¶
The
Boke
of
Demaundes
of
the
scyence
of
Phylosophye
,
and
Astronomye
,
Betwene
kynge
Boctus
,
and
the
Phylosopher
Sydracke
.
Sydracke
.
Kynge
Boctus
.
¶
The
Kynge
asked
,
howe
was
the
worlde
made
,
and
howe
holdeth
it
.
Sydracke
,
Answereth
.
GOD
made
Heauen
and
water
,
&
when
he
wolde
make
man
,
after
that
the
euyll
Aungelles
fell
downe
from
heuen
in
abysme
.
He
sayd
that
the
world
be
made
,
and
anone
forthwith
was
his
commaundement
done
.
And
the
worlde
was
fo●med
vpon
the
water
as
his
pleasu●●
was
.
And
all
the
water
that
is
in
th
ayre
it
abydeth
vpon
the
erthe
,
for
〈◊〉
can
not
be
so
depe
nor
so
parfound●
but
it
must
nedes
abyde
on
the
ert●
and
as
ye
shall
vnderstande
that
th●
same
erth
,
and
also
this
that
is
dyscouered
hath
other
water
vnder
hym
also
,
that
sustayneth
it
.
For
the
foundement
of
the
erthe
is
the
water
,
and
the
foundement
of
the
water
is
the
fyrmament
,
and
the
one
and
the
other
hangeth
and
holdeth
togyther
by
the
firmamente
,
and
by
the
myghte
and
wyll
of
God
.
GOD
of
his
great
myght
made
the
worlde
to
the
semblaunce
of
an
egge
,
as
in
lykenes
the
shell
of
the
Egge
is
the
fyrmament
,
that
enuyrons
and
goeth
all
aboute
the
world
,
and
the
whyte
of
the
egge
is
the
water
that
is
betwene
the
fyrmament
that
enuyrons
and
goeth
aboute
the
erth
.
The
yelke
of
the
egge
●s
the
erth
that
enuyroneth
all
abou●e
with
water
,
and
set
vpon
the
wa●er
.
In
lykewyse
as
the
yelke
of
the
●gge
that
is
set
and
enuyroned
all
a●oute
with
the
whyte
of
the
egge
.
The
●eede
that
is
betwene
the
yelke
and
he
whyte
of
the
egge
,
that
be
the
folkes
that
be
on
earth
,
euen
as
the
sede
is
on
the
yelke
&
,
thus
is
the
forme
of
the
world
.
But
then
it
is
as
rounde
as
a
Bowle
,
that
hath
neyther
heade
nor
tayle
.
¶
The
Kynge
asked
,
mounteth
the
sonne
more
vpwarde
then
he
descendeth
or
descendeth
he
more
then
he
mounteth
.
Sydracke
,
Answereth
.
THe
sonne
by
the
morowe
when
he
ryseth
red
and
clere
he
mounteth
alway
tyll
halfe
the
day
be
past
,
that
is
called
mydday
.
And
then
after
the
halfe
day
,
he
descendeth
and
commeth
lower
,
tyll
he
go
downe
,
and
as
red
ye
may
se
the
sonne
at
his
goynge
downe
,
as
at
his
rysynge
,
and
as
moche
he
descendeth
downwarde
as
he
mounteth
vpwarde
.
¶
The
Kynge
asked
,
the
sonne
doth
he
mounte
&
descende
as
wel
by
nyght
as
by
day
.
Sydracke
,
Answereth
.
WHen
the
Sonne
appereth
to
vs
,
heare
,
that
he
goeth
downe
and
fayleth
vs
,
he
sheweth
to
other
folke
in
another
countree
,
that
be
in
the
other
parte
of
the
worlde
,
and
he
sheweth
hym
in
his
turnynge
to
them
,
that
the
day
aprocheth
to
as
he
doth
vs
,
when
the
daye
commeth
and
lyghteth
vs
.
And
at
after
mydnyght
,
tyll
it
be
day
he
goeth
lower
to
them
,
toward
vs
waxeth
hygher
,
for
to
them
he
aprocheth
in
the
nyght
,
and
to
vs
in
the
day
,
&
when
he
fayleth
vs
he
appereth
vnto
them
in
another
countre
.
