¶
A
new
interlude
and
a
mery
of
the
nature
of
the
.iiij.
elementis
declarynge
many
proper
poyntis
of
phylosophy
naturall
/
and
of
dyuers
straunge
landys
/
and
of
dyuers
straunge
effectis
&
causis
/
whiche
interlude
yf
the
hole
matter
be
playd
wyl
conteyne
the
space
of
an
hour
and
a
halfe
/
but
yf
ye
lyst
ye
may
leue
out
muche
of
the
sad
mater
as
the
messengers
parte
/
and
some
of
naturys
parte
and
some
of
experyens
parte
&
yet
the
matter
wyl
depend
conuenyently
/
and
than
it
wyll
not
be
paste
thre
quarters
of
an
hour
of
length
.
¶
Here
folow
the
namys
of
the
pleyers
.
¶
The
messengere
/
Nature
naturate
/
Humanyte
Studyous
desire
/
Sensuall
appetyte
/
The
tauerner
/
Eyperyence
/
yngnoraunce
/
Also
yf
ye
lyst
ye
may
brynge
in
a
dysgysynge
.
¶
Here
folow
dyuers
matters
whiche
be
in
this
interlude
conteynyd
.
¶
Of
the
sytuacyon
of
the
.iiij.
elementis
that
is
to
sey
the
yerth
the
water
the
ayre
and
fyre
/
&
of
theyr
qualytese
and
propertese
/
and
of
the
generacyon
&
corrupcyon
of
thyngꝭ
made
of
the
commyxion
of
them
¶
Of
c●rt●yn
conclusions
ꝓuynge
y●
the
yerth
must
〈…〉
rounde
&
y●
it
h●ngyth
in
the
myddis
of
the
fyr
〈◊〉
that
it
is
in
circumference
a
boue
.xxj.
M.
myle
〈◊〉
Of
〈◊〉
conclusions
●●ynge
that
the
see
lyeth
〈◊〉
vppon
〈…〉
.
〈…〉
●●●osmography
/
as
how
&
〈…〉
/
&
of
●yuers
straunge
〈◊〉
●landys
and
whiche
wey
th●y
ly●●
and
of
〈◊〉
n●w
founde
landys
and
the
maner
of
the
people
.
〈…〉
cause
of
stone
&
m●tall
〈…〉
.
¶
〈…〉
cause
of
well
spryngis
&
〈…〉
of
the
cause
o●
hote
fumys
that
come
〈…〉
of
y●
y●rth
/
and
of
the
cause
of
the
bathys
〈…〉
in
the
yerth
whiche
be
perpetually
hote
.
¶
Of
th●
cause
of
th●●bbe
and
flode
of
the
see
¶
O●
the
cause
of
rayne
snowe
and
hayle
¶
O●
th●
cause
of
the
wynd●s
and
thonder
●
Of
th●
cause
of
the
lyghtnynge
of
blasyng
ster●ys
and
flamys
fleynge
in
the
ayre