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Rh Nature, might of, 104.

Nero, 34, 40, 69; and Seneca, 71.

Nimrod, 112

Noah, 35.

Nobility, true, 75.

Nonius, 66.

Oblivion, 48.

Ocean, 28.

Opposites, 38, 51.

Orpheus and Eurydice, 116.

Papinianus, 72

Parmenides, 115.

Parthians, 44.

Perception, modes of, 171.

Philosopher, the would-be, 46.

Philosophy, comforts Boethius, 3; promises to cure B., 9; and her servants, 15; mother of all virtues, 19. Physic, 38.

Physica (Aristotle's treatise), 164.

Pirate host, 33.

Plato, 4, 108, 127. Power, 82; is useless, 39; misuse of, 65; sacrifices to get, 84; perfect, 127; incidence of, 155. Predestination, 167, 169.

Prosperity compared with adversity, 49.

Providence, 148, 150, 152.

Ptolemy, 43. Punishment of the wicked, 131, 136, 140; often delayed, 138.

Race for the crown, 130.

Reason, 31, 90.

Regulus, 37.

Rewards, of goodness, 130; of wickedness, 131.

Riches, see Wealth.

Righteousness, Plato on, 108.