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si_fw-mi ego_fw-la inquit_fw-la scîssem_fw-la tu_fw-la nescîss_n if_o i_o have_v know_v of_o such_o a_o design_n thou_o have_v never_o know_v it_o in_o which_o thing_n sorrow_n and_o my_o misfortune_n have_v not_o so_o dull_v my_o sense_n that_o i_o shall_v complain_v of_o the_o contrivance_n of_o wicked_a man_n against_o the_o virtuous_a but_o i_o wonder_v that_o according_a to_o their_o hope_n they_o shall_v have_v effect_v they_o for_o the_o will_v to_o do_v ill_o proceed_v from_o the_o defect_n of_o humane_a nature_n but_o it_o be_v prodigious_a that_o every_o contrivance_n of_o ill_a man_n shall_v prevail_v against_o the_o innocent_a even_o when_o the_o eye_n of_o providence_n behold_v it_o whence_o it_o be_v that_o one_o of_o thy_o disciple_n proper_o enough_o ask_v if_o there_o be_v a_o god_n whence_o then_o proceed_v evil_a if_o there_o be_v none_o whence_o good_a be_v it_o so_o that_o it_o be_v natural_a and_o fit_a enough_o that_o ill_a man_n who_o thirst_n after_o the_o 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good_a man_n yet_o i_o shall_v have_v be_v allow_v to_o have_v be_v present_a and_o upon_o my_o confession_n or_o conviction_n by_o the_o witness_n shall_v have_v receive_v my_o sentence_n but_o now_o for_o my_o afffection_n and_o service_n to_o the_o senate_n i_o be_o unheard_a undefended_a at_o the_o distance_n of_o pronounce_v of_o 500_o miles_n ticinum_n or_o pavia_n be_v so_o far_o distant_a from_o the_o place_n where_o the_o sentence_n of_o boetius_fw-la be_v pronounce_v 500_o mile_n condemn_v to_o death_n and_o safe_a and_o proscription_n proscription_n be_v of_o two_o kind_n one_o be_v proscription_n of_o good_n when_o they_o be_v expose_v to_o sale_n by_o write_n affix_v upon_o the_o public_a place_n of_o the_o city_n or_o country_n where_o the_o criminal_a dwell_v the_o other_o be_v a_o proscription_n of_o the_o person_n by_o which_o it_o be_v signify_v that_o the_o offender_n be_v banish_v by_o the_o magistrate_n and_o that_o his_o abide_v in_o the_o city_n or_o country_n be_v not_o safe_a proscription_n o_o my_o judge_n may_v none_o of_o you_o be_v ever_o convict_v of_o the_o like_a crime_n the_o falseness_n of_o which_o even_o my_o accuser_n themselves_o know_v and_o that_o they_o be_v force_v to_o throw_v another_o pretend_a offence_n into_o the_o scale_n which_o be_v that_o out_o of_o my_o ambition_n and_o desire_n of_o dignity_n i_o have_v pollute_v my_o conscienee_n with_o the_o horrid_a sin_n of_o here_o of_o sacrilege_n this_o be_v another_o crime_n object_v to_o boetius_fw-la but_o in_o what_o the_o sacrilege_n do_v consist_v which_o be_v lay_v to_o his_o charge_n do_v not_o so_o well_o appear_v to_o i_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr boucherie_n the_o french_a interpreter_n of_o our_o author_n think_v it_o consist_v in_o his_o have_v by_o deceitful_a art_n gain_v suffrage_n for_o the_o advance_v himself_o to_o the_o magistracy_n which_o the_o latin_n call_v crimen_fw-la ambitû_v a_o circumëundo_fw-la &_o supplicando_fw-la and_o the_o greek_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o stephanus_n in_o thesaur_n gr_n linguae_fw-la verbo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d interpret_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sive_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d popularitas_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ita_fw-la differre_fw-la videntur_fw-la quod_fw-la prio_fw-la concionibus_fw-la multitudini_fw-la lenocinari_fw-la &_o obrepere_fw-la solet_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d verò_fw-la potius_fw-la