Here is co[n]teyned the lyfe of Iohan Picus erle of Myrandula a grete lorde of Italy an excellent connynge man in all sciences, [and] verteous of lyuynge with dyuers epystles [and] other werkes of ye sayd Iohan Picus full of grete science vertue [and] wysedome, whose lyfe [and] werkes bene worthy [and] dygne to be redde and often to be had in memorye.
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- Here is co[n]teyned the lyfe of Iohan Picus erle of Myrandula a grete lorde of Italy an excellent connynge man in all sciences, [and] verteous of lyuynge with dyuers epystles [and] other werkes of ye sayd Iohan Picus full of grete science vertue [and] wysedome, whose lyfe [and] werkes bene worthy [and] dygne to be redde and often to be had in memorye.
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- Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni Francesco, 1470-1533.
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- [Enprynted at London :: In the Fletestrete at the sygne of the Sonne, by me Wynkyn de worde,
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- Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni, 1463-1494.
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"Here is co[n]teyned the lyfe of Iohan Picus erle of Myrandula a grete lorde of Italy an excellent connynge man in all sciences, [and] verteous of lyuynge with dyuers epystles [and] other werkes of ye sayd Iohan Picus full of grete science vertue [and] wysedome, whose lyfe [and] werkes bene worthy [and] dygne to be redde and often to be had in memorye." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A09627.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 2, 2024.
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A Merueylouse syght was there seene before his byrthe / there appered a fyery garlande standynge ouer ye chaumbre of his mother whyle she trauelled & sodenly vanysshed a way: which apparē∣ce was peraduenture a token that he whiche sholde y• houre in the cōpanye of mortall men be borne: in the perfeccion of vnderstandynge sholde be lyke y• perfyte fygure of that rounde cyrcle of garlande and that his excellent name sholde rounde aboute the cyrcle of this hole world be mangnyfyed whose mynde sholde alway as the fyre aspyre vpwarde to heuenly thynge. And whose fyry eloquence sholde wt an ardent hert in tyme to come whorship & prayse almighty god with all his strength. And as y• flame sodenly vanisshyd so sholde this fyre sone frome ye eyen of mortal people be hydde we haue oftyntymes red that suche vnknowen and straūge tokens hathe gone before of foloweth the na∣tyuytese excellente wyse and vertuouse men depar∣tynge (as hit were and by goddes cōmaundement) seuerynge the cradyls of suche specyall chyldren fro ye cōpany of other of the comune sorte. And shewynge yt they be borne to the accheuynge of some grete thyng. But to passe ouer other. The grete saynt ambrose: a swarme of bees flewe aboute his mouth in his cradle & some entred in to his mouthe and after yt yssuynge out agayne and fleynge vp on hyghe hydynge them selfe amonge the cloudes escaped bothe y• syght of his father and of all them that were present / whiche pro∣nostycacyon one Paulin{us} makynge moche of: expow∣ned it to signyfye to vs the swete hony combes of his plesaunt wrytynge: whiche sholde shewe out the cele∣stiall
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gyftes of god & sholde lyfte vp the mynde of men from erthe in to heuen.