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Puis en ya une aultre qui est appelle columbine
ou il ya grant foison de vermine et de serpens mer
veilleux. Ancores en ya il une aultre qui est moult
longue et moult large len lappelle alleares. En celle
ysle fut premeirement trouvee la maniere de la fon
de. Aussi y est lisle de meroes. laquelle ou milieu du
jour na point dombre. Ancores ya il ung puis en cel
le ysle qui par droit nombre a sept pies de le. et cent
pies de parfont et y luist le soleil jusques au fons
Aussi en ya il une aultre lequel est appelle Cilla ou
les cyclopiens furent jadiz. Une aultre ysle a en cel
le contree si tresgrande comme le saige platon nous
tesmongne. lequel en son temps fut clerc de bien grant
renommee quelle a plus de purpris que ne contien
nent toute europe et toute auffrique. Mais de
puis le temps de platon elle fut tellement destrui
te est desrompue sicomme il pleust a nostre seigneur
quelle fondi et abisme pour les grans pechies que
y commettoient les manans et habitans dicelle et
est la endroit la mer appelle bethee. Une aultre ysle
y est ancores. laquelle len ne poeut veoir quant

And then there is another which is called Columbine,
where there is a great profusion of wondrous
serpents. And there is another, very long and
large, that is called Alleares, where the sling (see note)
was first invented. There is also the island of Meroes,
where in the middle of the day there is no shadow.
Also in this island there is a pit that measures seven feet
long and a hundred feet deep, and the sun shines
all the way to the bottom of it. And there is another
that is called Cilla, where the Cyclops used to be.
And there was (see note) another very large island in this country,
as the wise man Plato testifies to us, who
in his time was a very famous cleric, and it enclosed
a larger space than all of Europe and all of Africa.
But after the time of Plato it was completely destroyed
and broken to pieces, as it pleased Our Lord,
and sank into the abyss for the great sins
that its inhabitants had committed. That place
in the sea is called Bethee. There is still
another island that one cannot see when

Puis en ya une aultre qui est appelle columbine
ou il ya grant foison de vermine et de serpens mer
veilleux. Ancores en ya il une aultre qui est moult
longue et moult large len lappelle alleares. En celle
ysle fut premeirement trouvee la maniere de la fon
de. Aussi y est lisle de meroes. laquelle ou milieu du
jour na point dombre. Ancores ya il ung puis en cel
le ysle qui par droit nombre a sept pies de le. et cent
pies de parfont et y luist le soleil jusques au fons
Aussi en ya il une aultre lequel est appelle Cilla ou
les cyclopiens furent jadiz. Une aultre ysle a en cel
le contree si tresgrande comme le saige platon nous
tesmongne. lequel en son temps fut clerc de bien grant
renommee quelle a plus de purpris que ne contien
nent toute europe et toute auffrique. Mais de
puis le temps de platon elle fut tellement destrui
te est desrompue sicomme il pleust a nostre seigneur
quelle fondi et abisme pour les grans pechies que
y commettoient les manans et habitans dicelle et
est la endroit la mer appelle bethee. Une aultre ysle
y est ancores. laquelle len ne poeut veoir quant

And then there is another which is called Columbine,
where there is a great profusion of wondrous
serpents. And there is another, very long and
large, that is called Alleares, where melting
was first invented. There is also the island of Meroes,
where in the middle of the day there is no shadow.
Also in this island there is a pit that measures seven feet
long and a hundred feet deep, and the sun shines
all the way to the bottom of it. And there is another
that is called Cilla, where the Cyclops used to be.
And there is another island in this country that is
very great, as the wise man Plato testifies to us, who
in his time was a very famous cleric, and it enclosed
a larger space than all of Europe and all of Africa.
But after the time of Plato it was completely destroyed
and broken to pieces, as it pleased Our Lord,
and sank into the abyss for the great sins
that its inhabitants had committed. That place
in the sea is called Bethee. There is still
another island that one cannot see when