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durement en pareille maniere nous donne la lune
lumiere. Et en la lune est ung cor poly et bel aussi
comme ung pommel tresbien brutz qui refflamboie
et rend clarte quante le ray du soleil si fierd. Les nu
bletes que len voit en la lune dient aulcuns que cest
terre qui appert dedens. et que che qui est eaue appert
Ainsi comme contre ung miroir qui rechoit la diver
se couleur quant elle est devers lui tournee. Aultres
y pensoient aultre chose et disoient que che estoit ad
venu quant adam fut deceu de la pomme quil men
ga qui tant greva a lumaine lingnie. Et que la lu
une en fut empechie et sa clarte amendrie des septes
toilles qui la sont et qui font leur cours ou firma
ment. dont chi dessus nous avons parle lon nen
congneust premierement que les deux. Che sont le
soleil et la lune. Les aultres ne congnoist ou pas
se che nest par astronomie. Non pour tant si
seront elles par moy nommees pour che que
nous en avons parle. De celles en a deux au
dessus de la lune. voire lune sur laultre dont
chascune a en terre propres vertus. Che sont

fiercely, in the same way the moon gives
us light. The moon's body is polished and beautiful,
like a well-buffed apple, and it shines and gives off
brightness when it is lit by the rays of the sun. The dark
patches that one sees on the moon are said by some
people to be land, and that what appears to be white is water,
just as with a mirror, which
receives a variety of colors when it is turned towards them.
Others think differently, saying that these dark patches
came about when Adam was deceived by the apple that
he ate, with such harm to the human race. At that time
the moon was damaged and its clarity diminished. Of the seven
stars that are there and that make their course in
the firmament, of which I spoke of earlier, at first
only two were known: the sun and the moon. The others would
not be known of were it not for astronomy. Nonetheless I
will name them, as I have spoken of them. Of these,
there are two above the moon, one above the
other, each having its own virtues on the earth (see note). These are

durement en pareille maniere nous donne la lune
lumiere. Et en la lune est ung cor poly et bel aussi
comme ung pommel tresbien brutz qui refflamboie
et rend clarte quante le ray du soleil si fierd. Les nu
bletes que len voit en la lune dient aulcuns que cest
terre qui appert dedens. et que che qui est eaue appert
Ainsi comme contre ung miroir qui rechoit la diver
se couleur quant elle est devers lui tournee. Aultres
y pensoient aultre chose et disoient que che estoit ad
venu quant adam fut deceu de la pomme quil men
ga qui tant greva a lumaine lingnie. Et que la lu
une en fut empechie et sa clarte amendrie des septes
toilles qui la sont et qui font leur cours ou firma
ment. dont chi dessus nous avons parle lon nen
congneust premierement que les deux. Che sont le
soleil et la lune. Les aultres ne congnoist ou pas
se che nest par astronomie. Non pour tant si
seront elles par moy nommees pour che que
nous en avons parle. De celles en a deux au
dessus de la lune. voire lune sur laultre dont
chascune a en terre propres vertus. Che sont

fiercely, in the same way the moon gives
us light. The moon's body is polished and beautiful,
like a well-buffed apple, and it shines and gives off
brightness when it is lit by the rays of the sun. The dark
patches that one sees on the moon are said by some
people to be land, and that what appears to be white is water,
just as with a mirror, which
receives a variety of colors when it is turned towards them.
Others think differently, saying that these dark patches
came about when Adam was deceived by the apple that
he ate, with such harm to the human race. At that time
the moon was damaged and its clarity diminished. Of the seven
stars that are there and that make their course in
the firmament, of which I spoke of earlier, at first
only two were known: the sun and the moon. The others would
not be known of were it not for astronomy. Nonetheless I
will name them, as I have spoken of them. Of these,
there are two above the moon, one above the
other, each having its own virtues on the earth. These are