muneribus_fw-la gladiatoriis_fw-la &_o spectaculis_fw-la vide_fw-la sis_fw-la bud._n p._n 811._o both_o these_o be_v crime_n punishable_a by_o the_o law_n of_o those_o country_n other_o as_o thomas_n aquinas_n and_o ascensius_n think_v that_o it_o be_v the_o crime_n of_o sortilegium_fw-la or_o sorcery_n and_o practise_v magical_a aart_n of_o which_o he_o be_v accuse_v and_o that_o for_o sacrilegio_fw-la we_o ought_v to_o read_v sortilegio_fw-la which_o seem_v to_o i_o to_o be_v true_a read_n of_o it_o for_o several_a reason_n which_o will_v be_v too_o long_o to_o insert_v here_o sacrilege_n but_o certain_o thou_o my_o guide_n and_o directress_n who_o be_v plant_v and_o root_v in_o my_o soul_n have_v so_o far_o drive_v out_o of_o my_o heart_n the_o desire_n of_o mortal_a and_o fade_a thing_n that_o thou_o do_v know_v i_o be_v ever_o under_o thy_o inspection_n there_o can_v be_v no_o place_n there_o for_o that_o impiety_n for_o thou_o do_v daily_o instil_v into_o my_o ear_n and_o mind_n that_o golden_a say_v of_o pythagoras_n 〈◊〉_d pythagoras_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d follow_v god_n nor_o be_v it_o convenient_a for_o i_o to_o seek_v assistance_n from_o soul_n and_o unlawful_a art_n who_o already_o thou_o have_v form_v into_o the_o excellence_n and_o likeness_n of_o god_n those_o of_o my_o domus_fw-la my_o innocens_fw-la penetral_a domus_fw-la family_n my_o friend_n also_o with_o who_o i_o converse_v and_o symmachus_n that_o virtuous_a and_o reverend_a 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which_o boreas_n blow_v off_o when_o his_o autumnal_a spoil_n he_o proud_o boast_v the_o gentle_a zephyr_n kind_o do_v restore_v and_o 14._o and_o syrius_n or_o as_o some_o write_v scyrius_n be_v call_v so_o a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d exsicco_fw-it to_o dry_v up_o and_o be_v a_o most_o bright_a star_n place_v in_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o constellation_n call_v canis_n major_a the_o great_a dog_n which_o when_o it_o arise_v accompany_v the_o rise_a sun_n from_o the_o month_n of_o july_n at_o which_o time_n the_o ripen_a corn_n seem_v to_o wither_v which_o star_n because_o it_o appear_v in_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o great_a dog_n be_v name_v canicula_fw-la jam_fw-la rapidos_fw-la torrens_fw-la sitientes_fw-la syrius_n indos_n ardebat_fw-la coelo_fw-la &_o medium_n sol_fw-la igneus_fw-la orbem_fw-la hauserat_fw-la arebant_fw-la herbae_fw-la &_o cava_fw-la flumina_fw-la siccis_fw-la faucibus_fw-la ad_fw-la limum_fw-la radii_fw-la tepesacta_fw-la coquebant_fw-la virgil._n 4._o georgic_n v._o 425._o tum_o steriles_fw-la exurere_fw-la syrius_n agros_fw-la arebant_fw-la herbae_fw-la &_o victum_fw-la seges_fw-la aegra_fw-la negabat_fw-la virgil._n aeneid_n l._n 3._o v._n 14._o syrius_n brood_v upon_o the_o field_n of_o corn_n which_o the_o industrious_a swain_n before_o have_v sow_o under_o abydi_fw-la under_o arcturus_n quasi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v a_o star_n in_o the_o sign_n of_o boötes_n near_o the_o tail_n of_o the_o great_a bear_n which_o star_n do_v accompany_v the_o rise_a sun_n from_o the_o month_n of_o october_n at_o which_o time_n the_o earth_n begin_v to_o cherish_v or_o nourish_v the_o seed_n commit_v to_o it_o at_o si_fw-la non_fw-la fuerit_fw-la tellus_fw-la foecunda_fw-la sub_fw-la ipsum_fw-la arcturum_fw-la tenui_fw-la sit_v erit_fw-la suspendere_fw-la fulco_fw-la virgil._n georg._n l._n 1._o v._n 67._o &_o v._o 204._o praeterea_fw-la tam_fw-la sunt_fw-la arcturi_fw-la sydera_fw-la nobis_fw-la haedorumque_fw-la dies_fw-la 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