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Proſa ſeptima ſuꝑ quā dilatat̉. ſed terra nō ē lata ſuꝑ qm̄ fit dilatatio fame. ſicut decla rat in lr̄a. gͦ fama late nō pōt diffundi. ⁊ ꝑ ꝯn̄s ē exilis ⁊ nō ml̓tū appetda. vn̄ dicit in lr̄a. Tu accepiſti.i. didiciſti. aſtrologicis demōſtratiōibuſ oēm ambitū terre.i. ſpatiū terre. obtinere.i. hr̄e rōeꝫ puncti. ad ſpaciū celi id ē ad magnitudinē celeſtis globi. ip̄a iudicet̉ prorſus nihil ſpacij habere. huiꝰ igit̉ tā exigue regiōis.i. terre ī muldo fere quarta portō id ē qͣrta ꝑs ē. q̄ incolat̉.i. īhabitat̉ ab anmātibꝰ nobis ꝯgnitis ſicut tu didiciſti a ptolomeo hͦ ꝓbāte ſi ſubtraxerꝭ cogitatiōe huic quarte ꝑti terre quātū maria ⁊ paludes p̄mūt.i. occupāt. ⁊ qͣntū vaſta.i. āpla regio diſtē dit̉ ſiti.i. ſiccitate. tūc vix relinq̄t̉ hoībꝰ anguſtiſſima ara.i. artiſſimꝰ loc inhabitādi. in hoc gͦ qͦdam minimo pūcto.i. mīma portiōe terre. vos homines circūſepti atqꝫ ꝯcluſi cogitatis de ꝑmulgāda fama. de ꝓferēdo.i. extollēdo noīe.i. fama. ⁊ hoc fit inutil̓r. ſꝫ qͥd habeat.i. pōt hͦ gl̓ia amplū qꝫ ꝓ ⁊ magnificū q̄ artata ē tā anguſtꝭ texiguis limitibꝰ. i. termīs. q. d. ni hil hꝫ magnificū. ¶ Nota terra reſpectu celi nō ē alicꝰ qͣntitatis ſenſibil̓ ſꝫ habet ſe ſicut pūctꝰ. qꝛ oriſon qͥ termīat viſū nr̄m diuidit celū ī duo me dia. qd̓ nō eēt ſi terra in ꝯꝑatiōe ad celū hr̄et aliquā qͣntitatē. Itē ſi terra eſſet alicꝰ quantitatis ſenſibilis reſpectu celi tūc ſtelle nō ſꝑ apparerēt no bis eiuſdem qͣntitatis. qd̓ patꝫ falſum qꝛ in ea ꝑte vbi terra eſſet magis gibboſa ⁊ ꝓpinquior celo apparerēt ſtelle maiores. ⁊ oppoſita ꝑtemmores. Itē mīma ſtella fixa viſu notabil̓ eſt maior tota terra. ſi gͦ talis ſtella apparet nobis exn̄tibus in terra ſicut pūctꝰ multo magis terra reſpectu ce li erit ſicut pūctꝰ. Itē pūctꝰ ē qͦdam indiuiſibile. a qͦ linea eqͣliter diſtās facit circulū. ⁊ quia celū ex oī ꝑte equal̓r diſtat a terra. ideo terra reſpectu celi hꝫ ſe ſic̄ pūctus. ¶ Nota ꝙ tres ꝑtes terre ſunt inhabitabiles. vna. pter nimiū calorē. due ꝓpter nimiū frigꝰ. ſed qͣrta ꝑs q̄ ē tꝑata in calidi. tate ⁊ frigiditate a nobis inhabitatur. ſed qꝛ adhuc nō tota inhabitat̉ ꝓ pter maria ⁊ paludes. ⁊ ꝓpter nimiā ſiccitatē ideo dicit ph̓ia ꝙ quarta ꝑfere ē inhabitabil̓. Uel dicit fere ẜm alios. qꝛ eſtꝰ ſolis nō facit torridā zonā totaliter inhabitabilē. cū q̄dā ciuitas dicta Arim ſupra quā ptolome us d̓r fundaſſe aſtrolabiū directe ſicut ab eqͥnoctiali. d̓r inhabitabilis. qꝛ eſt grauis inhītatōis. ſed vltra equinoctialē oīno eſt īhabitabil̓ ꝓpter ni miū calorē. Itē dicit quartā ꝑtē terre inhītari ab animantibꝰ nobis incō gnitis. hoc forſan dicit ꝓpter antipodes ſi ſunt qͥ nobis ſunt ignoti ¶ Adde ꝙ hocip̄m. Hic ph̓ia on̄dit gloriā nō eſſe appetēdā ex diuerſitaanguſtiſſima inhabitādi hoībꝰ area relinquetur. In hoc minimo igitur puncti quodā puncto circumſepti atqꝫ ꝯcluſi de ꝑmulganda fama. de proferendo noīe cogitatis. At qͥd hꝫ amplū magnificūqꝫ gloria tam anguſtis exiguiſqꝫ limitibꝰ artata. 