bounded sea

and land :
The fishy kind, except at HSo
command.

On earth may nererswim :
JN'or t;an the sea earth's thtiesh-

old overleaj),
Nor can the earth, beyond t^e
tide at neap, [rim.

O'erstep the sea's wide
u2

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Of ep eoppan fceac.

eapb ^ebpaeban.

fifca cynne.

bucan ppean leape.

ne hio aeppe ne moc.

eopfan f ypj*c-polb.

up opep fteppan.

ne ]>a ebban ]>on ma.

plbep meapce opep.

papan mocon.

)ia jepecneija.

f ijopa pealbenb.

lipep leoht ppuma.

l»t fenben he pile.

^eonb ]>af m»pan jepceapt.

meajice healben.

Ac.^onne pe eca.

anb pe selmihti^a.

)?a 2epealb-le}>epu.

pile 0Dl»caii.

epne }>apa bpibla.

"pe he jebs&tce.

nub hip a^en peopc.

call 8&C ppymtJe.

))8ec ip pifeppeapbnep.

puhte ^ehpelcpe.

pe pe mib ]7»m bpible.

becnan tihat$.

jip pe pioben Iset.

pa. toplupan.

pona hi popla&ta^.

lupan anb pbbe.

fa&p jepeppcipep.

ppeonb-pa&benne.

vdsS anpa ^ehpilc.

a^nep pillan.

populb-jepceapta.

pinnatS betpeox him.

otSfa&c flop eopt$e.

eaU pojipeop)>et$.

anb eac ppa pame.

These things the Source and
Spring of life and light

The Lord of wielded might, by
His will's right,

Biddeth their bounds to

Until the Ever -living One

makes burst
The curbing bridle set on all

at first,

And so unreins the deep.

By rein and bridle in a hint I

teach
The waywardness of all things,

each on each ;

For, iftheEulerwUrd
The thoDgs to slacken, things

would soon forsake
All love and peace, and wilful

evil make

Instead of good f ulfill'd.

Each after its own selfish will

would strive.
Till none of things on earth
were left alive

In such be wrestling stera ;
And in like manner other

things unseen
Would be as if they never then
had been,
AH brought to nought in
turn.

But the same God, who meteth

all things thus.
Makes folk to be at peace with
aH and us,

In friendship true and
fast:

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olSpa ^ef ceajita.
peop}>a'S him felfe.
fit$)>a]i to nauhce.
Ac f e ilea Eob.
f e j) eall met^^^.
f e jejrehtJ pela.
folca CO f omne.
anb mib ppeonbf cipe.
p»ft:e je^pat^.
^efamnaB pnfcipaf .
pbbe jemen^et$.
cls&nLce luj:e.
fpa f e cps&ft^a eac.
Sejreprcjpar.
pa&fce jefamnatJ.
J>aec hi hiopa ppeonbfcipe.
foptS on f ymbel.
uncpeopealfce.
tpeopa ^ehealbat^.
pbbe fampabe.
eala fijopa Eob.
p»p ^if moncyn.
miclum jera&hj.
pp hiopa mob-fepa.
meahre peopj'an.
rtapolpaBjT jepeaht.
puph fa ptponjan meaht.
anb je enbebypb.
fpa rpa otJpa pint,
populb jepceapca.
p2&iie hic la ]>onne.
niup5e mib monnum.
jip hic meahte ppa.

He knits together in a love

most fond
Unending wedlock, and the

kindred hond
For evermore to lastf.

So too, the ekill'd All-worker

well unites
The fellowship of men in
friendly rights,
That they maj live at
peace.
In simple truthfulness and

single strength
Thenceforth for ever of one
mind, at length
To make all evil cease.

God AU-conquering ! this

lower earth
Would be for men the blest
abode of mirth
If they were strong in
Thee,
As other things of this world

well are seen ;
then, far other than they
yet have been,

How happy would men
be!

METEUM XII.i

8e fe piUe pypcan.
p»ptmb»pe lonb.
acio op ]>»m »cepe.
aepepc pona.

METEE XII.

rSBS OP ADVBB6ITT.

Whoso wills to till a field,
Well to bear a fruitful yield,

Boet lib. iit metrum 1.— Qui serere ingeMimm volet 8grain,&c.

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cfeapn anb )K>piiaf .

anb f^faf f pa fame yiob,

jMi )»e pilla^.

pel hps&p bepian.

da&BumbfMe.

Jr^ laBf he ci))a-leaf .

•iK^e on {WBm lanbe.

If leobajehpsem.

Jiof o^pu bjrfen.

epi behepi.

>«&t If ))ast t0 ]>ynoe8.

]»e^a jehpelcam.

kuBi^ef bi-bpeab.

healpe f y f petpe.

gip he hpene »p.

huni^ef ceape.

biCTMf (Hibyp^e^.

BitJ eac fpa fame.

xnonna »^pilc.

micle fy pa&^enpa.

lijjff pe«per.

pp hine lycle «p.

[Xopnaf s^FtonbaS.

anb f e fceapca pinb.

ii(^]>ttB anb eaptan.

N»nepim J'ubce.

km^ on I'once.

^ip f 10 bimme niht;.

jB&p opep elbnm.

ejepan ne bpohce.

Spa ]>inct$ anpa ^ehps&m.

eoptj-buenbpa.

po fotSe ^ef »!$•

fymle fe betepe*

anb )>y pynpumpe.

)>e he pita ma.

heapbpa ken)a.

hep abpeo^e^.

Du meaht eac mfde ^ et$.

on mob-pepan.

f o))a jef »l)ia.

.Let him Erst pluck up and

bum
Thorns and thistles, furze and

fern,
Which are wont clean wheat

to hurt,
Lying lifeless iu the dirt.

And this other likeness too
Well behoves us all to view,
Namely, that to those who eat
Honeycomb, it seems more

sweet,
K a man before the tear
Of honey, taste of bitter cheer.

So it falls, that all men are
With fine weather happier far
If a little while before
Storms were spread the welkin

o'er.
And the stark wind, east by

north.
Lately rush'd in anger forth.

None would think the daylight

dear
If dim night they did not fear ;
So, to every one of us.
On the broad earth dwelUng

thus,
Joy more joyous still is seen
Auer troubles once have been.

Also, thine own mind to please,
Thou shalt gain the greater
ease,

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fpeocolop- ^ecnapui.
anb to heo^a cytSVe.
becnman ji^Sfm.
jip fu op ac^fC.

anb )>u apyptpalajis.

op jejnt-locan.

leafa ^efsol^.

fpa jTia lanbef •ceopA.

op luf SBcepe lycfi.

ypel peob mom;.

8it$)»an ic ]>e f eeje.

]net; ]m fpeotole meaibt.

fv^ ^6]r8&l]ia.

fona oncnapan.

anb fn aeppe ne pecft.

a&nijep frnjep.

opep ^a aae.

^ )9U hi eallep o uytp t .

\And sbalt go wkere true jojs

grow,
If all false joys thou forego ;
As ill weeds ore pull'd with

tofl
Bj the land-oburl foom the

soil.

And hereafter, thee I tell,
True joys there await thee

well;
Ay. and here, if these be first,
Thou for nought beside wilt

thirst,
But all else shall fail to please
If thou truly knowest these.

METEFM 3ITI«

Ic pille mib ^ibbum.
jec jecyfan.
hu pe a&lmihti^a.
eaJlpa ^ep ceapca.
bpyji^ mib hip bpiblum.
he^i "pibeji he pde,
mib hip anpealbe.
3e enbebypb.
punboplice.
pel jemetjatS.
liapat$ ppa ^eheafopab.
heopona poalbaxb.
utan bspan^en.
ealla ^epceapta.
^epa&peb mib hip pacentan.
yxt hi apebian ne ma^on.
]^»t hi hi »ppe him.
op aplepen.

METEE IIII.

or ISWAXD TilKXSQS.

1 will with «0Bgs make known

How the Almighty still
Bridles all things from His
throne
And bends them to His will,
By His wielded might
Set wonderfully right.

The Baler ef the skies

Hath well girtalHhiDgs Bd,
Binding them iii such strong
tieef,
Aside they cannot go.
And may not fed tbe'way
Whereby to slip astray.

^ Boet lib. iii metromSi^HQMnteftseram flectat habenas, &c.

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aiib feaii pihta ^ehpilc.

ppi^atS eo-healb.

pbpa ^ef ceapta.

fpi^e onhelbeb.

jntJ fa&r jecynbef .

)>e hi c^nm; en^^

pebep 8&t FpymtSe.

fsfte ^etiobe.

fpa nu J^m^a jelipilc.

]»ibep-peapb pinbaS.

pbjia ^ef ceap::a.

ba^on pimum en^am.

anb moncynne.

)>apa miclef to peola.

popolb-jninieubpa.

pints pit$ jecynbe.

Deah nu on lonbe.

leon ^emete.

pynpime piht.

pel atemebe.

hipe ma^iftep.

miclum lup^e.

anb eac onbpa&be.

bojopa ^ehpelce.

jip hic aeppe ^efS&ltS.

])aBt hio »ni^ef .

blobef onb57i5et5.

ne ]7eapp beopna nan.

penan ]>aepe pypbe.

j)8er hio pel p^]?an.

hipe taman healbe.

ac ic tiohhie.

)>aet hio ))»f nipan taman.

nauht ne ^ehic^e.

ac ]7one pilban ^epunan.

pille 2e)>encan.^

hipe elbpena.

on^mtS eopnefte.

pacentan flitan.

jipi jpymetijan.

>Cott

And each living thing

On this crowded earth
Firmly to the bent doth cling
Which it had at birth
From the Father's hand.
King of Angel-land.

Tbus each one we find

Of beings in their turn.
Save some bad angels and man-
kind,
Thitherward doth yearn ;
But those too often force
Against their nature's
course.

A lioness may be such

A tame and winsome beast,
That she may love her master
much,
Or fear him, at the least;
But if she taste of gore
She will be tame no more :

Let it not be thought

That she will then be mild,
But back to her old likings
brought
Be as her elders wild,
In earnest break her

chain.
And rave and roar amain.

Will first her keeper bite,
And then all else beside^

Se)>mcan.

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anb »peft abit.

hipe ajenef .

hufCf hipbe.

anb hpatle p^{>an.

ha&lepa jehpilcne.

fe hio jehentan m8&^.

nele hio f oplaetan.

libbenbef puhc.

neata ne monna.

mmC eall f liio pnt.

Spa botJ pubu-piglaf .

feah hi pel pen.

tela atemebe.

Stp 111 on tpeopum peopf atS.

holte to mibbef .

hp»^e biotJ f oprepene.

heopa lapeopap .

fe hi lan^e ap.

tybon -^ temebon.

In on tpeopum pilbe.

ealb-jecynbe.

a fop^ p'Sf an.

piUum puma's.

f eah him polbe hpilc.

heopa lapeopa.

lirtum beoban.

fone ilcan mete.

fe he hi »pop mib.

tame jetebe.

him fa tpiju }>incat5.

emne fpa mepje.

faet hi J)8&r meter ne pectJ.

fmcS him to fon pynjnm.

fast him pe pealb oncpyS.

j>onne hi jehepa^.

hleofpum bps&jban.

o^pe pijelap.

hi heopa apie.

rtepne ptypiatJ.

rtunaS eal jeabop.

pel-pinpum pane.

Cattle or men, each living

wight,

Will seize, whate'er betide,

All she can find will seize,

Her ravening to appease.

So the wood finches too,
Though timely tamed they
be,
If to the woods escaped anevr,
Again they flutter free ;
However train'd and

taught.
Their teachers then are
nought :

But wilder evermore,
They will not leave tbe
wood.
Though by their trainers, as
of yore.
Enticed by tempting food ;
So merry seem tbe trees,
That meats no more may
please.

All winsome then is found
The wide weald sounding
strong
With other birds that sing
around.
And so these find their song.
Stunning one's ears with

noise
Of their woodland joys.

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pubu eallum oncpjrt$.

Spa bit$ eallum cpeopum.

)^ hum on »]^le bitS.

)^»t hit on holte.

hykjt ;^«pefLxe.

feah pvi hpilcne boh.

byje pi8 eop)Mj;i.

he foi5 uppeeipbef .

fpa ))u an poplaeteft.

pibu on pilkn.

penc on jeeynbe.

Spa be9 eac jio jtmiie.

)>onne hio on fije pe(^]^e$.

Of ep mitme baej.

mepe conbel.

fcyfC on ofb»le.

uneut$ne pe^.

nihcef jenef e^.

nopt$ ep ■] eaft.

elbum otepc5.

bpencfS eoptJ-papum.

mopjen mepe tophrne.

hio opep moskeyn ftM.

a uppes^ep.

ot$ hio epc cyme?.

fs&p hipe ypemejc bi'5.

eapb-jecynbe.

%« fpa 8&lc 2;^eea)9c;.

eaQe ma&^ene.

^eonb f ap pibaii pofiidb.

ppijatJ ^ hi^atJ.

ealle m«^ne.

e^ rymle on 1;^.

yiiS hipjecynbep.

cym^ CO ))onzie.'h)t mmi-

Nip nu opep eopfan.

aeneju jepceapt.

"pe ne pilnie f sec hio.

polbe cuman.

CO ))am eapbe.

pe hio op becom.

ThuB too, every tree,

Grown high in its own soil.

Though thou shalt bend its

boughs to be

Bow'd to the earth with toil,

Let go, it upward .flies

At its free will to rise.

Thus also, when the sun,

Great cwdle of the world,
After the nud-day dewju doth
run
To unknown daricness hurl'd,
Again-she brings to earth
Bright morn, north-east*
em birth.

Upward she ever goes,

Up, to her highest place:
So, every creature kindly grows
According to its race.
And strives with all its

might
To take its iiature's right.

There is not now one thing

Over this wide earth
That doth not ^all its longings
fling
About its place of birth,
And safely there find rest
In G^ Almighty blest.

There is Bot one thing found
Over this wide world

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299

faet If opj-op^nef.
aob ecu pefC.
))a&fc If openLce.
atkmhti Dob.
Nij- nu opep eopfan.
aeneju jefccaft.
)>e ne hpeapp^e.
rpa rpa lipeol be«.
on hipe felfpe.
fopfon bio fpa'hpeappa'S.
)>8Bt hio epc cmne.
J>8Bp hio aepop p«f .
)>oime hio aqiefC pe.
utan behpeppeb.
JHmne bio eaJlef pyp«.
utan bee^peb.
^rceoleft bon.
]>a&t bio »p bybe.
attb eac pefan.
l>»t bio »pop peep.

METRT7M XIV.^
Pp»t bi^ faem pelejan.
populb-jitpepe.
on bip mobe fe bet.
feah he micel aje.
Solbep ^ jimma.
^fe Sooba xebp»f .
*5*ta unpim.

^fe bim mon epijen pcyle.
*S^pelce bae^.
»cepa fuj-enb.
*^ab fep mibban jeapb.
^^ fif manna cyn.
ry unbep jTinnan.
{^^ pejT "3 eapt.
*^»r tinpalbe edl.
^^epfiebeb.
^e mot be fapa byppta.

Bat on itself witb endless
round
It, like a wheel, is twirl' d,
So turning to be seen
As. it before liatb been :

For when at firgt it moves,

Eight xound it turns aumin ;
And, where it once has gone,
behoves
To go that way again ;
And as it was before.
To be so evermwe.

METBB XIV.

THE EMPXISTSSS O? WEAXTH.

What is a man the better,

A man of worldly tnould/—
Though he be gainful getter

Of richest gems and gold.
With every kind well filled

Of goods in ripe array.
And though for him be tilled

A thousand fields a day ?
Though all this middle-earth
be

Beneath his wealdom
thrown.
And men and all their worth
be [own,

South, east, and west, his

^ Boet. lib. liL metrma S.-— Qoamvis fluente dives auri gargite, &c.

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hiona ne Iseban.
Of fiffe populbe.
puhce fon mape.
hopb-jeftjieona.
]>onne he hifeji bpohte.
Da fe pifbom fa f if lio^
afunjen hsepbe. ]^ onjan
he ejt; fpellian anb cpxiS,

METRIJM XV.o

Deah hine nu.

fe yfela unpihtpifa.

Nepon cynmcj.

nipan jefceppce.

plire^m psebum.

punbopLce.

golbe seslenjbe.

anb 5iin-cynnum.

feah he pa&f on populbe,

picena jehpelcum.

on hif lif-bajum.

la^ anb unpeop8.

pepen-puU.

hpaec fe feonb fpa f eah.

hif biophnjaf .

bujufumr f cepte,

ne ma&j ic feah jehyc^an.

hpy him on hije fopfCe.

afy fael pefan.

J>eah hi jniine hpile.

jecupe bucan cpa&ptiun,

cynmja b^^jejart;.

na&pon hy fy peoptJpan.

piCena aenejum.

]>eah hme ye byp i^a.

bo CO cynin^e.

hu msB J f 5ef ceabpif .

fcealc jepeccan.

fat he him fy f elpa,

fie ot5t$e pmce.

He cannot of such treasure,
Away with him take aught,

Nor gain a greater measure
Than in his mind he brought.

"Wisdom having sung this lay,
Again began his spell to say.

METRE XV.

NEBO'S BASENESS.

Though Nero now himself, that
evil king

TJnriffhteous, in his new
and glittering robe
Deck'd wonderfully for ap-
parelling
With gold and gems and many
a brightsome thing,

Seem'd to be greatest of
this earthly globe,
Yet to the wise man was he

full of crime,
Loathly and worthless in his
life's daytime :

And though this fiend his
darlings would reward
"With gifts of rank, my
mind I cannot bring
To see why he to such should

grace afford :
Yet if some whiles a foolish
kine: or Iprd

"Will choose the simple all
the wise above,
A fool himself, to be by fools

ador'd.
How should a wise man reckon
on his love ?

o Boet. lib. iii. metrum 4. — Quamvis se Tyrio superbus ostro, &c.

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METETJM XVI.P

8e ]>e piUe anpalb a^on.

]7onne fceal he aepepc cilian.

face he hif felpef.

on fepan aje.

anpalb mnan.

}>y l»r he a&fpe fie.

hif un])eapum.

eall unbep}>ybeb.

abo oj: hif mobe.

mifbcpa fela.

paji2L ^^bho^ona.

fe him unnet fie.

Isece fume hpile.

popm^a.

anb epmpa ])mpa.

Deah him eall fie.

J>ef mibban ^eapb.

fpa fpa mepe-f tpeamaf .

iicanbelic^atS.

on »ht ^if en.

epxe fpa pibe.

f pa fpa pefmeft nu.

an i^onb h"^,

uc on japfecj.

]7aep ns&n^u bi5.

mbt on fumepa.

ne puhce J'on ma.

on pincpa ba&j.

coteleb tibum.

]7aec if Tile haten.

]?eah nu anpa hpa.

eallef pealbe.

faef ijlanbef .

anb eac J'onan,

€>6 Inbeaf .

eafte-peapbe.

]>eah he nu f ealL

ajan mote. •

METEE XVI.

or SELf-BTTLE.

He that wishes power to win,
First must toil to rule his
mind.

That himself the slave to sin
Selfish lust maj never bind :

Let him hasta to put away
All that fruitless heap of
care:
Cease awhile thy sighs to-day,
And thyself from sorrow
spare.

Though to him this middle-
earth
For a garden all be given,
With the sea-stream round its
girth,
East and west the width of
heaven ;

From that isle which lies out-
right
Furthest in the Western
spray,
Where no summer sees a
night.
And no winter knows a day ;

Though from this, far Thule's
isle.
Even to the Indian East,
One should rule the world
awhile.
With all power and might
increased,

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iHft MaTBSfl or BOXSHirS*

hpy bilS hif anptlb.
auhte ^y mapa.
jip he pt$)>an nmb.
hif relfej- 5epealb.
m2e)>ancef.
anb hme eopnefte.
pel ne bepajiena^.
popbum -] bBSbam.
pi<5 fa un]>eapaf .
j>e pe ymb fppeca^.

METEUM XriLJi

08Be eoptipafiaE*

eaUe hepben.

folb-buenbe.

ppuman jelicne.

hi op anum q^sMii.

ealle comon.

pepe 1 ptF«-

on populb lunaii.

anb hi eac nu ^ec.

ealle ^elice^

on populb cuma^.

plance -] heane.

nif f nan ponbop*

f op]^»m pitan ealle.

)>»t an liob if.

ealpa jef ceajra.

ppea moncr^nncf « ^

p»bep anb fcippenb.

f e ]iep& puman leohCw

fele^ op heoponum.

monan ^ p^om^ m»pum

fteoppum.
f e ^ef ceop men on eop)>a&,
anb 2;ef amnabe.
faple CO bee.
set ppuman npefc:

How shall he seem great or

strong

If himself he cannot save.

Word and deed against all

wrong,

Bat to sin is still a slave P

METEE XVn.

TBUE Gft£ATKSSS

All men and all women on
earth
Had first their beginning
the same,
Into this world of their birth
All of one coupk they came :

Alike are the gr&at and the
small;
Ko wonder that this should
be thus ;
For God is the Father of all,
The Lord and the Maker of
us.

He giveth light to the sun.
To the moon and the stars
as thej stand ;
The soul and the flesh He
made one,
When first He made man
in the land.

Well-born alike are all folk
Whom He hath made undier
the sky ;

4 Boet. lib. iii. metrum 6. — Omno hopiinam genus in terris, &c.
»Oott.|)jT.

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303

pole unbep polcnum.

emn aefele jefceop.

aeglipilcnchmon.

Ppy 56 fonne aejrjie.
^ opep ot5pe men.

opepmobijen.

buton anbpeopce.

nu je iina&)7elne.

anijneitietatS.
/•^ Pf J je eop poji »felum.:

up ahebben nu.

On faem mobe bit$.

monna jelipilciim;

fa pihc a&felo.

fe ic fe pecce ymb.

naJej* on fa&m pls&rce.

folb-buenbpa.

Ac nu aejhpilc mon.

fe mib ealle bit5.
2(J hij* unfeapttm.

unbepfiebeb.

te Fopl»r aepejr.

h^T FPnm-rceafC.

^b hij' a^ene.

»felo fpa j-elpe.

anb eac pone psbefu

>€ hme aet ppuman ^ef ceop.

FopfaBKi hine ana&felaS.

»lmihti5 Cob.
^Oat he un»}>ele.

rSL|oi^)>anan.

Piyp^ on peopulbe.

^0 pulbpe ne cpn'6,

METEUM XVIII/
^a f ye ypia.
^Pibta sebe«.
Riafa piUa.
Poh-haemeter.

Wbythen on others a yoke
Now will ye be lifting on
high?

And why be so causelessly
proud,
As thus ye find none are ilL-
bom?
Or why, for your rank, from
the crowd
Baise yourselves up in such
scorn?

In the mind of a man, not his
make,
In the earth-dweiler*s heart,
not his rank,
Is the nobleness whereof I
spake.
The true, and the free, and
the frank.

But he tbat to sin is in thrall.

Ill-doing wherever he can,
Hath left the first life*spring
of all,
His G-od, and hi&rank as- a;
man:

And so the Almiglity dowu-

hurl'd [sin,

. The noble disgraced by his

Thenceforth to be mean in the

world, [win.

And never more glory to

METEE XVIII.

01? SINI*TTL PLEASUIIE.

Alas ! that the evil unrighteoua
hot will

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THE HETBEB 07 BOBTHITS.

fBdt he mib ealle ^ebjiaflS,

anpa ^ehpylcef .

monna cynnef .

mob pilneah ])on.

hp»t po pilbe beo.

feah pf pe.

anun^a p ceal.

call foppeop]>an.

jip liio yppmja.

ajmhc ftmjetJ.

rpa fceal fapla jehpilc.

fi^]>an lopan.

^if )*e lichoma.

foplejan peopfetJ.

unpihc-haemebe.

bute him »p cume.

hpeop CO heoptan.

Sep he hionan penbe.

METEUM XIX.»

€ala f If heps ^^S-

hyjetS ymbe j-e J^e pileJ

anb jrpecenhc.

pipa ^ehpilcvun.

)>8&t pa eapman men.

mib ealle jebpaaletS.

op ]>8em pihtan pe^e.

pecene alaebeb.

Ppa&fep je piUen.

on puba pecan.

jolb J>8et peabe.

on spenum tpiopum.

Ic pac rpa feah.

yxt hit pitena nan.

J>ibep ne pece^.

pop^aem hit ]7»ji ne pex:$*

ne on pmjeajibum.

pLcije jimmsq*.

Ppy je nu ne petxan.

Of lawlessly wanton desire
should still
Be a plague in the mind of
each one !

The wild bee shall die in her

stinging, though shrewd,
So the soul will be lost if the

body be lewd,
Unless, ere it wend hence, the
heart be imbued

With grief for the deed it
hath done.

METRE XIX.

WHBEB TO rimo TEUB JOTS.

Oh ! it is a fault of weight,
Let him think it out who
will,
And a danger passing great
Which can thus allure to ill
Careworn men from the

right way.
Swiftly ever led astray.

Will ye seek within the wood
Bed gold on the green trees

None, I wot, is wise that could,

For it grows not there at all :

Neither in wine-gardens

green
Seek they gems of glitter-
ing sheen.

• Boet lib. iiL metram 8.~£heii, quam miseros tramite devio, &c.

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THX MITBBS OE BOSTHITTS.

805

on pime bune.

pfc nee eoppu.

fonne eop pon IjjtetS.

j eax o^tSe cypenan.

iBr2;eLcort pinC5.

]>»€ te ealle piten.

eopt$-buenbe.

]K)ncol-mobe.

yd&t hi ]?8&p ne pnt.

Pp»fep ge nu pillen.

p»]>an mib hunbum.

on realcne ra&.

fonne eop f ecan lyft.

ieojiotaf 3 hinba.

fu jehycjan meaht.

f»t 2;e pilla« J^a.

on puba fecan.

OfCop mide.

l>onne ilt on r».

If "p punbojiLc.

faet pe pitan ealle.

j)et mon fecan f ceal.

be f»-papo^.

^b be ea-opjium.

»l>ele ^mmaf .

Vte anb peabe.

anb hipa ^ehpa&f .

Ppaet hi eac piton.

Hp»p hi ea-prcar*

recan )>upjan.

anb rpylcjia pela.

peopulb-pelena.

ti f pel bo«.

Xeopnpulle men.

Xeapa gehpilc.

^fiy eapmlicoft.

ealpa finja.

J>»fc fa byj-ejan pnt.

on jebpolan popbene. ♦

epie rpa bhnbe.

J>aet hi on bpeoftum ne majon.

Would je on some hill-top set,

When ye list to catch ivlcfiUt

Or a carp, your fishing net P

Men, methinks, have long

found out

That it would be foolish

£sire,
Por they know they are
not there.

In the salt sea can ye find,
When ye list to start and
hunt
With your hounds, the hart or
hmd?
It will sooner be your wont
In the woods to look, I
wot, [are not.

Than in seas where they

Is it wonderful to know
That for crystals red or
white.
One must to the sea-beach go^
Or for other colours bright,
Seeking by the river side
Or the shore at ebb of
tide?

Likewise, men are well aware
Where to look for nv^figJi^
And all other worldly ware
Where to seek them when
they wish ;
Wisely careful men will

know
Year by year to find them
so.

But of all things 'tis most sad
That the foolish are so blind,

So besotted and so mad
That they cannot surely find

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e«66 ^enapan.

foffk ser»ll».

pabon j^yb&a.

pp])»m hi »F]ie ne 1^.

"P5ep rPtPiaa.

fecan )>a ^ej-a&lj^a.

f^«nat$ fwnfipe.

]>»t hi on ];if knom mvj^n.

li}»pnban.

roj^a ser»l}>a,

]»»t If f elfa Lob.

Ic nat hu ic maege.

nsBnije )>in2;a.

eaUer rp^ rF^tSe.

OD fepan minvm.

hiopa byp2 taelan.

fpa hit me bon lyft^.

ne \c ]>e fpa fpeotole.

jefecjan ne rnvj.

)»p)>8sm hi^^ pnt eiqimpaa.

anb eac byfej^an.

ungef»l]j;[nKn.

Jjonne tc ^ fecjgaii 'ini& Jb.

Pi jnlniaiS.

pelan anb fl&ht&.

anb peoptJf cipef.

to ^c^innanne.

jKxme hi habba!5 Jase.

hiopa h^e f ece£L

peiUlS ]MMUM.

f pa ^epitleaf e.
{Net hi y& fofuu,
Sef»l]« h»bben.

"Where the erogood is

nigh
And trae pieasures hidden

lie.

Therefore, never k tiieir strife

After those true joys to

spur;

In this lean and little life

They half witted deeply err.

Seeking heie their bliss

to gain,
That is, Gbd Himself, m
vain.

Ah! I know not in my thought

How enough to blame their

sin.

Nor so clearly as I ought

Can I show their fault within,

For, more bad and Tain

are they,
And more safl than I can
say.

All their hope is to aoqoifs
Worship, goods, and woildlf
weal;
When they loam their mind's
desire
Then such witless joy thsf

That m follyliiey believe
Those true joys they then

receive.

> Cott hie.

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307

METETTM'XX.^
€ala mm Dpikten.
pa&t ]7u eapt a&lmihtag.
micel mobilic.
maepf um jeppsBje.
anb punboplic.
pitena jehpylcum.
PpsBt J>u ece Dob.
ealpa jef ceafta.
jainboplice.
pel jefceope.
unjefepenlicpa.^
anb eac fpa r*"''^*
Xej-epenLcjia.
rofce pealbert.
fcippa ^ef ceajtja.
nub jerceabpifum.
maejne ;] cp»)t;e.
J)u fypne mibban jeapb.
fpom ppuman a&pefC.
poptJ ©"S enbe.
tibum tobs&lbef .
rpa hit jecaeroft paBp.
enbebypbep.
faec hi 8&^hp8&]^eji.
Se ap]»pa'8«
Se eptcumatS.
Du )« impcilla.
^S^& jeipceafta.
to ]>inum pillaiu
piphce apt^epc.
anb pe pdp punaejlc.
rpiSe ptiUe.
nnanpenbenbhc*
a poptS pimle.
nip nan mihtijpa.
ne nan ma&ppa.

' Boet. lib. iu. metmm 9.— qui perpettdt mnndnmratione gabemas, &o.
> Cott. nnsepepelilica. * Cott. unanpenbenblica

pop^pimle.
z2

METRE XX.

