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Five books of philosophicall comfort ... (1609)

Boethius, d. 524 · London : Printed by John Windet for Mathew Lownes · leaf 73

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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,… … 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…

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