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Boethius: De Consolatione Philosophiae
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XI. 
111. MENTEM INTERROGANDAM ESSE DE OMNI UERITATE. 
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Metre XI.
Quisquis profunda mente uestigat uerum. 
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Quisquis profunda mente uestigat uerum
Cupitque nullis ille deuiis falli,
In se reuoluat intimi lucem uisus
Longosque in orbem cogat inflectens motus
Animumque doceat quidquid extra molitur
Suis retrusum possidere thesauris. 
Quisquis profunda mente uestigat uerum . cupidque ille nullis deuiis falli . in se reuolat . i. scrutetur lucem intimi uisus.
Souuér tîefo dénchendo daz uuâra gûot sûoche . únde er fóne lúge-díngen neuuélle betrógen uuérden . dér frâgee dés sîn sélbes sín.
Et inflectens longos motus . cogat in orbem.
Únde lánge férte des mûotes in rínges uuîs pîegende . tûe sie úmbe-gân. Táz chît . uuénde sîn mûot târ-ána díccho.
Animumque doceat . possidere retrusum . suis thesauris . quicquid extra molitur . i. rimatur.
Únde lêre sîn mûot héime háben . dáz iz ándersuuâr sûochet. 
Quiconques encerche verité par pensee parfonde et ne veult estre deceuz par nulles desvoiabletéz, reflechisse et retourt en soi meismes la clarté des yeulz de son cuer par dedens et restraingne en reflechissant entour son cuer les lons mouvemcns de ses pensees, et enseigne a son courage a cognoistre que il tient repost en ses tresors tout quenque il quiert dehors. 
Who-so that seketh sooth by a deep thought, and coveiteth nat to ben deceived by no mis-weyes, lat him rollen and trenden with-inne him-self the light of his inward sighte; and lat him gadere ayein, enclyninge in-to a compas, the longe moevinges of his thoughtes; and lat him techen his corage that he hath enclosed and hid in his tresors, al that he compasseth or seketh fro with-oute. 
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Dudum quod atra texit erroris nubes
Lucebit ipso perspicacius Phoebo. 

Quod dudum texit atra nubes erroris . lucebit perspicatius ipso phoebo.
Úbe er dáz tûot . tánne begínnet síh ímo indûon . dáz ér neuuíssa . óffenôr dánne daz súnnûn lîeht. Táz chît si fóne díu . uuánda ér ímo sélbo bedénchen sól . uuîo uuâr dáz sî . dáz sîn ín lêret. 
Lors li apparra et luira, plus clerement que li soleus ne luist, ce que la noire nue de l’erreur et du default de sa cognoissance avoit jadis couvert. 
And thanne thilke thinge, that the blake cloude of errour whylom hadde y-covered, shal lighten more cleerly thanne Phebus him-self ne shyneth. Glosa. Who-so wole seken the deep grounde of sooth in his thought, and wol nat be deceived by false proposiciouns that goon amis fro the trouthe, lat him wel examine and rolle with-inne himself the nature and the propretees of the thing; and lat him yit eftsones examine and rollen his thoughtes by good deliberacioun, or that he deme; and lat him techen his sowle that it hath, by natural principles kindeliche y-hid with-in it-self, alle the trouthe the whiche he imagineth to ben in thinges with-oute. And thanne alle thederknesseof his misknowinge shalsememore evidently to sighte of his understondinge thanne the sonne ne semeth to sighte with-oute-forth. 
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Non omne namque mente depulit lumen
Obliuiosam corpus inuehens molem. 
Namque corpus inuehens obliuiosam molem . non depulit omne lumen mente.
Uuánda dér âgez máchôndo lîchamo . nehábet temo mûote dóh nîeht káreuuo genómen dia uuârhéit . souuîo geskríben sî. Corpus quod aggrauat animam . opprimit sensum multa cogitantem. 
Car certez li corps, aportans la pesanteur d’oubliance, n’a pas chaciee hors de vostre pensee toute la clarté de vostre cognoissance. 
For certes the body, bringinge the weighte of foryetinge, ne hath nat chased out of your thoughte al the cleernesse of your knowinge; 
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Haeret profecto semen introrsum ueri
Quod excitatur uentilante doctrina. 
Heret profecto introrsum semen ueri . quod excitatur uentilante doctrina.
Ételîh fúncho dero uuârhéite . lóskêt târ-ínne . dér fóne dero ána-blâsentûn lêro erchícchet uuírt.  
Certainement la semence de verité se tient et ahert dedens vostre courage et est esmeue et esveilliee par le vent et par les souffles de doctrine. 
for certeinly the seed of sooth haldeth and clyveth with-in your corage, and it is awaked and excyted by the winde and by the blastes of doctrine. 
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Nam cur rogati sponte recta censetis,
Ni mersus alto uiueret fomes corde?
Quod si Platonis Musa personat uerum,
Quod quisque discit immemor recordatur.” 
Nam cur rogati . recta sponte . i. sine doctore . censetis . ni uiueret fomes mersus alto corde.
Uuánnân bírnt ir ánderes sô geréh . réht ze fíndenne . sô man is íuuih frâgêt . tér zínselôd nelâge dâr begráben . tîefo ín demo hérzen ? Táz íst argumentum ab effectu. Uuîo mág effectum sîn âne den efficientem ?
Quod si platonis musa personat uerum . quod quisque discit inmemor recordatur.
Úbe platonis poema uuâr ságet . ál dáz tér úngehúhtigo gelírnet . tés pehúget er síh. Plato únde ándere philosophi . uuândôn . dáz anime hominum állíu díng uuízîn . êr sie ad corpora chómên . únde fóne démo úngehúhtig uuórtene . síh íro dára-nâh îo éinzên behúgên. 
Car pour quoy jugiéz vous de vostre gré les drois a ceulz qui les vous demandent ? Certez ce ne feissiéz vous pas, se li norrissemens et la force de raison ne vesquist plungiee en la parfondece de vostre cuer. Et se la doctrine de Platon nous chante verité, tout quenque chascun aprent, il ne le fait fors que recorder, si comme on recorde les chosez oublieez. 
For wherfor elles demen ye of your owne wil the rightes, whan ye ben axed , but-yif so were that the norisshingeof resoun ne livede y-plounged in the depthe of your herte? this is to seyn, how sholden men demen the sooth of any thing that wereaxed , yif ther nere a rote of soothfastnesse that30were y-plounged and hid innaturelprinciples, the whiche soothfastnesse lived with-in the deepnesse of the thought. And yif so be that the Muse and the doctrine of Plato singeth sooth, al that[ ] every wight lerneth, he ne doth no-thing elles thanne but recordeth, as men recorden thinges that ben foryeten.’ 
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