07 OOD Airp HIS CBSATUBEf .

thou, my Lord Almighty,

great and wiae,
Well- seen for mighty works,

and marvellous
To every mind that knows thee^

Ever Good !
Wondrously well all creatures

Thou hast made,
TTnseen of us or seen; with

softest band
Of skilful strength thy blighter

beings leading.
Thou from its birth forth

onward to its end
This middle-earth by times

hast measured out
As was most fit; that ocderly

they go
And eft soon come again. Xhott

wisely stintest
To thine own will thy changing

unstill creatures,
TTnchangeable and Btill thyself

for ever !
No one is mightier, gneater

than Thou art,
No one was made thine equal:

need was none.

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THE HITBX8 OT BOXTHIVS.

ne %eonb ealle fA ^^f ceapt.
epilica ]>in.

ne pe aeni^ neb-]vei^p ii»f.
fl&fpe peic ealpa.
^jia peopca.
ye fa. ^epopht hapaft.
ac mib ])mum piUan.
]>u hit pophcef eall.
anb mib anpalbe.
^ pmum ajenum.
peopulbe %epofihteit.
anb pahta jehpiet.
]«ah )ie n»ne^.
neb-)M&app p»jie ealljia.
papa ma&ppa.
If f micd ^ecr^b.
prnef joobef .
]>enct$ ymb f e pe pile,
pppon hit If eall an.
»lcef pincjep.

C[-}fpm goob.
t If pin ajen.
pppiem hit nif^ utan.
ne com auht to pe.
Ac ic jeopne pat.
p»t pm joobnef if.
s&hnihti^ joob.
eall mib pe f elpum.
pit If un^ehc.
upum jecynbe.
Uf If utan c]jrmen.
eall pa pe habbat$.
^oqbh on ^unburn,
fjiom Eobe f elfum.
Na&ft pu to »ne^um.
anban jenumenne.
f oppam pe nan pm^ nif •
pm ^ehca.
ne hupu ssm;.
aelcpaeftigpe.

Of all these works which Thou

hast wrought, to Thee ;
Bat, at the willing of tby

power, the world
And everything within it didst

thou make,
Without all need to Thee of

such great works.
Oreat is Thy goodness, — think

it out who will ;
For it is all of one, in every-
thing,
Thou and Thy good; Thine

own ; not from without ;
Neither did any goodness come

to Thee:
But, well I know. Thy good-
ness is most good
All with Thyself : unlike to us

in kind ;
To us, from outwardly, from

God Himself,
Came all we have of good in

this low earth.
Thou canst not envy any;

since to Thee
Nothing is like, nor any higher

skilled ;
For Thou, All Gk)od, of Thine

own thought didst think,
And then that thought didst

work. Before Thee none
Was bom, to make or unmake

anything,

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THE KSTSE8 OJT BOXTHIUS.

fop])»m pvL eal joob.
aner ^e]^eaihte,
finef 3e]>ohteft
anb hi ])a pophteft.
naej- »pop J>e.^
»neX^ jerceapc.
])e auht ot$^e nauht.
aufep pophte.
Ac Jiu btttan b^j-ne.
bpejo moncjimef.
»1 a&lmilitij ISob.
call jepophcejr.
finj feaple %oob.
eapt fe j-elpa.
fa&c hehjre joob.
Ppaet Jm hali j psebep.
acftep ]?mum piUan.
populb ^ef ceope.
^rne mibban ^eapb,
meahtum )>inuni.
f eopaba Dpibcen.
rpa f u polbeft f elp.
anb mib )>mu]n pillan.
pealbep; eallef .
Fop]>em )>u f o]>a Cob.
relja b»lerp.
Sooba ae^hpilc.
pop]>em ]?u 2;eapa »p«
ealle* jerceapca.
aapep: ^ef ceope.
rpi^e ^elice.
rumef hp»]7pe ]»ea]i«
unjelice.

nembept eall n» l>«ah«
nub ane noman.
ealle toj»bepe.
Fopulb unbep polcnunu
Dpaat pu pulbpef liob,
]H>ne anne naman.
epc cobaelbep

1 Cott n»r

Bat Thou without a model

madest all,
Lord Ood of men, Almighty,

very good.
Being Thyself of all the highest

good !
Thou, Holy Father, Thou, the

Lord of Hosts,
After Thy will, and by Thy

power alone.
The world, this midway gar-
den, didst create ;
And by Thy will, as now Thy

wisdom would,
Wieldest it aU ! For Thou,

Ood of truth.
Long time of old didst deal out

all good things,
Making thy creatures mainly

well alike,
Tet not alike in all ways ; and

didst name
With one name all together all
. things here,
" The World underthedouds."

Tet, God of glory.
That one name, Father, Thou

didst turn to four :
The first this Earth-field ; and

the second water;
Shares of the world: third fire, '

and fourth, air :
This is again the whole world

all together.

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THE 1CBTBJS8 OV BOJTUIUB.

pBbeji on pec^F^.
p»f ^apa f olbe an.
anb paet^ of«p.
populbe b»lef .
anb pyp if fpibbe.
anb f eopeptSe Ijrft.
]>8Bt If eaU peopulb.
ept to^iebepe.
pabbidS ]ieah ]>a peopqi.
fpum-ftol hiojia.
me^ydc faiopa.
a^^enne ftebe.
]«ah anpa bjnle.
pif$ o]7ep fie.
miclnm ^emenjeb.
anb mib mae^n^ eae.
jnsb^ SBlimbtijcf .
p»fce jebunben.
^epbbce.
fopte to2»bepe.
mib bebobe )nne.
bilepit p»bep.
]y»t te beopa semj;.
oppef ne bopfte.
meapc ofep^angan.
pop metobef ^e.
ac jeSpeopob fine.
]>e^af to^^epe.
c^in^ef cempan.
cele pits hsetD.
p»t pitJ bpyjum.
pmnatS hpa&]^e.
pGBtep ;j eoptfe.
paeftmaf bpenja^.
J>a f mt on jecynbe.
cesJba l)a tpa.
pa&tep paec ^ cealb.
pan^af ymbe-licjatS.
eoptle ael jpeno.
eac hyddpfie cealb 1^,
If ^emenjeb.

Tet have tbese Ibnr each one

bis stead and stool,
Eacb batb its place; thoogb

mucb witb otner mixt ;
Fast ty Tby might, Almighty

Father, bound.
Biding at peace, and sofMy

weU together,
By Thy behest, kind Fatiier!

so that none
Durst overstep its mark, for

fear of Thee,
But willing thanes and war-
riors of their king
Live well together, howsoever

strive
The wet witb dry, t^e chilly

with the hot.
Water and Eartii, both cold in

kind, breed fruits :
Water lies wet and cold around

the field.
With the green earth is min-
gled the cold air.
Dwelling in middle place: it

is no wonder
That it be warm and cold, blent

by the winds.
This wide wet tier of clouds;

for, in my judgment.
Air hath a midway place, 'twiit

earth and fire,
All know that fire is uppermost

of all

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IHJB MEXBBft OS B0STHITT8.

811

fojOj^dsm hu> on mibbuia pvuuJtt
nif f nan jmnbop^
}mt hio jie peapm -^ Gealb.
psBt polcnef ti€p.
pinbe ^eblonben.
pp])8em hio If on niible.
nune jeppm^e.
Fypef ;3 eop)>an.
F^ monna yat.
J>a&t te yjremejt; ij*.
eallpa gercea^a.
]r^ opep eopjMUU
folbe n6o]?emeji4.
If ]>»t punboplic.
I^epoba Dpihren.
^»t pu mib ^ejwahce.
I ^mum pypce];t.

yyn jepceablice.

meapce jef ecteft.

anb hi ne menjbeft eac.

Pp»t pu ]>»m p»ttepe.

p»tym ^ cealbum,

f olban to jJope.

pa&fte 2;ef ecceft.

popfaem hic unftiOe.

aaghpibep polbe.

pibe tofcpi}>an.

pac anb hnefce.

ne meahte hit on him rdpun.

rotf ic S^^P® P^*

»ppe ^eftanban.

ac hit po eoptSe.

hilt ^ rpelje^ eac.

be pimum b»le.

]>»t hio p'Span mnj.

pop psem pype peop)»an«

2^eht lyptum.

pop]>»m leap -3 S^PF-

bpeb jeonb Bpetene.

blopetS "3 ^jiopeiS,

Over this earth, and ground, is

nethermost.
Tet is this wonderful, O Lord

of Hosts,
'\iF^hich by thy thought thou

workest, that $li»tinetly
Thou to Thy creatures settest

mark and bound
And dost not mingle them :

the wet cold water
Dhou fixest it the fiast earth for

a floor ;
For that itaalf, nnstiU, and

weak, and sofb
Alone would widely wander

everywhere,
Nor, well I wot it sooth, could

ever stand.
But the earth holds and swills

it in some sort^
That through such sipping it

may afterward
Moisten the 'aery -lift: then

leaves and grasa
Tond o'er the breadth of Bri-
tain blow and grow.
Its praise of old. The cold

earth bringeth frmts
More marvellously forth^ when

it is thawed
And wetted by the water :

if not so.
Then were it dried to dust, and

driven away

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THS MITBX8 OF B0ETHIT7S.

elbum to ape.

€op9e po cealbe.

bpen^ paeftma pela.

punbopbcpa.

pop]>»m hio mib )>»m paatepe.

peop)«t$ ^ejmpeneb.

PF f n»pe.

]K>ime hio p»pe.

ppbpu^ob CO bujre.

anb tobpi}»n p$)>an.

pibe mib jnnbe.

fpa nu peop]>at$ opt.

axe jionb eop]»aii.

eall toblapen.

Ne meahce on )>»pe eop]»aii.

afoht libban.

ne pubte ]x>n ma.

pastpej* bpucan.

oneapbian.

aeni^e cji»pce.

pp cele anum.

jip |ni cynmj en^a.

pit$ p)7)e hp8&t-b]mpi.

folban ^ lapi-fpeam.

ne men^bejt; toja&bepe.

anb ^emet^obeft.

cele "3 b»to.

cji»p:e )>ine.

}>8ec -p jryp ne maej.

folban ^ mepe-ftpeam.

blate Fopbs&pnan.

peah hit pitS ba tpa pe.

paBfte ^epe^eb.

F»bep ecdb jepeopc.

ne "pmdS me "^ punbup.

pohte J>e laBffe.

])8et piof eoptSe mie^;*

anb egop-jTpeam.

fpa cealb ^ef ceap.

cpa&fta nane.

eallef abpsefcan.

Wide by the winds ; as often

ashes now
Over the earth are blown: nor

might on earth
Aught live, nor any wight by

any craft
Brook the cold water, neither

dwell therein,
If Thou, O King of Angels,

otherwhile
Mingledst not soil and stream

with fire together ;
And didst not craft-wise mete

out cold and heat
So that the fire may never

fiercely burn
Earth and the sea -stream,

though fast linked with both,
The Father*swork of old.

Nor is, methinks.
This wonder aught the less,

that earth and sea
Cold creatures both, canJby no

skill put out
The fire that in them sticks,

fix'd by the Lord.
Such is the proper use of the

salt seas
Of earth and water and the

welkin eke,
And even of the upper skies

above.
There, is of right the primal

place of fire ;

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TfiS MSTBB8 OJT BOSTHIVfl.

313

p»t) f him on innan fCicalS.
jTper Sepejeb.
mib fipean cp»fte.
]78&t; If a^en cpsept.
ea^op-ftpeomef.
p»t:per ;] eopj^an.
anb on polcnum eac.
anb epie fpa fame,
uppe opep pobepe.
Donne if Jia&f fypef •
jqium-ftol on pihc.
eapb opep eallum.
ot$pum 2;ef ceajrum.
^efepenbcum.
geonb J'lfne pban ^punb.
])eah hit )nt$ ealle^ fie.
efc jemen^^eb.
peopulb-^efceapta.
petii palban ne mot.
|>»c hit a&nije.
eallun^a p opbo.
but;on )^»f leape.
]>e uf )>if hp tiobe.
)»8ec if fe eca.
anb f e a&knihtija*
Gop^e if hep2;pe.
olSpnm 2;efceaptam.
^icpe 2e]7puen.
poppsem hio ppa^e ftob,
ealpa ^ep ceapta.
unbep ni]>em»ft.
bucon ]>»m pobqie.
pe )>af puman jef ceapt.
a&jhpylce baeje.
ucan ymhpyppetJ,
anb )>eah ^»pe eo}\|)an.
aeppe ne otSjimetS.
ne hipe on nanpe ne mot.
neap ]>onne on ot$pe.
fcope J6ft»ppan4

Its birthright over all things

else we see
Throughout the varied deep,

though mixt with all
Things of this world,

it cannot over one
Bise to such height as to de-
stroy it quite ;
But by His leave who shaped

out life to us
The Ever-living, and Almighty

One.
Earth is more heavy and more

thickly pack'd
Than other things ; for that it

long hath stood
Of all the nethermost : saving

the sky
Which daily wafteth round

this roomy world,
Tet never whirleth it away,

nor can
Get nearer anywhere than

everywhere.
Striking it round-about, above,

below,
With even nearness whereso-

e*er it be.
Each creature that we speak of

hath his place
Own and asunder, yet is mixt

with all.
No one of them may be with-
out the rest,

1 Cott ealla.

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ftjucdS ymbutUL
upane ^ neojmne.
efsen neah p^hfulpefu

be pe ^b fp|McaJ5.

juq£ hif a^ttiiiie.

eapb OH pmbpan.

bitl )>eah jn^ ]nm oftpnuL

Mc jeuicBjeb.

Ne mse^ hipa abiuj;.

bocan (^jmm bion.

]>6ah hi unfpeotole.

fomob eajibieii.

fpa nu eopt$e ^ pncejk

0a|ip>tS ca&cii&

unpffia ^ehpwm.

puniaiK onp^jie.

)>eah hi pnc an.

fpcoiaole ^m f ifasB.

pvft: OB )>»m pwcpe.
anb on ftanum eac.
ftiBe ^^dMbeb.
eapf o^ hape if.
h]NB)ipe )w&ji hafaS.
fsebep en^a.

epne to J>on f »fte.
)iwt hit polan ne in»2*
ept »t hi]* et$le.
J»P f o>efi jrjrp.
up ofep eall }>if .
eapb pBft panaSb
fona hit popl»te5.
]»f l»nan ^ef ceapt.
mib cele opepcumen.
pc hit on cr^tJe ^epit.
anb ])eah puhta ^ehpilc.
pihiatS }>ibep-peapb.
]>»p hif ms&^e bit$.
ma^ft a&tjs&bpe.

Thongb dwellmg aU togetfan

mixedlj :
As now the eortit and water

dwell in fire,
A thing to the mdeuned baid

to teach.
But to the wiaa right dear:

and in same sort
Fire is fast fixt in waler, wai

in stones
Still hidden away and fizt^

though hard to find*
Yet thitherward the Father of

angels hath
So fastly bound up fire,, tliatit

may
Never again get back to its

own home
Where over all this earth sure

dwells the fire*
Soon would it ksre this lean

world, oYercome
Of cold, if to its kith on high

it went ;
Yet everything is yeamiag

thitherward
Where its own kindred Ude

the most together.
Thou hast established, througl

Thy strong might,
O glorious King- of Hosts,

right wondrously
The earth so &st, that it on

either half

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Du ^efta])olabeft.

]niph ^a jftpon^an mealit.

J7epoba pulb<^ cynm;.

piinbopLce.

eopl^an f pa pdfte,

p»t hio on senile.

healpe nte helbelS.

ne mse^ hio hibep ne Jnbep^.

pjan ^ rFjwn*-

|>e hio fymle bybe.

Ppcec hi "pedh. eop^cef,

auht ne halbet^.

]f ]wah epi e^.

up anb Of bune.

to ]:ea]lanne.

f olban f in*e.

ymn anhcofC.

]>e on 8^e bifS.

poleca on mibban.

^bei$ h)pe&^.

a&2 ymbutan.

j*pa ftent eaJl peopnlb*

jnlle on tille.

jt^ieamaf ymbafe»ii.

la^-pioba ^elac.

lypce ^ tnm^.

aab fio fcipe f celL

pqiif et$ ymbutan.

bogopa ^ehpike.

bybe lanje fpa*

ppset ]7u )>ioba Heb.

]7pieFalbe on uf .

jBfle gef ettejr.

anb hi fit$|7an eac.

jtrjTiejt; anb tihtejt.

]7uph fa ftponjan meaht

}>aBt hipe f y laepfe.

on ]>8&ni lytlan ne bit$.

anum pnjpe.

ye hipe on eallum bi9.

)>»m hchoman.

Heeleth not oTer, nor can

stronger lean
Hither or thither, than it erer

did.
Since nothing esrthlj holds it,

to this globe
'Twere easy up or down to fall

aside,
Likest to this, tbst in an egg

the yolk
Bides in the middle, tiiough

the egg glides round.
So all the worid still standeth

on its stead.
Among the streams, the meet-
ing^ of the floods:
The lift and stars and the dear

shell of hefliren
Sail daily round it, aff they

long have done.
Moreover, God of people. Thou

hast set
A threefold soul in vs^ and

afterward
Stirrest and quick'nestr it with

Thy strong might
So that there btdcrlh not the

less thereof
In a little finger than m all the

body.
Therefore a littie before I

clearly said
That the soul is a threefold

workmanship

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fop)>»m ic l^le »ji.
fpeotole f»be.
f»t po fapl p»pe,
]>piepedb jej*ceap.

f:op)»»m tttSjntaiu
ealle YeggBu6.
p9dt te an ^ecfnb.
a&lcpe faule.
jTipinj p»pe.*
o])ep pilnunj.
If po ]?pibbe jecjub.
^»m tp»m betepe*
po jefceabpipief •
Nif j) fcanbhc cps&pc.
pop|y»m lut n»m2; hapaS.
neac buton monnum.
li»)^ |)a dpph tpa,
unpim puhta.
h»)^ feL pjlnun^a.
pel hjnlc neten.
anb pa yppinja.
eac fpa f dp e.
pop]r^ men habbss^.
^eonb mibban ^eapb.

ealle' opep]>un2en.
pop]7»m ))e hi habba^.
]78&f ^ hi nabba:5.
]K>ne lenne cpiept.
]>e pe 8&P nembon.
810 jerceabpipier.
peed on ^ehpelcum.
}>»pe pilnun^^e,
palban p emle«
anb ipfunje.
eac ppa pelp e.
hio f ceal mib jepeahte.
f ejnep mobe.
mib anb'jite.

» Cott yppin^epe.

In every man :

l)ecaa8e the wise all say
That ire is one whole part in

every soul ;
Another, lust ; another and the

third
Far better than these twain,

wise-mindedness :
This is no 8ong*crafb ; for only

man
Hath this, and not the cattle:

the other two
Things out of number have as

well as we ;
For ire and lust each beast

hath of itself.
Therefore have men, through-
out this middle-sphere
Surpassed Earth's creatures

all ; for that they have
What these have not, the one

good craft we named.
Wise - mindedness ip each

should govern lust
And ire, and its own self; in

every man
With thought and understand-
ing ruling him.
This is the mightiest mainstay

of man's som.
The one best mark to sunder

it from beasts.
Thou mighty King of peoples,

glorious Lord,

s Cott. ealla.

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eallef palban.
luo If f m»fte mnjen.
monnef faule.
anb re f ele[l:a.
pinbop cpa&pca.
Ppa&c fa ]>a faule.
p^opa palbenb.
peobA ]>pym-c$iiins.
yuf jerceope.
]>aec hio hpeappobe.
on hipe j-elfrpe.
hipe utan ymb.
)^fpa eal be8.
pine rpipe pobop.
pecene ymbfqii^^.
bojopa ^ehpilce.
Dpihtnef meahtum.
'piyne mibban ^eAjtb.
8pa be^ monnef faul.
hpeole jelicoft.
hps&ppeS ymbe h^ felpe
ope fmea^enbe.
^b ]>af eoptShcan.
Dpihtnef jef cea|t:a.
bajum ^ nihtum.
hpilum hi f elf e.
f ecenbe fmeatS.
hpilum eft fmeat$.
jmb ]>one ecan Iiob.
f ceppenf hipe.
fCfiipenbe f»pt$.
hpeole ^elicoft.
hp»pf8 ymb hi felfe.

Didst fashion thus the soul,

that it should turn
Itself around itself, as in swift

race
Doth all the firmament, which

quickly twirls
Every day around this middle-
sphere,
By the Lord's might :

so doth the soul of man
Likest a wheel whirl round

about itself,
Oft-times keen searching out

by day and night
Ahout these earthly creatures

of the Lord :
Somewhile herself she probes

with prying eye :
Somewhile again she asks about

her Ood,
The Ever One, her Maker;

going round
Likest a wheel, whirling

around herself.
When she about her Maker

heedful asks.
She is upheayed aboye her

lower self:
She altogether in herself abides
When, seeking round, she pries

about herself:
But furthest falls beneath her-
self, when she

]K)nne hio ymb hipe f cjppenb. With love and wonder search-

mib ^efceab fmeals. eth out this earth

bio bit$ upah»fen.

Of ep hi felfe.

ac hio bi9 ealhm^a.

an hipe felfpe.

ponne hio ^b hi felfe.

fecenbe pneatS.

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hio biS fpitSe po[u.
hipe felppe heneoyaxL
]K>]ine hao psdf l»iianu
lufa^ -3 punbpat^.
eojit^bcu yim^.
opep ecne paeb.
Ppget p\x ece Lob.
eapb fop^eape.
faulum on keopmuD.
peleft peopSlica.
jmp»rta pj».
Ifob selmihci^;.
be ^e eapnui^a.
anpa jehpelcpe.
eaUe hi f cumil.
]>upli ]>a f cipan neaht.
habpe on hec^enum.
na hp»]7pe peah.
ealle epenbeophte.
Ppaet pe oj* jepo8.
habpum nibcum.
fa&t te beopon-jnceoppan.
ealle ej:enbeop]]£e.
seppe ne f cmatS.
pp»t ]>u eoe Cob.
eac jemenjejt;.
]7a heof oncunban.
hi]>ep pit^ eop]?an.
faula fiiS lice.
p^]>an puiuaH.
J?if eop'SLce.
anb f ece famob.
faul in pla&f ce.
Pp»t bi fimle £0 ]ie«
biona^ punbiatS.
f op]>»m bi bibep op ]>e,
a&pop comon.
pculon ept to fe.
pceal f e bcbama.
lapt peapbijan.

Witb its lean lusts, abore tbe

lore for ef ear !
Tea, more ; Thou, Bv«r Good,

to souls in heaven
Givest an herita^, Almigbtj

God,
And worthiest lasting gifts, as

each hath earned.
The^, through the moonlit

night, shine calm in heaven.
Yet are not all of even bright-
ness there,
J3o oft we see the stacs of

heaven by night,
They shine not ever all of even

brightness.
Moreover, Ener Good, Tboa

minglest bene
Heavenljr thkkgs with earthly,

soul with flesh :
Afterwas^ soul and flesh both

live together,
Earthly with hewrenly :

ever heaoe they strivB
Upward to Thee, because they

came from Thee,
And yet again they all shall go

to Thee!
This living body yet once mere

on earth
Shall keep its waid, for«i^t it

theretofore
Wax'd in *fee worlds thay
t {tim ibedj«nd soul)

1 Cott. hi on.

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ej^s on 6op)>an.
ropfaem he a&p of hjpe.
peox on peopiilbe.
punebon s&t fomne.
epen fpa lan^e.
j^a him lyj»b p«f .
pjiom j^a&m »hnihtQaa. .
fe hi 8&pop ^o.
^efonmabe.
l)»t; If rot5 cynin^

anb hi jepylbe fa.
j'pi'Se mifhcum,
mine j^ejrpseje.
n«aca cynnuia.
nepgenb ufep.
he hi p5])aii cf lop.
)*seba mone^um.
puba ^ pypta.
peopulbe fceatum.
popjip nu ece Ijob.
upum mobum.
]>e&c hi motsen to ]»e.
mecob alpuhta.
)>aph^ }9Lf eappO]ni.
up ajTijan.

anb op }»ifum b^e;pun.
bilepit paebep.
I^eoba fslb&abu
to ]>e cumoQ.
anb yonas mib cqpeuim.
eaj^m moteu.
mobep upep.

]niph ]>inpa ms&^na ppeb.
a&pehn jepon.
eallpa jooba.
]>8&t ]7U eapt pelpa.
p je Dpihten Eob.
^e ]^ ea^an hal.
upep mobep.

So long tog^ather as fao them

gave leave
The Almighty, who had made

them one before,
That is in sooth the KingJ

who made this world.
And fiird it mizedlj with Idnds

of cattle,
Our Saviour and aear Helper,

as I trow.
Thence He with nuiny seeds ^f

woods and worts
Stock'd it in all'tiliie eooBMrsof

the world.
ForgivB now^ Ever fiood, Bud

give to us
That in our minds wb may np-

soar to thee,
Maker of all things, through

these troublous ways ;
And from amsdat .time bxaj

things of life,
tender Fatkov Wielder nf

the world,
Gome uniso Thee, and theoi

through Thy geodispeed
With the mmd'is eyes mell

opened wb sxay eee
The welling spring of 'Good,

that Good, Thyself,
Lord, the God of Giory!—

Then makemdiQlB
The eyes of oar lOiieEsiaBd-

ings, so that wa,

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yeeit pe hi on ]»e felpim.

pt$]>aii mocen.

af»fcniaxi.^

f»bep enjla.

tobpip )>one ficcsxi mift.

pe ^paje nu.

pit$ ^a eajan popan.

ujjef mobef .

hanjobe hp^le.

Onlihc nu ]« eagan.

ufrer mobef.

mib ]>inum leohte.

b]»f palbenb.

pp]^m ]m eapc fto bipbco.

bilepic p»bep.

foipeY leohtef .

anb fa f elpa «qie.

po p»fte p»ft.

pasbep »lmihci3.

eallpa f o9f»ftpa.

Pps&t fu f opte jebcpc.

]>aet hi ]>e f elpie.

jef ion moten.

Du eapc eallpa )>in^.

peoba palbenb.

jrpmna ;] enbe.

Ppa&t ]>u p»bep enjLa.

eall fiw^ bipejr.

ejyehce.

buton jefpmce.

Du eapt f elpa pej.

anb lasreop eac.

hjijenbpa sehp»f .

anb po phtije ftop.

J>e j-e p^ to hjR.

fe ealle to.

dpinbia^.'

men op molban.

on ]7a mepan ^efcesfc,

1 Cott »p»rtiuaiu

Father of angels, fasten them

on Thee!
Drive away this thick mist,

which long while now
Hath hung before our mind's

eyes, heavy and dark.
Enlighten now thes^ mind's

eyes with Thy light,
Master of life; for Thou,

tender Father,
Art very brightness of true

light Thyself;
Thyself, Almighty Father, the

sure rest
Of all thy fast and true ones ;

winningly
Thou orderest it that they may

see Thyself!
Thou art of all things origin

and end,
O Lord of all men ; Father of

angels. Thou
Easily bearest all things with-
out toil.
Thou art Thyself the way, and

leader too.
Of every one that lives, and

the pure place
That the way leads to: allmen^

from this soil
Throughout the breadth of

being, yearn to Thee.

* Cott apinbutr.

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METEUM XXI.°

f^el la monna beapn.
jeonb mibban ^eapb.
fpiopa a&^hpilc.
pinbie to ]>fiem.
ecum jobe.
fe ye ymb fppecaS.
anb to faBm jef aelfum.
)?e pe fec^at^ ymb.
8e fe ]>oime nu f le.
neappe 3elie)t;eb.
mib firr^r maepan.
mibban jeapber-
unnjttpe luf e.
f ece bim ept hps&tSe.
pulne ppiobom.
paec he pop^ cume.
to ]>»m ^ej*a&l]yum.
faula paebef .

popl^a&m -p If fio ana^ pej-c.
eallpa jej-pmca.
hyhcbcu hyt$.
heaum ceolum.
mobef ufper.
mepe pnylta pic.
fa&c If po ana^ hyt$.
]>e. aeppe bi^.
sepcep ]>am y]7iLm.
Vpa gefpinca.
yfca ^ehpelcpe.
ealnis r^^ylte.
j>a&r If po fpi^-ftop.
anb po Fpopop ana.^
eallpa ypmm^a.
a&pcep fiffum.
peopulb-jefpmcum.
f »t If pynpim ftop.
sep:ep pif j-um ypm]>um.

METEE XXI.

OF INWAED LIGHT.

Well, — O ye children of men
in mid-earth !
Every freeman should seek
tm he fiDd
That, which I spake of, good
endless in worth ;
These, which I sing of, the
joys of the mind.

Let him who is narrow'd and
prison'd away
By love of this mid-earth
empty and vain,
Seek out for himself full free-
dom to-day,
That soul -feeding joys he
may quickly attain.

Eor, such of all toil is the only
one goal,
For sea-weary keels hythe-
haven from woes,
The great quiet dwelling that
harbours the soul,
Still calm in the storm, and
from strife a repose.

That is the peace-place, and
comfort alone
Of all that are harmed by
the troubles of life,
A place very pleasant and win-
some to own,
After this turmoil of sorrow
and strife.

Boet. lib. iii. metnim 10.— ;-Huc omnes pariter venite capti, &c

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to ajanne.

Ac ic ^eopiM pae.

)>et te 2yl^i^ mat$m»

pylof pen fine.

ftan-feapo ^inuna nan.

mibben^eapbef peia.

mobef ea^an.

»}:pe ne onl^htatS.

auhc ne jebetaS.

hiopa f ceappnefpe.

CO ]>aope f ceapimja.

f ot$pa jef »])«.

ac hi fpi^op ^et.

monna j^pckef .

mobef eajan.

ablenba;5 on bpec^ftum.

]H)nne hi hi beophtpan ^^ebon.

):op)^»m e^pilc )»in2«

]>e on ])if anbj?eapban.

life Lca^.

l»nu finbon.

eoptShcu l^inj.

apleonbvL

ac -p If jmnbophc.

phte anb beophtnef *

fe jmhta jehjra&f .

phte jebephtet^.

anb s&fcqi Jiem.

eallum pakbetS.

Nele f e palbenb.

J>aBt poppeopJ>an fcylen.

faula uff e,

ac he hi f elpa pile.

leoman onhhtan.

hpef palbenb.

