Five books of philosophicall comfort ... . ith thecloud of mortal! things. And ha-uing laid thus, with a c corner ofher garment ihee dried my eyeswhich were wee with tearcs* The raftnefle caufeth onlvfiknce,vnfendbleneiicc kcrlboiipeech *zmemory. c He it anillPbyfia. on wno defpayretK ohis Forget-{ulaefle. e Some valgar Ln- whichbe couldnot altoge-ther forget. cBoetius his The III. Verse. How Boetius began to recouer hisknowledge and memorj, THenfled the night anddarkenei dtdme leauey, Mine eyes their rvontedfirergth receiue:As when thefiarres withdraw their kafiy band. If


Five books of philosophicall comfort ... . ith thecloud of mortal! things. And ha-uing laid thus, with a c corner ofher garment ihee dried my eyeswhich were wee with tearcs* The raftnefle caufeth onlvfiknce,vnfendbleneiicc kcrlboiipeech *zmemory. c He it anillPbyfia. on wno defpayretK ohis Forget-{ulaefle. e Some valgar Ln- whichbe couldnot altoge-ther forget. cBoetius his The III. Verse. How Boetius began to recouer hisknowledge and memorj, THenfled the night anddarkenei dtdme leauey, Mine eyes their rvontedfirergth receiue:As when thefiarres withdraw their kafiy band. If he Attn oretafi with cloudes doeflandtThe Sftme doth Ihrkejthe earth receiueth night9 Before the time of {tarry if fierce Borearftn tfrcnt Thrace wake way for the reflorivg of the day,Phabttsrvithfrep andfodatne beanies doth rtfe,Strtkingwitb light ourwondringeyet. The III. Pros e. Hole theperfecutwn of Wifemen is none^o orjlrange thing, manner themifts of fadnelTe dii-fblued I came to myfelfe, and recoueredmy iudgement 3 fothat. Thilofophicall Comfort. chat I knew my Phyinions face;wherefore caftingmine eyes vponherfomewhat ftedfiftly, I beheldmy nurfe tPbilofophy, in Wholehoufe I had remained from myyouth,and I faid : O MiftreiTe ofall venues, for what cauie art thoucome from a heauen into this ourlolitarybanifhment?art thou cometo beare me company in being fal-fly accufed ? Should I (faith fhe)forfakethee my Difciplc, and notdeuide the burthen,which thoubear eft for enuy to my name, bypartaking of thy labour? But Tbilo-fophy thought it not lawfull to for-lakethe innocent in his I fearcany accufation? asthough this were any new matter?fordoeft thou thinke, that this isthe full: time, that Wiledome hathbeenexpofed to danger by wicked 4 aPhilofo. phythc ojfcofGoc. men Boetim his h He waspat to dcatlac Atbetas [or aoc now 1 ed-ging oneGod and he immor-U lity of the ioulc< cFalfe opi-nions ai-ledge foro*fentencesof Philofophieinawrooefcnfcf men?Haue we


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