Boecius de consolacione philosophie

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Title
Boecius de consolacione philosophie
Author
Boethius, d. 524.
Publication
[Westminster :: Printed by William Caxton,
1478]
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Subject terms
Philosophy, Ancient.
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"Boecius de consolacione philosophie." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A16284.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 29, 2024.

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Quāuis fluēte diues auri gurgite Non expleturas cogat auarus opes Honoret{que} bacis colla rubri lito∣ris Rura{que} centeno scindat opinia boue etc

AL were it so that a noble couetous man̄ had a ry∣uer or a gutter fleting al of golde / yet sholde it neuer stan̄che his couetise. & al thaugh he had his necke chargid with precio{us} stones of the rede see. & thaugh he doo ere hys feldes plenteous with an honderd oxen. neu ne shall his byting besiues forleetten him while he liueth. ne the light ri∣chesses ne shal not beren him companye whan he is dede

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