lat 524 A.D. I,2c,6-12Hic quondam caelo liber aperto
Suetus in aetherios ire meatus
Cernebat rosei lumina solis,
Visebat gelidae sidera lunae
Et quaecumque vagos stella recursus
Exercet varios flexa per orbes,
Comprensam numeris victor habebat.
ger Notker ca. 950-1022 A.D.Hic quondam caelo liber . assuetus aperto cȩlo ire in ȩtherios meatus . cernebat rosei lumina solis . uisebat sydera gelidȩ lunȩ.
Tíser uuás keuuón dénchen án die hímelférte . únz er in geréchen uuás . únde chôs er in héiteri . dero súnnûn uérte . únde des mânen.
Et uictor habebat comprehensam numeris . quecumque stella exercet uagos cursus . flexa per uarios orbes.
Únde uuíssa er óuh tîe be zálo . tîe dehéin planeta tôt . feruállotíu in ánderro planetarum uérte. êr uuìssa uuóla . dîa mânôt-zála . ióh tîa iâr-zála íro îogelichero uérte. Uuánda ér uuíssa . dáz saturnus úmbe-gât ten hímel triginta annis iouis duodecim . mars duobus . sol in uno anno . mercurius únde uenus infra annum . luna triginta diebus. Únde dáz téro îogelih uuíder-féret temo ándermo. Sô luna tûot soli . tánne táge-uínstri uuírdet . únde sô uuír martem sahen uuíderfáren demo mânen . dô er drńahtig uuás . únde úber mítten gân . náls nîeht úndenân . nûbe óbenân. Fóne díu chît er . flexa per uarios orbes.
(fra Simon de Freine ca. 1189-1200) fra Jean de Meun ca. 1300Cist jadis delivrés, a cui li cielx iert ouvers et cogneuz et ert acoustuméz d’aleres celestieuz trespassamens, regardoit les lumieres du rouge soleil et veoit les estoille de la froide lune ; il vainquierres avait compris par nombres quelconque estoille, flechie par divers avironnemens, hante foloiables recours,
eng Chaucer 1343-1400 A.D.This man, that whylom was free, to whom the hevene was open and knowen, and was wont to goon in heveneliche pathes, and saugh the lightnesse of the rede sonne, and saugh the sterres of the colde mone, and whiche sterre in hevene useth[ wandering recourses, y-flit by dyverse speres—this man, overcomer, hadde comprehended al this by noumbre of acountinge in astronomye.
eng Elizabeth 1593 A.D.Wons this man fre in open fild used the skies to vew,
of Rose son the Light beheld,
of frosty mone the planetes saw;
and what star elz runs her wonted cours,
bending by many Circles, this man had wone
by number to knowe them all,
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Book I: THE SORROWS OF BOETHIUS
