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Howe the rowndenes of this worlde is lykened to a man.
And
as the more worlde, is rownde yset
So is the lesse, as a man that is met
For in ye brede of a man, as god wolde sende
As moche space fro the longe fyngers ende
Of the ryghthande, the armes out spredynge
To the fyngers ende of the left hande out stretchynge
And also fro the top aboue at the crowne
Streyght to the soole of the fote there downe
Than yf a man his armes out sprede
No more is the lenght of hym, than is the brede
And so may a man be met all aboute
Euer as a compas, hym selfe without
And thus hath the lesse worlde, that a man is
Euen after the shape of the more worlde ywys
But these two worldes, the more and the lesse
At the last tyme away shall passe
For the more eldre, that they shall bere
The more they enpereth, and become feblere
As me may se, that gyueth here entent
And so wytnesseth the great clarcke Innocent.
So is the lesse, as a man that is met
For in ye brede of a man, as god wolde sende
As moche space fro the longe fyngers ende
Of the ryghthande, the armes out spredynge
To the fyngers ende of the left hande out stretchynge
And also fro the top aboue at the crowne
Streyght to the soole of the fote there downe
Than yf a man his armes out sprede
No more is the lenght of hym, than is the brede
And so may a man be met all aboute
Euer as a compas, hym selfe without
And thus hath the lesse worlde, that a man is
Euen after the shape of the more worlde ywys
But these two worldes, the more and the lesse
At the last tyme away shall passe
For the more eldre, that they shall bere
The more they enpereth, and become feblere
As me may se, that gyueth here entent
And so wytnesseth the great clarcke Innocent.
Senuit iam inūdus vterque & maior mundus & minor & quanto proluvius vtriusque senectus perducitus tanto deternis vtriusque natura conprobatur.
He sayeth, as it is in latyne toldeEyther worlde, nowe waxeth full olde
And the longer that theyr tyme is here sought
And the age of eyther, other forth ybrought
The more in malyce, and in feblenes ywys
The kynde of ey? her other medled is.
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