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Here folow dyuers matters whiche be in this interlude conteynyd.

Of the sytuacyon of the .iiij. element that is to sey the yerth the water the ayre and fyre/& of theyr qualytese and propertese/and of the generacyon & corrupcyō of thynges made of ye cōmyxion of them

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Of certeyn conclusions prouynge yt the yerth must nedes be roūde & yt it hengyth in ye myddes of the fyrmamēt/ & yt it is in circūferēce aboue .xxj. M. myle

Of certeyn conclusions prouynge that the see lyeth rounde vppon the yerth.

Of certeyne poyntes of cosmography/as how & where ye see coueryth ye yerth/& of dyuers straūge regyons & landys and whiche wey they lye/and of the new founde landys and ye maner of ye people.

Of the generacyon and cause of stone & metall and of plantis and herbys.

Of the generacyon and cause of well sprynges & ryuers/and of the cause of hote fumys that come out of the of ye yerth/and of ye cause of the bathys of water in the yerth whiche be perpetually hote.

Of the cause of the ebbe and flode of the see

Of the cause of rayne snowe and hayle

Of the cause of the wyndys and thonder

Of the cause of the lyghtnynge of blasyng sterrys and flamys fleynge in the ayre