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

What parte of therthe is inha••bited. ca. ¶ij^o

Alle the er∣the that is in the world enhabited is deuided in t•• thre parties / and

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therfor it beho∣ueth by this re∣son to make an other dyuision / Of whiche the partye toward orient is callyd Asia the grete / And taketh the name of a quene that sōtyme was lady of this re∣gyon and was

callid Asia / This partie named asia holdeth and contey∣neth as moche space as doo the other tweyne / And therfor it is callyd Asia the grete and dureth fro the north vnto the south̄ lyke as this figure sheweth /

THat other part is called Europe & tak••th his name of a kynge callyd Europes / the whiche was lord of this contre / &

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therfor it was so callyd / And it ••ndureth fro the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 vnto the north / & marcheth vnto Asie the g••••te That other parte is affryque whiche stratcheth fro the south vn∣to the weste / and Affryque hath his name of hel∣le / and is as moche to saye as born away like as this fi∣gure deuyseth in iij partyes of whiche figure this is the demonstrance /

Off thise thre parties of the world here tofore named holden euerych many regyons and many contrees / of whiche or at the leste / of the most noble partye we shal declare the names / And how the bestes that ben there ben

most comynly called / Thus we shal saye to you the con∣dicions and fourmes of somme / and in especial of them that ben most seen by men / And first we shal speke of the peple of the contrees / And after of the bestes and ffisshes lyke as the book deuyseth to vs out of whiche is drawen this Mappa mundi /