¶
The
Kynge
asked
,
why
groweth
the
Moone
,
and
at
somtyme
waxeth
lesse
and
lesse
.
Sydracke
,
Answereth
.
THe
Moone
appeareth
&
semeth
to
vs
that
she
groweth
,
and
other
whyle
waxeth
lesse
,
and
all
this
appereth
to
vs
,
for
the
sonne
and
the
tornyng
of
the
fyrmament
,
for
al
the
whyle
that
she
is
agaynst
the
sonne
,
she
is
couered
,
and
appereth
vnto
vs
that
she
waxeth
lesse
.
And
whan
it
appereth
to
vs
that
she
is
al
fayled
and
sheweth
nothyng
,
than
she
is
approched
nyghe
to
the
Sonne
,
and
leseth
all
her
lyght
,
for
the
coueryng
of
the
sonne
.
And
at
the
same
poyncte
that
she
fautes
all
her
lyght
to
vs
,
at
the
same
poyncte
the
sonne
passeth
her
,
for
the
mouement
of
the
tyrmamente
,
&
then
she
dyscouereth
on
the
other
parte
of
the
sonne
,
and
then
she
is
newe
semynge
to
vs
here
,
and
for
the
feble
syght
that
we
haue
,
we
maye
not
se
her
at
that
poyncte
.
And
euerye
.xv.
dayes
she
groweth
,
&
other
.xv.
dayes
she
waneth
and
waxeth
lesse
.
¶
The
Kynge
asked
,
what
is
the
reason
that
in
some
place
in
the
worlde
,
the
Clyps
of
the
Sonne
and
of
the
Moone
maye
be
sene
,
and
in
some
place
it
maye
not
be
sene
.
Sydracke
Answereth
.
THe
Sonne
maketh
his
Clyps
,
aswell
by
day
as
by
nyght
,
and
by
nyght
as
by
daye
,
for
when
we
haue
day
here
,
other
folkes
haue
in
other
places
nyght
,
and
when
it
is
nyght
here
with
vs
,
it
is
day
with
them
for
the
fyrmament
neuer
ceaseth
turnynge
,
and
therin
a
bydeth
the
sonne
the
Moone
,
and
the
starres
,
that
enuyron
and
go
aboute
all
the
worlde
,
and
at
no
tyme
they
fayle
not
theyr
lyght
,
for
when
theyr
lyght
fayleth
to
vs
here
,
they
shewe
it
to
other
folkes
in
other
places
,
and
when
it
fayleth
other
folkes
there
,
it
sheweth
to
vs
here
.
And
al
this
is
for
the
roundnes
of
the
world
,
for
the
world
is
all
rounde
as
an
balle
,
for
when
the
Sonne
draweth
lowe
,
he
gyueth
his
lyghte
to
that
parte
that
he
draweth
lowe
to
,
and
then
it
is
derke
behynde
hym
,
as
and
a
man
helde
a
candell
lyght
before
hym
the
vysage
of
hym
shuld
haue
the
shadow
.
And
so
in
lykewyse
doth
the
sonne
aboute
the
fyrmament
,
by
cause
of
the
roundnes
of
the
worlde
.
This
is
the
daye
and
the
nyght
,
for
God
made
the
nyghte
for
the
reste
of
man
,
and
for
other
creatures
.
And
therfore
when
the
Sonne
is
in
the
clyps
here
with
vs
,
we
haue
it
by
day
and
therfore
we
may
se
it
,
and
then
it
is
nyght
with
other
folkes
,
and
therfore
they
maye
not
se
it
,
for
the
shadowe
of
the
erth
Also
when
the
sonne
is
in
the
clyps
with
other
folkes
they
haue
daye
,
and
we
haue
nyght
,
therfore
they
may
se
it
,
and
we
may
not
se
it
,
for
the
shadowe
of
the
earth
.
And
lykewyse
is
the
Moone
as
the
Sonne
in
the
clyps
,
when
tyme
and
season
is
,
aswell
by
daye
as
by
nyght
.
And
therfore
it
is
day
with
vs
when
it
is
nyght
with
other
folkes
.
Howe
be
it
that
the
fyrmament
maketh
alway
his
turne
for
our
day
and
our
nyght
is
all
one
,
for
where
soeuer
they
turne
they
haue
alway
lyght
&
resplendour
and
brightnes
that
God
of
his
grace
hath
gyuen
them
.
