To these foresaid things answered Meliboeus unto his wife Prudence: “All thy words,” quoth he, “be true, and thereto 3961 profitable, but truly mine heart is troubled with this sorrow so grievously, that I know not what to do.” “Let call,” quoth Prudence, “thy true friends all, and thy lineage, which be wise, and tell to them your case, and hearken what they say in counselling, and govern you after their sentence. 3962 Solomon saith, ‘Work all things by counsel, and thou shall never repent.’ ” Then, by counsel of his wife Prudence, this Meliboeus let call 3963

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