lat 524 A.D. II,6pIta cum pessimos plerumque dignitatibus fungi dubium non sit, illud etiam liquet natura sui bona non esse quae se pessimis haerere patiantur.
ger Notker ca. 950-1022 A.D.Ita cum non sit dubium . pessimos plerumque fungi dignitatibus . illud etiam liquet . natura sui non esse bona . quȩ se patiantur pessimis herere. Álso skînet . sîd tie zágôsten ze ámbáhten chóment . táz tîe sáchâ gûot nesínt . tîe dien uuírsestên múgen háftên.
eng Chaucer 1343-1400 A.D.And so, as I am in certein that right wikked folk han dignitees ofte tyme, than sheweth it wel that dignitees and powers ne ben nat goode of hir owne kinde; sin that they suffren hem-self to cleven or ioinen hem to shrewes.
eng Elizabeth 1593 A.D. p. 35, 37-40Wherfore when playn it is that many men beare greate office, this is sure, that of their nature they be not good, wiche stick to wickedest folke.
http://www2.hf.uio.no/common/apps/permlink/permlink.php?app=polyglotta&context=record&uid=0a3023b3-1c9b-11e2-b349-001cc4ddf0f4
Title
Book I: THE SORROWS OF BOETHIUS