!Dif ]>onne h»le^ hpdc

hlutpunv ea^^um.

mobef f mef mm^.

aej^ie offion.

hioponef leohtef •

hlucpe beophco.

But right-well I wot that no
treasnre of gold
Nor bordera of gem-stones,
nor siWefy store,
Kor all of earth's wealth tbe
mind's sight ean unfold,
Or better its sharpness trae
joys to oqpjore :

But rather, make blind in the
breast of eadi man
The eyes of his mind than
make ever more l»^ght,
Por, sorry and fleeting as fiist
as they can
Are all who in this flitting
earth can delight

Yet wondrous the beauty and
brightness is seen
Of that which hath bright-
en'd and beautified all
So long as on this middle-earth
they have been.
And afterward ha^^ily h<to
them in thialL

For the Buler He wiUa not tbe
soul should be nought,
Himself will enlighten i^
Lord of life givoi!
If any man then with the eyes
of his thought
May see the dear brightneBS
of light from high heaTen,

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]H>niie file he fecjan.
fa&c paejie pinnan jie.
beophmef ]no]rtpo.
beopna jehpyjcum.
to mecanne.
jn^ "p micle leoht.
ZfObef almihfcij^ef .
]>»c If jafta jehpaBm.
ece bttcan enbe.
ettbe^^nin j^ulum.

METBUM XXIL'

8e pe Kfcep jiihte.
mib jepece.
pille mpeapblice.
sef&ep rpypian.
rpa beoplice.

J>aBC hic tobpijran ne m»j
monna s&ni^.
ne ameppan hnjm.
aeni^ eoptJlic J>incj.
he »peft feed,
fecan on him felpum.
fa&c he fume hpile.
]pabutan hme.
»pop fohte.
f ece ykt frtJjwi.
on Itif fepan mnan.
anb fopl»te an.
fpa he optoft mse^e.
«lcne^ ymbhojan.
Yy him imnet fie.
anb ^efamni^e.
fpa he fpf oftr ms&ie.
ealle to )>»m anmn.
hif mjejJonc.
gef ec^e hif mob.
|>«c hit m8BJ5 pnban.
eall on him mnan.
"^ Boet. lib. iii. metrum 11. —

Then will he say that the blaze
of the Bun
Is darkness itself to the glory-
so bright
Wbich Great God Almightj
shines eut on each one
Of souls of the happy for
ever in light.

METEE XXIL

OP THE INNEB MIKB ANB THE
OUTEB SIIT.

The man that after right with
care
"Will inwardly and deeply
dive,
So that no earthly thing may-
scare,
Nor him from such good
seeking drive,

First in himself be shall find
out
That which beyond he some-
while sought,
Within his mmd must search
about,
And leave behind each trou-
blous thought ;

This at the soonest, as he may,
Such care were harm to him
and sin.
Then let him haste and hie
away
To this alone, his mind
within.
•Quisquis profunda mente vestigat veram, &c.
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p»t hit optojt; nu.

ymbutan hit.

ealne^ fecet$.

jooba »^p^lc.

he on^it fit$)>an.

ypel "} unnet.

eal f he hsepbe.

on hif incopan.

»pop lan^e.

epie fpa j'peotole.

fpa he on )»a pinnan mae^.

eapim anbpeapbum.

onlocian.

anb hi eac onjit.

hif m^ej^onc.

leohcpe -} bephtpe.

)K)nne fe leoma pe.

funnan on punepa.

fonne rpejler Jim.

habop heofon-cunjoL

hlucpojr reined.

)>op]>a&m fKf hchoman.

leahcpaf 3 hepi^nef .

anb ]>a unjyeapaf .

eallunja ne ma^on.

op mobe acion.

n)onna senepim.

pihcpipiejfe.

Deah nu pmca hp»m.

]>»f hchoman.

leahcpar "] hepjnef.

anb un];eapaf •

ope bypijen.

monna mob^fepan.

maepc anb fpi]>oft.

mib ]>»pe ^plan.

opopjiocolneppe.^

mib ^ebpol-mipte.

bpeopi^ne pepan.

popci^ mob popan.

* Cott.

Saj to his mind, that it mar
find
What oftest now it seeks
around
All in, and to itself assign'd
Every good that can be
found:

He then will see that all he had
In his mind's chamber
thought and done.
Was evil ioDg afore and bad,
Clearly as he can see the
sun:

But his own mind he shall see
there
Lighter and brighter than
the ray
Of heaven's star, the gem of
air.
The sun in clearest summer
day.

Por that the body's lusts aad
crimes.
And all its heaviness in kind,
Utterly may not any times
Wipe out right wisdom from
man's mind :

Though now in every man such
wrong,
Those lusts and crimes and
fleshly weight.
Worry the mind both loud and
strong,
And make it half forget its
state.

opop^iotohiefpe.

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monna ^ehpelcef .

]>a&r luc )*pa beophte ne mot.

blican anb^ fcman.

j-pa hic polbe jip.

hit: ^epealb ahce.

]>eali bits pim copn.

j-aebef ^ehealben.

fymle on ]>»pe faule.

fotSfaeftneffe.

]>enbeu ^abeptan^ )ninat$.

jape on lice.

j)»r r»^®r copn.

bit$ fimle apeahc.
mib afcunja.
eac ptS)>an.
mib joobpe lape.
jif hit spopan fceal.
pu ms&j »nij man.
anbfpape f mban.
pmja eenijef .
'pe^en mib jef ceabe.
I^eah hine pinca hpilc.
pibcpifhce.
8&p:ep FP^S^^e.
jij: he apuht najratS.
on hif mob-fefan.
myclep nd'lyclef.
pihcpirnejTef.
ne jejiabfcipef.
nif ]>eah senij man.
]>s&t te ealkf fpa.
]>»f jepabf cipef .
J-pa bepeapob pe.
}>a&t he anbf pape.
senile ne cunne.
pnban on pephtSe.
jip he ppujnen hi6.
pop]?8&m hic If pihc fpell.
fxt uf peahte Jio.
ealb utSpita.

And though the mist of lies
may shade
Man's dreary thouglit that
it be dull,
And be no more so bright
arrayed
An if 'twere pure and pow-
erful,

Yet always is some seed-com
held
Of sturdy truth within the
soul, •
While flesh and ghost together
weld,
And make one flxt and ga-
ther'd whole.

This seed-com waxes ever-
more,
By much asking quickened
so,
As well as by good wholesome
lore.
That it quickly learns to
grow.

How may a man right answer
find
To anything ask'd well and
fit,
Unless he keenly store his
mind
That it have much or little
wit?

Yet is there no man so be-
reaved
Of knowledge, that he can-
not bring [ceived
Some answer well to be re-
If he be ask'd of anything.

1 Cott. aD.

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upe Platon.

he cpaetS f te »j;faplc.

unjemyDbj;,

pihcpijTiejje.

hine hp»t$e fceolbe.

ept ^epenban.

into pnum.

mobep jemynbe.

lie maej ptSfan.

on hif pun-cojian.

pihcpipnefj-e.

pnban on jrephce.

jraejTe jehybbe.

mib jebpaepiejTe.

bojopa jehpilce.

mobej* rinef.

maeft •] rP'Nr^-

aab mib hepnejje.

htf Lchoman.

aab mib ])»m bifpim*

fe on bpeoftum j-cype5.

men on mobe.

maela jehpylce.

METEUM XXIU.^

Sie f la on eop])an.

selcep finjej-.

^efaelij mon.

jip he jepon mae^e.

]>one hlucpefcan.

heofon-tophcan jcpeam.

»]wlne aepelm.

aelcej* joobej*. »

anb op him felpim.

fone fpeapcan mijT.

mobef fiofCpo.

maej apeoppan.

^e f cTilon f eah jica.

mib Erobef pylj^e.

ealbum ■] leapim.

X Boet. lib. iii* metrum

Wherefore it is a spell of right
Which our own Plato, long
of old,
That ancient wise and worthy
wight, I

To all of tts most truly told; |

He said, that each who wisdom
sought,
Porgetf ul, should to memory
turn.
And in the coffer of his thought
Bight- wisdom hidden would
discern,

Through all the drift of trouUe
there.
And all this body's heavy
clay,
And husy toil, and daily care.
Which stir the breasts of
men aiway.

METRE XXIII.

TIIT7E HAPPINESS.

Look! for on earth a happy
man

In everything is he,
Who Heaven's shining river
can

Good's high-born well-
spring see ;
And of himself may scatter

back
His mind's own mist of swarthy
black.

By God's good help, we will as
yet

12. — Felix qui potait boni, &c

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327

)7inne in^e]»onc.
betan bifpellum.
J^aet }>u }Je bee in»^e.
ajiebian to pobopum.
pihte ftije.
on ]>one ecan eapb.
uf f a f aula.

METEUM XXlV.y

Ic ha&bbe pi^pu.
pu^le fpiptpan.
mib ]>»m ic jdeo^an m»3.
peep ]qiam eopfan. •
opep heane hpop.
heoponer fiXT^f.
ac f a&p ic nu mojte..
mob jepetJpan.
)>inne pep^-locan.
pet^pum minum.
o5]>»c ]>u meahte.
fipie mibban jeapb.
aelc eoptSlic fmj.
eallun^a popf ion.
GDeahtep opep pobopum.
jepeclice.
petJepum lacan.^
jreop up opep.
polcnu pmban.
plican piiS]>an upan.
opep calle.
GQeahcef eac papan.
opep pa&m p^e.

{>e pela jeapa pop.
anje becpeox.
lypce -} pobepe.
ppa him 8Bt ppym^e.
paebep jeciobe.
Du meahcepc pe pitSfan.
mib ]>»pe funnan.

y Boet. lib. iv. metrum 1

With spells of olden leaven
Inform thy mind that thou
mayst get

Toreadtheway to heaven ;

The right way to that happy

shore [more.

Our soul's own country ever-

METEE XXIY.

THE soul's HXAITAQE.

I have wings like a bird, and

more swiftly can fly
Far over this earth to the roof

of the sky,
And now must I feather thy

fancies, mind,
To leave the mid-earth and its

earthlings behind.

Stretch'd over the heavens,

thou mayst with thy wings
Sport in the clouds and look

down on all things,
Yea, far above fire, that lieth

betwixt •
The air and the sky, as the

Father hath mixt.

Thence with the sun to the

stars thou shalt fly.
Thereafter full quickly to float

through the sky,

. — Sunt etenim pennse volucres milii, &c.
> Cott. oDlacaD.

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THE HETBEB 07 BOETHIUS.

papan betpeox.
o]>pum tun^um.
OOeahtefC ye piU pecen.
on ]>»m pobepe upan.
f itJfan peop])an.
anb f onne famtenjef .
a&c )>»m 8el-<ceal&aii.
anum )t;eoppan.
re ypme|t; if.
eallpa tunjla.
jK)ne Satupnuf .
pinb-buenbe hacaV.
onbep heoponum.
he If fe cealba.
eall ifij cun^^el.
ypemejt; paiibpa;S.
Of ep eallum ufan.
o]>pum fteoppum.
Si'8]>an ^u ]>one.
]>one upahafaft.
fop^ ofep-fapenne.
]ni meaht feoppan.
]>onne bifc f u f itJfan.
f ona Of ep uppan.
pobepe pyne fpiftum.
jif J)u piht f »peft.
pu} ]>one hehftan heof on.
behinb'an l»tft.
Donne meahc ]>u f i9|)a.
fofef leohtef .
habban pmne b»l.
}>onan an cynin^.
pume picfatJ.
Ofep pobepum up.
anb unbep fpa fame,
eallpa ^ef ceafca.
peopulbe palbeiS.
D»fc If pif c^ninj;.
Jjaec If fe }>e palbet$.
jionb pep-fioba.

To the lonely cold planet,
which sea-dwellers call

Saturn, in heaven the highest
of all.

He is the icj cold star in the

highest
That wanders the furthest, and
* ^et as thou fliest
Higher, and further, and up

slialt thou rise,
Tea, to the top of the swift

rushing skies !

If thou goest rightlj, e'en

these shalt thou leave :
And then of the true light thy

share shalt receive,
"Where up over heaven, the

Only King reigns,
And under it all the world's

being sustains*.

This is the Wise King, this is

He who is found
To rule o'er the kings of all

peoples around ;
With his bridle hath bitted

the heaven and earth.
And guides the swift wain by

His might driven forth.

He is the One Judge un-
swervingly right,

Unchanging in power, and un-
sullied in light ;

»Cott J>e.

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ealpa ojypa.
eop]>an cynmja.
j-e mib hif bpible.
ymbe b»teb ha&f^.
ymbhpypfC ealne.
eop]?an 3 heoponef .
pe hif jepaib-lejyep.
pel ^emecjaiS.
f e fCopeS a.

)mph ^a ftpon^an meabc.
]7a&m hpaebpaene.
heojronef anb eop]ian. •
f e an bema if.
5eji:aB«J)is.
unanpenbenblic.
plicij 3 m»pe.
dj: J>u pyiiffC on.
peje pihtum.
up to ];»m eapbe.
]>a&t If »l>ele ftop.
]>eah )>u hi nu ;eca.
poppcen h»bbe.
2iF )>u aefpe.
epc )>8ep an cymeft.
]>onne pilt )>u f ecjaii.
anb fona cpepan.
)>if If eallun^a.
mm ajen cytJ.
eapb anb e^el.
ic pa&f aep bionan.
cumen 3 acenneb.
]?uph ]>iffef cpa&fc^an meaht.
nylle ic 8&fpe bionan.
ut pican.
, ac ic fymle hep.
fopce piUe.
mib f»bep pillaa.
pa&fte f tonban.
Irip pe ]7onne efpe.
epc jepeopJyetS.
faec fu pilt ot$t5e moft;

When to His dwelling-place
back thou dost roam,

However forgotten, it stUl is
thy home.

If ever again thou shalt thither-
ward go,

Soon wilt thou say, and be sure
it is so,

" This is mine own country in
every way,

The earth of my birth, and my
heirdom for aye :

" Hence was I bom, and came

forth in my time.
Through the might 'of my

Maker, the Artist sublime,
Nor will I go out evermore but

stand fast,
At the will of my Father, come

hither at last."

And if it should aye be again

that thou wilt
Come back to the world in its

darkness and guilt.
Thou shalt easily see of these

kings and these proud
Who worst have down-trodden

this woe-ridden crowd.

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peopolbe ])ioftpo.

ejx panbian.

ya meaht eaSe ^epon.

unpihcpipe.

eop]>an cjrninja)*.

anb fSL opepmoban.

o])pe picau.

pe fij- pepi^e pole.

jrjrpjr tucia'$.

]»8&t he f)inle biotc

fpit$e eapme.

immehtije.

alcej- finjef.

eipne ]>a ilcan.

]»e fif eapme pole.

fume hpile nu.

Yyipojt onbpaebet^.

That they too are wretched

and wofuUy poor,
TTnmightj to do anything any

more,
These, ay even these, beneath

Mrhose dread yoke
I^ow somewhile are trembling

this woe-ridden folk.

METEUM XXV »

Cehep nu an fpell.
be f»m ojrepmobum.
unpihtpifum.
eop])an eynmpim.
fA hep nu mane^m.
anb mifhcum.
paebum plite-beophcum.
punbpum fcmaS.
on heah-f erlum.
hpof e jetenje.
jolbe jejepebe.
anb jimcynntun.
ucan ifmhe jranbne.
mib unpime.
J^ejna^.eopla.
fa bio5 jehypp:e.
mib hepe-jeacpum.
hilbe cophcum.
fpeojibum 3 petelum.
rpitSe jejlenbe.

METSE XXV.

OF EVIL KITH QB.

Hear now a spell of the proud
overbearing
Kings of the earth, when
unrighteous in mind :
Wondrously bright though the
robes they are wearing.
High thougn the seats where
their pomp is enshrined.

Gold-clad and gemm'd,and with
hundreds round standing,
Thanes and great earls with
their chain and their
sword,
All of them chieftains in battle
commanding,
Each in his rank doing suit
to his lord :

■ Boet. lib. i^. metrum 2. — Quos vides aedere ceifio, 4c.

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881

anb ]>e^nia$.

}?pynime mycle.

«&lc opjium,

anb hi ealle him.

)K>nan mib fy^ j^ynune.

)>peatia$ jehpibc^.

ymb-pttenba.

o}»pa ]>eoba.

anb fe hlapopb ne fcpij:^.

])e pKia h^e palbeS.

ppeonbe ne peonbe,

peope ne s&hcum.

ac he pejnj-mob.

psejr on ^ehfikne.

pe^e hunbe.

puhra jelicoft.

3x6 to upahaepen.

inne on mobe.

pop ]>8em anpalbe.

pe him anpa jehpilc.

hif tip-pina.

CO pultemaS.

£rip mon ]x)nne polbe.

him apmban op.

psep cyne-^epekn.

cla]?a ^ehpilcne.

anb him j^onne option.

jMLpa ]7e^un^

anb pxf anpalbep.

pe he hep ha&pbe.

j^onne meaht )^u jepon.

{ys&t he bits ppitSe jebc.

pumum ]7apa ^umena.

]>e him ^eopnoft nu.

mib ]>e^nttn3um.

fpinja^ ymbe utan.

yp he pyppa ne bitS.

ne pene ic hip na betepan.

Ifip him ];onne s&ppe.

unmenbhn^a.

peap jebepebe.

While in such splendour each
rules like a savage,
Everywhere threatening the
people with strife,
So, this lord heeds not, but
leaves them to ravage
Priends for their riches, and
foes for their life !

Ay, and himself, like a hound
that is madden' d,
Hies at and tears his poor
people for sport,
In his fierce miad too loftily
gladden'd
With the proud power his
chieftains support.

But, from his robes if a man
should unwind him.
Stripped of such ooverings
kingly and gay.
Drive all bis following thanes
from behind him.
And let his glory be taken
away;

Then should ye seo that he
likens most truly
Anyof tiioae who so slavishly
throng
Bound him with homage de-
murely and duly,
Neither more right than the
rest, nor more wrong.

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THE METEBS 07 B0ETHIU8.

pmt him pupbe opco^en.

]^]YpQjney 3 p»ba.

anb t^e^nunja.

anb fmy anpalbef .

fe ye pnbe fppeca5.

^ip him »ni^ ]>apa.

ophenbe pjrptJ.

ic pat f him }»incet$.

^9dt he )>onne fie.

becpopen on capcepn.

o^e co5hce.

pacentan ^epaepeb.

Ic jcpeccan m»^,

]>8eft op un^emece.

a&lcep J^injep.

pifte ;) p»ba.

pm-jebprncep.

anb op ppet-mecann

fpijyopr peaxatS.

J^sepe ppAnneppe.

pob-J^paj micel.

po ppi^e ^ebp»pt$.

pepan mjehyjb.

monna jehpelcep.

)>onan maeit; cymetS.

ypla opepmeta.

unnetta paca.

Donne hi jeboljene^ peopfatS.

him p)7i9 on bpeoptmn inne.

beppun^en pepa on hpe]>pe.

mib ]>a&m ppi]>an pebne.

hat-heopcneppe.

anb hpetSe pit$]^n.

unpocneppe.

eac ;epe»pet$.

heapbe jeha&pceb.

pim pit$]yan onjmS.

pum tohopa.

ppi'Se leojan.

ysdj jepinnep ppasce.

pdnat$ f ippe.

>Cott

If then to him it should chance
in an hour,
All his bright robes from his
back be offstripped,
All that we speak of, his pomp
and his power,
Glories unraveli'd and gar-
ments unripp'd, —

If these were shredded away,
I am thinking,
That it would seem to him
surely as though
He to a prison had crept, and
was linking
All that he had to the fetters
of woe.

Eightly I reckon that measure-
less pleasure,
Eating and drinking, and
sweetmeats and clothes.
Breed the mad waxing of lust
by bad leisure,
Wrecking the mind where
such wickedness grows :

Thence cometh evil, and proud
overbearing;
Quarrels and troubles arise
from such sin.
When in the breast hot-heart-
ness is tearing
With its fierce lashes the
soul that's within.

Sebosene.

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anef anb o]ype]\

him f eall ^ehset.

bif pecelejt.

juhtef ne f cpijieS.

Ic I'e fsebe »p.

on fijje pelf an bee.

faec fumef joobej*.

pbpa ^ef cea)t;a.

anleppa selc.

a pilnobe.

pop bif a^enum.

eidb-jecynbe

unpibcjnfe.

eopl'an cynm^af .

ne majon aeppe ]>upbtion.

apubt joobef .

pop pa&m yple.

pe ic pe »p paebe.

Nip f nan punboji.

pop]>8&m bi pillatS bi.

|>»m un]>eapum.

}>e ic J>e sep nembe,

anpa ^ebpelcum.

a iinbep)>eoban.

Sceal ]>onne nebe.

neappe jebujan.

to ^apa blapopba.

ba&pce borne.

]>e be bme eallun^a.

aep unbepfiobbe.

f aec ip pyppe jec.

]?»t be pinnan nyle.

pits ]>sem anpalbe.

aenije ptunbe.

]>»p be polbe L

pinnan on^mnan.

anb )K)nne on ]>»m jepmne.

]?upbpuman poptJ.

]>onne naepbe be.

nane pcylbe.

]>eab be opejipunnen.

peop]>an pceolbe.

Afterward, sorrow imprisons
and chains bim ;
Then does be hope, but bis
hope is a lie :
Thenagain,wrath against some-
body pains bim,
Till he has recklessly doom'd
bim to die.

In tbis same book before I was
speaking,
Everything living is wishing
some good,
But the bad kings of the earth,

, who are wreaking
Nothing but ill, as is fitting
they should.

That is no wonder, for slaves
very willing
Are they to sins, — as I told
thee before, —
And to those lords whose
chains they are filling,
Straitlv and strictly must
bend evermore :

Tbis is yet worse, they will not
be winning
Standinp;-room even against
such ill might ;
Still, if they will, they struggle
unsinning.
Though they should seem
overthrown in the fight.

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METRFM XXVI .•

Ic )»e me^ eat^e.
ealbum "} leafum«
fpellum anbpeccan.
jT[)paece jelicne.^
ejpke fifye ilcao.
pe pit yinbrppecat5.
pit ^efselbe ^lo.
on pime tibe.
fBdt Aulixef .
unbep-hsejpbe.
y»m Laf epe.
cyne-picu tpa.
pe p»f Dpacia.
])ioba albop.
anb Retie.
picef hipbe.
y»Y hif fpea-bpihtnef.
folc-cut$ nama.
Agamemnon,
f e eallef peolb.
Epeca picef .
J1ax6 psef pibe.
fB&t on )ia tibe.
Tpioiajepin. ^
peap^ unbep polcnum.
fop pijep-hei^b.
Cpeca bpihten.
can)p-p:eb fecan.
Aulixef mib.
an hunb f cipa.
Is&bbe p^eji la^-ftpeanu
f aec lonje p»p.
tyn pintep2 pulL
Da' po tib ^elomp.
J>8Bt hi f pice,
^epa&ht h»pbon.
biope jecepte.

IVIETRE XXYI.

OF CIBCB AKD HEE COMPACT.

From old and leasing spells
right easily

Can I to thee tell out a tale
like that

Whereof we lately spake. — It
chanced of yore

That, on a time, Ulysses held
two kingdoms

Under his CsBsar: he was
prince of Thrace,

And ruled Neritia as its shep-
herd king.

His head -lord's folk -known
name was Agamemnon,

Who wielded all the greatnesv
of the Greeks.

At that time did betide the
Trojan war,

Under the clouds well known:
the warrior chief,

Lord of the Greeks, went forth
to seek the battle.

Ulysses with him led an hun-
dred ships

Over the sea, and sat ten win*
ters there.

When the time happened that
this Grecian lord

With his brave peers had over-
thrown that kingdom,

Boet. lib. iv. metrum S.—Vela Ncritii duds, &c
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bpihten Epeca.
Tpoia buph.^
rdiiin ^epJ^uxD.
pa fs? Aulixep.
leafe ha&f be.
Dpacia cynmj.'
]>8&t lie ]K>nan mofte.
he let him behinhan.
hypnbe ciolaj'.
nijon ^ hunb nijontij^
na&ni^e^ J^onan.
mepe-henjefCa.
ma ]>oime »xme.
fefiebe on pj:el ftpeam.
puni^-bopbon.
J>piepel»pe ceol.
fafc bits f m»]t:e.
Epecifcpa fcipa.
]>a peaptS cealb pebep»
fceapc-fcopma jelac.
ftunebe yio bpune.
y^ pit5 ofpe.
ut peop abpap.
on penbel-f ».
pi^enbpa f cola,
up on f i^lanb.
]>aep ApoSmef .
bohtop jmnobe*
b»5-pinief pojm.
paef pe ApoUinuf .
sdpelej cynnef .
lobep eaf opa.
re paBj- 510 cjumj.
f e licecce.
bdiiin 3 midum.
^umena ^ehpylcum.
baet he IDob^ pa&pe.
nehft ^ haljojT.
Spa f e hlajropb ]>a.

1 Cott. bups. * Cott. >TL
» Cott soob.

The dear-bought bm^b of

Troy, — Ulysaes then,
The King of Thneia, when his

lord gave leave
That he might hie him thence,

he left behind
Of all his hom'd sea -keels

ninety and nine.
Thence, none of tliose sea-
horses, saying one,
Traveird with foanky ndes the

fearful sea;
Save one, a keel with threes

fold banks of oara.
Greatest of Grecian ships.

Then was cold weather,
A gathering of stark storms ;

against each othar
Stunned the brown billows,

and oat-drove a&r
On the mid-winding aea the

shoal of warriorSy
Up to that island, where, un-
numbered days.
The daughter of Apollo wont

to dwell.
This same Apollo was of high*

born kin.
Offspring of Jove, who was a

king of yore,
He schemed so, as to seem to

every one.
Little and great, that he must

be a God,

s Cott. anins. * Cott. nmnsne.

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THB MBTBX8 09 BOETHI178.

]>»t bf^^e pole.

on jebpolan laebbe.

oC}>et him ^elj^be.

leoba unpim.

Fop)>»m he p»f.imb pihce.

picef hipbe.

hiopa cjrne-cjimef.

EutJ If pibe.

pBdt on ]ia tibe.

jieoba »;hpilc haapbon.

heopa hlapopb.

pop )>one hehftan Irob.

anb peop)>obon.

rpa fpa pulbpef cjnin;.

pF ^c t;o )»»m pice y»j.

on pihte bopen.

p»f }>»f lobef psebep.

Irob eac ppa he.

Sacupnuf ]K>ne.

jTinb-buenbe.

heton h»lepa beapn.

h»pbon ])a m»;)>a.

»lcne »ptep o]>pum.

pop ecne IfOb.

Sceolbe eac pepan.

ApoUinep.

bohcop biop-bopen.

2;uin-pinca ^yben.
cut^e ^albpa pela.
bpipan bpjrcp»ptap.
hio ^ebpolan pyljbe.
manna ppipopt.
mane^pa pioba.
Eymnjep bohcop.
pio Lipce paep.
hacen pop hepi^mn.
pio picpobe.
on ])»m i^onbe.
fe Auhxep.
cynmj Dpacia.

Highest and Holiest ! So the
BiUjfolk

This lord didleadthroughljing
ways, imtil

An untold flock of men be-
lieved in him :

For that he was with right the
kingdom's chief,

And of their kinglj kin. Well
is it known

That in those times each people
held its lord

As for the Q-od most high, and
worshipped him

For King of Glory, — if with
right of rule

He to the kingdom of his rule
was bom.

The father of this Jove was
also Qod,

E?en as he : him the sea-dwell-
ers call

Saturn: the sons of men
counted these kin

One after other, as the E?er
Good!

Thus also would ApoUo's high-
bom daughter

Be held a Goddess by the
senseless folk,

Known for her Druid -craffc,
and witcheries.

Most of all other men she fol-
lowed lies.

And this kind's daughter, Circe
was she hight.

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com ane to.
ceole li]>an.
Eut$ p»f fona.
ea^pe ))s&pe ms&ni^e.
fe hipe mib punobe.
a&fehnjef piC.
Pio mib im^emete.
lirpini lupobe.
lit^-monna ppea.
anb he eac f pa fame,
ealle ma&^ne.
epe fpa fpitSe.
hi on j-epan lupobe..
faec he to hij* eapbe.
aenije ny)t:e.
mobej- mynlan.
opep maegtS jiunje.
ac he mib ))8em pipe,
punobe pitS^an.

o^faet him ne meahte.

monna aeni^.

l>ejna^ pnpa.

l>»p mib pepan.

ac hi pop )>»m ypm}>um.

eapbep lypte.

mynton poplsetan.

leopne hlapopb.

^ onjunnon pepcan.

pep-feoba ppell.

r»bon f hio pceolbe.

mib hipe pciiilace.

beopnap popbpeban.

anb mib baIo-qi»ptmn.

Ppafum peoppan.

on pilbpa he.

cyninjep J>e5nap.

cyppan pitSfan.

^b mib pacentan eac.

P»pan msBnijne.

Simie hi to pulpum pupbon.
; > CJott

Circe for Church, as having

many with her.
She ruled this isle, whereto the

Thracian king
Ulysses, with one ship, hap-
pened to sail.
Soon was it known, to all the

many there
That dwelt with her, the

coming of the prince ;
She without measure loved this

sailor-chief.
And he alike with all his soul

loved her,
So that lie knew not any love

more deep
Even of home, than as he loved

this maiden ;
But lived with her for wife long

afterward;
Until not one of all his thanes

would stay,
But, full of anguish for their

country's love,
They meant to leave behind

their well-loved lord.
Then on the men she 'gan to

work her spells ;
They said, she should by those

her sorceries
Make the men prone like

beasts : and savagely
Into the bodies of wilcl beasts

she warp'd

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THX lOBTBES OV BOETHITTS.

ne meahton )K>ime popb popt$<

bpm^an.
9LC bio }>pa3-m»ltun.
]>iocon onjunnon.
Some paapon eapopaf .
a jpymetebon.
)M)ane hi fapef hps&c.
popan j-ciolbon.
Ba ]>e leon pwpon.
on^unnon l»51tce.
^^penset Ptna.
]K)nne hi rceolbcn.
cbpian pop cop]?pe.
!Enihtaf pupbon.
ealbe je pun^e.
ealle pophpeppbe.
CO pumam biope.
ppelcum he »pop.
on kip lip-bapim.
jehcopc fd&Y.
bQCan]min cr^nm^e.
J>e pio cpen lupobe.
Nolbe ]MLpa c^pa.
s&ni^ onbitan.
mennipcef metep.
ac hi ma lupebon.
biopa bpohra2$.
ppa hit s^bepe ne pssp.
Ns&pbon hi nrafie.
monnum jehcep,
eoptS-buesbum.
]K)nne mjeJ^ODC
paspbe aopa s^bf^i^lc.
hip ajen mob,
J;aBt paep feah ppitSe.
popjum jebunben.
pop )>»m eappo])um.
fe him onpaecon.
Ppaet J)a bypejan men.
pe f ypum bpydpa&ptum.
long jelypbon.

