lat 524 A.D. II,5c,27-30Heu primus quis fuit ille
Auri qui pondera tecti
Gemmasque latere volentes
Pretiosa pericula fodit?
ger Notker ca. 950-1022 A.D.Heu quis fuit ille . qui primus fodit pondera tecti auri . gemmasque uolentes latere . pretiosa pericula.
Áh ze sêre . uuér uuás îo dáz . tér êresto grûob ûzer érdo . góld . únde gímma . fréisige tíuredâ . tîe nóh kérno ínne lâgîn . úbe sie mûosîn.
eng Chaucer 1343-1400 A.D.Allas! what was he that first dalf up the gobetes or the weightes of gold covered under erthe, and the precious stones that wolden han ben hid? He dalf up precious perils. That is to seyn, that he that hem first up dalf, hedalf up a precious peril; for-why for the preciousnesse of swichethinge , hath many manbenin peril.
eng Elizabeth 1593 A.D.O who the first man was
of hiden Gold the waight
Or Gemmes that willing lurkt
The deare danger digd?
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