The Nature of the Four Elements (Natura Naturata) · chunk 15 of 19
Rastell, John · published 1520 · first performed or written 1517 [c.1517-c.1518] (Annals) not in BritDrama unassigned nearest T12 Olympian gods: Jupiter, Juno, Venus and · 475 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T12: iupiter, saturn, iuno, venus, gods, mars, earth, titan, love, fair.
Than will I go show them what ye say Spare not if thou wilt go thy weigh For I will here tarry Than a dew for a while I tell you plain But I promise you when I come a gain I shall make yonder knaves twain To repent and be sorry Now I am full glad that he is gone So am I for good will he do none To no man living But this is the man with whom ye shall I trust be well content with all And glad of his coming For he hath expounded cunningly divers points of Cosmogryfy In few words and short clause So I understand he hath good science And that he hath by plain experience learned many a strange cause ¶ye syr and I say for my ꝑte He is the connyngest man in that art That ever I could find For ask what question ye will do How the earth is round or other more He will satisfy your mind why what doubt have ye therein found Think ye the earth should not be round Or else how suppose ye One weigh it is round I must consent For this man proved it evident Toward the east and occident It must nedis round be And likewise from the south to north That point to prove were sum thanke worth yes that I can well prove For this ye know as well as I ye see the north star in the sky Mark well ye shall unethe it spy That ever it doth remove But this I assure you if you go Northward an hundreth mile or two ye shall think it riseth And how that it is near approached The point over the top of your head which is called your zenyth yet if ye go the other weigh southward ten or xii days journey ye shall then think anon It descended and come more nigh The sercle ꝑting the earth and sky As ye look straight with your eye which is called your orison But ye may go southward so far That at the last that same star will seem so far down right Clere under neth your orison That sight thereof can you have non The earth will stop your sight This ꝓuyth of necessity That the earth must nediss round be This conclulsyon doth it try Now that is the ꝓperist conclusion That ever I heard for by reason No man may hit devye But sir if that aman sail far Upon the see will than that star Do there as on the ground ye doubtless sail northward rise it will And sail southward it falleth still And that proveth the see round So doth it in mine opinion But know you any other conclusion To prove it round save that alone
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¶Than wyll I go shew them what ye sey ¶Spare not if thou wylt go thy wey For I wyll here tary ¶Thā a dew for a whyle I tel you playne But I ꝓmyse you whā I come a gayne I shall make yonder knauys twayne To repent and be sory ¶Nowe I am full glad that he is gone ¶So am I for good wyll he do none To no man lyuynge But this is the man with whome ye shall I trust be well content with all And glad of his cōmynge ¶For he hath expownyd connyngly Dyuers poyntes of Cosmogryfy In fewe wordes and shorte clause ¶So I vnderstand he hath gode science And that he hath by playne exꝑience Lernyd many a straunge cause ¶ye syr and I say for my ꝑte He is the cōnyngest man in that arte That euer I coude fynde For aske what questyon ye wyll do Howe the yerth is rounde or other mo He wyll satysfye your mynde ¶why what doute haue ye therin founde Thynke ye the yerth shulde not be rounde Or elles howe suppose ye ¶One wey it is rounde I must consent For this man prouyd it euydent Towarde the eest and occydent It must nedis rounde be ¶And lykewyse from the south to north That poynt to proue were sū thāke worth ¶yes that I can well proue For this ye knowe as well as I ye se the north starre in the skye Marke well ye shall vnethe it spye That euer it doth remoue ¶But this I assure you if you go Northwarde an hundreth myle or two ye shall thynke it ryseth And how that it is nere aproched The poynt ouer the top of your hed whiche is callyd your zenyth ¶yet yf ye go the other wey Southwarde .x. or .xii. dayes Iorney ye shall then thynke anon It discended and come more nye The sercle ꝑtynge the yerth and skye As ye loke streyght with your eye whiche is callyd your oryson ¶But ye may go southwarde so farre That at the last that same starre wyll seme so farre downe ryght Clere vnder neth your oryson That syght therof can you haue non The yerth wyll stop your syght ¶This ꝓuyth of necessyte That the yerth must nedis rounde be This conclulsyon doth it trye ¶Nowe that is the ꝓperist conclusyon That euer I herde for by reason No man may hit deuye But sir if that aman sayle farre Upon the see wyll than that starre Do there as on the grounde ¶ye doutles sayl northward ryse it wyl And sayle southwarde it falleth styl And that prouyth the see rounde ¶So dothe it in myne oppynyon But knowe you any other conclusyon To proue it rounde saue that alone