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il fait aulcune chose pour neant et sans raison mais
il ne le fist pas ainsi. Car il ne lui failli nulle riens
il fist et crea toutes les estoilles et donna a chascune
sa vertu. et qui ainsi ne le voeult croire en lui na
sens ne raison. Car nous veons appertenient que
la lune prend lumiere quant nous la veons toute
plaine. Car lomme na lors ne membre ne vaine
qui ne soit plus plaine que quant elle est en de
cours de humuers et telz choses. Et pareillement
advient a toutes bestes. car ilz ont lors les testes
et aultres membres plus garniz de moulle et de hu
muers. Et dela mer meismes sen enfle et se desen
fle a son decours. Tant que che vient ou mois apres
dont il advient que ceulx qui sont pres de la mer lors
quilz scevent que la lune doit estre plaine ilz se re
traient ensus de la mer si emmainent leurs maisi
nes. Et en che point seslongent de leurs manoirs
et se vont tenir en haults lieux jusques ad che que
la mer sen retourne arriere. Et font ainsi chascun
mois. mais tout che advient par la lune qui qui
est une des sept planettes. pareillement voit len

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made something for no purpose or reason, but He does
not act that way. For He falls short in nothing.
He made and created the stars and gave each one
its inherent quality. Therefore, whoever does not want to believe
in Him has neither sense nor reasons. For we see clearly
that the moon takes light when we see it to be
full. For man has then neither limb nor vein
which is not fuller of humors and such things than
the moon when it is waning (see note). And it is similar with
all beasts. For their heads and other members are more stuffed with
marrow and humors. Even the sea rises and falls with its [the moon's]
passage, so much so that when it comes or in the month afterwards,
those who are near the sea, when they find out that the moon will
be full, pull back from the shore of the sea and move their households (see note),
and leave their houses and go to the high places until the sea
has receded. And they do this every month.
But all this is caused by the moon, which is one of the
seven planets. Similarly, one sees

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il fait aulcune chose pour neant et sans raison mais
il ne le fist pas ainsi. Car il ne lui failli nulle riens
il fist et crea toutes les estoilles et donna a chascune
sa vertu. et qui ainsi ne le voeult croire en lui na
sens ne raison. Car nous veons appertenient que
la lune prend lumiere quant nous la veons toute
plaine. Car lomme na lors ne membre ne vaine
qui ne soit plus plaine que quant elle est en de
cours de humuers et telz choses. Et pareillement
advient a toutes bestes. car ilz ont lors les testes
et aultres membres plus garniz de moulle et de hu
muers. Et dela mer meismes sen enfle et se desen
fle a son decours. Tant que che vient ou mois apres
dont il advient que ceulx qui sont pres de la mer lors
quilz scevent que la lune doit estre plaine ilz se re
traient ensus de la mer si emmainent leurs maisi
nes. Et en che point seslongent de leurs manoirs
et se vont tenir en haults lieux jusques ad che que
la mer sen retourne arriere. Et font ainsi chascun
mois. mais tout che advient par la lune qui qui
est une des sept planettes. pareillement voit len

98

made something for no purpose or reason, but he does
not act that way. For he failed in nothing.
He made and created the stars and gave each one
its virtue. Therefore, whoever does not want to believe
in him has neither sense nor reasons. For we see clearly
that the moon takes light when we see it to be
full. For man has then neither limb nor vein
which is not fuller of humours and such things than
the moon when it is waning. And it is similar with
all beast. For their heads and other members are more stuffed with
marrow and humors. Even the sea rises and falls with its [the moon's]
passage, so much so that when it comes or in the month afterwards,
those who are near the sea, when they find out that the moon will
be full, pull back from the shore of the sea and move their households,
and leave their houses and go to the high places until the sea
has receded. And they do this every month.
But all this is caused by the moon, which is one of the
seven planets. Similarly, on sees