By baleful craft the followers

of the king.
Then did she tie them up, and

bind with ebains. •

Some were as wolves; and

might not then bring forth
A word of speech; but now

and then would howl.
Some were as boars; and

grunted ever and aye,
When they should sigh a whit

for sorest grief.
They that were lions, loathly

would begin
To roar with rage when they

should call their comrades,
The knights, both old and

young, into some beast
Were changed as each afore-
time WB6 most like
In his life's day : but only no*

the king.
Whom the queen loved: the

others, none would bite
The meat of men, but loved

the haunt of beasts.
As was ill fitting ;

they to men, earth-dwelleis
Had no more likeness left than

their own thought.
Each still had his own mind,

though strailly bound
With sorrow §Qt the toils that

him beset.
For e'en the foolish m«i who

long believed

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leapim fpeUum.

pijTon hpsefpe.

faec f jepic ne ms&j.

mob onpenban.

monna aenij.

mib bpyqiwptum.

feah hio jebon meahce.

]>aet ))a lichoman.

^Se fpaje.

onpenb pupbon.

Ir f punboplic.

maejen cpsept micel.

moba j^pilcef .

opep lichoman.

la&nne ^ faeime.

8pylcuni ^ yyyUxan,

}VL meaht; fp^otole onjitan.

]>»t ))aef lichoman.

liftar 1 cpa&fCaf

Of faem mobe cuma^.

monna ^ehpylcnm.

anleppa a&lc.

Du meaht eatSe on^itan.

l>»t te ma bepe8.

monna ^dipylcum.^

mobej* un]>eap.

fcmne metrpymnef.

l«nei* lichoman.

Ne feapp leoba nan.

penan ]^a&pe pypbe.

faet ^ pepi^e pbqc.

faet mob.

JJwnna aeni^ej*.

«aHunja to him.

*fpe m»j onpenban.

*c ]>a un]>eapaf .

»fcer mobep.

w*b f m^e]>onc.

a&lcepmonnef.

)>one lichoman ht.

fibep hit pile.

» Cott

Through leasing spells in all

this Druid craft,
Knew natheless that no man

might change the wit,
Or mind, by such bad craft:

though they might make
That for long while the bodies

should be changed.
Wonderful is that great and

mighty arl»
Of every mind above the mean

dull body.
By such and such things thou

mayst clearly know
That from the mind come one

by one to each
Ana every man his body's lusts

and powers.
Easily mayst thou see that

everv man
Is by his wickedness of mind

more harm'd
Than by the weakness of his

failing body.
Nor need a man ween ever

sudi weird-chance.
As that the wearisome and

wicked flesh
Could change to it the mind of

any man,
But the bad lusts of each mind,

and the thought
Of each man, lead his body

where they will.

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METEUM XXVIL«^

Vyf %e Wfpe fcylen.

unpihc-poun2;iim.

eoyeji mob bpepan.

fpa rpa mepe jdobef •

^}>a hpepa^.

if-calbe f».

pec^aS pp pmbe.

Ppy otSjnce je. ^

pypbe eofiie,

^»t hio ^epealb na)»^.

Ppy je I)»r beapep.

}>e eop Dpihcen ^efceop.

^ebiban ne ma^^on.

bitpef jec^bej*.

nu he eop selce bae^.

onet topeapb.

Ne ma^oh je jepon.

]>8BC he f^le rpil*®®'

8&]:tep K^pelcum.

eoppan cubpe.

biopum ^ pijlum.

bea6 eac fpa fame.

sbpceji mon-cynne.

2;eonb ))ipie mibban ^eapb.

e^efhc himtal

abit on pa6e.

njrle he »m; fpetS. .

8&ppe poplsBtan.

8&P he ;^ehebe.

'pg&t he hpile »p.

a&pcep fpypebe.

If f eapmlic Jmiij.

]>8&t hif ^ebiban ne ma^oo.

bufij-fictenbe.

unjepaehje men.

hme »p pilla6.

popan topciotan.

METHE XXVII.

09 TOLSBAKCE.

Why ever your mind will ye
trouble with hate,
As the icy-oold sea when it
rears
Its billows waked-up by
the wind ?
Why make such an outcry
against your weird fate,
That she cannot keep you
from fears,
Nor save you from sor-
rows assign'd P

"Why cannot ye now the due
bitterness bide
Of death, as the Lord hath
decreed.
That hurries to-you-ward
each day ?
Now can ye not see him still
tracking beside
Each thing that is born of
earth's breed,
The birds and the beasts,
as ye may ?

Death also for man in like
manner tracks out
Dread hunter ! this middle-
earth through, [more;
And bites as he runs ever-
He will not forsake, when he
searches about, [too,

His prev, till he catches it
And nnds what he sought
for before.

^ Boet. lib. iv. metrum 4, — Quid tantos juvat excitare motus, &c.

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rpa rpa Fujla cjn.

otSSe pil&u biop.

]>a piniia:5 betpuh.

aBjhpylc polbe.

o]^ acpellan.

Ac ])8et; If unpiht.

a&2;lipelcum men.

ps&'c he o]>epne.

inpic-]x>ncuin.

pioje on p»pi$e.

fpa fpa fuj;! ot$t5e biop.

Ac ])%t p»pe pihtoft.

ps&'c te pmca ^ehpylc.

opjmm ^be.

eblean on piht.

peopc be ^epeophtum.

peopulb-buenbum.

]>]n^a jehpileef .

)>8&c If -p he lupje.

^obpa jehpilcne.

f pa he jeopnofC ma&^e.

milbfije yplum.

f pa pe [»p] fppa&con.

tie f ceal ^one monnan.

mobe lupian.

anb hi]' un))eapaf .

ealle hatian.

anb op)ii]}>an.

fpa he f pifoft ma&^e.

METEUM XXVin.«

ppa If on eop])an nu.

unlsepbpa.

fe ne punbpije.

)K)lcna paepelbef .

A sad thing it is, if we cannot
await
His bidding, poor burghers
of earth.
But wilfully strive with
him still;
Like birds or wild beasts, when
they haste in their hate
To rage with each other in
wrath,
And wrestle to quell and
tokiU.

But he that would hate in the
deep of his heart
Another, unrighteous is he,
And worse than a bird or
a beast ;
But best is the man who would
freely impart
To a brother, whoever he be.
Full worth for his work
at the least :

That is, he should love all the

good at his best,

And tenderly think of the

bad, [fore ;

As we have spoken be-

The man he should love with

his soul — ^for the rest

His sins he should hate, and

be glad [more.

To see them cut off ever-

METEB XXVIII.

OP HEAVBISTLX WONDERS.

Who now is so unlearned
among people of the world,

^ Boet lib. iy. metrum 5«— Si quia arctori sidera nescit, &c.

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THS MiraXt OF BOBHIITeL

pobper jrpipBO-

p^e tun^o.

Im hy nice bi^e.

utan ymbhpepF^^

eallne nubban ^eapb^

Ppa If mon-cynnef.

)w»t ne jNuibpie ymb.

]«f iditegan tun^

hu by pime habbaiS.

fpit$e micle.

f cjTicpsn ymbebpeepjt;.

fume f cpi]>at5 len^

utan ymb eall ^if.

an ]nipa tun^.

populb-men hata^.

psenef pifla.

^a habbaS fcr^tpan.

fqiitJe anb pa&pelb.*

;^bhpep]:t laeffan.

]>onne o])pu tun^.

f opp»m hi ))8&pe eaxe.

utan ]^bhpepfe9.

J;one nop^-enbe.

nean ymbceppeiK.

on ]>aepe ilcan.

eaxe hpeppeS.

eall puma pobop.

pecene fqii]>eS.

futS-healb fpifetS.

fpift untiopij.

Ppa If 091 populbe.'

)raet ne pap^e.

buton pk ane.

fe hit 8Bp piffon.

]>a&t maeni^' tun^^ol

mapan ymbhpjrppt.

hapatS on heoponum

fume hpile eft.

l»ffe ^eh))at$.

pa pe lacat$ ymb eaxe enbe.

> Gott. p»|icIb. s Cott pecgivibA.

As not to wonder afe the ebuds

upon the ekiea unfurrdy
Tlie swiftly roUiog faeaveiivand

the racing of the rtan.
How day hj daj thej nm

around this mid -earth in

their cars P

Who then of men do& wonda

not these glittering stars to

see,
How some of them round

wafted in shorter cirdes be,
And some are wanderers any

and far beyond them eU,
And one there is which worldly

men the Wain with riui£to

do call.

These travel shorter than the

rest, with less of sweep and

swerve
They turn about the axle, and

near the north end curve.
On that same axle quickly

round turns all the roomy

sky.
And swiftly bending to the

south untiling doth it fly.

Then who is there in all the

world that is not well

amazed.
Save those alone who knew

before the stars on which

they gazed.

* Cott >nr te rnsms*

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a48

o^tJe micle mape.

jef epat$ fa hipe mib ope,

ymbe J^eaple jips&^etS.

fapa If ^ehaten.

Sainipnuf pim.

re haefS ymb J?pitig.

pintep-jepimef.

peopulb 5^mbcyppeb.^

Boocef eac.

beophce fcme^.

ofep fteoppa cymetS.

epie fpa fame.

on fone ilcan fcebe.

eftymb Jjpitij..

Xeap-jepimef.

)>aep hi 510 pa paef .

Ppa If peopulb-monna.

paet ne papje.

tu fume fceoppan.

d6 fa f» fapaiS.

unbep mepe-ftpeamaf .

fa&r f e monnum fincS*

Spa eac fume penalS.

psec fio fumie bo.

ae f e pena mf .

pvihte J>e f oppa,

Ne bits bio on a&pen.

ne on aep-mopjen.

mepe-ftpeame )?a neap.

J>e on mibne baej.

anb peah monnum pync'S

p»t hio on mepe janje.

^inbep f» fpijre.

f onne hio on fed jbbe^.

I^pa If on peopulbe.

paec ne punbpije.

piUef monan.

ponne he p s&pm^a.

Pypt$ unbep polcnum.

pbtef bepeapab.

» Cott.

That many somfi^hilea on the
hea?en8 make a longer bead.

And somewbiles less, and sport
about the axle of the end :

Or else much more they wajader

quickly round the midway

spheres,
Whereof is one, bight Satuttt,

who revolves in thirty years,
Bootes also, shiniug bright,

another star that takes
His place again in thirty years^

of circle that be makes.

Who is there then of worldly
men to whom it doth not
seem

A thing most strange that
many stars go under the sea-
stream,

As likewise some may falsely
ween that also doth the sun.

But neither is this likeness
true, nor yet that other one.

The sun is not at even-tide,

nor morning's early light
Nearer to the sea-stream than

in the mid-day bright.
And yet it seems to men she

goes her wandering sphere

to lave,
When to her setting down she

glides beneath the watery

wave.

ymbcippeb. Boceef .

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be)>eaht mib )>iO)Tpuin.
Ppa )>epia ne mse^e.
eac papon.
»lcef jTioppan.
hpy hi ne f cmen.
fcipum pebepum.
bepopan )»»pe pmnan.
n» hi fymle bo^.
mibbel nihcum.
pits pone monan popan.
habpum heopone.
Ppa&c nu h»le))a pela.
fpelcej* anb fpelcej*.
rpitJe punbpaS.
anb ne puubpiatS.
)»set te puhca ^ehpilc.
men anb netenu.
micelne habbat$.
anb imnetne.
anban betpeoh him.
nntSe finjalne.
if f fellic fmcj.
)>»t hi ne punbpia^.
hu hic on polcnum op.
J^eaple punpatS.
))pa3-m»lum epc.
anpopl»tet$.
anb eac fpa fame.
y'8 pits lanbe.
ealne^ pmnetS.
pmb pi^ p»S^'
Ppa punbpatS }>8&f .
oiiSe ofpef epic,
hpy^ pa&c If mse^e.
peop))an op p»tepe.
phte cophc^ fcmetS.
funna fpe^e har.
fona jeceppetJ.
if mepe s&nhc.
on hif ajen jecynb.

» Cott. hpi.

Who is there in the world will

wonder not to gaze
Upon the full-moon on his way,

bereft of all his rays,
"When suddenly beneath the

clouds he is beclad with

black?
And who of men can marvel

not at every planet's track ?

Why shine they not before the

sun in weather clear and

bright,
As ever on the stilly sky before

the moon at night P
And how is it that many men

much wondering at such.
Yet wonder not that men and

beasts each other hate so

much?

Eight strange it is they marvel

not how in the welkin oft
It thunders terribly, and then

eftsoons is calm aloft,
So also stoutly dashes the wave

against the shore.
And fierce against the wave

the wind uprises with a roar !

Who thinks of this ? or yet

again, how ice of water

grows,
And how in beauty on the sky

the bright sun hotly glows,
Then soon to water, its own

kin, the pure ice runs away ;
But men think that no wonder,

when they see it every day.

« Cott. coph.

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peop}>etS CO paecpe.

Ne J>inc^ ^ punbop micel.

monna d&ne^um.

faec he mse^e sej-eon.

bo^opa ^ehpilce.

ac ]>%t byj-ie pole.

p»f hic felbnop jepM.

rpifop punbpiat$.*

]Neah hit pifpa ^ehpa&m.

ponbop ]>ince.

on hif mob-fepan.

micle laejre.

Unbep-]XaJ;olpaep:e.

ealne^ penatS.

pa&c -^ ealb jefceapc.

»ppe ne psepe.

fsdt hi f elbon ^epo^.

ac rpij^op jiet.

peopiUb-men pena'$.

J>a&c hic peap come.

nipan jepaelbe.

;i;ip hiopa na&npun.

hpylc »p ne of eopbe.

ip f eapmhc fine.

Ac jip hiopa 861113.

aeppe peopf e6.

to f on pippet-^eopn.

f 8&t he pela onpnt$.

leopnian hpta.

anb him lipep peapb.

op mobe abpit.

fsBt micle b^ij.

f 8&t hit opepppi^en mib.

punobe lan^e.

fonne ic p»t jeape.

f hi ne punbpia;S.

meemjep fmjep.

f e monnum nu.

p»p])o "3 pimbep.

pel hpaep f^eeS.

This senseless folk is far more
struck at things it seldom

Though every wisq man in hi&

mind will wonder less at

these;
TTnstalworth minds will always

think that what they seldom

see
Ne?er of old was made before,

and hardly now can be.

But further yet, the worldly

men by chance will think it

came,
A new thing, if to none of

them had ever happ'd the

same;
Silly enough !— yet if of them

a man begins to thirst
For learning many lists and

lores that he had scorn'd at

first.

And if for him the "Word of
life uncovers from his wit

The cloak of that much foolish-
ness which overshadow'd it,

Then well of old I wot he
would aot wonder at things

80

Which now to men most wor-
thily and wonderfully show.

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METRFAI XXIX «

Lip )>u nu pilni^e.
peojiulb-Dpihcnef.
heane anpalb.
hlutpe mobe.
on^t«D 2iopne.^

heoponef tun^u.

hu bi kim bealba2S betfub.

f ibbe f inhale.

bybon J7?a lan^e.

jya hi ^e]^neb^

pulbpej* eslbop.

»t fpum-f ceapte.

)>8et pio pJTiene moc.

pun ne jepecan.

pnap ceaibep peg.

monna ^emsepo.

Ppaet ]>a ma&paxL tiin2^.

au)?ep o]>pep pene.

a ne jebpinetS.

»p J)am -f o]>ep.

opjepitetS.

Ne bupu pe pteoppa.

jeptijan jnle.

pept-b»l polciMu

G^ne pipe men.
ppa nemni^.
6alle ptioppan.
pijatS aeptep punnan.
pamob mib pobepe.
unbep eop}>an jpunb.
be ana ptenc.
nip f nan punbop.
he ip punbpum p»pt.^
upenbe neab.
eaxe }>»p pobepep.
Donne ip an pteoppa.
opep ofpe beopbt,

METEE XXIX.

OF THE 8TABS AVD SEASONS.

If now thou art willing the
Lord of the world
His highness and greatness
clear-sighted to see,
Behold tbenage host of the
heavens unfurl'd
How calmljr at peace with
each other they be !

At the first forming the glori-
fied Friaee
Ordered it so that the ami
should not turn
Nigh to the bounds of the
moon oyer sinee,
Nor the cold path of the
snow-circle bom.

Naj, the high star? never cross

on the sides
Ere that another has hurried

away;
Nor to the westward will ever

upnse
TJrsa the star,-
men say.

witting

All of the stars set after the
sun
Under the ground of the
earth with the sky :

Boet. lib. iv. metram 6.— Si via celsi jara tonantiSi &c.
» Cott. sionne. « Cott. eapt.

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cymetJ eajran up;

»p ]>onne pinne.

pone^ monna beapn.

mopjen-pciopjia liataiS.

iinbep heopnum.

popj^aem he li»le]raiiL bae^.

bobaiS »ftep buppuxu

bpenjetS a&ptep.

fpejelcophc pinne.

j^mab eallum b»2*

If j-e pppynel.

js&^eji anb f cienc.

cymet5 eajran up.

»ppop* puman.

anb ep aejxep piiman«

on feci jhbe^,

pefc unbep peopulbe.

pep-|>ioba hif.

noman onpenba2S.

])onne niht cymetS.

hata^ bine ealle.

»j:en-ftioppa.

f e biS ]7aepe funnan fPftpa.

f i^]7an hi on feci ^eyitsuS*

oppnetS.

)>8&c If 8B]>ele cun^ol.

ot$ f he be eafcan peopJ>et$.

elbum o]>epeb.

s&p ]7onne f unne.

* ♦ habba«

aefele tunjol.
emne ^eba&leb.
baej ^ nihce.
Dpihcnef meahcum.
funne "^ mona.
f pi^e jefpaepe.
fpa him 8BC FPymtSe.
ps&bep ^eciohhobe.
Ne J)eapfC }>u no penan.
» Cott. I>o;

That is no wonder; for only
this one,
The axle, stands lastly and
firmly on high.

Again, there's a star more
bright than them oll^
He comes from the east,
before the Bun*s birth,
The star of the morning, — thus
him ever call,
Under the heavens, the chil-
dren of earth.

For that he bodes daj's-dawn
to men's homes
After him bringing the sun
in his train,
Fair from the east this fore-
runner comes,
And glides to the west all
shining again.

People rename him at night in
the west,
Star of the evening then is
hfi hight.
And when the setting sun goes
to her rest
He races her down more
swift than the light.

Still he outruns her, until he
appears
Again in the east, forerun-
ning the sun,
A glorious star, that equally
clears
The day and the night, ere
his racing be run.

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THI MXTSSB OF BOSTHIUS.

y»Y ]>eopb6mef .
a]>pocen peopt$e.
8&P bomef bfl&je.
beS p9]7an ymbe.
moncynnef fpuma.
fpa him ^emet ]>incet$.
pop)>on hi he healpe.
heoponef piyief.
on ane ne L»c.
a&hnihcij Irob.
fy laBf hi ofpa popbybcn,
8eJ>ela jep ceapca.
ac f e eca Hob.
ealle^ jemetjaS.
piba ^epceapta.
popca ^eSpepaS.
hpilum ]>»t bpi3e.
bpipt" jK)ne p»can.
hpylum hi jemen^e'S.
mecobep cpaepce.
cile pi^ h»to.
hpilum ceppetS ept.
on up pobop.
»1 beojihta lej.
. leohc lypte.
h^etS him behmban.
hepij hpupan ba&l.
)>eah hit hpilan »p.
eoptSe pio cealbe.
on innanhipe.
heolb -} hybbe.
haL3ep meahtum.
Be faep cyninjep jebobe.
cymet$ ^eapa ^ehpa&m.
eopt$e bpmje^.
a&jhpj^lc cubop.
anb pe hata pumop.
hs&lepa beapnum.
jeapa ^ehpdce.
jiepetS -^ bpijetS.
» Cott

Through the Lord's power, the
sun and the moon
Bule as at first by the Fa-
ther's decree ;
And think not thou these
bright shiners will soon
Weary of serfdom till domes-
day shall be :

Then shall the Maker of man
at his will
Do with them all that is
right by-and-by ;
Meanwhile the Good and Al-
mighty One still
Setteth not both on one half
of the sky,

Lest they should other brave
beings unmake ;
But E?er Good, He still
suffers it not ;
Somewhiles the dry with the
water will slake,
Somewhiles will mingle the
cold with the hot.

Yea, by His skill, otherwhiles

will upsoar
Into the sky fire airily-

form'd,
Leaving behind it the cold

heavy ore
. Which by the Holy One's

might it had warm'd.

ealla. * Cott bjapS.

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;eonb f ibne ;^iinb.
f»b anb bleba.
hs&ppeft to honba.
hep buenbum.
pipa pece^.
pen sejrtep ]>a&m.
rpylce ha^al ^ piap.
hpufan lecca%.
on pintpef cib.
pebep unhiope.
pop ]78em eop?$e onpehC.
eallum fs&bum.
jebetS f hi jpopa6.
^eapa ^ehpilce.
on lencten cib.
leap up fppyrcaS.
ac i*e milba mecob.
monna beapnum.
on eop]>an pec.
call f ce jpopetS.
paBjcmap on peopolbe.
pel popt^bjienjetS hic.
ponne he pile,
heopona palbenb.
anb eopafS ept.
eoptJ-buenbum.
nim^ ]>onne he pile,
nepjenbe Iiob.
anb ^ hehjxe 500b.

on heah f etle.

fitetS pelf cyninj.

anb )>ior i*ibe jepceapc.

jyenatS anb }>iopa6.

he ]7one anpalbet$.

paem jepelcleppum.

peopvQb jepceafta.

Nij* f nan punbop.

he If pepoba Cob.

cyninj anb Dpihten.

cpucepa jehpelcep.

aepelm "^ ppuma.

eaUpa ^efcea]:ta.

By the King's bidding it
coraeth each year,
Earth in the summer-time
bringeth forth fruit,
Sipens and dries for the soil-
dwellers here
The seed, and the sheaf, and
the blade, and the root.

Afterward rain cometh, hailing
and snow.
Winter-tide weather that
wetteth the world.
Hence the earth quickens the
seeds that they grow
And in the lenten-tide
leaves are uncurl' d.

So the Mild Maker for children
of men
Feeds in the earth each fruit
to increase,
Wielder of heaven ! He brings
it forth then ;
Nourishing God !— or makes
it to cease.

He, Highest GK>od, sits on His
high seat,
Self-feing of all, and reins
evermore
This His wide handiwork,
made, as is meet,
His thane and HistheowHo
serve and adore.

That is no wonder, for He is
the King,
Lord God of Hosts, each
living soul's awe,

» Theow, a slave.

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pyphta ;] f ceppenb.
peopulbe ^ijje.
fif bom anb ».
populb-baenbjia.
6a]le^ ^ef oeapca.
on baepenbo.
hio nane ne fenba^.
]78&t epc comaS.
Elf he Fpa jejra&^f i^.
ne ]Ta]>olabe.
ealle ^efceapta.^
sB^hpylc hiopa.
pjia^e tojrencce.
peopj^an fceolben.
a&^hjnlc hiopa.
eidle to nauhte.
feopj'an f ceolbon.
ppaJSe coflopena.
]7eah ]>a ane lupe.
ealle ^ef ceapca.
heoponef ;] eop]>an.
h»bben ^emsene.
]78&t hi ]7iopien.
j^ilcum piob-ppuman.
anb fa&^niatS f .
hiopa fs&bep palbe^.
nif f nan punbop.
foppa&m puhta nan.
»fpe ne meahte.
elle]* punian.
^ip hi eall m»jene.
hiopa opb-ppuman*
ne ]nopoben.
]>eobne m»piiin.

MBTBTTM XXX .«

The source and the spring of
each being and thing,
All the world's maker, and
wisdom, and law.

Everything made, — on His er-
rands thej go,
None that He sendeth may
ever turn back ;
Had He not stablished and
settled it so,
All had been ruin and fallen
to rack ;

Even to nought would have
come at the last :
All that is made would have
melted away :
But both in heaven and earth,
true and fast,
All have one love such a
Lord to obey.

And are full fain that their
Father should reign ;
That is no wonder, for else
should each thing
Never have life, if they did not
remain
True to their Maker, man's
glorious King.

Omepuf p»f .
eaft mib I^iecum.
on fsem leobf cipe.

• BoeL lib. V. metrum 2. — Puro clarum lumine Phoebsoi

Melliflui canit oris Homeros, &c.
> Cott ealfau ' Oott. S^rcepta.

METSE XXX.

OF THE TBUE SUK.

Homer among the Eastern
Oreeks, was erst

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leo]>a cpaeptgajT.

Fipjilief.

Fpeonb 3 lapeof .

f a&m ms&pan fceope.

majiftpa becjT.

Ppa&t fe Omepuf.

OfC anb jelome.

fa&pe funnan plite.

rpiSe hepebe.

©felo cpaejraf.

opt anb jelome.

leojmm -j fpellum.

leobum peahce.

ne maej hio feah gepcinan.

f eah hio pie pcip ^ beophc.

ahp3B]i5en neah.

eaUe^ jepceapca.

ne papfum fa jepceapta.

fe hio jepcinan mae^.

enbemep ne msej.

ealle^ jeonblihcan.

innan anb utan.

Ac pe a&lmihteja.

palbenb j pyphta.

peopulbe jepceapca.

hip ajen peopc.

call jeonbphtetS.

enbemep fuphpyhtJ.

ealle^ ^epceapta.

fiaet ip po poiSe.

panne mib pibte be )i8&m.

pe ma^on pii\2&xi.

ppjlc butan leape.

METET7M XX3I*
Pps&t ]7u mealit on^itan.
Jip hip fe ^eman 1^.
fset te miplice.
maneja puhca.
Jeonb eopfan papaS.

The best of bards in all that
country side ;
And he was Virgil's friend and
teacher first,
To that great minstrel
master well alh'ed.
And Homer often greatly-
praised the sun,
Her high-born worth, her
skilfulness most true ;
Often by song and story many
a one [praises due.

He to the people sang her
Tet can she not shine out,
though clear and bright,
Everywhere near to every-
thing all-ways,
Nor further, can she shed an
equal light
Inside and out on all that
meet her rays.
But the Almighty Lord of
worldly things,
"Wielder and Worker,
brightly shines above
Hia own good workmanship,
and round all ilings
An equal blaze of skilfulness
and love !
That is the true Sun, whom we

rightly may
Sing without kasing as the
Lord of Day.

METEE XXXI,

07 MAll'S ITPSZaHXKESB.

Yet more, thou roayst know,

If it lists thee to mind,
That many things go
' Boet lib. y. metrnm 5.— Qaam variU terras aidmaliapermeant figaris, &c.
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miselice.

habbatS blioh -j f»pbu.

unjeLce.

anb ma&j-pli^r-

manejpa cynna.^

cuts anb uncutS.

cpeopaS -} piicatS.

eall hchoma.

eop]>an ^eten^e.

nabbafS hi a&t p^jixan pidnun.

ne ma^on hi mib focum

eop]7a]i bpucan. [jan^an.

fpa him eaben p»f .

fume potmn tpam.

folban pet$))at$.

fume fiep-pete.

fume fleojenbe.

pmbe'S unbep polcnum.

61*5 ]>eah pubta jebpilc.

onbmjen co hpufan.

hmpa^ Of bune.

on peopulb plitetJ.

pilna'5 CO eop]>an.

fume neb-]>eap]:e.

fume neob-ppace.

man ana 2;8&'5.

metobef jefceqra.

mib hif anbplitan.

up on jepihce.

GOib fjr If ^etacnob.

J>8et hif tpeopa fceal.

anb hif mob-jejionc.

ma up ]H>nne ni]>ep.

habban to heoponum.

fy Isftf he hif hije penbe.

ni)>ep j-pa )>a&p nyten.

Nif* -f ^^ebapenlic.

J)Kc fe mob-fepa.

monna aeni^ef .

ni})ep-healb pepe.

anb ]78&t neb uppeapb.

* Cott cynnu.

Over earth in their kind
Unlike to the view
In shape as in hue.

Known or unknown

Some forms of them all
On earth lying prone

Must creep and must crawl ;
By feathers help'd not

Nor walking with feet.
As it is their lot

Earth they must eat.
Two-footed these,

Pour-footed those,
Each one with ease

Its going well-knows.
Some flying high
Under the sky.

Yet to this earth

Is everything bound.
Bowed from its birth

Down to the ground ;
Looking on clay,

And leaning to dust.
Some as they may,

And some as they must.
Man alone goes

Of all things upright, —
"Whereby he shows

That his mind and his might
Ever should rise
Up to the skies.

Unless like the beast

His mind is intent
Downwards to feast, —

It cannot be meant
That any man

So far should sink ^
Upwards to scan

X at — downwards to think !
2 Cott. Ir.

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NOTES.

Note 1, p. viiu— -"^Ifpeb Kumns p»r pealhftob ^ij^e bee." " King
Alfred was translator of this book." — Although this preface is written in
the third person, yet there is no doubt that Alfred himself was the writer,
for he explains his method of translating, alludes to "the various and
manifold occupations which often busied him both in mind and body,"
beseeches the reader to " pray for him, and not to blame him if he should
more righdy understand it than he could ;" and finally, offers the apology
that " every man must, according to the measure of his understanding,
and according to his leisure, speak that which he speaks, and do that
which he does." The style of this preface is very similar to the one which
Alfred prefixed to his version of Pope Gregory^s Pastoral, and also to that
which he prefixed to the Anglo-Saxon version of Pope Gregory's Dialogues,
which was written, under his dkection, by Werefrith, Bishop of Worcester.

