An English garner; ingatherings from our history and literature . 4 BOETHIUS DE CoNSOLATIONE PHILOSOPHISE, [c. 1478. Hunc latuisse virum nil si tot opuscula vertes Dixeris, egregiis quae decorata ingenium. vel fontes philosophic Quitquid et arcani dogmata sacra feruntEt quascunque velis tenuit dignissimus artes Hie vates, paruo conditus hoc laudis quantum preclara britannia perdis Dum rapuit tantum mors odiosa parcae, crudelia fila sorores ! Non tamen extincto corpora fama peritUiuet in eternum, viuent dum scripta poetae, Uiuant eterno tot monimenta die.
An English garner; ingatherings from our history and literature . 4 BOETHIUS DE CoNSOLATIONE PHILOSOPHISE, [c. 1478. Hunc latuisse virum nil si tot opuscula vertes Dixeris, egregiis quae decorata ingenium. vel fontes philosophic Quitquid et arcani dogmata sacra feruntEt quascunque velis tenuit dignissimus artes Hie vates, paruo conditus hoc laudis quantum preclara britannia perdis Dum rapuit tantum mors odiosa parcae, crudelia fila sorores ! Non tamen extincto corpora fama peritUiuet in eternum, viuent dum scripta poetae, Uiuant eterno tot monimenta qua bonos tangit pietas, si carmine dignus Carmina qui cecinit tot cumulata modis,Haec sibi marmoreo scribantur verba sepulchre, Haec maneat laudis sarcina summa suae :Galfridus Chaucer vates et fama poesis Materne, hac sacra sum tumulatus humo. Post obitum Caxton voluit te viuere cura Willelmi, Chaucer, clare poeta, tui:Nam tua non solum compressit opuscula formis, Has quoque sed laudes iussit hie esse tuas. 225 Golden Legend,First Edition (1483). He Holy and blessed doctor Saint Jeromesaiththis authority, Do always some goodwork to the end that the devil find theenot Idle. And the holy doctor SaintAustin saith in the book of the labour ofmonks, that no man strong or mighty tolabour ought to be idle; for which causewhen I had performed and accomplisheddivers works and histories translated out of French intoEnglish at the request of certain lords, ladies, and gentlemen,as the Recuyel of the History of Troy, the Book of the Chess,the History of Jason, the history of the Mirror of the World,the 15 books of Metamorphoses in which be contained thefables of Ovid, and the History of Godfrey of Boulogne inthe conquest of Jerusalem, with other divers works andbooks, I ne wist what work to begin and put forth after thesaid works to-fore made. And forasmuch as idleness is somuch blamed, as saith Saint Bernard, the mellifluous doctor,that she is mother of lies and step-dame
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