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ne sont point decretales ne loix que aucunes gens
tiennent a males les constitutions qui y sont pour
che quautres les font et treuvent. Car toutes les loix
se tiennent et deppendent des sept ars. Et toutes les
croient et retiennent la ou il a gens qui riens en sa
chent. Et toutes raisons qui procedent des sept ars
sont vraies en toutes causes et en tous lieux. Aussi ce
ne sont pas muables sciences ainchois sont tousjours
estables et vraies. A tant je me deporte de vous en plus
parler. Car chi dessus en a este faitte assez plaine men
tion. Si vous racompteray ychi apres des accidens et
des fais de nature et que cest en brief Car dieu la crea
tout premierement et ainchois quil creast quelque aul
tre chose qui apparentist au monde. Si en devons a
vant toute euvre parler en declairant que cest pour
apres deviser du monde et descripre. Car le firmament
se tournoie et muet par nature et pareillement tou
tes les choses qui ont mouvement. Nature muet
les estoilles et les fait luire et naistre. et aussi poent
nuire autant quelle voeult. Et pour che que toutes
gens nentendent pas bien que che sensient en
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people do not consider the elements within any decretals and
laws to be bad just because others made and established them, for all the laws
are based on and derive from the seven arts. And they are
believed and maintained everywhere there are people
who know anything about them. And all the arguments
that proceed from the seven arts are true in all cases
and all places. And this knowledge does not change,
rather it always remains stable and true. At this point I
will stop telling you any more about this, for it has been
covered very thoroughly above. Now I will
tell you about the incidents (see note) and acts of Nature, and,
in brief, what Nature is. For she was the first thing that
God created, before He created anything else that
belongs to the world. And for this reason we should
speak of her first, making clear that we do so in order
to describe the world afterwards. For the firmament
turns and changes according to Nature, and
all things that have movement do similarly. Nature changes
the stars and makes them to shine and come into being. And she
can also destroy as she wishes. But since not everyone
understands what this entails in | Page 75xxix
ne sont point decretales ne loix que aucunes gens
tiennent a males les constitutions qui y sont pour
che quautres les font et treuvent. Car toutes les loix
se tiennent et deppendent des sept ars. Et toutes les
croient et retiennent la ou il a gens qui riens en sa
chent. Et toutes raisons qui procedent des sept ars
sont vraies en toutes causes et en tous lieux. Aussi ce
ne sont pas muables sciences ainchois sont tousjours
estables et vraies. A tant je me deporte de vous en plus
parler. Car chi dessus en a este faitte assez plaine men
tion. Si vous racompteray ychi apres des accidens et
des fais de nature et que cest en brief Car dieu la crea
tout premierement et ainchois quil creast quelque aul
tre chose qui apparentist au monde. Si en devons a
vant toute euvre parler en declairant que cest pour
apres deviser du monde et descripre. Car le firmament
se tournoie et muet par nature et pareillement tou
tes les choses qui ont mouvement. Nature muet
les estoilles et les fait luire et naistre. et aussi poent
nuire autant quelle voeult. Et pour che que toutes
gens nentendent pas bien que che sensient en
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people do not consider the elements within decretals and
laws to be bad just because
others made and established them, for all the laws
are based on and depend on the seven arts. And they are
believed and maintained everywhere there are people
who know anything about them. And all the arguments
that proceed from the seven arts are true in all cases
and all places. And this knowledge does not change,
rather it always remains stable and true. At this point I
will stop telling you any more about this, for it has been
covered very thoroughly above. Now I will
tell you about the incidents (see note) and acts of Nature, and,
in brief, what Nature is. For she was the first thing that
God created, before He created anything else that
belongs to the world. And for this reason we should
speak of her first, making clear that we do so in order
to describe the world afterwards. For the firmament
turns and changes according to Nature, and
all things that have movement do similarly. Nature changes
the stars and makes them to shine and come into being. And she
can also destroy as she wishes. But since not everyone
understands what this entails in |
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