What the roun∣denes of the er∣the is. ca. xviijo
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- Hier begynneth the book callid the myrrour of the worlde ...
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- [Westminster :: Printed by William Caxton,
- 1481 (after 8 March; ca. Oct.)]
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- Vincent, -- of Beauvais, d. 1264, -- attributed name.
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- Early works to 1600.
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"Hier begynneth the book callid the myrrour of the worlde ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A68843.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 21, 2024.
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plese it you to here for to deuy∣se playnly to you how the erthe is rounde / who that myghte moūte on hye in thayr and who that myght beholde by valeyes & by playnes the hyenes of the gre∣te montaynes / and the grete and depe valeyes / the grete
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wawes of the See and the grete flodes / they shold seme lasse tappere vnto the gretnes of the erthe / than sholde an heer of a man doo vpon an apple / or vnder his fyngre ffor neyther montayne ne valeye / how someuer hye ne depe it be / taketh not away fro therthe his roundenesse nomore than the galle leueth to be rounde for his prickis / ffor it behoueth the erthe to be rounde / ffor to amasse the more pe∣ple / and we shal saye to you here after / how the world mus∣te nedes be round /