¶
The
Kynge
asked
,
is
there
any
poyncte
in
the
daye
that
is
good
.
Sydracke
Answereth
.
AT
that
poynct
that
the
Moone
maketh
her
turne
at
,
the
.xxxvi.
poynctes
after
,
thou
shalte
haue
a
good
poyncte
:
&
from
the
poyncte
at
.
C.
lvij
.
poynctes
,
another
.
And
from
that
at
.
CCC
.
lxxvij
.
poynctes
,
thou
shalte
haue
another
.
And
from
that
poyncte
at
.v.
M.
ij
.
poynctes
thou
shalt
haue
another
.
And
from
the
poyncte
at
.vij.
C.
xi
.
poynctes
thou
shalt
haue
another
.
And
from
the
poynct
at
.
CCC
.
xvi
.
poynctes
thou
shalte
haue
another
.
That
is
to
say
,
poynctes
in
euery
Moone
where
the
.xxiiij.
houres
of
the
day
and
of
the
nyght
ben
.
¶
The
Kynge
asked
,
howe
shulde
a
man
knowe
the
euyll
poyncte
.
Sydracke
,
Answereth
.
AT
euery
tyme
that
the
moone
is
newe
,
thou
shalt
tell
by
.xvij.
tymes
.xvij.
poynctes
,
and
at
euery
tyme
of
the
.xvij.
poynctes
,
or
as
many
houres
as
the
Moone
is
newe
in
that
day
that
poynctes
after
,
and
the
second
,
the
thyrd
,
the
fourth
,
&
the
fyft
be
euyll
,
&
then
ye
shall
counte
yet
as
many
poynctes
as
ye
haue
tolde
and
counted
before
.v.
poynctes
after
ben
euyll
poynctes
.
And
alway
to
counte
this
counte
,
the
houres
begyn
,
whar
the
Sonne
goeth
downe
,
and
the
nyght
and
the
daye
be
.xxiiij.
houres
.
And
they
begyn
at
the
sonne
goyng
downe
bycause
the
nyght
was
before
the
daye
.
¶
The
Kynge
asked
,
is
there
any
other
folkes
vnderneth
vs
that
se
the
lyght
of
the
Fyrmamente
as
we
do
.
Sydracke
,
Answereth
.
FOr
bycause
of
the
roundnes
of
the
worlde
there
are
folkes
vnderneth
vs
that
seeth
the
lyght
of
the
fyrmament
as
we
do
,
and
also
theyr
fete
go
agaynst
our
fete
,
and
that
is
for
the
hyghenes
and
longnes
of
the
parties
of
the
world
and
for
his
ros●denes
,
for
the
Eest
parte
is
moch
hyer
where
the
Sonne
ryseth
,
then
the
west
parte
where
the
Sonne
goeth
downe
.
When
the
sonne
ryseth
in
the
Eest
,
then
it
is
dawnynge
of
the
day
in
the
west
.
And
also
when
the
sonne
goeth
lowe
in
the
west
,
them
it
is
euyn
nyght
in
the
Eest
,
for
the
greatnes
&
roundnes
of
the
world
,
for
whyle
the
sonne
shall
make
one
shadowe
on
erth
of
.iiij.
then
shall
the
fyrmament
haue
course
in
his
towre
.
M.
legues
.
It
is
not
to
be
vnderstand
that
the
sonne
sheweth
not
nor
commeth
not
so
lowe
as
the
erth
,
nor
nye
to
it
,
but
a
great
tyme
and
a
great
way
from
the
erth
asmoche
as
the
length
of
the
erth
is
from
the
one
heade
to
the
other
,
and
asmoch
agayne
,
and
is
more
ferther
for
to
go
vp
,
then
for
to
go
downe
.
There
is
a
lande
an
folkes
dwellyng
therin
,
that
the
Sonne
abydeth
not
there
but
one
houre
of
the
day
,
and
a
none
it
is
nyghte
.
There
is
another
lande
where
it
is
darke
alway
as
it
were
nyght
.
And
whan
it
is
in
one
place
of
world
wynter
,
in
another
place
it
is
sommer
.
