lat 524 A.D. II,4pQuod si multos scimus beatitudinis fructum non morte solum verum etiam doloribus suppliciisque quaesisse, quonam modo praesens facere beatos potest quae miseros transacta non efficit?
ger Notker ca. 950-1022 A.D.Quod si scimus multos quesisse fructum beatitudinis . non solum morte . uerum etiam doloribus . suppliciisque . quonam modo presens poterit facere beatos . que transacta non efficit miseros? Úbe mánige dia sâlighéit kuúnnen mít temo tôde . únde mít ánderên uuêuuôn . álso martyres tâten . uuîo mág tánne díu gágenuuértíu sâlige tûon . díu hína uuórteníu . uuênege netûot. Táz héizet argumentum a repugnatibus . álso díu sínt repugnatia . presens . únde transacta. Tíu sínt fóne díu repugnantia . uuánda éinez péitet hína . ánderez péitet hára.
eng Chaucer 1343-1400 A.D.And sin we kuowen wel, that many a man hath sought the fruit of blisfulnesse nat only with suffringe of deeth, but eek with suffringe of peynes and tormentes; how mighte than this present lyf maken men blisful, sin that, whan thilke selve lyf is ended, it ne maketh folk no wrecches?
eng Elizabeth 1593 A.D.Yf many we knowe to haue sought the frute of blessednes, not only by death, but by woes & tormentes, for that how can the present lyfe make them happy, whom miserable tyme passed could not?"
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Book I: THE SORROWS OF BOETHIUS
