[Sidenote: This concord is produced by love, which governeth earth and sea, and extends its influence to the heavens.] Al this a-cordau{n}ce of thinges 1688 is bownden w{i}t{h} looue / þ{a}t gou{er}neth erthe {and} see / {and} hath also {com}mau{n}dementȝ to the heuenes / [Sidenote: If this chain of love were broken all things would be in perpetual strife, and the world would go to ruin.] {and} yif this looue slakede the brydelis / alle thinges þ{a}t now louen hem to gederes / wolden maken a batayle contynuely 1692 {and} stryuen to fordoon the fasou{n} of this worlde / the which they now leden in acordable feith by fayre moeuynges // [Sidenote: Love binds nations together, it ties the nuptial knot, and dictates binding laws to friendship.] this looue halt to gideres poeples Ioygned w{i}t{h} an hooly bond / {and} knytteth sacrement of maryages 1696 of chaste looues // And loue enditeth lawes to trewe felawes // [Sidenote: Men were truly blest if governed by this celestial love!’] O weleful weer{e} mankynde / yif thilke loue þ{a}t gouerneth heuene gouerned[e] yowr{e} corages / EXPLICIT LIB{ER} 2_^us_. [Linenote: 1690 _hath_--H. he hath] [[pg 63]] [Headnote: BOETHIUS IS COMFORTED BY PHILOSOPHY’S SONG.] INCIPIT LIB{ER} 3^_us_. IAM CANTU{M} ILLA FINIERAT. [Sidenote: [The fyrste p{ro}se.]] [Sidenote: Philosophy now ended her song.] ++By this she hadde endid hir{e} song{e} / whan the swetnesse 1700 of hir{e} ditee hadde thorw p{er}ced me þ{a}t was desirous of herkninge / [Sidenote: I was so charmed that I kept a listening as if she were still speaking.] {and} .I. astoned hadde yit streyhte myn Eres / þ{a}t is to seyn to herkne the bet / what she wolde seye // [Sidenote: At last I said, O sovereign comforter of dejected minds, how much hast thou refreshed me with the energy of thy discourse, so that I now think myself almost an equal match for Fortune and able to resist her blows.] so þ{a}t a litel her{e} aft{er} .I. seyde thus // O thow 1704 þ{a}t art sou{er}eyn comfort of Angwissos corages // So thow hast remou{n}ted {and} norysshed me w{i}t{h} the weyhte of thy sentenses {and} w{i}t{h} delit of thy syngynge // so þ{a}t .I. trowe nat now þ{a}t .I. be vnparygal to the strokes of fortune / as 1708 who seyth. I. dar wel now suffren al the assautes of fortune {and} wel deffende me fro hyr // [Sidenote: I fear not, therefore, thy remedies, but earnestly desire to hear what they are.] {and} tho remedies whyche þ{a}t thow seydest hir{e} byforn weren ryht sharpe Nat oonly p{a}t .I. am nat agrysen of hem now // but .I. desiros 1712 of herynge axe gretely to heeren tho remedyes //