iv. 47;

the turtle-dove once widowed never takes another mate, v. 33; flight of cranes suggested to Mercury shapes of letters, viii. 12; thrushes, storks, and doves gregarious, the greedy hawk loves solitude, viii. 31; orderly evolutions of cranes, ix. 2.

Bishops, King Witigis' exhortations to, x. 34; Cassiodorus' exhortations to, xi. 4.

Blue party in the Circus, rivalry of, with the Greens, iii. 51.

Bodily signs by which character may be discerned, vi. 9 (_compare_ also Cassiodorus, 'De Animâ,' capp. 10 and 11, referred to p. 53).

Boethius (or Boetius), Illustris and Patrician, receives orders to choose a harper to be sent to Clovis, 23, 24;