And
whan
it
is
sommer
there
,
it
is
in
the
other
partes
wynter
and
all
this
is
by
the
reason
of
the
Sonne
that
taketh
another
way
,
by
the
volent
and
wyll
of
God
euery
yeare
.
¶
The
Kynge
asked
,
how
longe
,
how
large
,
and
howe
thycke
is
the
world
.
Sydracke
,
Answereth
.
FOrsoth
the
worlde
is
as
moch
of
length
,
as
of
largenesse
,
and
of
thyckenes
the
same
,
for
it
is
all
as
rounde
as
an
apple
.
And
who
wolde
go
,
from
one
heed
to
the
other
ryght
through
the
worlde
,
and
went
euerye
day
well
and
commonly
,
from
the
morow
tyll
euen
,
and
the
brede
of
the
see
that
is
betwene
Eest
and
west
,
were
all
ferme
lande
and
erth
,
and
all
the
world
were
as
playne
as
the
paume
of
a
mannes
hande
,
no
man
might
go
from
the
one
heed
to
thother
,
in
lesse
●hen
a
.
M.
dayes
,
and
the
largenesse
,
and
thyckenes
is
as
moche
.
¶
The
Kynge
asked
,
maye
any
man
go
aboute
the
worlde
.
Sydracke
,
Answereth
.
THere
is
no
man
that
may
go
or
turne
aboute
the
worlde
,
and
a
man
myght
lyue
a
.
M.
yere
and
more
,
and
all
the
earth
were
ferme
&
playne
,
and
yf
he
wolde
go
he
shulde
fynde
so
many
countres
,
hylles
,
mountaynes
,
and
dales
.
That
he
myghte
not
passe
them
in
no
wyse
,
and
also
he
shuld
fynde
so
moch
drought
and
drye
places
,
that
he
shulde
not
fynde
one
sope
of
water
.
And
also
he
shulde
fynde
many
peryllous
and
dyuers
beastes
,
and
foules
,
that
he
shulde
be
slayne
and
deuoured
,
and
yf
he
might
passe
all
these
perylles
,
yet
he
shulde
fynde
so
great
deserte
,
where
there
is
great
obscure
and
darkenes
that
he
shulde
se
no
syghte
.
And
yf
he
shulde
passe
all
this
,
yet
he
shulde
fynde
so
great
&
meruaylous
chynes
&
caues
in
the
erth
,
by
the
which
the
see
that
is
called
the
see
Betee
,
that
passeth
thoroughe
the
lande
,
and
partes
one
countre
from
another
,
and
by
many
reasons
he
might
not
go
it
.
And
yf
it
were
so
that
a
fowle
shuld
flye
,
yet
he
myght
not
do
it
,
for
the
great
thurst
and
hunger
that
he
shuld
haue
,
for
he
shulde
fynde
no
fode
,
and
also
for
the
great
wyldernes
,
&
for
other
fowles
that
wolde
slee
and
deuour
hym
,
and
for
many
other
reasons
.
¶
The
Kynge
asked
,
how
many
landes
is
there
.
Sydracke
,
Answereth
.
THere
is
but
one
lande
,
but
for
the
reason
of
the
See
that
entreth
throwout
it
,
and
partis
it
in
.iii.
partyes
,
therof
there
are
named
.iii.
Countres
,
withouten
Iles
in
the
see
,
but
all
is
one
lande
ferme
,
and
all
be
vpon
one
foundement
,
and
all
GOD
formed
and
made
in
one
houre
,
and
all
at
ones
.
And
a
man
were
all
beneth
vnder
the
worlde
,
whiche
were
vnpossyble
for
any
man
to
be
there
,
but
by
the
wyll
of
God
he
myght
wel
be
,
and
went
all
aboute
and
behelde
well
,
he
shulde
fynde
that
all
the
erth
and
lande
were
one
as
well
there
as
the
see
is
not
,
as
there
as
she
is
,
for
so
perfounde
and
depe
maye
no
man
be
vnder
her
,
but
that
same
earthe
,
hath
yet
other
water
vnder
her
,
that
sustayneth
her
.
¶
The
Kynge
asked
,
myghte
a
man
sayle
so
longe
in
a
shyp
,
and
he
had
wynde
and
wether
at
his
wyll
,
or
the
see
,
that
he
myght
come
nyghe
to
the
place
where
the
fyrmament
turneth
aboute
.
