Etenim licet Indica longe Tellus tua iura tremescat Et serviat ultima Thyle, Tamen atras pellere curas Miserasque fugare querelas Non posse potentia non est.
Car ja soit ce que ta seigneurie s’estande si loing que la terre de Inde tremble a tes commandemens, et que Thile la derreniere isle soit serve a toy, toutevois se tu ne pues oster hors de toy tes mauvais desiriers et chacier hors tes chetivez complaintez, ce n’est pas puissance.
For al-be-it so that thy lordshipe strecche so fer, that the contree of Inde quaketh at thy comaundements or at thy lawes, and that the lastile in the see, that hight Tyle, be thral to thee, yit, yif thou mayst nat putten awey thy foule derke desyrs, and dryven out fro thee wrecched complaintes, certes, it nis no power that thou hast.
Thogh India Soyle far of
At thy Lawes do shake,
And uttermost island
serve thè to, Yet is hit not thy powre
hiden Cares Expel, Nor wretched mones Expulse thou Canst not
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Book I: THE SORROWS OF BOETHIUS
