Five books of philosophicall comfort ... . ciein humane affaires? Sincethat man himfelfe is fbone gone:for although things fubic6l to for-tune feldome keepe toucb in flay-ing, yet the end or life is a certairtedeath,euen of that fortune, whichremaineth. Wherefore what mat-ter ThilofophicallComfort. \ J>* ter is it, whether thou by dyingleaueft it, or it forfaketh thee by flying? The ILL Verse. (philofophy dedaretb yhoH> all worldlythings decay and fade a^ay. WHen?h&buswith hisRofieteame- Shcwetb his lightfome beatne^The dulland darkened Starns retire Teeldtng to greater
Five books of philosophicall comfort ... . ciein humane affaires? Sincethat man himfelfe is fbone gone:for although things fubic6l to for-tune feldome keepe toucb in flay-ing, yet the end or life is a certairtedeath,euen of that fortune, whichremaineth. Wherefore what mat-ter ThilofophicallComfort. \ J>* ter is it, whether thou by dyingleaueft it, or it forfaketh thee by flying? The ILL Verse. (philofophy dedaretb yhoH> all worldlythings decay and fade a^ay. WHen?h&buswith hisRofieteame- Shcwetb his lightfome beatne^The dulland darkened Starns retire Teeldtng to greater warmth doth brings Sweete Rofes ddhe thtjprtxgLet nojfome Anfter blow apace, Plants foone will loofe their Sea hath rften quiet ft oodp With an vnmoued floed>And eft en is turmoyl d with wan es7 When boyftrovs Boreas thus she world neuer lemgtarie The fame^ Oat often vane:On fading fortunes then relte, Truslto thofe goods that everlafting Uw is rnade^ That all things borne fb all fade. The! Hoetius bis. The IIIL Prose. Thilofophyproueth, that Boetius is JIMfortunate, and that no man bathcomplete bappinejfe in this life, O which I anfwered, the|j things, which thourepor-__H teft are title} O nurfe of allveftucs,3nd I cannot denie the modfpeedy couifeofmy profperitie, butthis is th-at, which vexeth me molt,when I remember it. For in all is the moftvn-happie kind of misfortune, to hanebeene happie. But, quoth .-(bet,thou canii not -iuftly impute to thethings themjflues, chat thou art pu-nifhed for thy falfe opinion, For ifthisvaine name ofcafuall felicitiemoueththee, let vs makeaccomptwith how many, and how greatthincis thou aboundeft. Where- fore T bilofopbicaU Comfort. fore if tl at, which in all thyreue-newcs oi: fortune, thou efteemedfl:mol precious, doeth ft 111 by Godsprouidence remaine fafe and vntou-ched, c: nit. thou, retaining the beu\iuftly complaine of Father in-law Sjmmacbus (thatmoil: excellen
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