King Alfred's Anglo-Saxon version of the Metres of Boethius; with an English translation, and notes by Boethius - WordSea
King Alfred's Anglo-Saxon version of the Metres of Boethius; with an English translation, and notes
by Boethius
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1835 Excerpt: ...times hast divided, As it was most suitable For order: That they both 25 Depart And again return. Thou thine own Restless creatures To thy will 30 Wisely movest, And thou thyself remainest Very still. Unchangeable, Always, for ever! 35 No one is mightier, Nor is any greater, ne jeonb ealle pa jej-ceapt. Nor through all the creation, epnhca pin. Is any equal to thee. ne pe asnij neb-peapp naep. To thee no need there was aeppe jiet ealpa. 40 Ever yet of all f In the MS. these two lines stand, unanpenbenblica. pojift rimle. The adverb a, through the error of some transcriber, was added to unanpeiibenbhc, which, in copying a MS. was a very possible mistake. papa peopca. pe pu jepopht hapapt. ac mib pinum pillan. pu hit pophtep eall, anb mib anpalbe. pinum ajenum. peopulbe jepopht«pt. anb puhta jehpaet. peah pe naeneju. neb-peapp paepe eallpa. papa maeppa. Ip f micel jecynb. pinep joobep. pencrS ymb pe pe pile, poppon hit ip eall an. aelcep pincjep. pu-j f pin joob. hit ip pin ajen. poppaem hit nipB utan. ne com auht to pe. Ac ic jeopne pat. paet pin joobnep ip. aclmihtij joob. eall mib pe pelpum. ftit ip unjehc. upum jecynbe. up ip utan cymen. The works, Which thou hast made; But by thy will Thou madest it all, 45 And by thine Own power, Didst create the world. And every creature; Though to thee 50 Was no necessity of all These miracles! Great is the nature Of thy goodness;--Consider it who will: 55 For it is all one In every thing, Thou and thy good; It is thine own, For it is not from without, 60 Nor did aught come to thee. But I well know. That thy goodness is Almighty good, All with thyself. 65 It is unlike To our nature: To us from without came e MS. All that we have Of goods on earth, 7o From God himself. Thou hast not towards any Conceived envy, For...
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King Alfred's Anglo-Saxon version of the Metres of Boethius; with an English translation, and notes
by Boethius
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1835 Excerpt: ...times hast divided, As it was most suitable For order: That they both 25 Depart And again return. Thou thine own Restless creatures To thy will 30 Wisely movest, And thou thyself remainest Very still. Unchangeable, Always, for ever! 35 No one is mightier, Nor is any greater, ne jeonb ealle pa jej-ceapt. Nor through all the creation, epnhca pin. Is any equal to thee. ne pe asnij neb-peapp naep. To thee no need there was aeppe jiet ealpa. 40 Ever yet of all f In the MS. these two lines stand, unanpenbenblica. pojift rimle. The adverb a, through the error of some transcriber, was added to unanpeiibenbhc, which, in copying a MS. was a very possible mistake. papa peopca. pe pu jepopht hapapt. ac mib pinum pillan. pu hit pophtep eall, anb mib anpalbe. pinum ajenum. peopulbe jepopht«pt. anb puhta jehpaet. peah pe naeneju. neb-peapp paepe eallpa. papa maeppa. Ip f micel jecynb. pinep joobep. pencrS ymb pe pe pile, poppon hit ip eall an. aelcep pincjep. pu-j f pin joob. hit ip pin ajen. poppaem hit nipB utan. ne com auht to pe. Ac ic jeopne pat. paet pin joobnep ip. aclmihtij joob. eall mib pe pelpum. ftit ip unjehc. upum jecynbe. up ip utan cymen. The works, Which thou hast made; But by thy will Thou madest it all, 45 And by thine Own power, Didst create the world. And every creature; Though to thee 50 Was no necessity of all These miracles! Great is the nature Of thy goodness;--Consider it who will: 55 For it is all one In every thing, Thou and thy good; It is thine own, For it is not from without, 60 Nor did aught come to thee. But I well know. That thy goodness is Almighty good, All with thyself. 65 It is unlike To our nature: To us from without came e MS. All that we have Of goods on earth, 7o From God himself. Thou hast not towards any Conceived envy, For...