Note 2, p. 2, 1. 2.—" Rgebsota anb Callepica." — ^The invasions of
Badagaisus and Alaric took place early in the fifth century, and, after
many years of desolating wars, Theodoric, an Ostrogoth, said to be the
fourteenth in lineal descent of the royal line of Amala, acquired possession
of Rome. Theodoric was a Christian, but had been educated in the tenets
of Arius. For many years he gave the fullest toleration to the profession
of the Catholic Faith, and went so far as to behead one of his officers for
becoming an Arian, saying, ^* If thou couldst not continue true to thy God,
how canst thou prove faithful to me who am but a man ?" At length,
however, apprehending danger to his throne, and suspecting the Catholics
to be in league with his enemies, he withheld the toleration he had
granted, and became a persecutor of the orthodox faith. The oppressions
which he beheld, roused the patriotism of Boethius, a noble Roman, distin-
guished for his many and varied accomplishments. He entered into a coi^
respondence with the Emperor Justin, at Constantinople, and this being
discovered, Theodoric caused him to be imprisoned in Ticinum, and while
there, he composed this treatise.

Note 8, p. 2, 1. 8.— Literally, " that they might be worthy of their
ancient rights ;" " heopa ealbiuhta py)ij»e beon." — It may here be ob-
served that the compound words which occur so frequently in Anglo-Saxon
are, for the most part, compounded from substantives and adjectives. The
adjective is frequently found in composition with its substantive, and
remains uninflected through all its cases. Thus the adjective ** ealb," in
composition with the substantive "piht/* makes "ealbpihea," and
"ealbpihtum" in the genitive and dative and ablative plural; and in

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composition yrith the Bubstantiye ** hlajropb," makes ** ealbhlajropb," and
i* ealbhlajropbum" in the dative and ablative ploraL Two substantives
are often compounded, the first having an adjective power. Thus "po|iulb"
compounded with the substantives " )>eap" and " f»l^," respectively
makes ** populb ]>ea]mm^* and " populb f»l)>um" in the dative and ablative
plural. This kind of composition is not limited to two words. The com-
pound " ealb-hlapopb," considered as one word, may again be com-
pounded, as in the present chapter, with tte substantive "cyn." The
latter word " cyn" only is then subject to inflection, "ealb" and " hlajropb"
remaining invariable. Accordingly we find " ealb-lilajropb-cyiine]*" in
the genitive singular ; and a similar inflection will be found in many other
wordis.

Note 4, p. 2f 1. 11. — John, the first Pope who bore that name, was sent
on an embassy by Theodoric to the Emperor Justfai, at Oonstaatinople,
and on his return, Theodoric confined him in a dvngeon at Bavenaa, wltere
be died of want.

• Note 5, p. 2, L 20.— "«enbe Jm bisdhce sspenbgepfncu.* "I9fe fhere-
fore privately sent letters.*— The verb 6enbe is here used witlnmt a
nominativB case being expressed, which, however, is to be vndentood, and
fidvght for in tiie pimding sentence.

l^ote 6, p. 4, 1. 12.-+" SewjbOTtt/*— -la wvend parts of Ais work Oe
reader wiR meet with mconsistencies^Yesidtuig from the grammaetical acci-
dent of gender. In Anglo-Saxon many substanlaves are neuter, IniC the
far greater number, thoi^h deaoting objects uncBstinguieAied "by aez, are
oon&ered, grammaticaSy, as either maseoline or feminine. These fistioc-
tions are for Cht most part regnlated by terminations, but are occadonaDy
arbitrary. As a rule, woris ending in a are masculine, and those ending
in e are feminine; thus CDona, the moon, is mascnliiie-; and dntme, the
sun, is feminine ; wlule pif, wife, or woman, is neuter, fn 6ie Latin
version of Boethhis, Philosophy is described as a female, -&e word Fhito-
sopSna l^eing grammatically of the feminine gender, but Alfred generally
translates it by jtifbom, whicli is invarii&ly mascnlisie. Hence we find
him applying mascufine artides, pronouns and a^ectives, to ptrbona, who
is perhaps in the same page described as the f ofiseyi mobop of Boefliiiis.
In a few places grilosophjb^ is rendered "bv hGierceabmper, Beasen, and is
then feminine. Tft'THW TOrtance, c . iii. yy^ the words ytftom and
XtfTceafopi^y ^ re used conjtmrtly to dtiSlgftaU Philosophy, wit3h a vert) in
the plural number ; and yet the author immediately reverts to the ^ngnbo,
and says, f^ onsctn he ep: fppecan ^ cpts'S.— Although fhe ^Bilogiie
should properly be carried on between Fhilosophy and^. BoefSnas, yet
Alfred frequently makes **^s!R mind" — i.e. the mind of BetAiAm-^tntui
the interlocutors, instead of Boethins liimBelf ; and CDob, the ndiid, is a
substantive of the neuter gender.

Note 7, p. 7, 1. 2».— This opiniion of Plato was powerfofly enforced by
him in his dkdogne De Republic^; and it is a tncth which wiB find an
echo in every well ^ ffdered n^d»

Note 6, p. 10, L IS.— tOie Cottonian MB., wMch has "been 'wrmdof dly
restored by fhe gentlemen mentioned in the preface, commences witii Hm
word **tmcl£enan;" the preceding portion being too much injured to be
dedphered. 'Hie variationB in the readings of the Cottoniah MS., wUeb

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jaged by fire, und are gireB «ii ]il« ftoUxorily ; «]1 tb« Mibseqinent ones are
the result of the editor'* own eolktion.

17«to 9, p. 2d, 1. l«.-^TUi wae <>iGeeBa, Soag «f L743ia, who, hayinfi^ been
tekten caiilfcive b}* OyruB, King «f Penis ••d plaioed on a |ttle to he burned,
is said to hare been nielirered ipom his drngex bj « shower of raix>, whi(^
ApoUo eent et his earnest eatreatf.— Herod, i. 87.

Hote 16, p. 2«, J. U^^TIm «ha|i(er «ads abm^j, and i§ ivrideaHy in-
complete.

Note 11^ p. 36, 1. 22.-— "Fe|4>ai» -Se Lpaft eapbalS on >»pe bene
cahnc(biMn«." '' For Cbnst 4m^ Jo the vale of h«]niUty.'*_Whatever
aUttSMoa to the ChriellaB raHgien 'OGcni: in this voiIe, are introduced by
Alfred.

Kote 12, p. 47, 1. 82. — Cantahit vvcimu -eorajn latroae Tiator.^^uy.
Sat X. 22.

Npie 13^ p. |»2, I UU-Kteg AJIred. evidently mistook the q>ithet
** f ahniniw" ior a priper aaaM. The iodiridQal aUnded to was probably
jAnaxarchna, » philoeepher of Abdera. Nioacrean, King of Salamia, in
Cyprus, having been offended by the philosopher's Ireedom, caused him to
be cruelly tormented; and when «t length the tyrant, finding he could not
subdue the spirit of his victim, threatened to cut off his tongue, Anazarchus
b«tii;«ff, andspklti«CDt^etjva«t*sfaee.--Cic.inTaae.ii.2L

Kete 14, p. 68, 1. a«.-~Bu8b!ia, STing ti SgTft, aMd to hare been the son
^ Neptune, and akogeUier a iBythftcal penonage, aaesifieed te /apiter all
atra&gen whon lie eoald edae ; aod whea Heroales Tiailed £gypt, Basiris
caused him te be bound and laid apon the altar. Heaoolei^ however, soon
disentangled himself, and sacrificed the tjxaat and las aoa an the altar,
wlieae he had siala his t^iodou. The whole etateaunt, hawarer, is eontra-
<Beted by Heredetes.

Note 15, p. $9, 1 99.— Begakis was a Bomaa aeoanl daiteg the iiat
Panic war, aad, alter gaSafaig several victories ovor the CarthagJaiaas,
was at length overcome by Xanthippus, and taken prlaeaer. Ha was seat
te Eome b^ the Oarthaginiaas to eoe lor peaee, bat ao far was he f aesa de-
fliriag peace, that he exiwrted hie ■csaatiyBMa to p e isa t aw in die war, as
it would ^gveatly for their adFantagej aad an hiB salam to CartlMge he
was eradMy put to 4cath.

Note 1«, p. &8, 1. 2>« — ^t yf^. I^li^K^lf , «aiL-*^erhape no word in
iJie Anglo-Saxon laagaage is used ia a greater rarietf of aenses. It denotes
art, trade, pijofession, oraetiee, enpAoyment, weriuaaasUp, Aj^ talent,
i^ffity, newerl stegijpth. faeidty, vtitae, exesillenee, endowmeai^ and many
omr good qu^ftiee^ and It is alao aaed, though tasdf*' la a bad aaaM, for
cunning, contrivaaae, artiAee.

Note 17, p. 62, 1. t2. — Heojia rppmc if ^oibsBleb 4>a t^ t hunb
feofuaa^ Their laagaage Is divided iate aeacaty^ua.— This aaknlation
ef the anmber of languages oeeursagaiaiac. Kxzr. $4. It is alto men-
cloned by JSBMrk,' De Vest Tot ; aad tlM paasage is thus tiansifltiftd by
UOei ^Now the history telleth as eooesrakig Nae's posterity, that his
aoBS begot seaeaty and two eoaa, who began to baid that woadetf uU oitie
aad hi^ tower, which in their faelieh haagmatiee aluadd leaeh up to
lieauen. But God himsetfe^amethemte, aad behaldihearwioiJke, aad gave

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them eveiy one a sundry langnage, that they nndentood not each other
what they said : so they quickly surceased the building ; and then vent
they to sundry forrein lands, with as many languages as leaders."

Note 18, p. 64, 1. 8.— Cicero shows in his " Somnium Sdpionis" that the
Bomans occupied a comparatively small part of the eartli, and that, there-
fore, the gloiy of the Roman name was very limited in its extent.

Note 19, p. 64, 1. 16.—** >e Se >»p ymbe rpmea^." " Which ye labour
about** — ** J'vpi'' ** there,** is firequently redundant in Anglo-Saxon as in
modem English.

Note 20, p. 66, 1. 7.—** ten )>iifenb pintpa.** ** Ten thousand winters."
— ^Northern nations reckon their years by winters, and the shorter divisions
of time by nights. The latter mode of computation is still very common
,. in this country, as, instead of seven days, we say ** 8^W^^*' and, in-
p stead of fourteen days, we say ** a fortnight." -— — -^

Note 21, p. 68, 1. 84. — ^Hor. Carm. lib. i. carm. 4.

Note 22, p. 70, 1. 1. — " ]>p»t> fint nn >ssf po|ieiiu»pan anb hs^pifan
SolbjmitSer ban pelonbef .** " What are now the bones of the celebrated
and the wise goldsmith, Weland?" — This passage is grounded on the
following remark of Boethius,

** IJbi nunc fidelis ossa Fabridi jacent ?"

In c. xvi. § 2, Alfred mistook an epithet for a proper name, and here, in-
stead of mentioning the name of Fabridus, the opponent of Pyrrhus, he
seems to have been led by a singular assodation of ideas to substitute that
of Wdand, the Vulcan of northern mythology. Although ther» is a re-
markable change of persons, the argument to prove the worthlessness of
earthly reputation is not affiected by it

Note 23, p. 70, L 7. — ** 8e apnba Rompapa hqietosa, ye psef hacan
Bpntuf , oVpe naman naffiuf ." " The patriotic consul of the Romans,
who was called Brutus, by another name Cassius."— This is a very singu-
lar mistake of Alfred's. Brutus and Cassius are here confoanded, and con-
sidered as one person !

Note 24, p. 72, L 6.—** n'* J*»r V"^r ff^" " ^ *^e wind's storm.*'
— For this reading we are indebted to Mr. Cardale; the reading in the
Cottonian MS. being n'a )>»p pinbef >yf , and in the Bodldan yym ]>ep
pinbef Jyyr ; both of which are evidently erroneous, and there cannot be a
doubt that Mr. Cardale has happily restored the original reading.

Note 26, p. 72, 1. 6. — **8typins," which is here rendered ** experience,"
means a stirring, or agitation, or any kind of tumult

Note 26, p. 76, 1. 82.— "8pi)>e fpett tx> bealcetenne,** wluch is here
translated ** very pleasant to the stomach," could not be rendered more
literal in English, the expression being **dulci8 eructando."

Note 27, p. 80, L 10.— t iT >onne Lob. That is, then, God.— The
Latin of Boethius is. Id autem est bonum. That God is the supreme good
is not formally stated by Boethius until after a long train of reasoning,
which is followed by his address to the Ddty. , It tot* occurs in the part
of lib. iit prosa 10, which corresponds with c s^xxiv. § 2, of the present
work. But in this, and some other passages, the construction shows that
Alfred meant to put God, instead of good. In Anglo-Saxon the word sob
denotes both God and good, so that there can be no other guide to its
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letter. It may be remarked, however, that in the Cottonian MS. of this
work, the adjective ^ob is generally spelt Soob.

Note 28, p. 82, line 2.— opbttljie ; more prone. >-The Bodleian MS.
gives o]^»lpe, and the Cottonian gives o]:t^»lpe, as the reading of this
word ; but these being unintelligible, Junius proposed to substitute
ojrbseljie, in which he was followed by Mr. Canlale, and the Editor's
opinion coincides with their view.— See Rawlinson's Boethius, p. 167.

Note 29, p. 86, 1. 4.— oJ>ep is substituted by Mr. Cardale for heopa, and
makes the passage clearer.

Note 80, p. 90, 1. 4. — m»tee is here used impersonally, and reflectively :
literally, as if it dream you.

Note 31, p. 90, 1. 24. — Da anb]^pobe Boetiuf. Then answered
Boethius.— Alfred occasionally forgets that he is writing in the character
of Boethius, and names him in the third person.

Note 82, p. 92, 1. 34.— hinspiSe i>yvT^ cale.— These verbs

are all in the angular number, and are used impersonally — ^a circumstance
which frequently occurs in Anglo-Saxon.

Note 83, p. 96, 1. 6. — fe Eainiluf jmy hejietoSa on Rome. Catulus
was a consul in Rome. — Catulus was a Roman consul, but it was Catullus,
the poet, who was indignant that Nonius should sit in a chair of state. The
two are here confounded.

Note 34, p. 102, 1. 28. — This refers to Damocles and Dionysius, the
tyrant of Sidly.

Note 35, p. 104, 1. 19.— Seneca, who is called the " foster-father" of
Nero, had the misfortune to be appointed tutor to that cruel tyrant ; and
having incurred the displeasure of his former pupil, he was put to death by
bleeding, which was accelerated by a bath.

Note 36, p. 104, 1. 24. — Papinian, the celebrated jurist, was a prefect
under the Emperor Severus, and it is said that the emperor, on his death,
commended his two sons, Antoninus Caracalla and Geta, to the care of
Papinian. But soon after his father's death, Caracalla dismissed Papinian
from his office, murdered his brother Geta, and then gave orders for the
execution of his former guardian, which was shortly afterwards carried
into effect. Boethius could scarcely have selected two more fitting
examples for illustrating his argument.

Note 37, p. 106, 1. 23.— Thyle. Tbule.— An island in the German
Ocean, which, firom its great distance from the continent of Europe, received
from the ancients the epithet of " ultima." Its situation was never ascer-
tained ; and there are still different opinions about it. Some suppose that
it was the island now called Iceland, or else part of Greenland ; while
others consider it to be the Shetland Isles.

Note 38, p. 106, 1. 81.— "jTun rceop;" "a certain poet."— This was
Euripides ; and the passage alluded to is Andromacha, 1. 320, Ed. Matth.

Note 89, p. 110, 1. 16. — ^un»)>elne ; unnoble. — It was necelsary to coin
a word to express the meaning of the original. Ignoble would convey a
very false idea of what is meant by un»)>el, both in this and many other
passages.

Note 40, p. 112, 1. 15. — (Edipus is here alluded to, who, in ignorance,
is said to have slain his father Laius, Eling of Thebes.

Note 41, p. 130, 1. 18. — opcuman is evidently a contraction of
ojrepcuman, to overcome, like o*ercome in English.

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Note 43, p. 142, 1. 17.— ]>ei^ i* kuv Mid for juiyjlf.
Koto 44, p. i4fl,L $.'-'-f»ho»phtoef^mj^pmjaukTCimaAf»imfmfi
nor to mCBMic, Ac'-^Tkifl, wkkh io tbe Mudteg w tho Bodloi«i MS^ i»
eridoDtly a mtntoiwi, ad mfortttnalohf Unoo lo no other M&. to eorrect U,
iamaadi m thoio potflioBo of BoetUaa whkb aio metrical are eatiioly dif-
ferent ia tho Bodh lM l and Cottoniaa US&, Tha BodWiaft oohUim tho
motrea lii a pioaaie loni, aad tho GottoniaB kaa Iten In vine. £,Tkon-
son, Esq., has kindly suggested to the Editor thai kmf mj^ mtf sboold be
]>wdftmfmef, or ratbor >0(Oft»piicr, dackMit; aad thia alteratioii ia in
some measure oonfinned by the parallel passago fai tha matiical voBiioii,
via.:

Inmiie pik ho ree8*%

>»t wipe fimiUMa jriA^

b«a|ihtncr )ao);t)i%

bcoipwiScpl^CMi^

tometanne»

There can, therefbre, be no Impropriety in thus lOleriDg the reading of fiie
Bod. MS., and substituting for it a word which, irhile it gives doarness to
the passage, is in harmony with the Cott. M9.

Note 46, p. 160, 1. 22. — ^The word " he" is redundant here, and makes
tiohhi^e have the force of a reflective verb ; a mode of expression very
common in this work. It may here be remarked, that there are many
redundancies which did not seem to require any remark in the notes.

Note 46, p. 162, 1. 4.— Ic pat, &c.— The fable of the gfants and the Ms*
tory of the Tower of Babel are introduced by Alftod in consequence €# a
passing allusion in Boethius ; and it may be noticed how carefnny Alfred
guards against making a direct assertion with regard to these fabulous
histories, by employing the expression, ** yceolbe beon."

Note 47, p. 162, 1. 20.— Deipa. Dura.— Daniel, c. iii. 1.

Note 48, p. 166, 1. 8. — Papmenibef. Parmenides.— Parmenidea was a
Greek phUosopher, and flourished about the same time as Socrates; and,
like other philosophers of that period, expressed his opinions in verse.
The poem ftom which the quotation is made is entitled, ''On Nature."

Note 49, p. 166, 1. 18.— f »f pi]*an Flatonef lapa furna. — The passage
here alluded to was the remark made by Plato in his Tim«us, viz. that
discourses, in those matters of which they are the interpreters, should
always have a certain relationship to the subject.

Note 50, p. 170, L 3. — ^Tytief. — ^The reading of this word is evidently
different in the Cott. MS., but from the illegible state of this part of the
MS. it is impossible to say what the reading is.

Noto 61, p. 184, 1. 18.— re Platonef cpibe.— The saying of Plato, to
which referefce is made, is in his " Gorgias and Alcibiades,*' b. i.

Note ^2, p. 194, 1. 4. — Ulysses is called by Boethius, Neritius dux, this
name being derived from Neritos, a mountain in Ithaca. Alfred evidently
mistook his author's meaning, and considered Retia, or Neritia, as a
distinct country, over which Ulysses ruled.

Note 63, p. 194, 1. 11.— penbel ya ; the Wendel Sea.— This was either
the whole of the Mediterranean Sea, or that part of it which is called the
Adriatic. — See Alfred's Orosius, b. i. c. i.

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Hot* 64j PL IHf L Sij-^-Bome hi fmbom j» hio fnolbe lafTccofipMi
«o leoA. *;) IbiBie feo foeolbc pppecBB, Jkmuw jrabc faie«. S«aw, thflj
aaidy 8be--t.e. Giom^ihoald tnoufiinB; t» KoBi;, "aad wImm <A«sp shmM
speak, then they roafled.>^»4iteiidly, so«« tkcgr add she diMiki tnmfbrm
ittto a Hfln, and wfaos «]M aboaM af^odr Cben slit xoared. iSfte^ af <o«ne,
reSum to Icon^ wiacb n a femiaiM neirn to ABglo-Sazini.

Nets 55^ p^, 22Sd, L 27.— 8pa pp* •>> F«er eaxe hrp«K|ifa> >a I^mI.
As on the axle-tree of a waggon the wheel tiirns.-<-The whole of this
section is King Alfred's original production. The aimila of the wheel is,
perhaps, pursued rather too far» and occasionally ia not very intelligible ;
bypj>, which occurs a few words after, is for bejiet?.

Note 5€, p. 229, 1. W.-^Ste Psahn xrir. 9 ; Keep rae as the apple of an
eye.

Note 67, p. 236, 1. 17.— In the Cott. MS., after Da cp»« he, «he foflow-
mg wofAs are ktsertsd, ** en^ hrtJ yoofc jJ te nyt? brtf. >a cy«&'8 ic *)> if fa's.
>a cptbH he.** fto^ £«. Haring cbiefty followed the BocEteian text, it did
not appear fleeesaary to disturb that arrangement by incorporating these
worAs in the text of thiis e<fitK>n.

Note 58, p. 242, 1. 2.— See Arfistoirifs Physfca, Kb. ii. c. r.

Note 59, p. 244, 1. 6. — The passage aRnded to appears te be hi Iliad ill.
1. 277:

'HcXtor 6\ ts irapT €t[>opasj koX vairr^hratKovets.

Note 50i, p. 246, L 2&.-->Ci«ro was named Marcos Tultins Cieero. See
ala» c. xriiL $ 2.

Note ei, p. 24», \. S. — In the Cott. MS. the following woids ar^inserted
after j-pfwcoo, before pit:: ^ >a cpe&IS ic hfcet; hfl»bbe ic foju^SKeu Wef H
pit sBp rpjMBcea. )m cp^ he." pm, &e. For the reason bofbve glTvny in
note 57, they are Mot ineorporated in the present text.

Note 62, p. 252, 1. 20.<~S^r a»&Si^ is rendered *< iBtelligQBce," in coa-
formity with the Latin. By ktelligentia^ BoetMos meant the highest
degree of knowledge.

Note S9, p. 256v 1. 15.--By the expreswon " prone cattle," which is the
translation of *^ bpojia nytxnn," those animals are meant which have their
faces turned towards the ground.

Note 64, p. 266, k 1, c. xlii.— ¥op J>y pe fceolbon, &c. "Therefore we
ought," &c. — ^This, which is the last chapter of King Alfred's translation
of Boetfaiiis, and which Is very interestHig, ^is almost entirely the royal
author's own.

Note 65, p. 260, 1. 1 — Dpihtem nlmihti^a Cob, &e. *^0 Lord God,
Almighty," &c. — ^This prayer, which is added at the end of the Bodleian
MS. in a later hand, was not appended to the Cottonian MS.

Note 66, p. 263, 1. 1, — Duf -^Ij^ieb uf. — ^This introduction, which was
prefixed to the Cottonian MS., was scarcely the production of King Alfred
himself, although it is an additional proof, if any were wanting, that he
was the translator of Boethius, and the author of the metrical version.
What is usually called the prose version of Boethius, contains the metres,
but the translation is not in verse, although from the nature of the subject
it nearly approaches poetry. King Alfred, it is supposed, wrote the prose
when harassed with those "various and manifold worldly occupations
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inglyoomplaiiiB; and when he had OTercome the difficalties which beset
him, he reduoed the translation of the metres to that form in which they
have been handed down to ne, being at once a monament of royal indostzy,
And a pnre specimen of the poetry of the Ang^o-Saxoos.

Note 67, p. 264. — ^Hetre I. — ^What is here termed Metre L is rather an
original introdnction of King Alfred to the subsequent poem. The work of
Boethins commences with a metre zeUtiye to his misfortunes, without
alludiog to the cause of them :

" Carmine qui quondam studio florente peregi,
Mebilis, heu, mnstos cogor inire modos.**

As the whole of the Anglo-Saxon metres are too paraphrastic to be strictly
called translations, it appears to be the simplest arrangement to number
them from this.

Note 68, p. 264, 1. 25. — Linb-piSenbe. — literially, fighting under shields
made of the linden, or lime-tree. Linb in its primary signification is the
linden, or lime-tree, TUia arbor; and in its secondary, or metaphorical
sense, it is a standard, or banner, as well as a shidd. A similar meta-
phorical use is made of the word jp^ an ash-tree. It often signifies a
spear or javelin; ».e. a weapon made ol ash.

Note 69, p. 270, 1. 1. — ^iBala )>u f cippenb. — ^This metre, which contains
an address to the Dsity, is a happy production of King Alfred*8 muse.
With regard to Mr. Tumer*s observation, that King Alfred's prose transla-
tion of the metres of Boethius has more inteHectual energy Uian his verse^
it may be remarked, that thb is not singular. We usually find much
^n^eater energy in blank ^^erse than in poetry, which is fettered with
rhyme. This may be exemplified by taking one of the poems ascribed to
Ossian, and reducing it to the regular laws of verse. Mr. Turner, however,
does justice to our author, by saying, *^ There is an infusion of moral mind
and a graceful ease of diction in the writings of Alfred, which we shall
look for in vain to the same degree and effect among the other remains of
Anglo-Saxon poetry." — History of the Anglo-Saxons, b. v. ch. iv.

Note 70, p. 807, 1. 1. — Cala mm Dpihten. — ^This metre contains an-
other address to the Deity, which, like the former one, is extremely beau-
tiful. The Latin metre, beginning, qui perpetu& mundum ratione
gubemas, is so amplified, that the Anglo-Saxon version of it may be con-
sidered an original composition.

Note 71, p. 848, 1. 4. — »p bomef bnjsis ; before dome's day. — ^Dome's
day signifies the day of judgment: being derived from beman, to judge.
From hence also is derived our English verb, to deem, t.e. to form a judg-
ment or opinion.

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GLOSSARY.

it, ever

Tdbdsan, to offend

Xbepan, to bear

?Cbe)>eaan, to find hidden

Xbibbau, to pray

^ibitan, to bite, to devour

SCblenb, blinded

7n)lenban, to blind

TCbpecan, to break, to spoil, to take

by storm
TSb^ebian, to remove, to open

^^^1 to prepossess, to occupy

SCcelan, to cool

Xcennan, to bring forth, to beget ;

iCcennebnef , birth
S'efunS) an asking, a question
Xcprlan, to die

SCbimmian, to make dim, to darken

^Sbl, a disease

TCbon, to take away, to banish

TCbpencan, to drown

TCbpeosan ')

Sbpeohan > to endure, to tolerate

Xbpiohan J

^[l^pan, to drive away, to drive

XbpKfcan, to quench, to dispel

^, law

jEa, a river, water

^cep, a field
^bpe, a vein
JEbfcetLftiy a new creation
Myea, the evening, even
^)%n-fteoppa, the evening star
^pen-tibe, the evening
JEiyejtf ever
Mp^ again
^pcep, after
^Ftqi-sens>^ a snooessor
JKytepjiti, second
^jrtep-n>ypian, to examine, to in-

quire after
MfpetLpbnef, absence
^, an egg
.^hp»)>ep, both
JE'SJiyibeji, on every side
.^liponoii, everyway, everywhere
Mgj^ji, either, both, each
^he, property, possessions
.^c, each

JElcpssftiS, all skilful
JBlens, long ; To aslense, too long

^Imq*, alms
wSUmihtiS'^ the Almight^r
JStoBp, good, sound, perfect
.^>eobe, a foreigner
JEl^eobiSf foreign

Mae, once

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MnbemefCt eqnallj

n^^ [ only, excellent, aingalar

honour, wealth

Kn J

^p» ere, ever, before

JEpenb, an errand

^penb-seppic, a letter, a mMaafe

Mpeft, first

^pleft, S'pleajt, iniquity, impiety

^p-mopS^iif early morning

JEpnepeSf a course

JGpnms, a running

JGp-tibe, timely

JGfppms, a fountain

^M, noble

^)>elcunbnef9 noU«ic»'

M\>ehaigy a prtece, a miMiiitM

^>elo, nobilitjt naftiva cooatiy

^tne, Etna

^tpican, ta twit,, to refRroadft

^pelm, a fountain

'Xjmptoky to make afraid

TCpepeb, afraid

3!]:»]*tnian, to iz

3!]:anbian, to discover, to tzp«ieiic0

3!]:eban, to feed, to lastruct

Sjreoppian "^

^Ipeppaa f to take away, ta put

3!pppan I away, to depart

SjTpan )

Syeprcean, to become fresh

Xjylan, to defila

^jryppan, to romave to a dis^awas

^an, to own, to i

^S^lan, to hinddr

g^°j one's own

Simian, to appropviate
S^yjran, to give back
THiebban, to raise
3!ht-auht, aught, anythmg
Shpap f

3!hponan > anywhere, anywise
ffpep i

Xhp»psen, everywhere
^pep]reb, turned
^poppen, see Dpeoppin
TOabian, to make excuse for
7a»ban, to lead away, to mislead
3n»tan, to let go, to lose, to relinquish
THbop, a chief

TQecsan, to lay aside, to retract, to
confine

TDeojaa, to tell lies

^efenb, a Redeemer

TOlunsa, altogether

Xlpealba, the Omnipotent

TQyran, to set free

TQyftan, to desire

TCmbeht^ a service

^!mepian, to prove

TTmetan, to mete owt, to mearara

3!meppan, to hinder, to mislead, to

distract, ta canmpt
3'n, one

3!nw)>elan, to diakonoiUy to degrade
Xnbib, waiting
3'nbinban, to unbind
^noop, aA anchor
TCnba, envy, enmity, revenge
^nbepi,. meaaurtr proportion
Xnbettan, to confess

Snb^t Jsenseormeaning undtr-
!SDCtt; > ^^*"^*°& nitelhgence
Trnbsetjrull, discerning
SnbsitpduUce, deady
XnblanSt along
Xnbkjrene, food
ffnbpyjTi, respectable
TTnbf aciStfi, to deny

TTnbpe^^ present

TCnbpkt, form

TTnbpkta, the countenance

^njrealb, onefold, simple, singly

existing
^jrealbnef, oneness, unity

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'XnjojiltttBii, to lose^ to iBradie^ to
relinquish

TPnSehc, like
^n^m, a begiimii^
TPnsmnan, to begin
Xnhealban, to obaom, to koop
ainhebbaa, toliliiq^
'XnhCj a^ome, only
'XhhcJSkB
TPnlicnef, fona,

blanoe
'Rosndbbotf
TCnnef , ooaBtn, writ j
^nj-cunian, to shun
^nf enban, to send
TCnf ettan, to impose
Tinpn, a view
TCnunsa, at once

