lat 524 A.D. II,7pHuic quartae, si quantum maria paludesque premunt quantumque siti vasta regio distenditur cogitatione subtraxeris, vix angustissima inhabitandi hominibus area relinquetur.
ger Notker ca. 950-1022 A.D.Si subtraxeris cogitatione . huic quatrȩ parti . quantum premunt maria paludesque . quantumque distenditur regio uasta . i. deserta siti . i. ariditate . uix relinquetur hominibus angustissima area inhabitandi. Ténchest tu dánne . uuîo fílo uuázer . únde fénne . únde éinôte skértent tés sélben fîerden téiles . sô íst tes ánderes échert éin énge hóue-stát . tero ménniskôn.
eng Chaucer 1343-1400 A.D.And yif thou haddest with-drawen and abated in thy thought fro thilke ferthe partye as moche space as the see and the mareys contenen and over-goon, and as moche space as the regioun of droughte over-streccheth, that is to seyn, sandes and[ ] desertes,wel unnethe sholde ther dwellen a right streit place to the habitacioun of men.
eng Elizabeth 1593 A.D. p. 37, 16-19From this fourth, if in thy mynde thou draw away as much as Sea and marish couers, and so much as wasted ground by drynes hath distended, the straytest roome is left for mans habitation.
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Title
Book I: THE SORROWS OF BOETHIUS
