lat 524 A.D. I,2c,1-5Heu quam praecipiti mersa profundo
Mens hebet et propria luce relicta
Tendit in externas ire tenebras,
Terrenis quotiens flatibus aucta
Crescit in inmensum noxia cura.
ger Notker ca. 950-1022 A.D.Heu quam hebet mens . mersa precipiti profundo.
àh uuîo síh mísse-hábet mánnes mûot . káhes kestúrztez ín dia grûoba.
Et relicta propria luce . i. naturali sapientia . tendit ire in externas tenebras . i. in insipienteiam . que contra eius naturam est.
únde uuîo gnôto iz síh tánne îlet . ûzer demo lîehte . ín dia uínstri. Uuîo iz síh kelóubet sînes trôstes . únde héftet síh an úndrôst. Uuánne tôt iz sô?
Quotiens noxia cura . aucta terrenis flatibus . crescit in inmensum.
Sô sîne sórgûn êreôn fóne frámsûote . ze únmézig uuérdent. Uúanda úbe er êr rîche uuâs . sô ímo dés káhes kebrístet sô uuíget iz ímo.
eng Chaucer 1343-1400 A.D.‘Allas! how the thought of man, dreint in over-throwinge deepnesse, dulleth, and forleteth his propre cleernesse, mintinge to goon in-to foreine derknesses, as ofte as his anoyous bisinesse wexeth with-oute mesure, that is driven to and fro with worldly windes!
eng Elizabeth 1593 A.D.O, in how hedlong depth the drowned mind is dimme!
and Losing Light, her owne, to others darkenis drawne,
as oft as driuen with erthely flawes the harmful care upward grows.
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Title
Book I: THE SORROWS OF BOETHIUS
