Five books of philosophicall comfort ... . THE thirdbooke Of Boetiv$» 111 which Philofophy begin- neth to apply more forcible re-medies;, and treated! oftruefelicitie. The I. P r ose. Thilofopby promifetb to explicatetrue feltd tie. ~^ Hough fhee had en-ded her verfe, yet thefweetnefle of it mademee remaine afloni- H 2 fiied,. <Boetim his fhed, attentiue, and defirous toheare her longer. Wherefore afterawhile, I faicie. O mod cflRctuallrefrefhment of wearied minds, howmuchhaue lbecne comforted withthy weightie fentences, Muficke! Infomuch that I be-gin to thinkemy felfenot vna
Five books of philosophicall comfort ... . THE thirdbooke Of Boetiv$» 111 which Philofophy begin- neth to apply more forcible re-medies;, and treated! oftruefelicitie. The I. P r ose. Thilofopby promifetb to explicatetrue feltd tie. ~^ Hough fhee had en-ded her verfe, yet thefweetnefle of it mademee remaine afloni- H 2 fiied,. <Boetim his fhed, attentiue, and defirous toheare her longer. Wherefore afterawhile, I faicie. O mod cflRctuallrefrefhment of wearied minds, howmuchhaue lbecne comforted withthy weightie fentences, Muficke! Infomuch that I be-gin to thinkemy felfenot vnable toencounter the aflaults of I am not now afraid,but rather earnestly defire to knowthole remedies, which before thoutoldeft mee were too fharpe. Towhich fhee anfwered,! perceiued asmuch, aj; thou fayeft, when I fawcthee hearken to my fpeeches with (ogreat lllence and attention 9 and Iexpected this difpofition of thymind, orrather more truely caufedit my ielfe. For the remedies whichremaineare of that fort, that theyare bitter to the taftc, but being in-wardly TbilofopbicaU Com for t. wardly receiued waxe fweete. Andwhereas thou fayeft that thou artdefirous to heare; how muchwould this defire encreafe,ifthoukneweft,whether!we goc about tobring thee} Whether (quoth I.) Totruefelicitiefquothfhe)which
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