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Excerpt from King Alfred's Anglo-Sexon Version of Boethius: De Consolatione Philosophiæ, With a Literal English Translation, Notes and Glossory
Boethius to that in the Bodleian Library, but the Latin Metres are rendered in anglo-saxon verse, while those in the Bodleian ms. Are translated in a prosaic form. In this edition every word contained in both mss. Is given, and the variations, which are the result of a careful collation, are marked at the foot of each page.
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