Hier begynneth the book callid the myrrour of the worlde ...

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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 June 15, 2024.

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For to knowe how the wyndes growe and come. ca. xxixo

OF the wyndes may men enquyre reson of them that vse the sees / And the wyndes renne round aboute therthe oftymes / and entrecounte and mete in som place so asprely / that they ryse vpon heyght in suche wyse that they lyft vp thayer on hye / And thayer that is so lyft and taken fro his place / remeueth other ayer in suche facion that it retorneth as it were afterward / and gooth cryeng and brayeng as water rennyng / ffor wynde is none other thyng but ayer that is meuyd so longe / tyl his force be beten doun with the stroke / Thus come ofte clowdes raynes thondres & lyghtnynges / and the thinges tofore said / Ther ben yet other resons how these werkes co∣men / But thise that beste serue to knowelege and lygtly

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to be vnderstonde / we haue drawen out shortly / And now shal cesse of this mater for to speke of the fyre whiche is aboue the ayer on hye /

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