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apparu premierement apres le deluge quant il descrut
Une aultre en ya qui est appelle meloth. et est ainsi
appelle pour la grant melodie que len y ot du doulz
chant des oyseaulx qui en celle ysle sont continuelle
ment. En ycelle ysle croist plente de marbere blanc
Il y'a une aultre ysle celle part qui est appelle psal
mos dont la royne Sibille fut natisve. La quelle
prophetisa maintes choses de nostre seigneur jhesu
crist long temps avant che quil naquist de la vierge
marie et les prophetisa a rome ou elle fut mandee
En celle ysle fut premierement trouvee la manie
re de faire les pots de terre. che dont len use ancores
en maintes contrees pour le jour dhuy. En celle
ysle fut nez ung grant philosophe et bon clerc nom
me pictagoras. Lequel par son grant entendement
trouva les poins et les differens de musique. En
auffrique a pareillement une ysle en la mer la
quelle est appelle sardayne ou une herbe croist
qui est de telle vertu que se aucun en mengue il
se muert tantost en riant. Une aultre ysle y
ra nomme bosut ou il na serpent ne vermine

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first appeared after the Flood, when that had abated.
There is another one there, called Meloth [Melos?]. It is called
that because of the great melody that one hears there
from the sweet singing of the birds that are always
there. In this island is found much white marble.
There is another island in these parts that is called Psalmos,
where Queen Sybil was born, who prophesied many
things about Our Lord Jesus Christ
long before He was born of the Virgin
Mary. She prophesied these things in Rome, to where
she had been sent. In this island
the way to make earthen pots was first invented, which is still used
today in many countries, even now. In this country
was born a great philosopher and cleric named
Pythagoras, who by his great understanding discovered
the points and differences in music.
In Africa there is similarly an island in the sea
that is called Sardinia, where an herb grows
that has the characteristic that if anyone should eat it
he would immediately die laughing. There is another
island there called Bosut, where there is neither snake nor vermin

Lxiiii

apparu premierement apres le deluge quant il descrut
Une aultre en ya qui est appelle meloth. et est ainsi
appelle pour la grant melodie que len y ot du doulz
chant des oyseaulx qui en celle ysle sont continuelle
ment. En ycelle ysle croist plente de marbere blanc
Il y'a une aultre ysle celle part qui est appelle psal
mos dont la royne Sibille fut natisve. La quelle
prophetisa maintes choses de nostre seigneur jhesu
crist long temps avant che quil naquist de la vierge
marie et les prophetisa a rome ou elle fut mandee
En celle ysle fut premierement trouvee la manie
re de faire les pots de terre. che dont len use ancores
en maintes contrees pour le jour dhuy. En celle
ysle fut nez ung grant philosophe et bon clerc nom
me pictagoras. Lequel par son grant entendement
trouva les poins et les differens de musique. En
auffrique a pareillement une ysle en la mer la
quelle est appelle sardayne ou une herbe croist
qui est de telle vertu que se aucun en mengue il
se muert tantost en riant. Une aultre ysle y
ra nomme bosut ou il na serpent ne vermine

64

first appeared after the Flood, when it had abated.
There is another one there, called Meloth [Melos?]. It is called
that because of the great melody that one hears there
from the sweet singing of the bird that are always
there. In this island is found much white marble.
There is another island in these parts that is called Psalmos,
where Queen Sybil was born, who prophesied many
things about Our Lord Jesus Christ
long before he was born of the Virgin
Mary. She prophesied these things in Rome, where
she had been sent. In this island was first invented
the way to make earthen pots, which is still used
today in many countries, even now. In this country
was born a great philosopher and cleric named
Pythagoras, who by his great understanding discovered
the points and differences in music.
In Africa there is similarly an island in the sea
that is called Sardinia, where an herb grows
that has the characteristic that if anyone should eat it
he would immediately die laughing. There is another
island there called Bosut, where there is neither snake nor vermin