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.
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Contents
- Here begynneth the table of the rubrices of this presen¦te volume named the Mirrour of the world or thymage of the same
- ¶Prologue declaryng to whom this book apperteyneth
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part - 1
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Hi
begynneth the book callid the myrrour of the worlde / And treateth first of the power and puissaunce of god capitulo primo. -
Wherfor god made and crea∣ted the world / capitulo ¶ij
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Wherfor god fourmed man like vnto his ymage and to his semblaūce capitulo ¶iij
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Wherfor god made not the man / suche as he myght not synne capitulo ¶iiij
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Wherfor and how the vij Artes liberal were founden and of their ordre / capitulo ¶v
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¶Of thre maner of peple and how clergye cam first in¦to the Royamme of fraunce. capitulo ¶vi
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¶Gramaire capitulo ¶vij
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here foloweh of logyke ca∣pitulo viij
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¶Hier speketh of Rethoryque capitulo ix
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Here foloweth Arsmetryque & wherof it pro∣cedeth. ca. ¶x
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Next foloweth the scyence of Geometrye ca∣pitulo ¶xi
o . - Here folo∣weth of mu∣syque / capi-
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Hier speketh of Astronomye capitulo ¶xiij
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Here foloweth of Nature how she werketh and what she is capitulo ¶xiiij
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Of the fourme of the firmament capitulo ¶xv
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How the four Elementes ben sette capitulo ¶xvi
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How the erthe holdeth her right in the myddle of the world capitulo ¶xvij
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What the roun∣denes of the er∣the is. ca. xviij
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Wherfor god made the world al round. ca. ¶xix
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Of the meuynges of heuen and of the vij planetes / and
of the lytilnes of therthe vnto the Regarde of heuen ca∣pitulo ¶xx o
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Hi
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part - 2
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Here after bygynneth the seconde partye of this present book / and declareth how therthe is deuyded and what par∣tye she is enhabyted / capitulo ¶p
o -
What parte of therthe is inha
bited. ca. ¶ij o -
ffirst of paradys terrestre / and of the foure grete fflodes that departe fro thens capitulo ¶iij
o -
Here speketh of ynde & of thynges that be found therin / capitulo ¶iiij
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Here foloweth the dyuersitees beyng in the lande of ynde capitulo ¶v
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Of the serpentes and of the bestes of ynde / ca. ¶vj
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Here foloweth of precyous stones and of their vertue whiche growe in ynde capitulo ¶vij
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Here foloweth of the contrees and Royammes of ynde capitulo ¶viij
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Hier speketh of the ffysshes that be foūden in ynde. ca. ix
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Hew foloweth of the trees that ben in ynde and of theyr fruytes / capitulo ¶x
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Now foloweth of Europe and of his contrees / ca. ¶xj
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Here foloweth of Affryke and of his regyons and con∣trees capitulo ¶xij
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Here shal we speke of dyuerse yles of the see. ca. ¶xiij
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Of dyuersytees that ben in Europe and in Affryke capitulo ¶xiiij
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Of the maner and condicion of beestes of thise contrees capitulo ¶xv
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Of the maner of birdes of thise forsaid contrees. ca. xvj
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Of dyuersytes of somme comyne thinges. ca. ¶xvij
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ffor to knowe where helle stondeth / and what thyng it is / capitulo ¶xviij
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How the watre renneth by and thurgh therthe. ca. xix
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How the water swete or salt. hoot or enuenymed sourdeth out of the erthe capitulo ¶xx
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Of dyuerse fontaynes and welles that sourde on therthe / capitulo ¶xxj
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Wherfor and how the erthe quaueth & trembleth. ca. xxij
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How the water of the see becometh salt / capitulo xxiij
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Here foloweth of the Ayer and of his nature. ca. xxiiij
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How the clowdes and rayn come comynly. ca. ¶xxv
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Of ffrostes and snowes / capitulo ¶xxvj
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Of haylle and of tempestes capitulo ¶xxvij
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Of lyghtnynges and of thonders capitulo ¶xxviij
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For to knowe how the wyndes growe and come. ca. xxix
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Of the fyre and of the sterres that seme to falle. ca. xxx
o -
Of the pure Ayer and how the seuen planetes ben sette / capitulo ¶xxxj
o -
How the vij pla∣netes gyue the names to the vij dayes capitulo ¶xxxij
o -
Of the meuyng and gooyng aboute of the ffyrmament and of the sterres that ben therin capitulo ¶xxxiij
o
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Here after bygynneth the seconde partye of this present book / and declareth how therthe is deuyded and what par∣tye she is enhabyted / capitulo ¶p
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part - 3
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Here begynneth the thirde parte of this present volume And declareth first how the day and the nyght come ca∣pitulo p
o -
Why the sterres ben not seen by day as wel as by nyght capitulo ¶ij
o -
Wherfor the sonne is not seen by nyght as it is by day capitulo ¶iij
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How the mone receyueth dyuersly her lyght and clere∣nesse capitulo ¶iiij
o -
How the eclipses of the mone happen / capitulo ¶v
o -
How the Eclypse of the Sonne cometh. cap
o ¶vjo -
Of the eclipse that
atte deth of our lord god ca∣pitulo ¶vij o -
Of the vertue of heuen and of the sterres. ca. ¶vijj
o -
Wherfore and how they mesured the world. ca. ¶ix
o -
Of the kynge Thol
meus and of somme other philoso∣phres capitulo ¶x o -
How the scriptures and scyences were saued ayenst the flood capitulo ¶
j o -
Of them that fonde the science and the clergye after the flood capitulo ¶xij
o -
Here folowe in substaunce of the meruaylles that Vir∣gyle wrought by Astronomye in his tyme by his wytte / capitulo ¶xiij
o -
Here it declareth for what cause monoye was first esta∣blisshid capitulo ¶xiiij
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Here foloweth of phylosophres that wente thurgh the world capitulo ¶xv
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What thynge is philosophye / and of thanswer that Pla∣to made therof capitulo ¶xvj
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How moche therthe is of heyght rounde aboute and of thyckenes by the myddle capitulo ¶xvij
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How the Mone and the Sonne haue eche of them their propre heyght capitulo ¶xviij
o -
Here foloweth of the heyght of the sterres and of theyr gretenesse capitulo ¶xix
o -
Here foloweth of the nombre of Sterres capitulo ¶xx
o -
Of the gretenesse of the firmament / and of the heuen whiche is aboue it capitulo ¶xxj
o -
Here after foloweth of the heuen crystalyn and of the he∣uene imperyall capitulo ¶xxij
o -
Here foloweth of the Celestyal heuene capitulo ¶xxiij
o -
Her foloweth the recapitulacion of the thynge tofore said capitulo ¶xxiiij
o
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Here begynneth the thirde parte of this present volume And declareth first how the day and the nyght come ca∣pitulo p