Sydracke
,
Answereth
.
AND
a
man
were
in
a
shyp
,
and
the
see
bare
hym
,
and
the
wynde
put
hym
forth
alway
forwarde
,
and
sayled
.x.
yere
on
the
see
or
more
,
and
that
Shyp
parted
from
the
East
,
she
shuld
be
a
great
whyle
after
that
,
or
she
came
into
the
west
,
and
also
and
she
departed
from
the
west
she
shuld
be
as
longe
or
she
aryued
in
the
East
And
also
in
lykewyse
in
the
trauerse
and
ouerthwart
the
world
,
and
yf
it
so
were
that
it
ware
the
wyl
of
God
that
a
man
were
as
great
and
as
bolde
and
hardy
as
all
the
worlde
,
and
he
were
nyghe
vnto
the
fyrmament
,
where
he
turneth
about
by
.
M
M
legues
or
more
,
the
feere
that
he
shuld
haue
when
the
fyrmament
maketh
his
turne
,
and
of
the
tempest
&
noyse
that
he
maketh
and
of
his
mouynge
that
great
and
bolde
hardy
man
,
as
all
the
world
shuld
be
deed
anone
at
that
same
houre
,
and
shuld
not
lyue
one
houre
,
nor
myght
not
,
howe
be
it
that
a
man
were
as
hardye
and
as
great
as
is
aforesayd
,
and
yet
the
firmament
seaseth
not
alway
to
turne
by
the
wyll
of
God
.
¶
The
kynge
asked
,
shall
all
the
erth
be
enhabyted
with
folkes
.
Sydracke
,
Answereth
.
AL
the
earth
shall
be
enhabyted
,
and
shal
be
deuyded
in
.iij.
parties
.
The
fyrst
partye
is
named
Asye
Le
Grande
,
and
is
as
great
as
the
other
two
.
And
this
partye
dureth
from
Septentrion
by
Orient
tyl
myddye
.
The
seconde
partye
is
named
Ewrope
and
dureth
from
Occydent
vnto
neptentrion
.
The
thirde
parti
is
named
Auffryke
that
dureth
from
myddy
vnto
Occydent
.
¶
The
kynge
asked
in
what
place
is
paradyse
Terrestre
.
Sydracke
Answereth
.
PAradyse
terrestre
is
in
the
fyrst
region
of
Asye
le
grande
towar
Orient
,
and
there
is
none
erthly
man
that
may
come
there
but
god
or
his
Aungels
lede
hym
and
guyde
hym
thy
ther
For
this
Paradyse
sythen
that
Adam
was
east
and
dryuen
out
therof
by
an
Aungell
,
anone
forthwith
it
was
enuironed
al
aboute
with
great
fyre
that
dureth
from
the
erth
vnto
the
skie
aboue
that
no
man
may
enter
nor
come
therto
.
And
also
there
is
all
aboute
Paradyse
great
wyldernesses
where
there
is
great
multytude
of
many
dyuers
and
peryllous
beastes
.
¶
The
kynge
asked
,
in
what
place
is
hell
.
Sydracke
,
Answereth
.
HEll
is
in
the
myddes
of
Auffryke
vnder
the
erth
and
is
set
in
the
myddes
of
earth
,
as
a
karnell
of
an
apple
is
in
the
myddes
of
the
apple
,
for
as
moche
erth
is
there
aboue
as
beneth
.
And
there
be
the
soules
,
that
be
dampned
in
great
payne
and
turment
without
ende
.
¶
The
kynge
asked
,
may
there
come
any
tokens
or
Sygnes
,
that
a
man
may
se
boldely
out
of
heauen
or
hell
.
Sydracke
,
Answereth
.
A
Man
may
se
openly
the
waters
that
commeth
from
Paradyse
Terrestre
,
for
there
is
a
well
sprynge
of
the
which
.iij.
Ryuers
commeth
out
of
it
.
And
one
of
those
.iij.
Ryuers
goeth
by
the
parties
of
myddy
toward
Orient
,
and
falleth
into
the
see
of
Occydent
,
and
that
aryseth
oute
of
hell
agayne
that
is
in
the
parties
of
Ynde
.
