lat 524 A.D. I,2c,19-23Quid veris placidas temperet horas,
Ut terram roseis floribus ornet,
Quis dedit ut pleno fertilis anno
Autumnus gravidis influat uvis
Rimari solitus atque latentis
Naturae varias reddere causas,
ger Notker ca. 950-1022 A.D.Quid temperet placidas horas ueris.
Uuáz ten lénzen getûe sô línden.
Ut ornet terram floribus roseis.
Táz ér dia érda gezîere mít plûomôn. Táz tûot tíu hára eruuíndenta súnna . fóne demo hiemali circulo.
Quis dedit ut fertilis autumnus grauidis . i. maturis uuis influat . i. habundent pleno anno?
Únde uuér dáz kébe . dáz ter hérbest chóme geládenêr . mít rîfên béren . in râtsámemo iâre?
Atque . s. solitus reddere uarias causas latentis naturȩ.
Únde chónda er geántuuúrten mániges tínges tóugenes . uuáz táz únde dáz méine.
(fra Simon de Freine ca. 1189-1200) fra Jean de Meun ca. 1300et ert acoustuméz a encerchier quele chose atrempe les plaisans heurez de printens pour ce que il aorne la terre de fleurs vermeillez et blanches, et qui a donné que aoust plenteureus en plain an dequeurre des grapes grossez ; et iert acoustuméz a rendre les diverses causes de nature reposte.
eng Chaucer 1343-1400 A.D.and who maketh that plentevouse autompne, in fulle yeres, fleteth with hevy grapes. And eek this man was wont to telle the dyverse causes of nature that weren y-hidde.
eng Elizabeth 1593 A.D.Who that gives the springes mild houres ther temper,
that with rosy floures the erthe be deckt?
Who made the fertile Autumne at fullist of the yere,
Abound with Grape al Solne with ripest fruits?
he, wonted to serche and find sondry causes of hiden nature,
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Book I: THE SORROWS OF BOETHIUS
