lat 524 A.D. III,9p“Qui diuitias,” inquit, “petit penuriae fuga, de potentia nihil laborat, uilis obscurusque esse mauult, multas etiam sibi naturales quoque subtrahit uoluptates, ne pecuniam quam parauit amittat.
ger Notker ca. 950-1022 A.D.Qui diuitias inquit petit penurirȩ fuga . de potentia nihil laborat . uilis . obscurusque mauult esse. Tér rîhtûomes kérôt . zâdel flíhendo . dér nefórderôt keuuáltes nîeht . ímo íst lîebera smáhe únde únmâre ze sînne. Multas etiam sibi subtrahit uoluptates . naturales quoque . ne pecuniam amittat . quam parauit. Únde nímet ímo sélbemo mánigíu sîníu gemáh . ióh natûrlicíu . sô der slâf íst . táz er sînen guúnnenen scáz pehábe.
eng Chaucer 1343-1400 A.D.‘Thilke man,’ quod she, ‘that secheth richesses to fleen povertee, he ne travaileth him nat for to gete power; for he hath levere ben derk and vyl; and eek withdraweth from him-self many naturel delyts, for he nolde lese the moneye that he hath assembled.
eng Elizabeth 1593 A.D. p.58, 39-42"He that seekith riches by shunning penury, nothing carith for powre, he chosith rather to be meane & base, & withdrawes him from many naturall delytes, lest he lose the monny that he gat.
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Title
Book I: THE SORROWS OF BOETHIUS
