The descripcion of the sphere or the frame of the worlde, right worthy to be red and studyed on, of all noble wyttes, specially of all those that be desyrous to attayne any perfecte knowledge in cosmography, or true descripcion of reagions, townes, or countrees, / set forth by Proclus Diadochus, and Englysshed by wyllyam [sic] Salysbury..
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- The descripcion of the sphere or the frame of the worlde, right worthy to be red and studyed on, of all noble wyttes, specially of all those that be desyrous to attayne any perfecte knowledge in cosmography, or true descripcion of reagions, townes, or countrees, / set forth by Proclus Diadochus, and Englysshed by wyllyam [sic] Salysbury..
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- Proclus, ca. 410-485.
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- [London :: Robert Wyer,
- 1550 Feb. 11]
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- Astronomy, Greek -- Early works to 1800.
- Cosmology -- Early works to 1800.
- Spherical astronomy -- Early works to 1800.
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"The descripcion of the sphere or the frame of the worlde, right worthy to be red and studyed on, of all noble wyttes, specially of all those that be desyrous to attayne any perfecte knowledge in cosmography, or true descripcion of reagions, townes, or countrees, / set forth by Proclus Diadochus, and Englysshed by wyllyam [sic] Salysbury.." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/B08000.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 3, 2024.
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Wherfore, ney∣ther the ordre of the fyue parallel Circles, is euery where the same, but in our habi∣tacion the fyrst shalbe called the Arctike, the seconde the Estiuall tropik, the thyrde the Equinocti¦all, the fourth the Brumall, the v. the Antarctik. But they that dwell more North than we, som tyme the fyrste is accompted as the Estiuall tropik, the seconde as the Arctik: the thyrde as the Equinoctial: the .iiij. as the An∣tarctik: the .v. as the brumal tro¦pik, & bycause the arctik circle is wyder thā the equinoctiall ye say¦de ordre must nede be obserued.