BOOK III

. ll. 1-38. st. 74-79. 239-287. 5-10. 344-441. 11-20. 813-833. [Boethius, II. Pr. 4. 86-120.] 1310-1426. 31-43. 1443-1451. 44. 1471-1492. 44-48. 1513-1555. 50-56. 1588-1624. 56-60. 1625-1629. [Boethius, II. Pr. 4. 4-10.] 1639-1680. 61-65. 1695-1743. 70-73. 1744-1768. [Boethius, II. Met. 8.] 1772-1806. 90-93. 1807-1813. Bk. I, st. 3. 1.

1-38. This is an exceptionally difficult passage, and some of the editions make great nonsense of it, especially of ll. 15-21. It is, however, imitated from stanzas 74-79 of the Filostrato,