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Chaucer's Translation of Boethius's "De Consolatione Philosophiae"

by Boethius (480–524)

56 chapters, about 29,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. Chapter 1 300 words
2. INTRODUCTION. 600 words
3. III. THE CHAIN OF LOVE. 1,400 words
4. 148 400 words
5. IX. THE GRIEF OF REMEMBERING BYGONE HAPPINESS. 200 words
6. XII. WORLDLY SELYNESSE 200 words
7. XIII. FORTUNE. 1,400 words
8. APPENDIX TO INTRODUCTION. 2,000 words
9. Book Metre Prose Page 600 words
10. SENTIS NE INQUIT. 500 words
11. VELLEM AUTE{M} PAUCA. 200 words
12. SET CUM RACIONU{M} IAM IN TE. 200 words
13. TUNC DEFIXO PAULULU{M}. 200 words
14. HACTENUS MENDACIS FORMA{M}. 200 words
15. TUM EGO PLATONI INQ{UA}M. 300 words
16. TUNC EGO PAPE INQ{UA}M. {ET} C{ETERA}. 200 words
17. ITA EST INQ{UA}M. 200 words
18. BELLA BIS QUENIS. {ET} C{ETERA}. 200 words
19. QUONDAM PORTICUS ATTULIT. 200 words
20. QUAM UARIIS FIGURIS. 200 words
21. INCIPIT LIBER BOICII DE CO{N}SOLAC{I}O{N}E PHILOSOPHIE. 300 words
22. HIC DUM MECUM TACITUS. 400 words
23. HAUT ALITER TRISTICIE. 300 words
24. SENTIS NE INQUIT. 1,200 words
25. HIC UBI CONTINUATO DOLORE. 400 words
26. PRIMU{M} IGITUR PATERIS ROGACIONIB{US}. 600 words
27. POSTEA [PAU]LISPER CONTICUIT. 700 words
28. VELLEM AUTE{M} PAUCA. 500 words
29. HIIS IGITUR SI PRO SE. 500 words
30. TUNC EGO UERA INQ{UA}M. 700 words
31. CONTRAQ{UE}. 400 words
32. SET CUM RACIONU{M} IAM IN TE. 1,400 words
33. QUID AUTE{M} DE DIGNITATIB{US} {ET} C{ETERA}. 200 words
34. TU{M} EGO SCIS INQ{UA}M. 300 words
35. TUNC DEFIXO PAULULU{M}. 200 words
36. SET DIGNITATIB{US}. 500 words
37. AN UERO REGNA. 100 words
38. NICHIL IGITUR DUBIUM EST. 300 words
39. HACTENUS MENDACIS FORMA{M}. 700 words
40. QUONIAM IGITUR QUI SCIT. 1,100 words
41. NUNC OMNES PARITER {ET}C. 400 words
42. TUM EGO PLATONI INQ{UA}M. 1,500 words
43. FELIX QUI POTERIT. {ET} CET{ER}A. 100 words
44. HEC CUM PHILOSOPHIA DIGNITATE UULT{US}. 200 words
45. TUNC EGO PAPE INQ{UA}M. {ET} C{ETERA}. 1,400 words
46. V[E]LA NARICII DUCIS. 200 words
47. TUNC EGO FATEOR INQ{UA}M. 400 words
48. ITA EST INQ{UA}M. 900 words
49. SI UIS CELSI IURA. 300 words
50. IAM NE IGITUR UIDES. 600 words
51. BELLA BIS QUENIS. {ET} C{ETERA}. 300 words
52. DIXERAT ORACIONISQ{UE} CURSUM. 600 words
53. A{N}I{M}ADUERTO INQ{UA}M. 200 words
54. TAMEN EGO EN INQ{UA}M. 700 words
55. TAMEN ILLA UETUS INQ{U}IT HEC EST. 100 words
56. QUESTIO. 700 words

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