be_v most_o gross_a and_o lowyst_n in_o degree_n ¶_o how_o dare_v man_n presume_v to_o be_v callyd_v clerkê_n dyspute_v of_o high_a creaturis_fw-la celestyall_a as_o thyngys_n invysyble_a and_o goddê_n high_a warky_n and_o know_v not_o these_o vysyble_a thyngys_n inferyall_a so_o they_o will_v know_v high_a thyngê_n &_o know_v nothing_o at_o all_o of_o the_o yerth_n here_o whereon_o they_o daily_o be_v nother_n the_o nature_n form_n nor_o quantyte_n ¶_o wherefore_o it_o semyth_n nothing_o convenyent_a a_o man_n to_o study_v and_o his_o time_n to_o be_v stow_z first_fw-ge for_o the_o knowledge_n of_o high_a thyngê_n excellent_a and_o of_o light_n matter_n beneath_o nothing_o to_o know_v as_o of_o these_o four_o elementis_fw-la here_o below_o who_o effectis_fw-la daily_a appear_v here_o at_o eye_n such_o thingê_n to_o know_v first_o be_v most_o meet_a study_n ¶_o which_o matter_n before_o your_o presence_n short_o in_o this_o interlude_n here_o shall_v be_v declaryd_v without_o great_a 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