Excerpt from King Alfred's Anglo-Saxon Version of Boethius De Consolatione Philosophiae With an English Translation, and Notes The present edition is founded on Mr. Rawlinson's, but with such alterations as, it is hoped, will render it more acceptable to the anglo-saxon student. The readings taken from the Cotton ms. Have been carefully examined, and in numerous instances introduced into the text. By this means difliculties are removed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.