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et enquerre les choses qui poevent en terre advenir
par euvre de droitte nature qui se figure par le mon
de. Les cieulx et les estoilles sont les vrays instrumens
de nature au monde par quoy elle euvre tout ades
sicomme dieu veult tant pres comme loings. Et qui
scet congnoistre sa puissanche il a congnoissanche
de tout che que dit est tant des estoilles qui sont ou
ciel qui ont leurs vertus en terre que dieu ottroia
a chascune et a la lune et au soleil qui au monde
font naistre la clarete et sans qui riens vivant estre
ne poeut. Car par celles corrompt et naist toutes
choses qui sont en che monde. et qui a fin et commen
chement ainsi le consent et permet le tout puissant
Toutes diversitez qui sont es personnes et qui ont
diversitez de faiture et de corage et tout che quil ad
vient par nature. soit en herbes en plantes ou en
bestes. che advient par la vertu celeste que dieu
donna aux estoilles quant il crea premierement
le monde et quil les y mist et dona de telle nature
quil les ordonna aler alentour du monde contre
le tour du firmament. Et par leur tour et par

and inquiring into the things that may come to pass
on earth by the work of right Nature as expressed
in the world. The heavens and the stars are the true instruments
of Nature in the world, through which she works just as
God wants, from both near and far. And whoever
knows how to recognize her power has knowledge
of all that is said of the stars that are in
heaven, that have their intrinsic qualities on earth that God has given
to each of them and also to the moon and the sun, which
cause brightness for the world, without which nothing
can live. For by them all
things in this world are destroyed and come into being, with the All Powerful
agreeing to and allowing everything that has an end and a beginning.
All the differences in people -- differences
of aspect and emotion -- and all the things that come
by nature, whether in herbs, or plants, or beasts,
come from the heavenly virtue that God
gave to the stars when He first created the
world. He caused them to be of such a nature
that at His command they go around the world against
the turning of the firmament. And by their quality of turning

et enquerre les choses qui poevent en terre advenir
par euvre de droitte nature qui se figure par le mon
de. Les cieulx et les estoilles sont les vrays instrumens
de nature au monde par quoy elle euvre tout ades
sicomme dieu veult tant pres comme loings. Et qui
scet congnoistre sa puissanche il a congnoissanche
de tout che que dit est tant des estoilles qui sont ou
ciel qui ont leurs vertus en terre que dieu ottroia
a chascune et a la lune et au soleil qui au monde
font naistre la clarete et sans qui riens vivant estre
ne poeut. Car par celles corrompt et naist toutes
choses qui sont en che monde. et qui a fin et commen
chement ainsi le consent et permet le tout puissant
Toutes diversitez qui sont es personnes et qui ont
diversitez de faiture et de corage et tout che quil ad
vient par nature. soit en herbes en plantes ou en
bestes. che advient par la vertu celeste que dieu
donna aux estoilles quant il crea premierement
le monde et quil les y mist et dona de telle nature
quil les ordonna aler alentour du monde contre
le tour du firmament. Et par leur tour et par

and inquiring into the things that may come to pass
on earth by the work of right Nature as expressed
in the world. The heavens and the stars are the true instruments
of Nature in the world, through which she works just as
God wants, from both near and far. And whoever
knows how to recognize her power has knowledge
of all that is said of the stars that are in
heaven, that have their intrinsic qualities on earth that God has given
to each of them and also to the moon and the sun, which
cause brightness for the world, without which nothing
can live. For by them all
things in this world are destroyed and come into being, with the All Powerful
agreeing to and allowing everything that has an end and a beginning.
All the differences in people -- differences
of aspect and emotion -- and all the things that come
by nature, whether in herbs, or plants, or beasts,
come from the heavenly virtue that God
gave to the stars when He first created the
world. He caused them to be of such a nature
that at His command they go around the world against
the turning of the firmament. And by their turning