ger Notker ca. 950-1022 A.D.Quid totiens iactastis me felicem amici?
Uuáz hîezent ir îo míh sâligen fríunt mîne? Uuâr íst iz nû?
Qui cecidit . non erat ille stabili gradu.
Tér dóh îo uîel . fásto nestûont . úbe er fásto stûonde . sô neuîele er. Argumentum a repugnantibus. Repugnant enim stare et cadere.
eng Chaucer 1343-1400 A.D.O ye, my frendes, what or wherto avauntede ye me to ben weleful?
for he that hath fallen stood nat in stedefast degree.
eng Elizabeth 1593 A.D.Why me so oft, my frendz! haue you happy cald?
Who fauleth downe in stedy step yet neuer stode.
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Title
Book I: THE SORROWS OF BOETHIUS