Kayaiban, to rale

TCnpalbeS, powerful
Snpealba» a ge^evaor
S^npillice, otetinately
^npunian, to dweU alone

7Pp»bfin > to search out, to diMOfvr,
TCpebijui ) to coBJeeture
7Cp»}:nan, to bear, to sostais
TTpeccan, to declare, to eaqilain
TTpetan, to ddight
3!p}:apan, to depart
TTpian, to honour
Spleafnef , impiety
Sphce, honourably
Sppyp^, venetable,

honour

^ppyp)>a, a venerable jMrsoii
TCppJTi'Snej', honour, dignity
TCfapan, to sow
Spcian, to ask

TTf cipan, to sepatato, to be safe
7S!fcoptian, to shorten, to beeome

shorter
3'f cupan, to repel
TTf CUDS) an askings an inquiry

^P2Jto.l«rpen,toadom

deaerviDg of

TTfinsan, to sing
3!|*lupan, to slip away
TTfmeasan, to inquire
TTrppinsan, to bnak, ^rwpriagmit
Sypyhsan, to wash
^rpypi^D* to seek, to «plon:
i^iytipcian, to ext«miBot»
3!ftisan, to ascend

^rtypian, to 8tir» to moYC, to agitaii

TCjTa, an ass

^^'peotole, clearly

^i^nban, to OMrrato, to peridi

'Sjjjobjaatk, to separate

TDselan, to reckon, to count

^^nuan, to mako tame

:S!teon, to attract, to draw, to aBara

!?r5, an oath

T^nmOf to extend

^S>eojt:pian ) to beoorae daiit, to

7S}>y|4^an ) obfloaia

?^fical»o, to wasay to wewy

3!>y, therefore

i&nhte, intent npoa, attraetod to

S^oo-or, to draw oat

^[^cpeiiblob, rolled

TCoht, aught

!Sa^, either

TCpeccan, to awaken, to exeiie

Xpcgaa, to move away, to tarn

aside, to agitate
Spenban, to turn aside
Xpeojipan, to cast away, to degfado
Spep, anywhere
TTpinban, to strip off
Xprnnao, to eoutend
7Cpi])Seb, execrable
TTppitan, to write oat
TCpypcan, to do
XpyjKCpalian, to root out
3!xe, ashes

Ba,both

Btetan, to bxidlo

Bale, a heap

Balo, wicked

Bam, dative of Ba, to both

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Ban, a bone
Bap, ban
Be, by

Beabu-pinc, a adldier
Beas, a crown
Bealcecan, toenict
Beam, a beam, a tree
Beapn, a child
Beapnleft, childlefls
Beatan, to beat

J^J^*" 1 to command, to bid, to

Biobon J ^^"^
Bebob, a commandment

2^^ a book; also Bee, pL books

Bec-Lebene, Latin

Becnan, to denote

Beqieopan, to creep

Becuman, to happen, to befal, to

come to, to enter
Becyppan, to torn
Bcb»lan, to divide, to depriye, to be

destitute
Bqpsftan, to commit
Be^n, to catch hold of, to indode
Be]»pan, before
Besaii, to follow

B^can, to beget, to get, to obtain
Bcsons, a coarse
Behealban, to behold, to observe, to

keep
Beheapan, to cut off
Bdiepi, necessaiy
Behdian, to cover, to conceal
Behinban, behind
Behopan, to behove, to render fit or

necessary
Behpepjran, to torn, to prepare
Bdicsan, to surround
Behmpan, to belong to, to appertain
Belucan, to lock up
Ben»man, to deprive
Benusan, to enjoy.
Beny^an, beneath
Beo, a bee
Beon, to be

Beopn, a man

Beophc, bright

Beophtsnef , brightness

Beppenan, to iHnk

Bepan, to bear; p. p. sebo]»en

Bc]UBban, to rid from

Bepeapan ) to bereave, to deprive,

Bepyjtm \ to strip

Btfxjhaat, to look upon

B^-eoD, to look about, to look upon

Bcf hpan, to impose, to put upon

Bejmitan, to pollute, to defile

B^x»ps, dear, beloved

Bertypmian, to agitate

Bei-picBD, to deceive, to betray

Bej^nmman, to swim about

Bee, better

Bedua, to improve

Beterta,best

BennSt a cable

Berpuns, amendment

BetTC, best

Betjyeox'l

Bet^mh > betwixt, between, among

Betjmz J

Beheapfan, to need, to want

B^pian, to guard, to defend

B^w^an, to cover

BepKS'U^^ui, surrounded

B^alpian, to wallow

Bqntan, to keep, to observe

Beppisan, to cover, to conceal

Bepyppan, to cast

Bibban, to pray, to compel

Bipan, to shake, to tremble

Bil, a bill, a sword

Bil-pnbe, blood-red sword

Bilepit, gentle, mercifol

Bileptnef , simplicity

Binban, to Imid

Bmnan, witJnn

Bio-bpeab, bee-bread, honeycomb

Biophto S

Biphmef > brightness

Biphtn J

Bnx I "^ o<»»*P*t»on

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BirSftn* to employ, to be employed,

to be husy
Birsui>Sf An oocnpation
Birmepian, to scoff at, to xeproacfa,

to revile
Birman, to set an example
BirpeU, a fable
Bifpic, a deceit, a snare
Bicep, bitter
Bitepnef , bitterness
Bipift, provisions, food
Blac, black, pale

Blate, widely, everywliere

Blapan, to blow, to blossom

Blenbian, to blind

Bleep, colour

Blican, to glitter

Bhnb, blind

Blioh, hue, beanty

Bhj*, bliss, pleasure

Bh>e, blithe, merry, joyful

Bli'Snef, joy, enjoyment

Blob, blood

Blopna, a blossom, a flower

Boc-cp»)%, book-learning

Boba, a messenger

Bobian, to announce, to proclaim

g^* I a bongh, a branch

Bopb, a bank

Bopen, bom ; p. p. of bepan

Boc, repentance

5}II^( broad, extended

Bpsban, to spread; p. p. bpa^^ftn
Bpttbms, spreading
Bjieccan, to break
Bpeb, a board
Bpeso, a ruler

Bpinsan, to bring

B^ \ • ^^^^' affliction, miseiy

Bpocian, to afflict

Bposa, a prodigy

Bpofnienbe, perishable

SK} •"«>«-

Bpacan, to use, to e^joy
Bpnn, brown
Bpyb, a bride
BpyP"^! Ji« governs
Buenb, an inhabitant
Bufan, above
Bngian, to inhabit
Baps-pttenb^
Bups-papa V a citizen
Bnph-papu )
Baph )
Bupis [ a city
Bypis;

Bapna, a stream
Butan, without, external

BuS^}^'**'^®^®*^^?*
Biita,both
Bnitpvihc, between
Bycsan, to buy
Bypnan, to bum

Laf, active
Lareptiin, an endoeure

Lahan, to be cold

Lamp-fteb, a camp, a field of

battle
Lapitola, a chapter
Lap, care
Lapcepn, a prison
Lealb, cold

Lehhettuns, scorn, laughter
Lempa, a soldier
Lene, brave
Leopjran, to cut
Leopl, a husbandman, a man

Leofan, to choose; perf. S^c^^pCi
chose

n^man } * ^^''^^^ * chapman
Lepan, to catch, to subdue

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Left ^ a ipMe ol tun^ a tea;
Lieppev set fpumfui cq»]«, in
LJTi 3 the first iiutanc«
Lqijuui, to r0tan» t* deyart

M^J. child

Hits, a germ, a sbooi

£A|>a-leaf, witbMit a ahooi

Uam, a fetter

LU«, cloth ; pi. XUtmir* doiku

L]»n, pure, dean

Ll»nlic, purfi^ Tirtnous

Llnnnef, virtue, chastitj

^g°P;;^|toc.ll,tocry,t..p«k

Llif, adiff

Llipan, to deave, to Jidbere

Llub, a rofik

Lluffcep, a cell

Lniht, a ymithf a dfl^ Mi '^

tendant
Lmht-hab, childhood
Lnobao, to dedicate
Lnol, a hill, a knoU
Lol, cool
Lonbd, a candle
LoDfol, a consul
Ijojin, a grain

Lop>ep, a naUUnda, « comfimy
XjOYP, a fetter
Eoftnims, a temptaBon
EiO'Shce, truly, surelj
XjpmpB, cralt, ax^ virtue

5p*J2D the Creator, a wttfanan,

Lp»]rtis, crafty, akilinl, viriHOitt
Upeaca, a Greek

Hpijt:, Christ

Lpiftenbom, ChriafaendoB^ Chria-

tianity
Lnlpian, to cringe
Unma, a comer, a gneit, a ttttanger
J^unan, to come
Hmman, to know
Lumuan, to inquire, to search
Xnni, luMnfn
Lnhan, to Jmo v

ryaman, to ia^goiab, to waate

Lp»>an)

Lpe|>an > to uij, to apeak

Lpelmian, to kill

Lpeman, to please.

Lpen, a queen

Lpic 1

Lpuc > living, alive

Lpuca)

Lpibbim^, a n^rt, a speech

Ljnbe, a sa3ang, a ^aach, a doctxine

Lyle, cold

Lyme, coming

Lyn, kin, kiadrad, kind

Lyn, proper

Lyna, a deft, a duak

Hynejtol, the king's dwdlmg-fdace,

the metropolis
LynuiSi a king
Lynpen, a kind, a geMeatioii, a

family cooESft
Lypepa, a kind of fish
Hyrpan, to fettoc, to bind
Ly|T, exceUeacc^ i^plwdoiir
L }% ) knowledge a r^^ion, a ooua-
Ly**) try
Ly>an, to show, to make knoano, to

relate

D.
Dflsb, a deed, an action

pS^J secret, vaksmm, lAstnue

of days

Dsel, a part

Dapu, an injury, a hsirt

Deab, dead

gS^4 deadly, «a.Ul

Deals, death
Deap, dare
Xjclffw, "to 'dig
Delfepe, a digger
Dem, an injury

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Pema, a judge
Peman, to fudge
Dene, a valley
Deojrel, the devil

Deoplicop, deeper, more deeply
Dioplice, deeply

g-P; a wad beast

gj2^|dear,pr^oiiB

Deoplins 7 a daitiag, «

Dioplins 3 one %«knred

Deoji-cyn, wild beMA kind

Deoppeon«)

Deoppupt) > pfwaou, onr

Deoppyp^ J

Deoppup'Snq*, a tvtaiiiM

Depian, to injure

Dieselner, a recess, a secsitplaee

Dij;ellice, secretly

Dim, dim, dark

DioSol, secret, prcffoiaA

Diop-bopen, ^Myhaim

Diope, dearly

Dohtep, a daughter

Dom, a judgmeot, a decne

Domepe, a judge

Domef-bies, doomsday

Don, to do, to make

Dopften, durst

Dpeam-cpwfC, the art of looiic

Dpeamepe, SLtasakaaa.

5^^*^ I to afflict, to tcamfint
Dpeccean J

Dpefan, to vex, to trouble

SJ?^^ I drink
Dpynci

DpeoSan, to suffer

DpeopiS, dreary

Dpeofenb, perishable

Dpi >

DpiS >• dry

Dpipan, to 'Mwe, to pwsae, t* «n
cise

Dpihten, the Lor4

Dpiht-pima, s %

Dpuicin, te diiafc

Dj-ohtat$, conversation, msMif

Dpycp»fC, magicd art

Dpycp»)tiS) skilful in soreery

Dpyssnm, the dregs

Dn^an, to be honest, te ^efit

Dn^iCfi, iMOon; jui omaaea^

DnSutS, viitBDiis, bofMorable

Dun, a hill, a mountain

Dunman, to obscwe, to make fan

Diippe, darest thou ? See Deep

Dnpu, a door

Dpehan ) to waader, te deeeire, to

Dpohan 3 mislead

Dpolema, a chaoe

Dybepian, to delude

Dynt^ a blow, a-crah

Dypi

Dyps >fooliA

Dyrs J

Dyjiaii,toke€)Mildi
DypS, folly, error
Dy]*isa, a fiMdlidi ponon

ea, a river

eac, also

eaca, an addition

Cacan, to incnaw

eaben, granted, ordained

eabis, happy, blessed, peifeet •

eefb^hc, perfect

edbisnef, happineai

eabmobhee, humbly^ MrfnuniMy

^WlawiJdT^r

epop J

eapopa, a son
eage, an eye
eala, alas !

eoibr^^

ealb-r»bep, a grandfather
ealbop-man, an alderman, A

ealb-piht, an old ffi|^
eall,aU

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ealleri tetany, altogetlMr
eallunsa, altogethmr, entirdj, at all

ealo,ale

ei^ an ear

eapb, native soil

CKpb-ptyt, settled, permanent

eapbian, to dwell, to inhabit

eaperotS )

eap|x>'5 > difficult

eapFotOic)

eapfo1$nef , a difficulty

ea]i)ro^ difficulties

^ApSi weak, timid

eap-s«blonb, the sea

eapm, an arm

eapm, wretched, poor

Capmins > the miserable, the

epmrns y wretched

eapmkc, miserable

eapmkce, wretchedly, meanly

eapm'S)

eopm'Sy poverty, calamity

epm'S )

eapnian, to labour, to earn

eapnonSi a means, a deserving, an

earning
eaft, the east
eafteji, Easter
eaft-peapb, eastward

ea'Smeban, to adore, to be moved

with adoration
ealSmeb, humble

Cap, oh !

eax, an axis

ebban, tb ebb, to recede

ebbe, the ebb, the receding of

water
Cce, eternal
ecs, an edge

eblean, a reward
6bnipian, to renew
GbyceajZy a new creation

ebpt, a reproach
efen-beopht, equally bright
epae, even
epihc, equal
ejt:, again

eft-cunuui, to come again, to re-
turn
ese^fear
ege-pill, terrible
egefa, terror
egej-hc, horrible, terrific
eglian, to ail, to grieve
egop-ftpeam, the sea
ehtan, to pursue
eib, an age, time
eibaj*, men. See ylb
eibpan, parents, ancestors
eibuns, delay
eilen, courage, fortitude
eUenbe, a fordgn land
eUef, else

eipenb, an elephant
ei)>eobiS, foreign
embe-syp^<^ to encompass
emhce, equally, evenly .

enmeC *^®"' smooth, equally
emman, to make equal
6mea, leisure
Cnbe, an end

enbebypban, to set in order
enbebypbhce, orderly
enbdeaf, encUess, infinite

enbian, to end-
en^el, an angel
enjE^hfC, English
eof^?!, evil
e<)jil, an earl, a chief

^'^f I the earth

eoptJhc, earthly
eopl>an-fceac, the earth
eop9-pape, an inhabitant' of the

earth
eopian, to show
eopp, your. See ]>tt

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eplan, to plough, to tiU
erne, a man
Bftj a decree
^tok, to eat

^j^|mo«ea8fly

e>e, easy

ej>el, a conntry, soil, a native place

e|>ehce, eaaily

e)>el-ftol, the metropolis

e^nef , ffvonr, easincM

Facn, deceit, a stratagwn
Faebep, a father

Jgr J glad, happy

F»s^ H "^*^*'*' *° "^ '^'

F»Sepnef, fairness, beanty

Fnpbii, colour

Fwpelb, a way, a coutse, a going

Fwpmsa, suddenly

Fsphce, suddenly

FsjtS ^a't, firm, constant, sure

Frnfcxa, to fast

F»fte, firmly

Fsften, a fastness, a citadel

Fsfthc, firm, constant

Fsfdice, firmly

Ftojtnej*, firmness

Fnfcnian, to fasten

Fssft-pnb, inflexible

Fnft-psebhc, constant

Trnft-iuebueff a fixed state of mind,

resolution
Fapan, to vary
FamiS, foamy
Fana, a temple
Fanbisan, to try, to explore, to find

out

Fat:, a vessel

Fealban, to fur], to fold up

FeaUan, to fall

Fealpum, to ripen

Feajniffeni

Feapji, a bull

Feban, to feed

Fejrep, a fever

Fela I

FeolaC°^»"y

Felb, a field

FelS, a felly

FdtUD, a dunghill

Fenn, a fen

Feoh, money

Feoh-sitfepe, a covetous man

Feonb ? - .

Fienb J • ^^^ »° ^*™^

Feop 1

Fe<^pan war

^^ -. J
Feope I

Feoph Wife

Flop J

Feopfian, to prolong, to go far

Feop1$, the fourth

Feopep, four

Feopqi-healf, the four sides

|^«; the mind

FeplS-loca, the breast
Fee, fat, fed
Fe&el,abelt

Fe]>e, walking, the act of going on
foot

F*^ \ * ^®**^®^' * ^"«

Fl^an}*<>^»^

Fiepen-pil, wicked, full of crimes

Fiep-fete, four feet

Fi]cel-)%peam, the FIfel stream

Fifta, the fifth

Fmban, to find

Fmsep, the finger

FiounSy hatred

Fiopep-fet, four-footed

Fipaf , men

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Vipfty a space of time
Fippet-Seopn, being inqaiBiUv*
Fifc, a fish
Fifcian, to fish
Fipca, physics, phjsict
Firt, a song
Fl»rc, flesh
Flsfdic, fleshly

Ficon \ to fly, to flee, to fly f rem

riion J

Fleopan, to flow

Fhonbe, fleeting

Fktan, to coatand

Flob, a flood

Flop, a floor

Fobbep, fodder

Folc, a people

Folc-cut$, known to nations, cele-
brated

Folc-gcji'S, a nobleman

Folc-sepin, battle-fray

Folcifc the vulgar, a man

Folban-fceat, the earth

Folb-buenb, an inhabitaat of the
earth

Folbe, the ground, the earth

Folsa'S, service

Folsepe, a follower, an atteadant

Fon, to take, to undertake^ to begiii

Fop, for

Fopb»paxs to forbear, to eUow, to

pass over
Fopb»pnan, to bum, to bum up

Fopbi^^ \ *^ ^^^^^^' *^ ^""^"^
Fopbepftan, to buret
Fopl^ieban, to proatEat% to o^er*

throw
Fopbusan, to avoid
Fopceapan, to bite oflf
Fopcu^, wicked
FopcutSpa, inferior
Fopcp»}>an, to censure
Fopcyppan, to avoid
Fopbon, to destroy
Fopbpijran, to drive out
FopbjnsMi, to drf ttp

Fopbpilman, to oonfoand

Fopealbian, to wax old

Fope-m»pe, eminent, iUuitrioiu

Fope-maeplic, eminent

Fope-mBepnej", renown

Fopefceapian, to IbreAMnr, to fef«>
see

FoperceafruBS, foresbewia^ piovS-
dence, foreknowledge

Fo]iej*eupen^« diahooonr

Fo]iefppasc, a defence

Foperppeca, an advocate

Foperppeccn, forespoken

Fope-tacn, a foretoken

Fope->encean ) to despair, to dis-

Fope-)>encaa 3 truat

Fope-hnsian, to plead for. to de*
fend

Fope->onc, forethctight, -provideaoe

Fopetiohhuns, predestinatioA

Fope-pnsan, to fbreknow

FopSijran, to forgive, to give

Fopsitan, to forget

Fopsylban, to recompense

Fophcfllban, not to keep, to loae, to
withhold

Fophelan, to conceal

FophqieSiaBi to lay waate, to de-
stroy

Fophojian, to neglect

FojihtiED I to fxjghtoi, to be

Fophtigan 3 afraid

Fophpypjran, to pervert, to iduu^
for the worse

Fopls&ban, to conduct^ to tnl^l^^

Foplntan ) to permit, to lelinqulah,

Fopletan \ to lose^ to leave

Fopleofan, to lose

Foplisan, to commit foniioatio&

Foplopen, lost

Foplurthce, gladly, willingly

Fo{^a ( ^"'
Fopneah, almost
Fopon, before
Fop^itiiel, foremcmer
Fopfceeppan, to transform
Fopfceotan, to anticipate
Fopfeapian, to wither
FopreoD, to overlool^ to demise

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Fopflajnan, to be slow, to be «««

Tvilling
FopfleaD, to slay
Fopftanban, to witlMtaad,t»tnidir'-

stttd^ to avatt
Fopftehan, to steal
Fopfpel^an, to swallow up
Fopnnsian, to paas ovw in siliBM
Fop"^ forth

Fop>am I for that nasoa, be*
Fop>ffim>e 5 cause
Fopt^piDSan, to bring Isrtl^ to pto*

dvLC% to ttcconipHsh
Fop'$-):opl»t«iiejv free pcmanieB,

license
Fop'S-sepiran, to depart, to die
FopiSpa* further, worsa
Fophpiccan, to oppress, to tread

under
Fopjiy, therefore
Foptpupian, to be pvssiisiptaoM) to

be over- confident
FoptpupuDS, presumption
Foppeopnian, to refuse
Foppeopl>an > to be undone, to
Foppupl>an S P^nah
Foppeop'SpiUic, excellent
Foppypb, destruction, damage
Foppypnan, to forewarn
Fo]t«p-]:»bep, a foster-father
Fo]t«p-mobop, a foster-mother
Fot, a foot
Fox, a fox
Fpam, from

Fpam-Sep^iauit to depart
^Epea, a lord

Fpea-bpih&en, a supieBM toed
Fpecen '\
Fpecenbhc !.^^ „aw^m
Fpecenbc >■ dangerous

Fpecn f

Fpecennej*, danger, peril

Fpejrpian, to comfort

Fpe^nan ) to ask, to iaqiiin» to

Fpi^nian J know by

Fpemb, foreign, outer
Fpeme, profit, advantage
F^iemeb, a strangv
Fpemman, to effect, to do^ to paN
petrate

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Fpeo "I
Fpeoh
Fpis Vfrea
Fpio

FpeoboDs^

Fpiobom > freedom

Fpybom j

Fpeohce, freely *

Fpeolfian, to set ftvi ; p. p. SfFl^^fo^

Fpeonbl

Fpienb k a friend

Fpynb J

FpitJ, peace

Fpil>ian, to protect

FpitJ-ftop, an asylum, a ref age

Fpofep, consolation, comfort

Fpom-peapb, away from, a depart-
ing

Fpuma, the begiaittng, the origin

Fpum-fceaft, the origin, the first
cause

Fpum-ftol, an original statioa, a
preper residence

FpymtJ, the beginning

Fusel, a fowl, a bird

Ful, foul, impure

Fulfpemeb, perfect

Fuljrpemebnef, perfection

FuljTienuan \ to perform, to ac-

FuljTiemman y corai^sh

Fu^an, to follow up, to fulfil, to ac-
complish ; perf. pil-eobe

Full, full

FuDice, fully

FullnltfB, baptism

Full-pypcan, to oomplete

Fulneah, nearly, foU nigh

Ful-piht, fall right

Fultpupian, to confide

Futeom, help

Fultumian, to help, to auppoft

Fimbum, to strive, to try, to tend -to

Fuji, a furrow

Fyllan, to fiU
Fylft, help

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«ypM)f ficrjr

'■* left, at all, at most

If, ftine

, to f npport, to promote

i;abepian)to gather, to join, to

Ijr«bpian 5 resort

Babep&anSi oontinaons, united

Irtslui, to astonish, to hinder

Irtspf, grass

Ikipol, tribute

Ikdan, to siog

I^sJbop, an incantation

Lalncf , Inst

Iiamen, sport, pleasure

CmpfecSf the ocean

I^fC, the loul, the spirit

Kajtlic, ghostly, spiritual

Cajidice, spiritaallj

LeacfiaD, to aslc, to find ont by

asking
Iieabo]!, together

]g^;^| to .bide, tow.lt for

Leanbpypban, to aoswer
Leap, the year
Ijeap-mvlom, yearly

^•Jlji formerly, certainly

Ijeappot?, difficult
Ijeajio, prepared, ready
Keapo-pita, intellect, understanding
Ijeapjnan, to prepare
Lea}xuns, asldog, inquiry
Ijeae-peapb, a gatekeeper
Iiebnpan, to behave
Ijebeacnian, to point out, to nod
Ijebeb, a prayer
Lebeb-man, a beadsman, a man em-

SS^J^o-'-y

ployed in prayer
^bek

Kebelsan, to be angiry
Lebephtan, to enlighten
Iiebe&an, to improve, to make
amends

Lebibban, to pray
Cebmban, to bind
CeUenban, to blend, to mingle, to

pollute
Lcbhffian, to r^oice
Irebob, a command
Crebpsban, to spread

5SS} *«'"'-«

Cebnsan, to bend

Ijebypb, birth, family, origin

Ijebypinn, to happen, to come to

pass
lieoeofan, to choose; p. p. secopen
Ijeoeppan ) to turn, to have re-
Ijecyppan ) course to
Ijeduenfian, to deanie
Ctecnanan, to know, to discover
Ifecoplic, fit, proper

Ijecynb, nature, kind, manner

I«ec^be, natural

Ce<7nbehce, naturally

Ijecy)>an, to make known

I«e<yS)>e, a country

IkbT

Lib V a song

LybJ

Ijeba]:«nlic, seemly

Ijebid, a separation

Lebefe, fit, suitable

Ijebon, to finish, to complete

Lebpvpief ^

Iicbpepebnef > trouble

Lebpepief )

Lebpepin, to disturb

Lebpelan > to mislead, to decdve,

Lebpelisan ) to seduce

Lebpola, error, heresy

Iicbpol-mift, the mist of error

5^^^^^ j to «m., to deserve

Leeapnuns, merit, desert
Leecan, to make addition
Leebmpian, to renew
Leenbebypban, to set in order
Leenbian, to end, to finish

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Hreenbobhc, that which will end

Ijreeopiau, to disoover, to show

I^ejrasen, glad

Ij^pan, to go, to travel, to die

I^]cea, J07, gladness

lirqpesan > to join, to unite, to com-

Crqresean) pose

Ijefdian, to feel

Ijejpeoht, a fight, war

ljq«pa, a companion

Ij^eppnben, companionship

Ci^Mijnpe, a society

Ije^lit, a contention

JJefOD, to recdye, to take, to catch

Lqrpeban, to feel

Ijefpehnef , the feeling

C^pp^S^ mind, opinion

Ijej'pm'se, celebrated

Ij^rpeban, to perceiTe

Befpemian, to finish, to folfil, to
perpetrate

Ifejrpeosan, to set free

Kefuleumian, to help

LeiyllEn, to fill, to fulfil, to satisfy

Erefypn, long ago

LcfTJi'Spum, to promote, to improve

Irtsabepian

I^sbepum

I^Snb^aii

Lesabepnns* a gathering, a collec-
tion

^;«« I to decorate

Cesonsan, to pass through
CeSpApian, to touch
CeSpipan, to seize
I^esjrjnan, to clothe ; p. p. S^S^^
I^hasan, to promise
Cehssj^m, to bind, to enslave
Keheolban, to hold, to keep, to pre-
serve
Iiehebe, seized
Ijehelpan, to help, to assist
l^ehentan, to pursue, to seize
Ceheopan \

Lehypan )

1)

gather, to unite,
to bring together

I^hepeb, heard, applauded
Ijehepeub, a hesrer
Cehepnef , the hearing
Cehicsan > to seek after, to regard,
Cehycsen ) to discover
Ijehipan, to form
Cehpeofan, to fall
Lehpinan, to touch

5^5;;^} every one

Crehp8d)>eper» everywhere

Ijehpibeji, everywhere

Ijehyban, to hide

Creh JTifum, obedient

Cehyjifonmef, obedience

Cehypft, adorned

Ixdac, an assembly, a collection

Ijelanbian, to approach

Celasban, to lead

Kelnpan, to teach, to instruct

fielnftan, to continue, to perform

Celea]», belief

CeleajTul, faithful

Iieleaman, to recompense

Celieopman, to learn

Celettan, to hinder, to cause delay

Celic, a likeness

Celic, like, suitable

Celice* likewise

Celicsan, to lie

Iieliman, to cement, to unite

Iielimpan, to happen

Celi>an, to sail, to move

Iielome, often

IielonS) on account of

I^p-fca|>a, a proud wretch

&ely|t«b, pleased with, desirous of

CemsBC, a yoke-fellow, a mate

CemssIS, greatness

I^emssne, common, general

Cemasnehce, in common -

I^em»pe, a boundary

Iienusppan, to praise

I^maS) a relation

Cemal-m»s^n«> a multitude

^^J to attend, or care for

Cemana, a company

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Lemeapciaiit to ftf^otet, t» diitr^

mine bounds
EremelefC, neg UgMoa
CemcB, cam
Kemei^ui, ta Mix, to wteflB^ teJc^I^ipnan J

form
IVemet, measure
I^mec, docile, nMst^ soitaUfl
I^metan, to meet, to find
tiemetftbjz, modest, modetai*
Iremetsuui» to, aio6aiat%to nsoUta
CremersunS* « o^>» ystl wi» meaaiun
Iremedic, suitable^ flfe, aoteailfli
Iremons, among
ISemot, an iMeinMy
Lemnnan, to rem— ber
Lemonbb^pbaii, t* ptotaci
Iremyob, miMiory
Lemynbgian, to remamber
t>emyBbp^)»ev mamarable^ virthj

of naMmbxaaea
I^neahfne, near
ISenealncan, to ajiproaeh
Tiene\>&n, to aabdoa
Leniman, to take, to concaiTt

n^noh} siifficlenfly, enou^
Ifenyban, to eompal
I^nyht, abundance

w^ > formerly, anciently

Iieoc, a yoke
^ Leocra, a sighing

gSi^^Jtheyolkofanegg

Leolecaii, to alhirs
ISeoHiepnns, lasBenlation
tieompe, sorrowfal
t^mpian, to gfltve^ to
Leonb, thvovgh, ovar
Leonb-hheaDy to enUghtan
Leonb-fcinan, to aWne thio«gh
Leonb-plitan, to look

yond
Leopeniaa, to open
I^pn, desirous

T^j^e] «a™«8tly, wUUngly
Leopnpill, desirous, anxious, diligent

. of«r« ar bo-

IrtO|Hi]r«lhc«w YMy aamoatlx
I>op]ipilika)r, e af—ta s oB, oKPtAjr

SnwSa'* V**^ desire anxloody, tp

yearn

I^eapnUc* aaracst
Heopnhce, studioasly, e ai - naaU y
t^ptpupiBD, to deapair
t^eot)

^. [y^

Lyt)

I^tan, to melt, to pour

Lepab, consideration, acasdKUm

Lepab, considerad, aooitituked

]jciMfefopc» pradeMo

Lepncan, to seize

Tiefimjz, distiMta<

Ijepeapan, to take ^ ffBroo

Ijepeapan, to bin4

Ijepec, goyensMBt, coxreciioOt akin

LepccsB > to say, to instraet^ to

Cepeccan ) prove, to sabdaa

Lepeclice^ widely, iiiiiisaly^

t^peman, to adom
E o| i c— , om s M sa ts

^^J suitable, right, fit

liepim, a number
Hepif enhc, suitable
Kepifenhce, suitably, fitly
I^qupnian, ta agraa, to sulk
Ijrepum, space
ISepyman, to lay waato
CtfuvPiaD > to ttoite, to eoBeet to-
ISeromnian ) gather
TMeytLpsebj afflictod> nrrievad; p. p.