And
the
other
two
Ryuers
,
aryseth
agayne
in
Ewrope
of
an
hyll
there
,
&
there
passe
by
many
countres
,
tyll
they
mete
,
and
then
they
fall
into
the
see
,
as
nature
requyreth
.
And
also
a
man
may
se
in
Auffryke
openly
.ij.
hylles
,
that
be
soupyrall
of
hell
,
&
they
cease
not
nether
day
nor
night
and
be
euer
brennynge
with
fyerse
fyre
.
¶
The
Kynge
asked
,
what
is
the
can
se
that
the
blode
of
a
man
,
the
braynes
,
the
mary
,
and
the
waters
groweth
and
waxeth
lesse
and
more
.
Sydracke
,
Answereth
.
WHan
God
made
the
fyrmament
the
.vij.
Planettes
,
and
the
.xij.
Sygnes
,
and
stablyshed
and
ordayned
them
for
to
lyght
the
world
,
than
he
stablysshed
&
ordayned
,
as
a
lorde
that
the
blode
,
and
the
braynes
,
and
the
mary
of
mankynde
,
and
the
waters
also
shuld
waxe
and
wane
as
the
Moone
doth
,
that
is
more
nere
the
erth
then
any
of
the
other
planettes
And
also
she
groweth
and
waneth
in
heauen
,
but
to
vs
here
on
erth
it
semeth
&
appereth
to
vs
that
she
groweth
&
waneth
here
.
And
all
this
is
by
cause
of
the
mouement
of
the
fyrmament
,
&
for
the
turne
that
she
maketh
,
for
she
goeth
all
aboute
the
worlde
.
¶
The
kynge
asked
,
is
any
man
the
worse
yf
he
be
pore
,
or
sonne
to
a
pore
man
,
or
bonde
to
another
,
or
not
so
well
fauoured
as
another
.
Sydracke
,
Answereth
.
AS
spiritually
and
against
god
a
man
is
neuer
the
better
,
nor
neuer
the
worse
for
his
riches
,
nor
for
his
pouerte
,
nor
for
his
euyll
fauour
,
but
for
his
workes
and
dedes
if
thou
be
ryche
and
puyssaunt
,
and
I
poore
,
yet
with
all
my
pouerte
,
God
hathe
gyuen
me
forme
of
man
,
as
he
hath
done
to
the
,
for
as
well
am
I
borne
of
a
woman
and
gotten
of
a
man
as
thou
arte
.
And
also
I
haue
a
spryte
as
thou
haste
.
And
I
haue
also
my
poore
body
all
hole
,
and
complet
and
my
argumentes
as
thou
hast
in
thy
ryche
body
.
And
when
thou
shalte
departe
&
go
to
another
worlde
,
thou
sh●lt
go
as
poorely
as
I.
And
for
thy
ryches
nothynge
may
not
be
the
better
but
onely
by
thy
good
dedes
and
workes
.
And
thoughe
I
be
bonde
,
or
sonne
to
a
bonde
man
,
I
am
neuer
the
worse
so
that
I
lyue
Godly
and
truly
and
clenly
after
the
cours
and
nature
of
man
.
Such
is
the
world
,
for
some
be
riche
and
some
be
poore
,
and
some
be
fayre
and
some
fowle
.
And
at
theyr
ende
they
be
all
one
of
byrthe
,
of
lyfe
,
and
of
death
,
and
of
all
other
thyngꝭ
of
the
body
.
And
not
one
better
than
another
to
God
warde
,
but
onely
by
theyr
good
workes
and
dedes
.
And
he
that
beleueth
otherwyse
,
beleueth
folyouslye
.
¶
The
kynge
asked
,
whiche
is
the
moste
delectable
place
in
the
worlde
.
Sydracke
,
Answereth
.
THe
moste
delectable
place
in
the
worlde
,
is
there
as
the
herte
of
man
loueth
,
and
hath
wyll
to
be
,
for
and
a
man
were
in
the
fayrest
place
of
the
worlde
,
and
had
all
that
euer
myghte
be
necessarye
and
nedefull
to
hym
,
and
he
loued
another
place
better
,
that
fayre
place
shulde
lyke
hym
nought
,
agaynst
the
loue
that
he
had
into
another
place
,
howe
be
it
that
it
were
ryght
fowle
.
