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a present nommee engleterre a comme len dist une
fontaine et ung perron au pres. mais quant len get
te leaue dicelle fontaine sur le perron il en comen
che par illec a plouvoir a venter a tonner et a
esclistrer merveilleusement. En celle terre a une
maniere de gens comme len dist qui portent ung
petit de coue au bout du fil des rains. Aussi furent
jadiz veuz en franche une maniere de gens qui
furent cornuz. devers les mons de montius vous
trouvez plente femmes qui ont boces dessoubz le
menton qui leur pendent aux aulcunes jusques
aux mamelles. Et laendroit sont telles tenues
pour belles. Aultres gens ya qui ont grans bo
ches sur le doz et sont aussi courbes comme cro
chets et ceulx qui voient toutes ches choses sou
venteffoiz ne sen merveillent gaires. Aussi len
voit en celle contree bien souvent naistre en
sans sours et muets. Et de ceulx qui ont natu
re dhomme et de femme. Ancores yont souvent
este veux aulcuns enfans venir sur terre les
ungs sans mains. et les aultres sans bras

now called England, it is said that there is a
fountain, with a flat stone near it. But when
the water spurts from this fountain onto the stone
then rain, winds, thunder, and lightning all
wondrously begin to rage. It is said that in
this country there is a manner of people who
have small tails on their backside. In addition, a type of people with horns
were seen in France in former times. Near Mount Montius you will find
many women who have mouths under their
chins that in some cases hang down as far
as their breasts. And in that place they
are considered beautiful. There are others who have
huge mouths on their backs and are bent over
like crooked staves, and the people who see
all these things often do not marvel at them
at all. Also in this country deaf and mute
people are often born, and those who are by
nature both men and women. Children are also often seen
to be come into the world either without
hands or without arms.

a present nommee engleterre a comme len dist une
fontaine et ung perron au pres. mais quant len get
te leaue dicelle fontaine sur le perron il en comen
che par illec a plouvoir a venter a tonner et a
esclistrer merveilleusement. En celle terre a une
maniere de gens comme len dist qui portent ung
petit de coue au bout du fil des rains. Aussi furent
jadiz veuz en franche une maniere de gens qui
furent cornuz. devers les mons de montius vous
trouvez plente femmes qui ont boces dessoubz le
menton qui leur pendent aux aulcunes jusques
aux mamelles. Et laendroit sont telles tenues
pour belles. Aultres gens ya qui ont grans bo
ches sur le doz et sont aussi courbes comme cro
chets et ceulx qui voient toutes ches choses sou
venteffoiz ne sen merveillent gaires. Aussi len
voit en celle contree bien souvent naistre en
sans sours et muets. Et de ceulx qui ont natu
re dhomme et de femme. Ancores yont souvent
este veux aulcuns enfans venir sur terre les
ungs sans mains. et les aultres sans bras

now called England, it is said that there is a
fountain, with a flat stone near it. But when
the water spurts from this fountain onto the stone
then rain, winds, thunder, and lightning all
wondrously begin to rage. It is said that in
this country there is a manner of people who
have a small tail on their backsides. There
were also once people seen in France who
had horns. Near Mount Montius you will find
many women who have mouths under their
chins that in some cases hang down as far
as their breasts. And in that place they
are considered beautiful. There are others who have
huge mouths on their backs and are bent over
like crooked staves, and the people who see
all these things often do not marvel at them
at all. Also in this country deaf and mute
people are often born, and those who are by
nature both men and women. There are also
often seen children born some of whom have
no hands, others no arms.