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grant merveille de nous de che que nous sommes si
petiz envers eulx. Aussi comme il nous est adviz de
ceulx qui sont la mottie plus petiz de nous comme
len nous racompte. Che sont les pigmans qui
nont que trois pies de long. Pareillement se
merveillent ilz de nous que nous sommes si grans
et nous tiennent aussi pour Jaians. Ceulx qui
nont que ung oeul et ung piet ont moult grant
merveille de che que nous en avons deux. Aussi que
nous nous merveillons de che que ilz nen ont que
ung. Et ainsi comme nous devisons leurs bestes
et les nommons par leurs noms. ainsi devisent
ilz les nostres par les leurs de corps et de membres
Se le Centico a pies de cheval. pareillement a le che
val pies de centicore. Aussi povons nous bien an
cores dire que le cheval a pies de monotheros. Car
ilz sentressamblent de corsaige. Et aussi leur ressam
ble il de nous bestes quelles sont diverses de testes
de corps et de membres. Des diversitez qui sont en
NOus avons pardesa europe et en auffri
moult de choses dont ceulx deurope et que

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amazed by us because we seem so small to them.
And so those who are half our
size also seem to us, when we are told of them. These are the pygmies,
who are only three feet tall. And equally they
are amazed by us who are so tall, and consider us
to be giants. Those who have only one eye and
one foot are greatly amazed by us, who have two of
each, just as we marvel at those who have but one.
And just as we describe their animals and give them
names, so they describe our animals according to
the bodies and limbs of the ones they have. For just as the centaur has
horse hooves, in the same way the horse has centaur
hooves. Or we might even say that the horse has
unicorn hooves. For they all resemble each other
in their manner of running. And they also resemble
other beasts that are have different heads,
bodies, or limbs. [rubric:] Of the diverse things that are in
We have further on (see note)// Europe and in Africa (see note) [/rubric]
many things that Europe and

Lxvi

grant merveille de nous de che que nous sommes si
petiz envers eulx. Aussi comme il nous est adviz de
ceulx qui sont la mottie plus petiz de nous comme
len nous racompte. Che sont les pigmans qui
nont que trois pies de long. Pareillement se
merveillent ilz de nous que nous sommes si grans
et nous tiennent aussi pour Jaians. Ceulx qui
nont que ung oeul et ung piet ont moult grant
merveille de che que nous en avons deux. Aussi que
nous nous merveillons de che que ilz nen ont que
ung. Et ainsi comme nous devisons leurs bestes
et les nommons par leurs noms. ainsi devisent
ilz les nostres par les leurs de corps et de membres
Se le Centico a pies de cheval. pareillement a le che
val pies de centicore. Aussi povons nous bien an
cores dire que le cheval a pies de monotheros. Car
ilz sentressamblent de corsaige. Et aussi leur ressam
ble il de nous bestes quelles sont diverses de testes
de corps et de membres. Des diversitez qui sont en
NOus avons pardesa europe et en auffri
moult de choses dont ceulx deurope et que

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amazed by us because we seem so small to them.
And so those who are half our
size also seem to us, when we are told of them. These are the pygmies,
who are only three feet tall. And equally they
are amazed by us who are so tall, and consider us
to be giants. Those who have only one eye and
one foot are greatly amazed by us, who have two of
each, just as we marvel at those who have but one.
And just as we describe their animals and give them
names, so they describe our animals according to
the bodies and limbs of the ones they have. For just as the centaur has
horse hooves, in the same way the horse has centaur
hooves. Or we might even say that the horse has
unicorn hooves. For they all resemble each other
in their manner of running. And they also resemble
other beasts that are have different heads,
bodies, or limbs. [rubric:] Of the diverse things that are in
We have further on (see note)// Europe and in Africa (see note) [/rubric]
many things that Europe and