lat 524 A.D. II,7pQuid autem est quod ad praecipuos viros, de his enim sermo est, qui virtute gloriam petunt, quid, inquam, est quod ad hos de fama post resolutum morte suprema corpus attineat?
ger Notker ca. 950-1022 A.D.47. QUI CLARI SUNT UIRTUTE . MERITOS ILLOS FAMAM SPERNERE.
Quid autem est quod attineat ad precipous uiros . de his enim sermo est . qui uirtute petunt gloriam . quid . inquam est . quod de fama attineat ad hos . post resolutum corpus suprema morte? Áber uuáz háftêt ze dîen mârestên mánnen . íh méino dîe . dîe mít túgede síh uuéllen fúre-némen . náls mít lótere . uuáz háftêt ze ín . uuáz tóug ín dehéin líument . nâh temo tôde ?
(fra Simon de Freine ca. 1189-1200) fra Jean de Meun ca. 1300Mais quelle chose est ce qui aus noblez hommes apartiengne et qui leur remaingne de leur renommee puis que leur corps est tourné en cendre par laderreniere mort, car des noblez hommes et des miex vaillans qui par vertu requierent gloire de renommee parlons ici.
eng Chaucer 1343-1400 A.D.But what is it to thise noble worthy men (for, certes, of swiche folke speke I) that seken glorie with vertu? What is it?’ quod she; ‘what atteyneth fame to swiche folk, whan the body is resolved by the deeth at the laste?
eng Elizabeth 1593 A.D. p. 39, 66-68What meanes it, that cheefest men (for of them I speake) that seeke thorowgh vertue glory, what hath death to doo with them after the body is dissolued, at their end?
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Book I: THE SORROWS OF BOETHIUS
