lat 524 A.D. III,6pQuod si quid est in nobilitate bonum, id esse arbitror solum, ut inposita nobilibus necessitudo videatur ne a maiorum virtute degeneret.
ger Notker ca. 950-1022 A.D.Quodsi quid est bonum in nobilitate . id esse arbitror solum . ut uideatur imposita necessitudo nobilibus . ne degenerent a uirtute maiorum. Táz éina áhtôn íh échert kûot . uuésen án demo édele . úbe is îeht kûot íst . táz tien édelingen dés nôt túnche . nâh tien fórderôn ze sláhenne . an íro túgede.
eng Chaucer 1343-1400 A.D.But certes, yif ther be any good in gentilesse, I trowe it be al-only this, that it semeth as that a maner necessitee be imposed to gentil men, for that they ne sholden nat outrayen or forliven fro the virtues of hir noble kinrede.
eng Elizabeth 1593 A.D. p.53, 23-25And if ther be any food thing in nobilitie, this I think it only, that it breedes the hauers a constraynte, that they may not degenerate from their auncestors vertue.
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Title
Book I: THE SORROWS OF BOETHIUS
