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upwards, that is to say under the earth, and the
side facing us is dark. And for that reason we do not see it.
but when it passes the point when it moves above the
sun, then its brightness appears as though horned.
And the further it moves from the sun, the more
it appears to us to shine. When it appears to be half-full,
at that point it is a quarter of the way through its full circle,
which it completes each month. It continues to extend
and its brightness keeps growing until it appears to be
entirely round, beautiful and clear, in the shape of a
wheel. At that point it is as far across from the sun
as it can be in its course, right on the other side and
directly facing it, so that it is at its brightest
and all that light is turned toward us. Then the earth
is between the sun and the moon so that we cannot
see both of them from the earth, or only a tiny bit,
but we can see one of the two as it rises when the
other one sets. The other one is under the earth until
it reappears toward the east and then one sees
the other one set. For this reason one cannot see
both of them together except at evening and dawn.

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Marie Richards

original ms. Folio 92r
Walters ms. Folio 97r
BL Royal MS 19 A IX fols 106v-107r
Caxton, ed. Prior, p 136
Gossuin, ed. Prior, 167