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Si vis celsi iura tonantis. Pura solers cernere mēte Aspice summi culmina celi. Illic iusto federe rerum. Ueterem seruant sidera pacem etc
If thou wise wolt demen in thi pure thought the righ∣tes or the lawes of the high thonder. that is to sey of god. loke thou & beholde the heightes of the souerayn heuen there ••••pe•• the sterres by rightful a••••an̄ce of thinges her ol∣de pe••s. the son̄e meoued b•• his rody fire / ne distourbeth not the co••••e cer••le of the mone•• ne the sterre cleped the beer that en••••••neth his rauisshing courses aboute the soueram height of this worlde. nys neuer w••sshen in the depe westren se••. ne to ••••••••eth not to dien his flambes in the see of the occian. Al th••ugh ••e see other sterres ploūged in the see. & that the s••••••re ••••spe•••••• bodeth & telleth alwey the late nightes / & lu∣cife•• t•••• se••r•••• bringeth ayein the clere daye. And thus 〈…〉〈…〉 entr••chaūgeable {per}durable courses. & thus ys 〈…〉〈…〉 put out of the coūtre of ster••es. this ac∣〈◊〉〈◊〉 actempreth by mane••s euenlike the elementes / that th•• moys•• t••inges striuyng with the drie thinges y••ue pla∣ce b•• s••oūdes & that the col••e thinges ioynen hem by ••••ith to t•••• hote thingis & that the ••ight fire ariseth into the height and the heu•• e••thes aualen by her weightes. by these same causes the floury yere yeldeth sw••te smelles in the first somer season warming / & the hote somer drieth the cornes / And Autūpne cometh a••eme ••••uye of apples / And the fleting ra••ne b••d••weth this wynter. This actemperan̄ce norissheth & bryngeth forth all thing that bereth lyfe in this world And thilke same actemperannce rauesshyng. hydeth