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¶Wherfor the sonne is not seen by nyght as it is by day Capitulo iijo.
THe erthe is suche that she deffendeth the day whiche the sonne
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Hier begynneth the booke callyd the Myrrour of the worlde ...
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gyueth vs Yf therthe we∣re so clere that men myght see thurgh thēne my∣ght ye sone be seen cōtynuelly as wel vnder therthe as aboue. But it is so obscure & derke that it taketh a∣way the sight fro vs. & it maketh ye shadowe to go alway torning af¦ter the sōne whih maketh as many tornynges aboute therthe as the son¦ne doth whiche al∣leway is ayenst it for whā the sonne ariseth in the mor¦nyng in theest / the shadowe is in the west and whan it is right ouer &
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a••••ue vs a•• mydday. thenne is therthe shadowed vnder her And whan the sōne goth doun in the west the shadowe of it is in the eest & thenne whan the sonne is vnder we haue thē¦ne the shadowe ouer vs whiche goth drawyng to the west / longe tyl the sonne ariseth and shyneth and rendrith to vs the day / And this may ye see by thyse two fygures to fore on that other syde.