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St. 68, 475-6.........." Death the desired deliverer."

Cf. Cons., i. m. 1, 13-4; tr. 16-7.

St. 116, 807-8........" The wretchedness of mortal bliss.'

St. 133, 930.......
St. 150.............

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Cf. Cons., ii. pr. 4, 64-6; tr. 1105-9. "Necessity and Freewill."

Cf. Cons., v. pr. 2, 26-8; tr. 4420-3. ."Necessity and Freewill."

Cf. Cons., v. pr. 3, 1-53; tr. 4437-513.

St. 223, 1559-60....." How to command Fortune.'

St. 40, 278..

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Cf. Cons., ii. pr. 4, 71-2; tr. 1116-7.

Book V.

"Phoebus' rosy car."

Cf. Cons., ii. m. 3, 1; tr. 990.

St. 109, 762..........." Felicity is sufficiency."

Cf. Cons., iii. pr. 2, 5-6; tr. 1756-8.

St. 222, 1554-6*....." Fortune controlled by Providence."

Cf. Cons., iv. pr. 6, 21-4; tr. 3854-8.

St. 260, 1823-6......." A soul's journey to the seventh sphere (the highest

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634 and 642..........." Her capriciousness and her rolling wheel." Cf. Cons., ii. pr. 2, 28-9; tr. 871-2.

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778.

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"Tantalus."

Cf. Cons., iii. m. 12, 36-7; tr. 3052. "The mind compared to a clean parchment." Cf. Cons., v. m. 4, 6-9; tr. 4837-9.

"Alcibiades."

Cf. Cons., iii. pr. 8, 24; tr. 2237.

THE HOUSE OF FAME.

Book II.

"The thunderbolt."

Cf. Cons., m. 4, 9-10; tr. 236-7.

221-48......

."The instinct of self-preservation in nature."
Cf. Cons., iii. pr. 11, passim, esp. 69-
81; tr. 2756-74.

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Cf. Cons., i. pr. 1, 7-11; tr. 37-41.
"Fortune's unfair distribution of rewards."
Cf. Cons., i. pr. 5, 34; tr. 598-9.

830......................" The house of Dædalus."

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10-12...................." Fortune teaches us to distinguish between friend

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and foe."

Cf. Cons., ii. pr. 8, 19-20; tr. 1667-8. "Self-mastery a safeguard against Fortune." Cf. Cons., ii. pr. 4, 71-2; tr. 1116-7. "Socrates."

Cf. Cons., i. pr. 3, 18 and 29; tr. 186 and 206.

"Fortune's reply to her accuser."

For the general idea, cf. Cons., ii. pr. 2. "To command one's self is to command Fortune." Cf. Cons., ii. pr. 4, 71-2; tr. 1116-7. "Thanks are owing to Fortune for her loan of goods." Cf. Cons., ii. pr. 2, 13-4; tr. 850.

"Her changefulness gives hope of better things."
Ib. 41-2; tr. 895-6.

"She teaches to distinguish friend from foe."
Cf. Cons., ii. pr. 8, 20-5; tr. 1668-78.

1 The title, as given by Morris and the old editions, is "Ballade de Vilage." The mistake arose from confusing / with 7. (See Skeat's 'Minor Poems of Chaucer,' p. 374.)

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57-64.......

66-7.

68...

71

"The anchor [of hope] still holds."

Cf. Cons., ii. pr. 4, 30-1; tr. 1050-1. "Shall the slave dictate to the mistress?"

Cf. Cons., ii. p. 1, 49-50 and 55; tr. 802-5 and 813-5.

"Fortune's common realm."

Cf. Cons., ii. pr. 2, 44; tr. 897.

"Fortune's wheel."

Cf. Cons., ii. pr. 1, 56-7; tr. 815-7, and pr. 2, 28-9; tr. 871-2.

"Fortune's friends."

Cf. Cons., ii. pr. 8, 19-22; tr. 1667 78.

"Fortune's reply continued."

Cf. Cons., ii. pr. 2, 10-27; tr. 845-69.

"Providence."

Cf. Cons., iv. pr. 6, 30-2; tr. 3868-71.

."Men addressed as beasts."

Cf. Cons., iii. pr. 3, 1; tr. 1888. "The end of Fortune."

Cf. Cons., ii. pr. 3, 45-6; tr. 984-5.

BALLADE SENT TO KING RICHARD.

For the general idea of this poem, "Lack of steadfastness," cf. Cons., ii. m. 8. 1-4; tr. 1679-81; ib. 13-21; tr. 1688-704; ib. 28-30; tr. 1707-8.