IjCfsslan, to happen
Lefsshhco, happily, pcmdently
Lef ceab, reason

^ /

^^

oiamABT.

W5

Cefceabpifner, reason

ISefceajrc, a creature ,

Lejxeapen, formed ; p. p. feyppan

Ijej^ceapian, to riew, to r^ard

I^fcenban, to corrupt

Ijeftnnan, to shine, to ahinfr ipoD

Xieycpiftai^ to appoint, to ordain

I^f cylbaD, to shield^- to dtefsnd

liercyppeb, clothed ; p. p. af cypfwi

Berecan, to seek

]jef eon, to set

Iteye\>aii, to say, to prove

I^efetnq*, an appointaMBt^ a» insti-
tution

I^fettan, to set, to compose, to
compare

I^f epenlic, yisible

Lepblice^ peaceabl j

liepbfuma, peace-loving

ljepehj»e "]

l^epht > the sight

liqTh« J

L^'S, a companion

X^fomnuns, an assembly

Le)*tanban, to stand, to attaclc, to
press upon

L^ajyelian ) to establish, to make

Kejta^ohan ) stead£ist

Lefts&ppan, to go, to step, to ap-
proach

Cejtce'^t'iS, stable, steadftst

Leyti^an, to ascend

£e]*tillan, to stop, to restrain, to be
stiU

Cej^ncan, to smelt

nejteopan^ to snide, ta iqM» lo

l^eftonban, to confine
Leftpanpan, to strengthen

I^jt:pynan, to gain, to obtain, to
beget

Cefunb, sound, safb, secure

CefimbpiUice, securely, prospe-
rously

Lefonbfulnef, health, prosperity

Ijefunbpian, to sepavato
Kf C r p c n c tt P, t* afflict
Ijefpican, to cease, to desist

iiefpn^an 3

I^fpinc, affliction, trouUe^ febevr

CefpilSpian^ to subdue

Henniftep, a sister

Ijefyn^ian, to sin

Ijeta, as yet, again

I^tacniaD, to betoken

Leteecan, to teaofa, to esepCa&i, to

show
xfedsittn, to accuflo, to reprore*
ISetssfe, meet ; sup. se«»)*oftr
I^etenge, heavy
Ijetenge, happened

^°ito*aw,ter,ttr«t

I^teopian, to- grovr weary
Ije}>a|ra, one who assents
I^^ajrian, to assent, to aHow

I^>apeneb, w^ted

]Se>eaht, couns^, purpoar

L^ahtepe, a counsellor

I^>encan > to think, to consider, to

)je>mcan J remember

Le)>eoban, to associate

Iie}>eobe, a language

Ijel>innan, to ^perse

Ire)H)lian, to bear, to suffer

Trelfjiojnasx^ to suffer

I^t^puen, Joined

]jet$p8&nan, to moisten

I^et$p»p, conformable, agreeing, at
peace

Le^jtnpebe^ banBoiiiously

&e%»pian, to adopt, to mali« con-
formable

lj«l>ylb, patience

L«>ylbehce, patitently

&e>ylbis, patient

t^tiban, to happen

Letiohhan, to detecmine, to ajppoint

Iietpeope, true, faithful

tjretpeophce, faithftilYy

Ijetpeopian, to conspire

I^tpymian, to encourage

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OJtOMASY.

I^nnnan, to grant

Ijennpotnan, to be sonowf ol, to be

disquieted
I^epuuaii, to diminish
£c]«pcDian, to warn, to beware
CcfMecan, to excite
BcfPSBSan, to weigh down
C^walble^ep, a rein
Cqreb, madness
Cq^dipan, to enrich
Ccfdt-lc^ep, a rein
Cepeniaa, to allure
Ccpeop^an, to be, to come to pass
IjepeopHftD, to make honourable, to

distinguish
Ccpexan, to grow, to accrue
Lepbtp, the weather

Lqnn, labour, a battle, war

LepamtLt an enemy

Cepinnan, to conquer

Ijcpif, certain

Cepifhce, certainly

IVqnt, understanding

Lejnt-leaj*, witless, foolish

Cepic-Ioca, the breast

C^ta, a witness

l^^tan, to depart

Ijepitnef, knowledge

Ijeplsst, debased

hej^Zf a writing

Ttcf/faxlj a change, a course of events

Ifepuna, a custom, wont

C^unelic, wonted, usual

Ijeimnian, to be wont

Cqmnfum, pleasant

Lepypcan, to make

Iiepy)xan, to wish
Kibbian, to sing
Ikepan, to prepare
Lipm, to ^ve
&i]cenbe, giving
Crifepnef, greediness
&i):ol, bountiful
Ttiffie, greedy, anxi^oa
Kipi, a gift
LiSant^ a giant

IiUp, arrogance

Ijilpan, to boast

Ijrim ^

Crim-cyn > a jewel, a geJii

Ifim-cynnJ

LunelefC, negligence

I#im-peoeb, a palace

hmptjt, ample

CiQ2;pa, a youngster, a scholar

CrioSo'Sliab, the season of youth

Ikomop, sad

Lijx^ian, to sigh, to sob

I^ij^la-S^r^ yes, yes !

TtitpBO, to desire, to covet

nl?^} covetousness, desire
Iilab, pleasant .

£&}«'•»

I^f-hlutpu ) glass-dear, trans-

&U)*-hlu|>pe 5 parent

Lleap. sldlfol, prudent

Uensan, to adorn

Lhbiui, to glide, to slip

Lhopum, to sing

I^opopb, a song, metre

LnsBt, a gnat

Ijrnopman, to lament, to grieve^ to

groan
I#nopDuns> lamentation
lk)b, God
Ijob, good
lk)ba, a Goth
Ijobcnnb, divine
Ijobcnnbelice, divinely
Ijobcnnbnyj*, deity, divine nature
Cobnef , goodness
Lolh, gold

Lolb-hopb, a hoard of gold
Lolb-pm'S, a goldsmith
Ijpapin, to dig, to delve
Ijrpam, fierce, enraged
Iipapian, to grope
njissfe grey, green
Erpeat, great
Ii]iene, green
Cpenian, to become green

£r^jto6reet,to.dd«„

Ifpim, grim

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Ixpoe, a particle, an atom
lipopan, to grow
Kpunb, ground, earth, bottom
£rpunb-leaf, gronndless, unfathom-
able
Lpunb-peal, a foundation

Ifuma, a man
I^um-pinc, a leader
TtvcSt a conflict
Lybene, a goddess
&ylban, to pay
Ijrylben,- golden
Kyle, gnflt
Ttfcyepe, a miser

)>abban, to have

)>»jr, detained
9>»p:ebom, captivity

7>»lo y health
7>»lu)

)>ielSa, light

)>»meb-]>ms> cohabitation
7>»penb, an errand
P»)i|%fr, harvest
)>»phc, laudable
|>»r, a command
J>iet$, heath, heather
J>»to, heat
|>al, sound, hale
|>aliS) holy, a saint

Pam, a home, a house

)>am-j»ft, an inhabitant

)>ansian, to hang

)>a|i, hoary

)>apa, a hare

)>at, hot

|>acan, to call, to name, to command

|>atheoptner, hot-heartedness,

anger, fury
l>a&ian, to hate
l>ape, sight, aspect
?>e ^

|>ie >> he, any one, it
J>it\

l>eaf b, a head
^ap>b-beah, a crown

?^/ high; comp. )>yhpe; sup.

J>eani ^^^

g^^;r[ height, highness

^ah-pebep, a great tempest

^al, a hall

)>ea]an, to heal ; imp. l>al

^alban, to hold, to incline

)>eal|r, half

|>eahc, high, exalted

l>ea]ice, highly

l>ea]ioop, more highly

)>ean, needy, poor.

J>eanlic, vile, worthless

?>eapb, hard

|>eapbe, severely ; sup. )>eapbor)::

|>eapb-heopt, hard-hearted

?>eapb-fa»hs, unhappy

)>eapb-fa»l'8, a hard lot, unhappi-

ness
l>eapm, harm
7>eapm-cpibb]San, to speak ill of

one
?>eapepa, a harp
J>eappepe, a harper
|>eappian, to play on the harp
^appuns* harping
I^eaJ^epian, to restrain, to control
)>ea)>o-pinc, a chieftain, a noble '
?>ebban, to raise, to lift up
|>eps> heavy
)>epSlui, to be heavy or sad, to

weigh down
)>epshce, heavily, grievously

!^ > to cover, to conceal

)>elbaii, to bend, to incline
?>ell,HeU

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]>eU.]»|M, an inhabitaat ofbiB

|>elmf the head, the top of as^PlhiBg

)>elma, a helm, or raddor

)>elpan, to help

J>enaii, to oppose, to repress

^nlS, poverty, tronUe, paniAment

)>eo|reDCimb, heavenly

)>eo]naD, to mourn

)>eo]:oD, heaven

?>eoron.eopt, heavenly hfi|p]bt

)>eopot, a hart

)>eop]-unuan, to ohey

)>eopc, a hart, a sta^

J>eopce, the heart

)>ep, hew

|>epan, to obey

)>epe, a crowd, an amjr

|>epe, fame

I^epeb, a court, a family

]>^e-Scat, a weapon

|>epe-pmc, an enemy

^pe-tema, a chiaftahi, a factor of

an army
]>epe-toha, a consal, a leader ef an

army
]>epepi«a, to deapiae

|>epiaD, to praise

l^epins praise, favour

?>ephc, glorious

7>ibep, hither

)>ibpej' ]>ibpej*, hither and thither

)>iSan, to hasten

)>iSe, the mind, energy, care

)>iSe-l»ft, heedkes

)>iSe-jTioqi, a wise mind

l>ipan > to strive^ to think, to en-

l>y^an J deavoup

l^ig-fcip, fiimilyshlp

)>ilbe, a battle

)>iinf elf, himsrif

&}•»--

)>mbaD, behind
)>inbe, a hind
]>mspian, to hunger
iMop, a hinge

^ypbe} * protector, a rule«

l>ir. his

)>ip, form, hoe

)>ip-cu'^ laMiUar

IMpiuiSt pKtMMe, appearance

)>l»p, a mound, a barrow

)>laFopb, a lord

l^lajxipb-rcipe, lordahip, goTonme&t

)>leahcep, laughter

)>leo)>op, a sound

)>hpi, fame, report

|>hj*eabis, celebrated

)>hfeebisner, celebfky

)Mub, loud

)>la&ep, clear

l>lyftan, to listen

)>n»ppian, to rest, to Ii«

l^nefc, soft, tender

bmpan, to bend

l>oj;ian, to be desirous, to be anxious

)>ol, a hole

)>olb, faithful

|>olm, the ocean

|>olt, a wood, a grove

|>onb, the hand

)>opa, hope

]>opian, to hope

)>opaf ea>e, a sink

)>opb, a hoard, a treasure

l^opb-Seftpeon, a treasure

l>ofp, reproach^ dirlsioa

)>p»b, ready, swift

^pssbhc, speedy

)>p8&bhce, gp e o d gy , qoiekhr

)>p»b-pepnef , a swift eonrse^

)>p»b-p»ne, a chariot

]>p»Sel, a garment, apparel

)>peof an, to fall

)>peoj'e, violently approadiing, e.^.
a storm

)>peop, cruel, troubled

7>peopan, to rue, to repent
^peopfian, to rue, to be s o rt- owftf
)>pepan, to agitate, to lift up
)>pefttm, to lie d»wn

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]>pej>ep, the mind

)^oh, rough

J>pof, a roofy the t(^ ef anjthing

]>poF-piBft, roof-fast, firm

]>pon-me]ie, a whale*^nd, tbe tea

^pop, prone, bent down

l>pafe, the earth

)^ype,r««

)>umeta, how, in what manner

|>imb, a hound, a dog

^unb-msontis, ninety

l>iiiifbpeby a hundied

)>imb-feoj:ontis, seventy

]>imis, honey

)>imta, a hunter

)>imnaD, te hmt

7>apa, at least

)>af , a house

J>ufef-hipbe, a keeper

J>pa, who, any

)>pat, brave

)>p»r, which, wkat

|>p8&ce, wheat

|>p»}>ep, whether, either

^p»l>p«, nevertheless

)>p»t-hpesa, a little, in some near

sure
|>p»t-hpesanmisej*, in some mea-

sare, in some degree
)>peal|a, expanse, convexity

&C?totum.totururoun<i,
»P^^^ taa«j.«t,towa»e

)>peappms, incoafitancy^ change.

ableness
)>pelc, any
)>pene, a little
)>peol, a wheel
j^pepfhc, changeable
J>pibpe, whither
]>pile, a while, time
^pilenblic, f&r a tine^ temporaiy
l^pilum, sometimf s
J>jnc, white

^pone, any one
)>poniie, when

l^puppilnef, changeableness
)>pypjt, a circuit

|>ybe, a hide, a skin
)>yhthc, joyful, desirable
?>ylt, a hUt of a sword
l>ypan, to hear, to obey
J>ypian, to imitate
)>ypiibe, horned, having a beak
)>ypj^ ah ornament
J>ypfCan, to adorn
Dyrpwij to clfiride, to revile
J^yrpmS, reviling, reproach
)>y^, a hanreu

Ic, I

I?*f I idle, vain

Ibel-seopn J '

leslanbV

ISlonb / an island

Ilanb 3

lelb, old. See ealb^ comp. lelbpa^

sup. lelbej^

lie, the same

Immebeme, unworthy, imperfect

Inc, you

Incopa, tha ndnd, the breaat

Ineppe, provision

Ingehysb, intention, thought

g:^:i '>«»«•'*' »^«'

Iidice, internally, in itself

Inno^, the stomach

Innun^y that which is included

Inpeapbhce, thoroughly, inwarcBy

Inpib-}>onc ) an inward though^ a

Inpit-i>onc 3 deeeitfnl thought

lob, Jove

Ipnan, to ran

&}•»««

Ippan, to be angry

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Iriice
IpS, icy
I]>acise, Ithaca
lu, formerly

Kafepe, Cnsar, an emperor
Kunins, a king

J^lo! oh!

Lacan, to play, to sport

fjimian, to heal

Labceop^

Lat>iop)

Lnce, a physician, a leech

Lnoe-qu&ft, the art of medicine,

medicine
Lnce-bom, medicine, a remedy
L»ban, to lead
Ii»ben, Latin
Lnprn, to leaTe, to relinquish

^("reward

Lnnan, to lend *
Lene, slender

TjJfJlong; comp. lens; snp.

Lnpan, to teach

L»f , less

L»ftan, to foUow

L»tan, to permit, to let go, to leave,

to suppose
Laf, the remainder, what is left
Lasn, water
Li^-]rlob, ocean-flood
Lasa-]i:peam, the sea, the ocean

J^I^J long, a long time

Lans-F»p, long continuance
Lansxtim, lasting, long
Lap, learning, lore, admonition
Lapeop, a teacher, a master

Laft, at length

Late, late ; comp. latop

La's, hateful, hostUe, destructive

La'Shce, horribly

Leaj:, permission, leave

Leaf, a leaf

Leahtep, a sin, a crime

Leanian, to reward, to recompense

J;~r^^jftl.e, loose

Lear-n^ell, a fable

Leaf-jpelluns, false opinions, false

speaking
Leafuns, lying
Leax, a salmon
Leccan, to moisten, to be wet
Lecsan, to lay down, to lower
Lej:, left
Les )
Lesa > a flame

Lis )

Lesan, to lay, to place
Lencten, Lent, the spring
Leng, length

Leob 7

Leob-rcipeJ*''**^^'^*P^P^*
Leob-i^iuma, a leader, a chieftain
Leob-hata, a hater of people, a

tyrant
Leoht, light
Leohtan, to lighten, to make light

Lior C P^c*^^ beloved, dear

Leopan

Libban

Lipan

Lipsan

Lybban

lieopcml, estimable

Leofpenb, beloved, acceptable

Leosan, to tell a lie, to deceive

Leoma, a ray of light

Leopman 7 . ,

Leopnisan 5

Lio« } * ^®'^ * P*^®™' * **^
Leot^-pyphta, a poet
Lettan, to hinder

► to live

) learn

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Libbenbe, liying

I;^"} to lie, to extend

lacian, to please, to like

Licpyp'S, worthy of esteem

Lif , life

Lifep, the liver

Lisec, lightning; pi. lySetn

lahtan, to shine, to give light

Lim, a limb

Limplice, fitly

Lin^piSenb, a warrior with a shield

Lij^n, to collect, to gather

LijTe, favoor

Lift, science, skill, power

Lifrum, skilfully

Li'5, a cup

LI'S, mild

LiJ>an, to sail

LitS-mon, a sailor

Lizan, to shine

Locen, an enclosure, bounds

Locian, to look, to see

Lojr, praise

Lonbej*-ceo|il, a husbandman

Loppe, a flea

Lofian, to lose, to perish, to go

away
. Lot, a lot, deceit, craftiness
Lot-ppenc, deceit
Loz, a lynx
Lufe, love
Lupan, to love
Lupenb, a lover
Lunelle, forthwith, quickly
Luft, desire, pleasure, lust
Luft-b»ji, cheerful
Lu)t;-b»pe, desirous
Luft-bfl&plice, delightfully, with

delight
Luj*t-b»pnej*, happiness, desire
Lurtlice, willingly, joyfully

Lu)tam, willingly

Lutan, to incline

Lyccan, to pluck up

Lypm, to permit

LyjiB, the air

Ly)i»D, to wish, to choose, to be

pleased with
Lyt, UtUe
Lytes, crafty

Lytel } little, small ; comp. ls»f , sup.
L;^le ) ls»ft
Lytehce^ deceitfully
Lythan, to diminish, to lessen

CD.
CDacian, to make, to form, to do
CDssben, a maiden
CD»sen, virtue, strength, might,

power
CDtesen-cpsejic, chief strength
CD»sen-ftan, a huge stone
CDflssn* power
CD»s^, a maiden, a country, a tribe,

a kinsman
CD»^-hab, virginity
CDses-phte, a species, a form
CD»1, a space of time
CDsanan ) to mean, to intend, to
CDenan y lament
CDfl&msui

^^^ U crowd, many
CDeniSu)

CDepa, famous, celebrated, great;
sup. CD»poft

S^fexcenent

CDsephc, noble

CDaepfan, to be celebrated

CD»p'5, greatness, glory, praise ; pi.

miracles
CD»]*t, a mast

CD»ft, most, greatest. See CDycel
CD»tan,' to dream

CDsB^, measure, degree, condition, lot
CDas, a relation
CDasan, to be able
CDasijrep, a master
CDaso-pinc, a citizen, a man

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CDan, sin, wickedness, evil, disease
CDan, sinful, wicked
CDan-pill, full of wickedness
CDaman, to admonish

CDaniS-F^albhc, complicated
CDanmaa, to people, to fOl ¥ri£h m«a
CDan'Spaspe, gradons
CDapa, greater. See QDyoel
COape, more
CDantyp, a martyr
CDa'Sm, a vessel
CDa'Sm-hyjibe, a treasurer

CDeafic, a boundary, a territory

CDeapaan, to mark, to mark out

CDeappian, to err

CDece, a sword

CDeb, meed, reward

CDebeme, worthy, desirable, perfect

CDebemhce, worthily

COebemnef, dignity

CDebtpunmej* 1

CDettpnmnef I- infirmity, weakness

CDetqiymnefJ

CDelbian, to make known, to display,

to inform against
CDelo, meal
CDen^an, to miac
CDensio, a multitude

CDennif chc ] ■™"^
COepbum, meritorious
CDeoz, dirt

CDepe, a mere, a lake, water
CDepe-flob, the ooean
CDepe>hense]^t a sea-horse, a ship
ODepe-jtjie&m, the sea-stream, the
ocean

Xepfc, a marsh
CDetan, to meet, to find, to obdeiVe
CDetan, to measure^ to mete, to com-
pare
CDete, meat

lity

CDe&Si&i^ ^0 mete, to moderate, to

rede
CDetsuns, moderation
CDetob, the Creator

Qj^^^j J much, great

CDicdlic, great
OOicelnef, greatness
CDiclef, much
CDiclum, greatly

CDibban-eapb ) the earth, an en-

CDibban-s^ap^ 3 dosure

CDibbepeajib, midward

OOibbel, middle

CDibf ephfS, middle age

CDibsehemlban, to satisfy

CDibleft > midmost, middle class,

CDibmefC > middle

CDib-ope, the middle region

CDib-jnntep, mid-winter, Christmas

CDihte. See CDaman

CDihtij;, mighty

CDihtiSlice, mightily, powerfully

CDilb, mild, merciful

CCilb-heop^ merciful

CDilb-heopcnej*, mercy

CDilbjtan, to have mercy, to pit

CDilbfuns, mercy, pity

CDilt^-e, metcy

CDin, mine

CDinb^ian, to advise, to remind

CDifcan, to mix, to dispose

CDif-cJTipan, to wander

CDifbeb, a misdeed

CDifhpeppan, to pervert

CDift, a mist

CDi)>an, to conceal

CCob, the mind

CDobep ^

CDobop > a mother

CDobup J

CDobiSt proud

CDobibc, magnanSmoTis

CDob-fefa, the mind, the Hand's b

CDolbe, the earth

CDona, the moon

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CDoncyB, aianluBd

CDop, a moor

CDopS^n, the momiog

ODopsen-fteopiftat the m^mimgmtAf

QDofi^op, ranrder

CDoft, must

CDoit, must, can

CDunt, A Meuuti a mountw

CDunt-s^oiS the Alpsi the mount of

Jupiter
CDupnaiif to mourn, to «are ftac, to

regard
CDuf , a mouse
CDuft, most, new iriae
CDulS, a mouth

CDynla, indinatioa
CDyntan, to propose

gl^SJ pleasure, delight

O^pan, to hinder
CDypiS, pleasure

N.
Nabban, not to ha^e
Nacob, naked
Nsebpe, a serpent
N»neS) none

N;:}-} was not

N»jTe, a promontMy

Naru ( *^® ^^^^ ^ ^ ^^^

Na^an, not to have or potoeM

Naht )

Nanht. > naught, notiiing

Napht)

Nai»f , not at all -

NalU]*, not only

Nama, a name

Nan, none

Nat:, i.e. ne-pat. See pitan

Nau^ep, neither

Neabmsa, necosMiilgr

Neah-j

Nean vnigfa^iiMu:

Neap J

Neaht) _. , -

Nihc r's^^

Neajui \

Neappa)

Neapaner, trouble^ dieteMi

Neapep, straitlj

Neapepnef , anxiety

Neappian, to straiten

Neac "^

Neen > cattle, a beeit

NytenJ

Nepere*^ [.presence, neighbourhood

Neb, the face

nI^c \ necessarily

N^bSr?°'l,r''"*^' "'"

Nib.J>eapr) *^«*'y
Nemnan, to name, to mention
Neob-f pe&ce, yolimtaiily
Neob-)>eappes necesiaries
Neoten, cattle, a beast of bwden
Neo)>an, beneath
Neo)>epa, lower, infexior

NfpT^}p^^^***

NepseanV

Nepian | *<> preserve

Nepsenb, a saviour; participle of

Nepsean
Nef e nefe^ no, no ; by no means

Netehc, beastly

Nunan, to take^ to take away, to

assume, to adopt
Nio>op, lower

Jf^J .otto know

Ni|>emefC, lowest, nethermoat

Ni>ep-healb, downwafdi

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Ni|W, new

N^opti, north

NqptS-enbe, north-«nd

NoptS-iwft, Dorth-weBt

Nop^epeftpb, northward

N(^ hm, o^joTinent

Nocian, to enjoy, to poestst, to

occupy
Nn, now

Nn-pihte, Just now, straightway
Nyb-^fif, necessary, needful
Nyllan, to be nnwilling
Nyt, purpose, use
Nyt, perfect
Nyc-pyjitS, useful

O.

Or, of

Ojpabon, to remove, to do away
Opiteon, to draw out, to remove
C^beatan, to kill, to strike
(^becnman, to come ttom
CibwsA, a fall, a setting
0]:b»lpe, more prone
C^bune, downwards, down
0|rep) a bank
Oj«ji, beyond

C^pbjusban, to overspread
(^epcuman, to overcome
(^epbpencan, to be drunk
C^p)»pan, to pass by, to pass over
C^epjryll, intemperance
0|%psan ) to pass over, to pass
OJrepsanS^ 3 a^^X

^epheopan, to disobey
C^ephosian, to despise
(^ephyb, a high mind
C^epins, superfluity

Opepmobnef, scorn, arrogance
(^eppecan, to instruct

OftpfmVS, iuperfloilj, too great
prosperity

Ojpepftou, to look down upon

O yejif etetan, to cover

Orepfessppan, to overstep

Ofejifpi^an, to overcome

Ojrepteon, to cover over, to over-
whelm

Opep^pr, great need

Opep^n, to excel, to soipass

Oy«i^«inan, to overcome

Ofepypeon, to cover over ; part

OpSepitan, to depart
C^henan, to take away
Oppnan, to run off, to outran
(^eean, to let out
Oplyrt, desirous of
(^3niman, to remember
Oijceamuui, to shame, to be

OjTion, to see, to behold

(^Tieean, to oppress

Ojrr^ean, to slay, to kill, to cut off

0|rfm>an, to cnt off

OjTpdsan, to devour

0]:t, often

Ofteon^ to draw off, to deprive

C^)>mcan, to bethink

(^>piocan, to oppress

0):tp>Bb, frequent

Ojrpunbpob, astonished

Oleccan, to flatter, to allure, to

cringe, to gratify
Olecuns, flattery, allurement

8sg;is {'•'«'• •

Onbitan, to bite, to taste of
Onblnpan, to blow upon
Onbypban, to animate, to encourage
Onceppan ) to turn from, to turu
Oncyppan 3 back, to change

OncpeJ'an, to reply, to echo
Onb^ie, mind, understanding
Onbpasban, to dread, to fear
Onbfpope, an answer

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On-eapbian, to dwell ia

On-ecnejTe, for ever

Onettan, to hasten

ODpnban, to find, to discover

Onjron, to receive, to accept

Onsean, against

Onsmnan, to begin

Onsitan, to perceive, to know, to

understand
Onhasian, to be at leisure, to be

unoccupied
Onhelban, to incline
Onhmsan, to bow dovm, to incline
Onhpepan, to stir up
Onhpinan, to toach
Onhpeapfan ) to change, to go
Onhjpeopfan 3 away
Onhypian, to imitate *

Omnnan, within
Onipnan, to run, to move
Onlacan, to sport
Onlaft, at last, at length
Onlaenan, to lend
Onla&tan, to relax
Onleosan, to belie, to falsify
Onhc, like
Onlicnef , a likeness
Onliefan, to liberate
Onlihcan > to enlighten, to shine
Onlyhtan 3 upon, to shine
Onlucan, to unlock
Onlutan, to incline
Onf acan, to deny, to retort, to

reply
Onfcunian, to shun
Onpen, an aspect
0nps<^ to descend, to sink
Onpttan, to press down, to beset
Onjtypian, to agitate, to excite
Onfunbpon, apart
Onfpipui, backwards
Ontisuij to untie, to unloose
On)>once, delightful
Onpncman, to awaken, to excite
Onpenban, to change, to turn aside
Onppecan, to revenge, to punish
On]ypi]>axi, to reveal
Onpoman, to dwell, to inhabit
Open, open, exposed, dear, evident
^enlice, openly, plainly

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Opcumaii, to overcome ; contracted

from ojrepcoman
Opb->7iama, the origin, the author
C^alb, old
Opelbo, old age
OpSeUice, arrogantly

C^mob, distracted in mind, dejected
(^imobnef , mental disease, madness,

despair
^ropS» secure, prosperous

Otepan, to appear

0]>ep, another

0]>ep, otherwise

OSpejtan, to commit, to trust, to

sow
OSpinan, to touch
O^facan, to deny
O^ftanban, to stand still
OS)>e, or
O^jntan, to blame, to reproach

P.
Papa, the Pope
Pats, a path
Peappoc, a park

PelSJ'ian, to make a path, to tread
Hantian, to plant
PleSa, play, sport, pastime
Pierian, to play
Pleo ^

Pleoh > peril, danger
Pho J

Pbohc, dangerous
Ppicu, a prick, a point

R.

Racenta, a chain

Racn, rhetoric, a discourse, an ex-
planation
Rab, a riding
Raecan, to reach

Rssb, a discourse, counsel, advantage
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Rasbttiif to VBsd, to govern, to decreo
Rasbelf e, a riddle, imagiaatiott, am-

bignitj
R»S^ A garment, clothing
Rspan, to bind
Rsft, rest, repose
Bsfpian, to thiak, to vMdItate
Rap, a rope
RtSS, qnickljr
Reab, red
BjtKpepe, a spoiler
Reapan, to rob, to take sway
Reaflac, vpoSly rapine
Recan, to reckon, to coant, to idste,

to explain
Recan ) to regard, to cme ftr, to
Reccan ) direct, to govern

Reocdert ( recklessness, careless-
Receleft; 3 ^^^
Reccepe, a rhetoriciaa
Recelf, incense

g^^^l immediately, straight

Ren, rain

«f* { severe, fierce^ violent.

