Wherfor the sonne is not seen by nyght as it is by day capitulo ¶iijo
THe erthe is suche / that she deffendeth the day whiche the sonne gyueth vs / yf therthe were so clere that
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 May 21, 2024.
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men myght see thurgh̄ / thenne myght the sonne be seen contynuelly as wel vnder therthe as aboue / But it is so obscure and derke / that it taketh away the sight fro vs And it maketh the shadowe to goo alle alway tornyng after the sōne
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sonne is vnder / we haue thenne the shadowe ouer vs / whiche goth drawyng to the west / so longe til the sonne ariseth and shyneth & rendrith to vs the day / And this may ye see by thise two figures to fore an that other syde /