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 23, 2025.
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THe Auncyent philosophres mesured the world on alle parties / by their science. Arte. and wytte vnto the sterres all on hye / of whiche they wolde knowe the me∣sure / ffor to knowe the better their nature / But first they wolde mesure therthe and preue his gretenes / And thēne whan they had mesured therthe al a boute by a crafte that they knewe and proued by right reson / they mesured it rounde a¦boute lyke as they sholde haue compassed it al a∣boute wyth a gyrdle / And thenne they stratched out the gyrdle al alonge / And thenne that whiche wente out of lengthe of the gyrdle / they fonde it in lengthe .xx.M.cccc. and .xxvij. myles / Of whyche euery myle conteyneth a thousand paas / and euery paas fyue foot / and euery fote xiiij ynches / Somoche hath the erthe in lengthe round a boute / by this fonde they after how thycke therthe is in the myddle / And they fonde the thycknes therof lyke as it shold ben c••efte in the myddle fro the hyest to the lowest / or fro that one syde to that other .vj.M. and .v.C. myles By this laste mesure / whyche is after nature right / they mesured iustely the heyght of the firmament / ffor they coude nowher fynde a gretter mesure / ffor textende the gre∣tenesse of alle thynges whiche ben enclosed wythin the heuene /