Re[>iS-niob, fteroe in mind

Ric, dominion, power

Ric, rich, powerful, in antirarky

Rice, a kingdom

Ricpan, to rule, to reign

Riban, to ride

gifj right, justiise, truth

Rihtan, to correct, to imtmct, to

make right
Rihte, immediately, straightway
Rihtenb, a ruler, a governor
Rditlic, just, regular, upri^t

Riht-pellenb, right wilhirg, wisbing

what is right
Rihtpij*, rightwise, righteous

Rihtpifner, Jostiee^ wisdom, riglit»-

Riman, to number
Rinc, a man, a warrior
Rmb, the bark, the rind
Ripa, a handful of com, a aheaf
Ripe, ripe

Ri/K \ ^ ^^^^ ^ rivulet, a riTai
Rob, the rood, tlie cross
Robop, the sky
Romanifc, Roman
Ronb-beah, a boss
Rof e, a rose

Rum, wide, large, august
Rumev widety
Rumebhc, spadons
Rumebhce, abundantly
Rummob, bountiful
Run-cofa, the breast, the wSuA
Ryn, a roaring
Rynan, to roar

Sacu, strife

Sabian, to be weary

88e, the sea

Sm-dif, tbe sea-dflf, the sfaoie

Smbf seed

8»san "^

Secsan > to say, to prove

Began >

8»1, good

8flel )

SelpaJ ^**®'' *^®"^ ^^ ^

8»1 >

88ene, dull, sluggish

88D-t]lca, one who ploagbs the sea, a

sailor
Sam, whether

Sampa, worse
8ampabe, unaoimoudy
Samtenscf} continually, innn»»

diatcly
Sampif , half-wise, unwise
Samppsebnej*, agreement, mlty

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8anc 7

gg J Borrow

Sap-qnbf a fiorrowftd sayiqg, «

moumfal song
8apis, sorrowful sorry
Saplic, sorrowful, grievoiis
Saplice, sharply, sorrowfully, sorefy

Sapan, to sow

^^^ \ to blnsh, to be ashamed

Scanbhc > ^„.„ ..^

Sceab, the shade, a shadow

Sceajx, creation

Sceajt;, a shaft

Scealan, to owe, to be obliged to any

one
Scealc, a servant, a man
Sceame, shame
Sceamelea)*, shameless
Sceapb, a shard
Sceappnef) sharpness
8ceapp]<ene, sharp-sighted
Sceat, a region
SoeaJ>a, a robber, an enemy
Sceapiaa, to behold, to vieir
SceapunSi contemplation
Scalb)

sciib c * *^®^^ » "*®** "* ^""y

Scell, a shell

Sceol, a gang, a crowd, a shoal

8ceop, a poet

Sceoppeub^

Soeppenb > the Creator, a maker

Scippenb J

Sceopt ) short ; com. fcyptpa ;

8co)U: 3 sup. rcyp^r^

Sceotan, to shoot

Sciene, beautiful, shining

Scima, splendovr, brightness^ a nj

!=}«-«-

Scmlac, magic
8cip, a ship

Sciprtypa, a pilot

8cip, pure, clear, sheer

Scoltt, a sdiool, a band

Scpibpien, a chair of state

8cpi|:aa, to care for

Scpi'S, a revoltttiom

Scucca, the devil

Scyftan, to verge, to incline

Scylb, guilt, sin

Scylban, to shield, to defend

8cyl-p)*c, a shellfish

8cyppan, to create

8cypm»lnm, confusedly

Scyppan, to adorn, to sharpen

Sealc, salt

Seapohee, artfully

Seapii, a fraud

Sea's, a well, a golf .

8ecau, to seek

Sees, a warrior

8ecS) a speech

Sejra, the mind

Sejt;, soft, quiet

Selan, to soil, to stain

8elcu^ ) strange, extraordiaary,

8elbcu^ 5 unknown

Selban 1

Selbhponne )

Selbum-hponne, sometisies

Seleft, best ; superlative of fel

Self, self

Selplic, self -liking, self-love

8elp-pill, self-will

Sdila, a giver

Sellan > .^ .^^

SyllanP^ff*^^

8ellic, wondeifU

8enban, to send

8eoc, sick

Seofont^, seventy
Sylfop r''^"

• seldom

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Seolocen, silken
8eoiif to see

Settan, to set, to place, to lerrange
. 8iapo-qMB]:c, a skilful art
81b, peace, agreement, reUtionsbip
Sibfomhce^ peaceably
Sioceenns, a sigh, sobbing
Siciha, SicUy
81b, wide, yariona

Siepan, to lie in wait, to plot

Sijrtan, to sift

Sisan, to sink down, to mst

SiSe, a victory

8iSe, a setting, declining

Sisenb, thirsty

8ise-|»eob, a victorions nation

8in, always
8in,hi8
Sine, a heap
Smc-Seof, a money gift

l^^j continual, Usttng

SinsaUiee, perpetually

Sinsan, to siog

8inrape, wedlock

Sint. See pefan

8ioca, a sick person

8io)x>n, seven

8io)x>J>a, bran

810I0C, sUk

8iopian, to sew

Sra, time, occasion, a path, an arrival

Sittan, to sit, to dwell
81»|^, sloth

Slap, slow

81ean, to slay, to strike, to east or

throw
. Slepan on, to slip on, to cast on
8htan, to slit, to tear
8h1S, changeable, inconstant

8ma], small

Smcahc, subtle, deep, profound

Smeohce^ deeply, profoundly

Sm^an} ^ "^^^"^ *° meditate
Smeapaan, to smile
8meanns, argument
8mec, smoke

8mtle I °"^^ geiitle, calm, smooth

Smusan, to flow gradually

8nap, snow

Snican, to creep, to crawl

8ni]>an, to cut off

8nyttpo, wisdom

8o]rte, softly, gladly

80I, mire

8on, a sound

8ona, soon, immediately

8onb, saod

8onbbeoph, a sand-hill

8onbcopn, sand, grains of sand

8o]iSian, to sorrow, to grieve, to be

anxious
8o« 1
So^a >true
8G|»anJ

SotS-cpibe, a true saying, a maxim
SoiS-ymrt, just
So'S-psftnef , truth, sincerity
So'S-fpell, a true history
Spaca, the spoke of a wheel
^Minan, to urge, to allure, to excite,

to seduce •
8peapca, a spark
8peb, means, power, wealth, effect
Spell, speech, language, disconrse,

argument
Spellian, to speak, to teach
Spisettan, to spit

8p?^ ito hiquire, to seek after,

Spop, a pursuit, a track

Sppnc, speech, language, subject of

discourse
Sppecan, to speak
Sppinsan, to spring

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8ppyttan, to sprout, to bud

I^^JasUff, a letter

Scan, a stone, a rock

^^} to stand, to be

Stan-feafio-Sini} a precious stone
Sea's, a shore

^h^ ( ^ establish, to support

ScajH)!, a foundation

8ta)>ol-pfrft, stable, firm

8ceap, a cup

Steafic, stark, severe

Seebe, a place, a station

8temn, a voice

Stemn, a stem, a trunk

S&eopa, a steerer, a pilot

Sceojianl

Saopan v to steer, to direct

8tipan J

Seeopleaf, outrageous, without a

guide, ignorant
Sceoppa, a star
8ceoppo]>ep, a rudder
Steope, a tail
Scepan, to raise, to honour
Sceppan, to step
Sticce, a small matter
Scicciaii, to stick, to remain
8ncel, a sting
SnSt a path

8ti$aii, to depart, to ascend
SeiUe, still, quiet, fixed
Stilner, stillness, tranqnUlity
Sansan, to sting
Stonbenbe, standing
Seopm, a storm
8topm-j*», a stormv sea
8tx)p, a place, a dwelling
Stps&nS)

8rpoiis^
8rpeam, a stream
8epeoD, strength
Stpican, to continue a course
8cpoiishc, laborious, firm, power-
ful
8cunb, a space of time

Seaman, to stun, to stun the ears,

to beat against
8eypiaii, to stir, to move, to agitate
Stypienbe, moving
Stypins, stirring, motion, experience
8typman, to be stormy
StJTimeub, stormy
8ul, a plough
Sum, some, a certain one

Sumup-lans? summer-long

8unner^«*°"
Sana 7

Sunbbaenb, a sailor
Sunb^ J proper, peculiar, separate
Sonbep-jtop, a separate place
Sonbop-siFU, a peculiar excellence

or gift
Sa'S, the south
Su'S-eaft, the south-east
Suhepii, southern
8u|>e-peapb, southward
8a«-healb ) ^, ,
8u«.peapberJ***''*^^*'^*
Spa, as

^a-ejme, even so

^a fop's rpa, as far as, as much as
Spssc, taste, savour

Spsspnef , sluggishness

Sptsfhce, courteously

Spts'S, a path

Spts>ep, whether, whichsoever

Spapan, to sweep

Speapt, swarthy, black

Spejran, to sleep, to smoulder

Spepl, brimstone

8p^, a sound

Spesel, the sky

Spesel-topht, heavenly bright

Spefean^

Spilsan > to swallow

Spylgan)

Spdsenb, a gulf

Speltan, to die, to perish

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Spencan, to tr(nd}l«
Speop, a father-in4«w
^wofican, to dtiken
Speopb, a sword
Sfeocdiaii, to testify
Speotoll

^>eotiil > clear, maaiftst
Spntol J

8pet, sweet
Spetmet, a a wee t me at
Spetnef, sweetness, an allaremeat
SffiftJXf to move, to revolve
8pi)T, swift

?;^''"}-'«°-

8pin, a swine
Spincan, to labour
Spinsaii) to acoarge, to affiict
^* ^ a neck

Spi^, strong, great
Spi^e, very

Sjn^c, vast, excessive
8jn^ce, poweifiilly
Spi^op, rather, more
8pi)>ort, most chiefly
8)M)nsopne]*, drowsiness
8potmet;taj*, sweetneats. See

fpetmet
Syluin, to soil, to ataia
SylojTien, silver
8ynbeplic, peculiar
8ynbep]ice, i^agiy, ^eptrattly
8ynn, sin
8yp, a moisteniog

Tacn 7 . u

TacmmsJ**''^^''^^!^
Tacman > to show, to dodatt, to
Tsecman S betoken
T»can, to teach
Taecnan, to see to, to show
T»cmns, teaching, instructian
T»lan, to deride, to blame^ to vp-

braid, to compare
T»l-pyp1$lic, reprehensibla
Tarn, tame

Tama, atama

Teap, a tear, a drop

Tebpe, frail, weak, tender

Tela, rightly, well

Tellan, to speak, to count, to reckon

Temian, to tame

Teohhiaii, to think, to ead«a¥o«iv

to suppose, to draw
Teon, to draw, to allure^ te draw

towards, to restrain
Teona, an injury
Teo>a, the testh
Tib, tide, time, season
Tiep, a heap, aaezpaaae
Tispif, a tiger

l^h^ \ ^^ ^^^^^ *^ ^^^

T% excellent

Tile, Thule

Tiban > to tiU, to toil, to «fiQot a

Tiolan 5 c^^ ^0 endeavour

TiUe^ a fixed state

TMung } ^*^°"* pra^t, anxie«y
Tima, time

?^&S *«">-«'>

Tipian, to irritate
Tippin, a beloved prince
Toblapan, to blow abant, to scatter
Tobpseban, to spread
Tobpecan, to break
Toclufan, to cteave, to split
Tocnapan, to distiagaish, to difloeni
Tocmnan, to aniva at
Tobselan, to divide
Tobpi]:an, to drive, todispttue

Topoplsetan, to allow
Topunbian, to require
T(^»bepe, together
To^ebibban, to pray to
Tosejneban, to join to
Tosliban, to glide away, to slip
Tohealban, to incline dowawaida
Tohopa, ii^e

Tolecsan, to separate
Tonemnan, to name

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Toniman, to separate

To]i, a tower, a rock

Topht, bright, splendid, ilhatrioinr

Tof ceab, a difference

Tof ceaban, to diYl4B, to discem, to

distingnisb
Tojnotan, to shoot fo, to anticipate
Toj*cpi>an, to irander
Toflupan, to slip asunder, to dUn

solve ; part tof lopen
Tojxencan, to disperse; part.

tojrencce
Ton!iFW*> to ®rr> to wander
ToteUan, to zeckcMi
Totepan, to tear in pieces
Topeapb, the fatnre
Topeapbef , towaed*
Topenan, to expect
Topenban, to torn
Topeoppan 1 to orettiirow, to de-
Topyppan J stroy
Tpege, vexation
Tpeop, a tree

Tpeopa X faith, flddlty, a promii^
T^upa > tosth
Tpeopen, wooden
Tjieopian^

T^pan > to tnisf , to confide in
T^upian y
T^pnef, trust
T^um, strong

Tucian, to punish, to torment
Tubop, a production^ a progenj-
Tnnse, a tongue
Tunnel, a star, a constellation
Tupa, twice

Tp» V

TpeSB Vtiro, twain
Tpesen)

^^5todo»J>t,toh.ritate

Tpeon f
Tpeoniin5> doubt
Tpeouns >

Tpis? ft twig, a snnn branch
T^ndiao, to twioUa
Tjnopet, two-footed
Tpiop»b, inconsistent
l^an, to instruct
Tybepnej*, frailty, weakness

Tybpian, to nourish
TybpnnSi propagation
Tyhe, instruction
T^bpe, fuel

Ujran, above
TJpop, higher
Unabepenbhc, tmbearable
Unabinbenbhc, indissoluble
Un»)>e], ignoble, tranoble
Unapeire; unexplained
Unapimeb, countless, unnumbered
Unafecsenblic, indesoribable^ sn-

speakable
Una'Spotenhce, unceasingly

Unbpoc, unbroken
TJndsni, unclean
Uncuiy, unknown, strange
UncpeJ>enbe, inanimate, unspeakiki^
Uncynb, unnatural
UnbealSiic, undying, immortal
Unbep, under^ beneath
UnbepbsBC, backwards, behind
Unbqietan, to eat under, to subvert
Unbepfon, to undertake, to obtain,

to receive, to be subservient
Uhbeplmam, to support, to sustain
Unbepftanban, to understand
Unbepjt;a>olp»f c, unstable
UnbepJ>eob, subject, put under
Unbepheoban > to make snl^ect, to
Unbep)>ioban > degrade

Une^er, uneasiness
Unpss^ °ot fair
Unp»s^C) healthy, undying
Unppacoblice, honourably
Unsebybe, disagreeing

Unsebapenlice, unreasonably

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UnSep^Pf impasMble
UnserpttSlicef inconceivably, im-

modera^y
Unsejylb, insatiable
UnSel<^pcbi unlearned, ignorant
Cnselejpenbhc, incredible

Unsehmp, a misfortune

Unsemenseb, unmixed

Unsemet, excess

Unsemet, immeasurable

Unsemetjrvft, intemperate, im-
mense

IJnsemetF8»]*cnef , intemperance

Unsemedic, violent, immoderate,
unbounded

IJnsemetlice, immoderately, beyond
measure

Un^emynbiS, unmindful, forgetful

Unseneb, uncompdled *

Un^epab, rude, unfit, at variance

Unsepeclice^ recklessly, confusedly

Unsepim > innumerable, infinite

Unpim y quantity

Unsepifen, inconvenient

Unsepif enlic, unbecoming

Ungeyurenlice, indecently

Ungepybehce, roughly

Unseftelis, unhappy

Unsefwl'S, trouble, misfortune, sor-
row

Unsefceabpf, irrational, impradent

UnserceabjnjTier, imperfection,
want of reason

Unsetej* e, inconvenient
Unse^pasp, discordant, unrelenting
Un^e'Speepnef, trouble, discord,

wickedness
Unse>ylb, impatience
UnseJ>ylbelice, impatiently
Unsetpum, infirm
Unsepealbep, involuntarily

uS^T^^I ™^'®' ignorant
TJi^epiiT, ignorance

Unsepitpill, unwise
UnsepittiS, irrational
UnSepundic, unusual
Un^lab, unpleasant, not glad
Un^leapnef , want of skill
Unhal, unhealthy, unsound
Unhepeb, unheard
Unhiope, fierce, tempestuous
irnhi>y, unhappy
Unhpop, not bent down, erect
Unhpeappenb, unchangeable
Unlnpeb, unlearned
Unlonb, a desert

Unmebeme, unworthy

uZSS '•»•»'»*• '^

nnmenbliDS&} unexpectedly
Unmennif cjic, inhuman
Unmetta, excess
Unmiht, weakness
IJnmynblinsa, undesignedly
Unnebe, willingly, uncompelled

Unnytkce, unprofitably

Unofepnn^ebhc, unconquerable

Unonpenbenblic, unchangeable

Unpehtl

Unpiht > wicked, unfit, unjust

UnpyhtN

Unpihthemeb, adultery, unlawful
lust

IJnpihthc, unjust, wrong

Unpihtlice, unjustly, unrighteously

Unpihtpir, unrighteous

IJnpot, sorrowful

Unpotnef, sorrow, bewailing, sad-
ness

Unpyhtpijmej*, unrighteousness

Unf amppseb, incongruous

UnfcealvFulner, innocence

Unfnytpo, folly
Unjtill, moving, restless
Unrtpens, wet^

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Unrfcypienbe, unstirring, immov-
able

Unfpeotxil, imperceptible

Unrs&ln, faultless

Unfcela, not well, amiss

TJn|>eap):, ruin, detriment

Uny>eap, a fault, vice

Un>ylbis> impatient

IJnt:iblice, unseasonably

TJntnlab, destitute

nnt:iopiS» untiringly

Untobs&leb, undivided

Untobaeleblic, indivinble, inse-
parable

Untpeopa, wanting in faith, deceit

TJnt^ymner, infirmity

Untpeorealb ) „• „^,^ - i^

Unt^alb f "^ce^e, simple

TJutpiosen&e, undoubting
Untyb, inexperienced
Unpenunsa, unexpectedly
"UnpeopIS, worthless, dishonourable
Unpeopl>iaii, to dishonour, to dis-
grace
TJnpeop'Sf cipe, dishonour, unworthi-

ness
XJnpiller ? against one's will, un-
TJnpillum S willingly
Unpifbom, folly
Unpitnob, unpunished
UnphteScui, to change the figure, or

appearance
Unppecen, unpunished
Unpup'Snep, unworthiness, mean-
ness
Unpynfum, unpleasant
Unpypb, misfortune
Upahebban, to raise, to advance
Upaps&pan, to uprear, to excite
Upenbe, the top, the upper part
UpS^fapan, to go up, to ascend
TJp-on-Sepihte, upright
Uppan, upon
Uppyne, rising, an up course

Uf, pi. See ic

Utabpifan, to drive out, to expel

Utaf apan, to depart, to go out

Utan, outwards, from without

Uean)

Ute > let us

Uton)

Utancyman, to come from without

Ueapeallan, to well out, to spring

out
Utemeft, most remote, furthest
U'Spica, a philosopher
Uua, woe

^ 7ac, weak

, 7achc, weak, vain

, 7achce, weakly

" 7aban, to wade, to walk

, 78ecce, a watching

, 78eb, clothes, apparel

7iBbl, indigence, want
, 7»bla, indigent

7b6JZ, a wonder, a marvel
, 78eg, a wave

7elhpeop, bloodthirsty, cruel

, 7»n, a waggon

7enej*-J>ij*la, the waggon shafts

7»pen, a weapon
* 78ep, prudent

7»pelice, anxiously

78&pj'cipe, prudence

7nji1Sf notable, extraordinary
\ 7»ftm, fruit
' 7aBt, wet

7»ta, liquor
^ 7»tep, water
, 7»J>an, to hunt

\ 7apan, to admire, to wonder at
' 7ajruns, astonishment

:;;«}» wall

7asian, to wag, to move to and

fro
/an -)

7on > dark, pale, wan
" 7onn 3 *

7ana, a want
\ 7ancol, unstable

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, TanblnnSi chuicMlileDess

, ranbpian, to wander, to vary

, 7ans, a field

, Taman, to wane, to diminiih, to be

lessened
, ^apcman, to guard one's self
>apo^ \

' ^ean^r * *^^"'' '^' w*-8l»ore

/eno« )

' 7tX, a flight

/azan 1

' 7eazan l> to increase

/ezan J

[ 7ea, woe, misery

' Tea, miserable

' Tealb, the weald, a wold, a fotest

Tealban, to rule, to govem, to
wield

Tealbanb ) «
:7ealbenbh"^^*''*8^^''^'
, 7ealbenbe, powerful

7ealble)>ep, a rein
, Tealhftob, an interpreter
' ^eallan, to boil up, to rage
\ 7ealopiSan, to roll round
\ 7ealopisan } to fall into decay, to
' 7ealapan y wither
\ 7ealpiaiK, to roll
' 7eapb, a guardian
[ 7eapbiSaD, to dwell •

/eajun, warm
[ Teaj*, by chance
' 7e<4, a wedge, a mass of metal
' 7ecssui» to rouse, to agitarte
\ 7ebenbe, insane, mad
•' 7ebep, weather, a storm
>es, away
. 7es-papan, to travel

7eSFepe&b, a traveller
/el, well

7ela, wealth, riches
" 7el-sehealben, well contented
[ 7eli& rich
' 7ell, a well, a spring
' 7elm, heat, fire

'7ena} * ^^^S^^ a° opinion
/enan, to think, to ween, to
imagine

J7enban, to tinm, to procaad, to bend,

to govern
, 7enbel-r», the WendeL sea
, 7enbms» a change
^ 7eob, a weed
" 7eopab "^

7ep€b > a company, a host

7epob J

7eopc-man, a workmaa

, 7eopob, sweet

, 7eopp«n, to cast, to throw

" 7eoptJ 1

' 7cop1Skc y worthy, deserving

;7ypJ,e J

, 7eop>an, to be, to exist

" 7eop'5piilic, honourable

, 7eop^pillicc, hoDoorably

7eop'Sscopn, desirous of honour
, 7eop)'ian, to honour, to distinguiah,
to enrich, to worship

'eoptJmynb, honour, dignity

'eop'Sfape, dignity, advantage

'eopulb-bifS } worldly occupa-
\ 7eopulb-bij^n5 J tion
/eopulb-buenb, a dweller ia the

world
, 7epan, to weep, to bewaU
, 7ep, a man

7epbaD, to corrupt, to injure

7epiS, weary, vile

7epilic, manly, worthy of a maa

7epoban, to grow sweet

7epJ>iob, a nation ; pi. men
" 7ef an, to be
' 7ert, the west

7ej*t-b»l, the west part; i.e. the

west
, 7e)te, a waste, a desert
' 7erte-peapb, westward
' 7eftmb»pe, fertile *

" 7ej'Cmej't, most westward
' 7hilum, sometimes
' 7hon. See Dpon

7ic, a station, a dwelling-place

7ib, wide
' 7ib-cu^, widely known, eminent

7ibe, widely
] 7ibsille, wide, spacious

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, 7ibje;ilnef , amplitude
7ibm»pe, far-fam«d, oeUbcated

, hy, a wife, a woman

, 7tfisLa, to take a wife, to marry

[ 7is, war

, 7isenb, a warrior

. 7isej*-heajib, a leader of war
7i-la-pei, well-away !
7ilb, wild

, 7ilb-beop, a wild beast
7illa, the will

, 7illan ) to will, to desire, to wish,
7ilman } to be inclined to

. 7ilnans, desire

, 7in, wine

. 7mb, the wind

,7mban, to wind, to wander, to
circle

|^mbej*-bom, the power of the
wind

j7inseapb, a vineyard

rmjebpmc, wine-drink ; i.e» wine

/mDan, to labour, to toil, to con*
tend, to conquer

,7mfcep, winter

7mtpeS, wintry

. 7ij», wise

/ifbom, wisdom

, 7ij-e, way, custom, wise

, 7ij^, food

. 7it, the mind

,7ita, a wise man, a senator, a
noble

, 7it;an, to know

, 7itan, to blame, to punish

, 7ite, a torment, a punishment

, 7i'5, with, towards
7i'S-cpe>an, to gainsay, to contra-
dict, to oppose

|^i>ep3)eapb, adverse, rebellious^ in-
consistent

. 7i]>eppeapbnej*, adversity

, 7i>eppinna, an enemy

, 7i"SFopan, before

, 7i^metan, to compare .

, 7i'Sjn:anban, to withstand

. 7ii$pinnan, to oppose

,7itnian, to torment, to punish, to
injure

^itnuns, punishment

risetta, a loathing

ylanc, splendid, rich

riatian, to grieve

ylenco, splendour, prosperity, pride,

arrogance
, 7htan, to behold, to look upon
, 7hce, beauty, excellence
' 7bteS, beautiful
\ 7ob-h»aS, fury

:7ohh'^^s

^ 7oh-fpemmenb, a doer of wicked-
ness
|^oh-h8sm«t;, adultery, «nlawfhl
lust

7ol, a plague, severity, mischief

7olcen, a cloud, the welkin

7on, error

7oncla, unstable
^ 7onb8eb, a crime
\ 7onS-ftebe, a fidd

7on-pilla, evil desire, lust

7on-pilnuns, evil desire, a wicked

purpose, lust
, 7on-pypb, evil fortune

7op, weeping
, 7opb, a word

] yojib'hojib, a treasury of words
, 7opn, a multitude, a number
"7opulb, the world, life in this

world
^opulb-lujt, worldly lust, plea-
sure
, 7pac, exile, banishment
/pacu"^

7p8ec > vengeance, injury, revenge

7pec 3

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/psscfi'S, banishment

^ 7p8&c-)*top, an evil place, a place of

banishment
7p8&nne)', lust, luxury

7pa'S, anger, wrath
7pa'5, angry, violent

7pecca, an exile, a wretch

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pesan, to accoie
penc, a ftrand, deceit
piSan, to tend towardB, to incline,
to strive

'pinsan, to wring, to press
pitan, to write
'pitepe, a writer

7ahhans, madness, fary
7yhc}* *^*°^' a creature

7al);, a wolf
7anb, a wound
7anb, wounded
7unbep

ibO]l \

a wonder

>S:^S::! wonderfully

7anbian, to wound
' 7unbpiaD, to wonder, to wonder at,
to admire

7unbpum, wonderfully
\ 7imian, to remain, to dwell
' 7ynfum, pleasant, winsome
[ 7ynfunilice, happily
[ 7ynfumnef , pleasantness
\ 7y|ican, to labour, to make
[ 7yphta, a maker, a wright
" 7ypm, a worm

7yjinan, to warn, prevent, refuse

7ypfe, worse. See Yjrel

7yjit, a plant, a herb

7ypt]in]na, a root

Yfel, evil

Yjrel, bad; comp. pypfe ; sup.

Ypele, evilly, miserably, badly
Y]:el-]nllenb, evil-minded

Y|«l-pypcan, to do evil
Yfemeji:, highest, uppermost
Ymb-cenpan, to turn round
Ymb-clyppan, to encircle, to em-
brace
Ymbe, about

V«^^*^^»»« circumference,

Ymb-hpeopfan, to turn about, to
turn round, to encompass

Ymbe-hcsan, to lie around

Ymb-fon, to encircle, to encompass

Ymb-habban, to indude, to con-
tain

Ymbhosa, care, anxiety

Ymb-fcpiHu!} to revolve about

Ymb-fitcan, to surround

Ymb-n>pecan, to speak about

Ymb-ftanban, to surround

Ymb-fpincan, to labour after any-
thing

Ymb-utan, round about

Ypnuan, to afflict, to oppress

Ypmins, a wretch

Ypm'S, misery

Ypnan, to run

Yppe, anger, ire

Yppinsa, angrily

Ypfienb, angry

YpjTins, anger

Yjt, a tempest, a storm

Yte, outwards; sup. ytemefC, fur-
thest

Y1S, a wave

D.
Da, as, when *

D»pe. See Dif

Dapan, to suffer, to permit, to'

allow
DapinS} permission

n*°c C *^*"^*» "'"^^J mind, favour
Danaan, to thank
Danc-pyptJ, thankworthy, accep-
table
Danon, thence

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Deaht, counsel, thought
Deajif, need, necessity

d^pfST} *° "®®^» *^ ^*^® °®®^

Deapjrbce, carefully

Deapl, heavy

Deajile, greatly

Deap, a custom, manner

Deccan, to conceal, to cover

DckbT C * ^^^^^1 * servant
De^nun^ > service, office, duty, re-
Denun^ \ tinue

Dmcan ) "^^^^^
Denben, while

Deob, a country

Deoban, to join, to associate

Deoben ) a lord, a ruler, a people's

Ihoben 3 ruler

Deobifc, a language, a nation

0eob-lonb, people's land, a people

Deojr, a thief

|^»j to flourish

DeofCfiu^

Jhoytjio > darkness

Diftpu )

Deop, a servant, a slave

Deopbom, service, servitude

Deopian, to serve

• thick

£>ic )

Diccef

Dicsan, to eat, to receive

Dibep, thither

^^[ the like, such

Dm, thine

Dincan, to seem, to appear
DinSy a thing

Dmsepe, an advocate, a pleader
Dmsian, to plead at the bar, to
obtain

Diob-niuma, a nation's founder, a

creator
Diortpan, to darken

Dij*, this

Difl, the shafts of a waggon

Docpian, to be conducted

Dolian, to suffer

Done, the mind, the will, a wish

Doncal-mob, wise in mind, wise

Donecan, as often as

Dononpeapb, thenceward, from

thence
Donne, than
Dojin, a thorn
Djiaeb, thread
S^»sian, to run
Dpas, course of events, space of

time
Dpea^an, to vex, to harass, to

afflict
Dpeat, a troop

Dpeatian ? to threaten, to chide, to
Dpietan ) admonish, to terrify
Dpeatung, correction
Dpeaun^, a threatening

feS^! *'<««>-<'*—

Dpibba, third
Dpie-pealb, three-fold •
Dpin^an, to crowd, to throng, to
rush

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Dpittis, thirty

I)pote, the throat

Dpopian, to suffer, to endure

Dpyccan, to tread on, to trample

Dpym, greatness, majesty, a crowd

i^ym, glorious

Dunep, thunder

DmiTuan, to thunder

Dnph-jrapan, to go through, to
penetrate

Dapb-|*eon, to see through

Dnph-teon, to accomplish, to fulfil

Duph-punian, to remain, to con-
tinue, to persevere

Dup)% thirst

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DvpfteS, thirsty

Du)*, thus

Dafenb, a thonaand

Dpapian, to temper, to modemte

Dpeop, perverse

i^^eopteme, a brawler

0y, then, when, therefore, because

Dy-l»f , lest

Dyle, Thole

Dypel, a hole

Dypjxao, to thirst

Dyj^ie, dark

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