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Show I turnethe alle the firmament, righte as dothe a wheel that turnethe be his axille trec : fo that tho fterre beren the firmament in 2 egalle parties; fo that i Aftr hathe als mochel aboven, as it hath benethen this, [ have gon toward the partics meridionales that is toward the Southe: and I have founde firft the fterre Antartyk fee me that in Lybye ‘And fo fer I have gon more in tho contrees, that have founde that fterre more highe; fo that toward the highe Lybye, it is 18 degrees of heghte and certeyn minutes (of the which, 6o minute be {ee and be loade maken a degree) after goyng towar t an of that I have {poke this contree I hav other yles and londes bezonde that contree founden the fterre Antartyk of 33 degrees o And zif 1 hadde ha heghte, and mo mynutes companye and {chippynge, forto go more bezonde I trowe wel in certyn, that wee.{cholde have fee alle the roundnefle of the firmament alle aboute For as I have feyd zou be forn, the half of th firmament is betwene tho 2 fterres: the which halfondelleI have feyn delle,.1 hav fee And of the other halfon towar th Northe undr hav part of hav feen 62 on that o part, and 33 on that othe that ben 95 degrees, and nyghe the halfondell degree; and fo there ne faylethe but that feen alle the firmament, faf 84 degrees an th halfondell of a degree an tha is not th fourthe part of the firmament. For the 4 partie o the roundneffe of the firmament holt go degrees fo there faylethe but 5 degrees and an half of th fourthe partie And alfo [ have feen the 3 partie of alle the roundnefie of the firmament, zit 5 degrees and an half zou certeynly that me ma envirown For zee wyten welle, that the the Antartyk, thei ben ftreghte feet azen feet of hem montane; als we be and alle weye men, londes, and yles, als wel a in this contree that ben towar undre us alle th undre as aboven that hadde com panye and {chippynge and conduyt fynd mor Be the whiche I fey erthe of alle the world, as we and turnen azen to his contree he fchold an that dwellen undre the tranf as we an feet azenft feet thei tha dwelly For alle the partie of fee and of lond han here appofitees, habitable or trepaflables, and thei of this half and bezon half. And wytethe wel, that afire thar, that ma parceyv and 5"comprehende th londe o be undr us in goynge frem Scotlond or from Englon to Prefire John, emperou Fo ward Jerufalem me of Ynd go upwar alweys Fo oure lond 1s in the lowe partie of the erthe, towar the Eft: and thei ha there the day, whan wee have the nyghte, and alf For the erthe and the fee ben o wee han the day round form wha thei han the nyghte highe to the contrarie and fchapp as I have feyd beforn And than that men gon upward to o coft, men go dounward to another coft Alfo zee have herd m feye, that Jerufalem is in the myddes of the world and. that may men preven and {chewen there, be fpere, that is pighte in to the erghe, upon the hour o mydday, whan it is equenoxium, that {cheweth no fchadwe on no fyde And that it fcholde ben in the myddes of the world, David wytneffethe i in the Pfautre, where he feythe, Deus operatusef faluté in medio terre. Thanne thel that parten fr the parties of the Weft, for to go toward Jerufalem als many iorneyes as thei gon upward for to g thidre, in als many iorneyes may thei gon fr Jerufalem, unto other confynyes of the fuperficialti of the erthe bezonde And whan men go bezond of the fee, undre oure contrees on this half n And of tho 180 partie of the erthe, towar alle is envyronynge the roundneffe of the erthe an th thanne the halfondelle of the firmament in alle the Weft : and the lond of Preftre John is the lo tho iourneyes, towarde Ynde and to the foreyn yles Tranfmontane 62 degrees and 10 mynutes; an toward the partie meridionalle, I have feen undr the Antartyk 33 degrees and 16 mynutes: an holdethe not but 180 degrees OF | THH HiIisTOR An therefore hathe it befallen many tymes of o thing that I have herd cownted, whan I was zong; ho a worthi man departed fometyme from our countrees, for to go ferche the world. And fo he paffe Ynde, and the yles bezond Ynde, where ben m than 5000 yles: and fo longe he wente be fee an lond, and {o enviround the world be many f{eyfons that he fond an yle, where he herde fpeke his ow langage, "callynge on oxen in the plowghe, fuch wordes as men {peken to beftes in his owne contree whereof he hadde gret ‘mervayle: for he knew not how it myghte be. But I feye, that he ha go fo longe be lond an b fee tha h ha envyround alle the erthe, that he was comen aze envirounynge, that is to feye, goynge aboute, un to his owne marches, zif he wolde have pafle forthe, til he had founden his contree and his own knouleche But he turned azen from thens, fro whens he was come fro; and fo he loft moch peynefulle labour as him felf (eyde aftre, that he was come hom a gret whil For it befelle aftre, that he wente in to Norweye ; and there tempeft o the fec toke him; and he arryved in an yle; an whan he was in that yle, he knew wel, that it wa the yle, where he had herd fpeke his owne langage before, and the callynge of the oxen at th plowghe: and- that was pofiible thinge. But ho it femeth mow to fympl me unlerned that menn not go undre tne erthe, and alfo that me {cholde falle toward the hevene from undre But that may not be, upon lefie, than wee mowe fall toward hevene, fro the erthe, where wee ben fro wha parti o th erthe 4tha me Fo duelle outher |