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— William Blake

Does the Eagle know what is in the pit?

Or wilt thou go ask the Mole:

Can Wisdom be put in a silver rod?

Or Love in a golden bowl?

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One who, or that which, accelerates.

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I. BOETHIUS.

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Geoffrey Chaucer·1343–1400
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. 8, Book I, met. 4, l. 8. _For_ thonder-light _a better reading is_thonder-leit; see p. xliii, and the note (p. 422). P. 10; foot-notes, l. 10. _Read_: C. vnplitable; A. inplitable. P. 26, Book II, met. 1, l. 11. _For_ proeueth _read_ proeveth. P. 29, Book II, pr. 3, l. 3. _Delete the comma after_ wherwith. P. 48, Book II, pr. 7, l. 86. _For_ thas _read_ that. P. 50, Book II, pr. 8, l. 17. _For_ windinge _read_ windy. See pp. xlii,434. P. 58, Book III, pr. 3, l. 68. _For_ all _read_ al. P. 62, l. 4. Counted as l. 10; it is really l. 9. P. 63, Book III, pr. 5, l. 41. _For_ of _read_ _of_ (in italics). P. 74, Book III, pr. 10, l. 6. _For_ has _read_ hast. P. 111. The side-number 215 is one line too high. P. 122, Book IV, met. 6, l. 24. Delete the square brackets; see pp. xlii,xliii. P. 124, Book IV, pr. 7, l. 61. MS. C. _has_ confirme; _and_ MS. A. _has_conferme. _But the right reading must be_ conforme; _for the_ Latin _texthas_ conformandae.
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