lat 524 A.D. IV,4p“Nequeunt enim oculos tenebris assuetos ad lucem perspicuae ueritatis attollere, similesque auibus sunt quarum intuitum nox inluminat dies caecat.
ger Notker ca. 950-1022 A.D.Nequeunt enim oculos assuetos tenebris . attollere ad lucem perspicuę ueritatis. Sîe nemúgen díu íro geuuéneten óugen dero fínstri . ûf ze lîehte erhéuen. Similesque sunt auibus . quarum intuitum nox inluminat . dies cęcat. Únde sínt sie dîen fógelen gelîh . tîe der tág pléndet . tiu náht séhende getûot . álso húuuen . únde huúuelâ . únde der náht-rám.
eng Chaucer 1343-1400 A.D.For they han hir eyen so wont to the derknesse of erthely thinges, that they ne may nat liften hem up to the light of cleer sothfastnesse; but they ben lyke to briddes, of which the night lightneth hir lokinge, and the day blindeth hem.
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Book I: THE SORROWS OF BOETHIUS
