ger Notker ca. 950-1022 A.D.Nam qui uictus . s. carnis desideriis . flexerit lumina in tartareum specus . dum uidet inferos . perdit quicquid trahit percipuum.
Uuánda dér síh tára-nâh kelóubet . únde áber uuídere síhet ze dero héllo . sînên gelústen fólgendo . tér ferlíuset tára-séhendo . táz er tíures huuán . i. spirita bona. Iuxta illud in euangelio. Manum ponens in aratro . et respiciens retro . non est aptus regno dei.
eng Chaucer 1343-1400 A.D.For who-so that ever be so overcomen that he ficche his eyen into the putte of helle, that is to seyn, who-so sette his thoughtes in erthely thinges, al that ever he hath drawen of the noble good celestial, he leseth it whan he loketh the helles,’ that is to seyn,in-to lowe thinges of the erthe.
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Book I: THE SORROWS OF BOETHIUS
