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de et pour quoy il fist lomme. Nous vous deviserons
chy apres la fourme du monde et sa fachon selon che
quil contient et comprend et comment il est fait et com
pose tout alenviron. Mais il est expedient que avant
que nous parlons des septs ars liberault et de leurs
raisons. Et comment ilz furent trouvez par ceulx qui
saperceurent des sciences et vertus. Car par les sept
ars scet on les faits du monde et comment il siet. Si
en devons orendroit parler a celle fin de mieulx enten
dre che que nous dirons apres. Pour quoy et comment
les septs ars liberaulx furent trouvees
Or declaire cestui livre et de leur ordre.
qui dastronomie est extrait comment jadiz
les notables et saiges philosophes vouldrent enquer
re de la maniere du monde et comment il avoit este de
dieu fait et cree che doult [sic] moult de gens se merveilloient
Et lors que le monde fu fait et compasse il yeust assez
de gens si regarderent les pluseurs le firmament
qui tournoient tout alentour du monde et se mou
voit ilz eulrent moult grant merveille comment ce
se povoit faire si en veillerent et estudierent par

and why he made man, we will now explain to you
the form of the world and how
it contains and comprises all things, and how it
is made and composed of in its entirety. But it is expedient
first to speak of the seven liberal arts and their
logic, and how they were discovered by those who
perceived knowledge and virtue. For by means of the seven
arts one knows the facts of the world and how it is situated.
So we should speak of these things straightaway, in order to
better understand those matters which we will discuss later on.
[rubric: Why and how
the seven liberal arts were invented,]
Now this book, which is [and of their order.]
derived from astronomy, declares how, in the past,
notable men and wise philosophers wanted to inquire
into the manner of the world and how it had been
made and created by God, which many people were wont to marvel at.
And when the world was made and encompassed, there were quite a few
people who regarded the firmament,
which, moving, turned all the way around the world.
They wondered greatly at how this could be,
and they kept vigil and studied for

de et pour quoy il fist lomme. Nous vous deuiserons
chy apres la fourme du monde et sa fachon selon che
quil contient et comprend et comment il est fait et com
pose tout alenviron. Mais il est expedient que auant
que nous parlons des septs ars liberault et de leurs
raisons. Et comment ilz furent trouvez par ceulx qui
saperceurent des sciences et vertus. Car par les sept
ars scet on les faits du monde et comment il siet. Si
en devons orendroit parler a celle fin de mieulx enten
dre che que nous dirons apres. Pour quoy et comment
les septs ars libraulx furent trouvees
Or declaire cestui liure et de leur ordre.
qui dastronomie est extrait comment jadiz
les notables et saiges philosophes vouldrent enquer
re de la maniere du monde et comment il auoit este de
dieu fait et cree che doult [sic] moult de gens se merveilloient
Et lors que le monde fu fait et compasse il yeust assez
de gens si regarderent les pluseurs le firmament
qui tournoient tout alentour du monde et se mou
voit ilz eulrent moult grant merueille comment ce
se pouoit faire si en veillerent et estudierent par

and why he made man, we will now explain to you
the form of the world and how
it contains and comprises all things, and how it
is made and composed of in its entirety. But it is expedient
first to speak of the seven liberal arts and their
logic, and how they were discovered by those who
perceived knowledge and virtue. For by means of the seven
arts one knows the facts of the world and how it is situated.
So we should speak of these things straightaway, in order to
better understand those matters which we will discuss later on.
[rubric: Why and how
the seven liberal arts were invented,]
Now this book, which is [and of their order.]
derived from astronomy, declares how, in the past,
notable men and wise philosophers wanted to inquire
into the manner of the world and how it had been
made and created by God, which many people were wont to marvel at.
And when the world was made and encompassed, there were quite a few
people who regarded the firmament,
which, moving, turned all the way around the world.
They wondered greatly at how this could be,
and they kept vigil and studied for