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¶Of the thre partes or regions of the ayre.
HErause that we shold shewe here of the birdes of the ayre I wyll first wryte vnto you of the plases or regyons of ye ayre and howe many regions ther be wherin they be suported. Ye shall vn∣derstande that the ayre is deuyded in thre partes or regions of the ayre / As first the hyest / the mydel moste / and the lowest. The vpermoste Region of the ayre is be the course and elemēt of the fyre / & is warme of the firye elementis and the sterres / & that element is pure lyke the fyre / and in that hyest regyon it is very styll & ther is nouther wȳde nor rayne as it hathe be proued of thē that hathe bene on mountaynes that reched into the hyest Elemente or Re / gion of the ayre / and on the hyest place of one of those moūtaynes they wrote letters in the sonde & went their waye and come agayne at the yeres ende & founde those letters as perfyte and ful comly made as they were at the fyrst houre yt they were writen in ye sande.