lat 524 A.D. II,6pCum liberum quendam virum suppliciis se tyrannus adacturum putaret, ut adversum se factae coniurationis conscios proderet, linguam ille momordit atque abscidit et in os tyranni saevientis abiecit;
ger Notker ca. 950-1022 A.D.Cum liberum quendam uirum . i. anaxagoram philosophicum . tyrannus putaret se adacturum suppliciis . ut proderet conscios aduersum se factȩ conuirationis . momordit linguam . atque adscidit . et in os tyranni seuientis abiecit. Neuuéist tu na ? Dô éinen geuuáltigen mán sînes mûotes . ter tyrannus uuânda genôten mít chéli . dáz er ímo getân uuás . táz ér béiz ímo sélbemo ába die zúngûn . únde sia spêh temo tyranno . únde diu óugen ?
eng Chaucer 1343-1400 A.D.As whylom a tyraunt wende to confounde a free man of corage, and wende to constreyne him by torment, to maken him discoveren and acusen folk that wisten of a coniuracioun, which I clepe a confederacie, that was cast ayeins this tyraunt; but this free man boot of his owne tonge and caste it in the visage of thilke wode tyraunt;
eng Elizabeth 1593 A.D.Whan a tyrant thought to affiicte a poore man with his tormentes to confesse the knowers of a conspiracy against him, his tongue he byt & threw away, throwing it to the face of the wicked tyrant:
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Book I: THE SORROWS OF BOETHIUS
