660. Compare Boethius, bk. ii. pr. 7. ll. 91, 92 (vol. ii. p. 48).

661. Mat. v. 9. Cf. Frank. Tale, F. 773, and the note. The 'wise man' is

Dionysius Cato, who says:--'Quem superare potes, interdum uince ferendo,'

sometimes altered to 'superare _nequis, patienter_,' &c.; Distich. i. 38.