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A new iuterlude [sic] and a mery of the nature of the .iiii. element declarynge many proper poynt of phylosophy naturall, and of dyuers straunge landys and of dyuers straunge effects [and] causis, whiche interlude yf ye hole matter be playd wyl conteyne the space of an hour and a halfe, but yf le lyst ye may leue out muche of the sad mater as the messengers p[ar]te, and some of experyens p[ar]te [and] yet the matter wyl depend conuenyently, and than it wyll not be paste thre quarters of an hour of length.
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Rastell, John, d. 1536.
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waters to sprynge contynually ¶ And though that the water be grose and heuy â—â—t nothynge so grose as the yerth I wys Therfore by hete it is vaporyd vp lyghtly And in the ayre makyth cloudys and mystê But as sone as euer that it grosely is Gederâ—d to gyder it descendyth a gayne And causyth vppon the yerth hayle snow rayne ¶ The yerth because of his ponderosyte A voydyth equally the mouyngê great Of all extremytes and sperys that be And â—endyth to the place that is most quiet So in the myddys of all the sperys is set Foâ—mast abieâ—t from all maner mouynge where naturally he restyth mouyth nothynge ¶ Marke well now how I haue the shewyd toldâ— Of euery element the very sytuacyon And qualyteâ— wherforâ— this fygure bâ—holde For a more manyfest demonstracyon And by cause thou sholdyst not put to oblyuâ—on My doctryne this man callyd studyous desire with the shall haue conâ—ynuall habytacyon The styll to exhort more scyens to adquire ¶ For the more that thou desyrest to know any thynge Therin thou semyst thâ— more a man to be For that man that desirâ—th no maner coÌ„nynge All that wyle no better than a bâ—st is he why ben the eyâ—s made but only to see The leggys to bere the body of a creaturâ— So â—uery thynge is made to do his nature ¶ So lyke wyse reason wit and vnderstondyng ys gyuâ—n to the man for that thou sholdyst iÌ„ dede Knowe thy maker cause of thyne owne beyngâ— And what the worlde is wherof thou doest ê“cede wherfore it be houyth the of verey nede The cause of thyngê â—urst for to lerne And than to knowâ— laude the hye god eterne ¶ Humanyte ¶ O gloryous lorde and prynce moste plesant Greatly am I now holdâ—n vnto the So to illumyne my mynd that was yngnorant with such noble doctryne as thou hast here shewed me wherfore I promyse vppon my fydelyte My dylygence to do to kepe in memory And the for to honour styll ê‘petually ¶ Studyous desire ¶ And syth it hath pleasyd thy grace to admyt Me vppon this man to gyue attendaunce with thy doctryne here shewyd I shall qikkyn his wyt And dayly put hym in remembraunce His courage and desyre I shall also inhaunce So that his fâ—lycyte shall be most of all To study and to serche for causys naturall ¶ Natâ—â—e ¶ well than for a seasâ—n I wyll departe Leuynge you to gyder here both twayne what I haue shewid man prynt well in thyne hert And marke well this fygure that here shall râ—mayne wherby thou maist perceyue many thynges more playn â—â—ncernynge the matter I spake of beforâ— â—nd whan that I shall resort here a gayne Of hye poyntê of coÌ„nynge I shall shew the more ¶ Studyous desire ¶ Now humanyte call to your memory The coÌ„nynge poyntê that nature hath declaryd And though he haue shewed dyuers poitê many Of the elâ—mentis so wondersly formed yet many other causys there are wolde be lernyd As to knowe the generacyon of thyngê all Here in the yerth how they be ingendryd As herbys plantys well spryngê ston and meâ—all ¶ Humanyâ—t ¶ Those thyngê to knowe for me be full expedieÌ„t But yet iÌ„ those poyntê whiche nature late shewyd me My mynde in them as yet is not coÌ„tent For I can no maner wyse parceyue nor see Nor proue by reason why the yerth sholde be In the myddê of the fyrmament hengyng so small And the yerth with the water to be rouÌ„de with all ¶ Studyoâ—s desire ¶ Me thynkyth my selfe as to some of those poiÌ„tê I coude gyue a suffycyent solucyon For furst of all thou must nedys graunt this That the yerth is so depe and botom hath non Or els there is some grose thyng hit stoÌ„dyth vpon Or els that it hangyth thou must nedê consent Euyn in the myddê of the fyrmament ¶ Humanyte ¶ what than go forth with thyne argument ¶ Studyous desire ¶ ThaÌ„ marke well in yâ— day or in a wynters nyght The sone and mone and sterris celestyall In the est furst they do apere to thy syght 〈◊〉 after in the west they do downe fall 〈◊〉 agayne in the morowe next of all 〈◊〉 .xxiiij. houres they be come Iust Toâ—â— est poiÌ„tê again where thou sawist them furâ—◠¶ Tâ—an yf the erthe shulde be of endles deâ—nes Or shulde stande vpon any other grose thâ—â—gâ— It shulde be an impedyment dowtles To the sone mone and sterris in theyr mouynge They shulde not so in the est agayne sprynge Therfore in reason it semyth moste conuenyent The yerth to hange in the myddê of the fyrmameÌ„t Humanyte ¶ Thyne argument in the poynt doth me coÌ„fouÌ„de That thou hast made but yet it ê“uytht not ryght That the yerth by reason shulde be rounde For though the fyrmament with his sterris bryght Compas aboute the yerth eche day and nyght yet the yerthe may be playne ê‘aduentnre Quadrant triangle or some other fygure Studyouse desyre ¶ That it can not be playne I shall well ê“ue the Be cause the sterris that a ryse in the oryent Appere more soner to them that there be Than to the other dwellynge in the occident The eclypse is therof a playne experymente Of the sone or mone which whane it dothe fâ— Is neuer one tyme of the day in placys all ¶ yet the eclyps generally is alwaye In the hole worlde as one tyme beynge But whan we that dwell here see it in the mydday They in the west partis see it in the mornynge And they in the est beholde it in the euenyng And why that sholde so be no cause can be found But onely by reason that the yerthe is rownde ¶ Humanyte That reason proueth the yerth at the lest One wayes to be rownde I cannot gayne say As for to accompt frome the est to the west But yet not withstondynge all that it may Lese hys rowndenesse by some other waye ¶ Studyous desyre Na no dowte yt is rownde euery where which I coulde proue thou shoudest not say nay yf I had therto any tyme and leser But I knowe a man callyd experyens Of dyuers instrumentys is neuer without Cowde proue all these poyntys yet by his scyeÌ„â— Can tell how many myle the erthe is a bowte 〈◊〉 many other strauÌ„ge coÌ„clusioÌ„s no dowte â—â—â—ys instrumentys cowde shew theÌ„ so certayn â—â—at euery rude carter shold them ê‘sayue playn ¶ Humanyte Now wolde to god I had that man now here For the contembtacyon of my mynde ¶ Studyous desyre ¶ yf ye wyll I shall for hym enquere And brynge hym heder yf I can hym fynde ¶ Humanyte Then myght I say ye were to me ryght kynde ¶ Studyous desyre I shall assay by god that me dere bought For cunnyng is the thynge that wolde be sought ¶ Sensuall apetyte well hyet quod hykman when that he smot Hys wyffe on the buttockê with a bere pott Aha now god euyn fole god euyn It is euen the knaue that I