And
yf
a
man
were
in
the
most
vylest
&
fowlest
place
that
is
,
and
he
loued
well
that
place
,
yet
he
wold
thynke
that
it
were
the
most
d●lectable
place
in
the
worlde
,
bycause
that
he
loued
it
,
and
therfore
we
may
say
that
the
most
delectable
place
it
the
world
is
there
as
the
hert
loueth
and
desyreth
,
be
it
fayre
or
fowle
.
¶
The
kyng
asked
,
when
all
this
worde
was
all
water
,
was
their
in
the
water
any
fysshe
.
Sydracke
Answereth
NAy
forsoth
,
for
when
God
mad
other
creatures
he
made
all
fyshes
,
for
in
the
water
there
was
no
creature
mouable
,
nor
other
creatures
nor
none
other
thinges
but
great
Tenebres
and
derkenes
,
and
in
that
water
was
the
holy
ghost
,
as
a
great
lyght
.
And
wyt
yewel
without
doute
that
no
Aungel
nor
Archaungell
nor
no
creatur
that
euer
was
,
nor
is
,
nor
shal
be
,
coulde
not
from
that
tyme
forwarde
knowe
all
the
puyssaunce
and
the
myght
of
God
our
creatoure
.
¶
The
kynge
asked
,
whether
is
more
the
grauel
of
the
erth
,
or
the
droppes
of
water
of
the
see
.
Sydracke
,
An.
THe
Grauell
of
the
erth
is
moch
more
than
be
the
droppes
of
the
water
of
the
see
.
For
one
handefull
of
Grauell
,
mounteth
a
great
quantyte
of
droppes
of
water
.
For
the
verye
small
Sande
and
Grauell
is
moche
smaller
then
the
droppes
of
water
.
And
the
water
may
not
be
in
no
parte
,
but
she
be
vpon
the
erth
and
vpon
the
Grauell
,
and
the
Grauell
sustayneth
the
water
and
bereth
it
.
And
in
many
places
in
the
world
,
Grauell
is
ryght
great
and
ryght
harde
in
many
partes
of
the
worlde
that
a
man
shall
fynde
no
drop
of
water
,
and
in
the
depest
of
the
see
,
it
can
not
be
so
depe
but
that
there
is
Grauel
&
erth
vnder
the
moste
depest
.
And
therfore
there
is
for
one
drop
of
water
a
.
C.
of
Grauell
.
For
all
the
water
in
the
world
resteth
vpon
erth
and
vpon
Grauell
,
and
often
tymes
when
a
man
taketh
away
the
erth
he
fyndeth
water
,
the
hard
Rocke
,
and
that
Rocke
standeth
vpon
Grauell
.
And
for
this
reason
,
&
for
the
smalnes
of
the
Grauell
,
and
for
the
most
parte
where
there
is
moche
Grauell
,
there
is
no
drop
of
water
.
Therfore
the
Grauell
is
moche
more
than
the
droppes
of
water
in
the
see
.
But
ye
shall
vnderstande
that
we
speke
not
of
the
water
,
that
sustayneth
and
bereth
all
the
erth
in
the
worlde
.
¶
The
kyng
asked
myght
a
man
nombre
the
droppes
of
the
water
of
the
see
or
the
Grauell
of
the
earth
.
Sydracke
,
Answereth
.
AND
the
worlde
were
greater
than
it
is
a
.
M.
tymes
,
and
a
.
M
and
were
all
ferme
erth
,
and
that
it
dured
a
.
M.
tymes
a
.
M.
yere
goyng
and
were
all
enhabyted
with
folkes
,
the
day
and
the
nyght
he
.xxiiij.
houres
,
and
euerye
houre
is
a
.
M.
lxxx
.
poynctes
,
and
in
euery
poyncte
were
borne
a
.
M.
M.
tymes
men
,
&
as
many
women
,
and
they
were
all
full
of
heer
,
and
for
euery
heer
shulde
haue
a
.
M.
M.
tymes
droppes
.
of
water
of
the
see
.
Yet
the
droppes
of
the
see
water
.
And
yet
the
myserycorde
and
the
mercye
of
God
is
more
then
the
one
and
the
other
,
or
all
other
thynges
that
be
in
that
world
or
were
or
shal
be
vnto
them
that
seke
to
haue
it
&
deserue
it
.
