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PRELUDE (Not in Boethius. ) - Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy [520 AD]Edition used:King Alfred’s Version of the Consolations of Boethius. Done into Modern English, with an Introduction by Walter John Sedgefield Litt.D. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1900).
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PRELUDE
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| Thus the old tale | Alfred told us, |
| West Saxons’ king. | He shewed the cunning, |
| The craft of songmen. | Keenly he longed |
| Unto the people | to put forth songs |
| Men to make merry, | manifold stories, |
| Lest a weariness | should ward away |
| The man self-filled, | that small heed taketh |
| Of such in his pride. | Again I must speak, |
| Take up my singing, | the tale far known |
| Weave for mortals; | let who will listen. |