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dela cest adire soubz la terre et pardeca devers nous
est obscure. Et pour che ne la veons nous pas. mais
quant elle passe le point quelle se remue ensus du so
leil lors nous appert sa clarte cornue. Et de tant quelle
se plus eslongant du soleil tant nous appert elle plus
luisante. Et lors quelle appert estre a moittie adont a
elle ale la quarte partie de son cercle tout alentour
ou elle parfait son tour chascun mois et sen va des
ja eslongant. Et sa clarte croissant tousjours tant
quelle appert toute reonde belle et clere en samblan
che dune roelle. Adont est elle si ensus du soleil com
me elle poeut plus en son cercle par daultre partie
droitement devant son regard si que la plus enlu
minee et toute tournee devant nous. Alors est la
terree entre le soleil et la lune si que nous ne les
povons tout deux veoir sur terre si non bien petiz
mais lun des deux poeut len bien veoir des que il
naist jusques au couchier Et laultre est dessoubz ter
re tant quil rappert vers orient et lors voit on il
celui couchier mais pour che ne les poeut on
pas veoir ensamble tous deux soir et main

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upwards, that is to say under the earth, and the
side facing us is dark. And for that reason we do not see it.
but when it passes the point when it moves above the
sun, then its brightness appears as though horned.
And the further it moves from the sun, the more
it appears to us to shine. When it appears to be half-full,
at that point it is a quarter of the way through its full circle,
which it completes each month. It continues to extend
and its brightness keeps growing until it appears to be
entirely round, beautiful and clear, in the shape of a
wheel. At that point it is as far across from the sun
as it can be in its course, right on the other side and
directly facing it, so that it is at its brightest
and all that light is turned toward us. Then the earth
is between the sun and the moon so that we cannot
see both of them from the earth, or only a tiny bit,
but we can see one of the two as it rises when the
other one sets. The other one is under the earth until
it reappears toward the east and then one sees
the other one set. For this reason one cannot see
both of them together except at evening and dawn.

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dela c'est adire soubz la terre et pardeca devers nous
est obscure. Et pour che ne la veons nous pas. mais
quant elle passe le point qu'elle se remue ensus du so-
leil lors nous appert sa clarte cornue. Et de tant qu'elle
se plus eslongant du soleil tant nous appert elle plus
luisante. Et lors qu'elle appert estre a moittie adont a
elle ale la quarte partie de son cercle tout alentour
ou elle parfait son tour chascun mois et s'en va des
ja eslongant. Et sa clarte croissant tousjours tant
qu'elle appert toute reonde belle et clere en samblan-
che d'une roelle. Adont est elle si ensus du soleil com-
me elle poeut plus en son cercle par d'aultre partie
droitement devant son regard si que la plus enlu-
minee et toute tournee devant nous. Alors est la
terree entre le soleil et la lune si que nous ne les
povons tout deux veoir sur terre si non bien petiz
mais l'un des deux poeut l'en bien veoir des que il
naist jusques au couchier Et l'aultre est dessoubz ter-
re tant qu'il rappert vers orient et lors voit on il
celui couchier mais pour che ne les poeut on
pas veoir ensamble tous deux soir et main

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upwards, that is to say under the earth, and the
side facing us is dark. And for that reason we do not see it.
but when it passes the point when it moves above the
sun, then its brightness appears as though horned.
And the further it moves from the sun, the more
it appears to us to shine. When it appears to be half-full,
at that point it is a quarter of the way through its full circle,
which it completes each month. It continues to extend
and its brightness keeps growing until it appears to be
entirely round, beautiful and clear, in the shape of a
wheel. At that point it is as far across from the sun
as it can be in its course, right on the other side and
directly facing it, so that it is at its brightest
and all that light is turned toward us. Then the earth
is between the sun and the moon so that we cannot
see both of them from the earth, or only a tiny bit,
but we can see one of the two as it rises when the
other one sets. The other one is under the earth until
it reappears toward the east and then one sees
the other one set. For this reason one cannot see
both of them together except at evening and dawn.