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GOOD COUNSEIL OF CHAUCER.

"Be content with little."

Cf. Cons., ii. pr. 5, 40-2; tr. 1231-3. "Avarice is ever odious."

Cf. Cons., ii. pr. 5, 9-10; tr. 1182-3. "Ambition is dangerous."

Cf. Cons., iii. pr. 8, 8-9; tr. 2213-5. "Truth the great criterion."

Cf. Cons., iii. m. 11, 7-8; tr. 2840-2; ib. 11-4; tr. 2860-8.

"Calmness commended."1

Cf. Cons., ii. pr. 4, 35; tr. 1060.

1 Morris reads "

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peyne the not Skeat, tempest the not"; and this last suits the passage in Boece, "tempest nat the thus,"

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Cf. Cons., ii. pr. 2, 28-9; tr. 871-2, &c.

"Contentment commended."

Cf. Cons., ii. pr. 1, 47; tr. 800-1.

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......................." The heavenly home."

18...

Cf. Cons., i. pr. 5, 9 and 11; tr. 561-2
and 565-6.

Cf. Cons., iii. pr. 12, 27; tr. 2911.
Cf. Cons., iv. pr. 1, 32 and 35; tr. 3128
and 3132.

Cf. Cons., iv. m. 1, 25; tr. 3159 and
3132.

Cf. Cons., v. pr. 1, 9; tr. 4305.

'Man addressed as a beast."

Cf. Cons., iii. pr. 3, 1; tr. 1888.

Cf. Cons., iv. pr. 3, 66; tr. 3478.
Cf. Cons., iv. m. 3, passim.
Cf. Cons., iv. pr. 4, 3; tr. 3519.

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For the general idea, and the definition of gentility, cf. Cons., iii. pr. 6, tr. 2150-63; and m. 6, 1-2 and 6-9; tr. 2164-6 and 2170-5.

20-7;

AETAS PRIMA.

For the general idea, and the former age, cf. Cons., ii. m. 5.

1 "Loke up on hye and thonke God of alle."-Morris.
"Know thy contree, lok up, thank God of al."--Skeat.

ADDENDUM to p. 218.

Since chapter vi. passed through the press, Professor Skeat has announced his discovery that the originals of the notes and glosses in Chaucer's translation are to be found in the Cambridge MS., Ii. 3, 21. (See 'The Athenæum' of Oct. 24, 1891.

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Ado of Vienne, 3.

Adunatio, 146, 155.
̓Αγαπή, 84.

Alain de Lille, 239.

Alberto della Piagentina, 232, 233.
Albinus, 31, 36.

'Alcibiades, Second,' 103, 104.
Alcuin, 2, 109, 169, 242.
Alfred, King, renaissance of letters
under, 170-as a popular educa-
tor, 171, 172-his translation of
the Cons.,' 170-178-his genius,
175-his method of translating,
174 his deviations from the
Latin, 176-178-metrical trans.
attributed to, 175 n.-his anti-
pathy to Theodoric, 173- the
Saxon chronicle and, 172.
Alphonso de la Torre, 239.
Alternus amor, 89.

Amalsuntha, 51.

Amat, 236.

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Angelica virtus, 68, 87.
Anglo-Norman literature, 198.
Anglo-Saxon literature, influence
of Boethius on.

Beowulf.

Anician gens, 27.
Anima naturæ, 82.
Anima rerum, 82.

See Alfred and

Anonymous French translations of
the Cons.' (xiii. cent.), 200-206
-(xiv. cent.) 208-213-(by an
Italian) 213.

'Anonymus Valesii,' the, date
and author of, 30-on the trial
of Boethius and Symmachus, 31,
32-on the mission of Pope John,
33-evidential value of, 34.
'Apokolakuntosis Claudii,' 74.
Arabic translation of Aristotle,
244, 245.

Archimedes, translated by Boethi-
us, 26.

Argelati, 232, 234.

Arians, the, 111, 113, 120-procla-
mation of Zeno against, 33.
Aristotle, translated by Boethius,
26, 27-his influence on Boethius,
81, 85, 91, 100, 104, 105, 113,
118, 119, 124, 143, 145, 254.
Boethius at variance with, 122,
155—an of, 84, 143-his theory
of the universe, 85-his defini-
tion of chance, 91, of relation,
122-on genera and species, 247,
248, 250, 251-in the middle ages,
168, 169.
Arnold, G., 4.

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