Five books of philosophicall comfort ... . WhenfiUd with riches they retaine the tbiB ofhauin^ more?He is not rich, tbarfearcs, andgrieues, and cqhms htmfelfi but poore. 1 he III. Prose, Tbilofophy proueth ? that fortune hadbeene morefauourable 3 then contrarieto Boetius, Herefore if fortune fhouldplead with thee thus in herovvne defence, doubt-Ielfethou wouldeft not haue a word to an (were. Thilofophicall Comfort. anfvvere iier. But if there bee anychina, which thou canft alleacke inthy owne defence, thou mil ft vtterir, wee will giue thee full liberde tofpeake. Then I laid, thefe thingsmake
Five books of philosophicall comfort ... . WhenfiUd with riches they retaine the tbiB ofhauin^ more?He is not rich, tbarfearcs, andgrieues, and cqhms htmfelfi but poore. 1 he III. Prose, Tbilofophy proueth ? that fortune hadbeene morefauourable 3 then contrarieto Boetius, Herefore if fortune fhouldplead with thee thus in herovvne defence, doubt-Ielfethou wouldeft not haue a word to an (were. Thilofophicall Comfort. anfvvere iier. But if there bee anychina, which thou canft alleacke inthy owne defence, thou mil ft vtterir, wee will giue thee full liberde tofpeake. Then I laid, thefe thingsmake afaire fhew, and being fet outwithplealantRhetoricke and Mu-ficke, delight onely fo long as theyare heard. But thole, which are mi-f erable haue a deeper feeling of cheirmiferjes. Theifore,when the foundof theie things is pa ft, hidden for-row opprelTeth thr mind. It is fo in-deed,ciuoth me, for thefe be not theremedies of thy cifeafe, butcertainefomentations to amvage thy griefe,which as yet refifteth all cure. Butwhen it fh :11 bee time, I will ap-ply that, which fhall pierce to thequicke. And yet theie is no caufe,why thou moulded: tfiinke thy ielfemiferable; Haft thou forgotten, how ^BGetius his how many wayes, and in what de-gree thou art happie? I pafle ouerwith fihnce, that hauing loft thyFather, thou wertprouicied for bymen of thebeflfbrtj and being cho-fen tohane affinicie w
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