¶
The
kyng
asked
,
whiche
of
the
.vij.
planettes
gouerned
the
world
before
the
tyme
of
Noes
flodde
.
Sydracke
,
Answereth
.
BEfore
the
tyme
of
Noes
flodde
there
were
.ij.
Planettes
that
gouerned
the
world
.
And
tho
were
Saturnus
&
Iupiter
:
and
Mars
began
to
gouerne
that
world
before
that
flod
.
CC.
xliiij
.
yere
,
for
fro
the
begynnyng
of
Adam
to
the
tyme
of
Noe
it
was
ij
.
M.
cc.
xliiij
.
yere
.
And
the
.ij.
M.
yere
gouerned
Saturus
and
Iupiter
,
eueryche
of
them
a
.
M.
yere
.
And
Mars
began
to
gouerne
the
worlde
before
the
flod
of
Noe
.
CC.
xliiij
.
yere
.
And
after
Noes
flod
.
Mars
gouerned
ty●
his
.
M.
yere
were
ended
,
that
is
to
wyt
,
he
gouerned
after
the
fled
.vii.
C.
lvi
.
yere
.
And
nowe
in
out
tyme
Soll
gouerneth
the
world
,
&
thus
shall
ende
all
the
other
Planettes
,
for
eueryche
of
them
shall
gouerne
the
world
a
.
M.
yere
by
the
wyll
and
commaundement
of
God
.
And
when
these
.vij.
M.
yere
be
passed
and
and
gone
,
from
thense
forth
the
world
shall
dure
at
the
wyl
,
pleasure
&
commaundement
,
of
almyghty
God
,
for
ferther
I
cannot
say
.
¶
The
kyng
asked
,
of
the
goodnes
&
harme
that
commeth
of
wyne
.
Sydracke
,
Answereth
.
NOble
Kynge
Alexandre
,
forget
not
to
take
tarte
syropes
in
the
mornyng
fastynge
whan
flumatyke
humours
abounde
to
moch
.
For
it
is
profytable
and
wasteth
them
moche
also
I
meruayle
that
any
man
may
dye
or
be
sycke
that
eateth
brede
of
clene
and
good
wheete
,
holsome
and
good
flesshe
,
and
drynke
good
wyne
of
grapes
temperatly
.
And
yf
he
kepe
hym
fro
to
moch
drynkyng
,
eatyng
,
&
trauayle
.
Yf
syckenes
ouercome
suche
a
man
he
must
be
healed
as
a
dronken
man
.
That
is
to
wit
he
must
be
wasshed
with
warme
water
and
than
set
ouer
a
rennyng
water
betwne
.ij.
grene
wylowes
,
and
his
stomacke
anoynted
with
an
oyntment
of
sandres
,
or
sandalles
,
&
haue
a
fumygacion
of
frankensence
,
and
other
swete
spices
,
and
it
wyll
do
him
moch
good
:
and
if
any
man
wyll
forsake
holy
the
drynkyng
of
wyne
ought
not
to
leue
in
sodeynly
at
ones
but
lytell
&
ly●●●
,
and
to
mengle
it
euery
day
with
water
more
&
more
,
tyll
at
last
there
de
nothing
but
clere
water
:
&
so
he
may
kepe
his
helth
and
good
complection
.
Th●●●
gouerne
thy
body
yf
thou
wylt
lyue
longe
,
and
kepe
my
doctrynes
,
&
consydre
these
thynges
folowyng
wherin
nature
conforteth
greatly
.
That
is
to
wyt
goodly
pastymes
,
syght
of
great
richesses
great
reuerence
,
victory
ouer
enemyes
,
fedynge
on
good
meates
,
noyse
of
mynstralsy
,
syght
of
precious
garmentes
,
often
herynge
of
good
tydynges
speche
of
wyse
men
,
to
enquere
of
thinges
past
and
to
come
,
and
communycacion
with
fayre
gentylwomen
.
¶
FINIS
.
¶
¶
Imprinted
by
me
Robert
Wyer
,
dwellynge
in
the
Duke
of
Suffolkes
Rentes
,
besyde
chatynge
Crosse
.
¶
Cum
priuilegio
,
ad
imprimendum
solum
.