greetnesse of hevene; that is to seyn, that yif ther were maked
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comparisoun of the erthe to the greetnesse of hevene, men wolden
iugen in al, that the erthe ne helde no space. Of the whiche litel
regioun of this worlde, the ferthe partye is enhabited with livinge
bestes that we knowen, as thou thyself hast y-lerned by [Tholomee]
that proveth it. And yif thou haddest with-drawen and abated in
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thy thought fro thilke ferthe partye as moche space as the see and
the mareys contenen and over-goon, and as moche space as the