lat 524 A.D. II,1pSi ventis vela committeres, non quo voluntas peteret sed quo flatus impellerent, promoveres;
ger Notker ca. 950-1022 A.D.Si committeres uela uentis . non promoueres quo voluntas peteret . sed quo impellerent flatus. Lîezîst tû dînen ségel demo uuínde ze geuuálte . sû nefûorîst tu nîeht tára dû uuóltîst . núbe dára díh uuínt fûorti.
eng Chaucer 1343-1400 A.D.Yif thou committest and bitakest thy sailes to the winde, thou shalt be shoven, not thider that thou woldest, but whider that the wind shoveth thee.
eng Elizabeth 1593 A.D.Yf thou woldst throwe the sayles to the wynde, not whither thou wolde, but whither thou blast doth dryve, so furr thou guest,
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Title
Book I: THE SORROWS OF BOETHIUS
