lat 524 A.D. I,4pUnde haud iniuria tuorum quidam familiarium quaesivit: ‘Si quidem deus,’ inquit, ‘est, unde mala? Bona vero unde, si non est?’
ger Notker ca. 950-1022 A.D.Unde haud iniuria quaesiuit quidam familiarium tuorum . siquidem deus est inquit . unde mala? bona uero unde, si non est?’ Fóne díu urâgeta mít réhte éiner dînero gesuâsôn . uuánnân chád er chúmet taz úbel . úbe gót íst? únde úbe er neíst . uuánnân daz kûot?
eng Chaucer 1343-1400 A.D.For which thing oon of thy famileres nat unskilfully axed thus: “Yif god is, whennes comen wikkede thinges ? And yif god ne is, whennes comen gode thinges ?”
eng Elizabeth 1593 A.D.Whence ther is a question not with out cause, of thy familiar: “Yf there be a god,” quoth he, “whene coms the euill? The good from whence, yf he be not?”
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Book I: THE SORROWS OF BOETHIUS
