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God preserve you in all good prosperite.
Dieu uous maintiegne en toutte bonne prosperité, madame. Amen.
THE DEVISION OF TYME.
Of atmos ben made the momentes, of momentes ben made the mynutes,
Des atomos se font les momentz, des momentz se font les minutes,
of mynutes ben made the degrees, of degrees the quarters of houres, of quarters
des minutes se font les degrés, des degrés les quartz dheures, des quartz
of houres the half houres, of half houres the houres, of the houres the
dheures les demye heures, des demy heures les heures, des heures les
dayes and the nyghtes of the whiche ben made wekes, of wekes the monthes,
jours et les nuitz desquelles se font les sepmaines, des sepmaines les mois,
of the monthes the foure tymes of the yere whiche ben the springe, somer, harvest,
des mois les quatre temps de lan qui sont printemps, este, autumne
and wynter. Of the foure tymes ben made the yeres, of yeres ben made the whiche
et iuer. Des quatre temps se font les ans, des ans se font les
last four yeres and lustres fyve, of lustres ben made the fyfteene yeres, of
olimpiades et lustres, des lustres se font les indicions, des indicions
ben made the c. yeres, of ben made the tyme, whiche is sayd a m. yeres.
se font les siecles, des siecles se fait le temps, qui est dict evum.
Of is made the tyme wiche is sayd xv thousande yeres.
De evum se fait le temps qui est dict parigeneses.
The tyme is none other thyng but nombre of movyng, movyng
Le temps nest aultre chose que nombre de mouuement, mouuement
is cause of lyfe worldly, and lyfe everlastynge is our Lorde Jesu Christ; for
est cause de uie, et uie pardurable est Nostre Seigneur Jesu Crist; car
who so ever shall worshyppe hym and drede perpetually, in the lande of lyvers
quiconques lhonorera et craindra a perpetuite, en la terre des uiuantz
shall lyve.
uiura.
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This letter A, in latyn, is as moche to saye as without, and tomos is divysyon, than Atomos is without divisyon.
Ye shall note, that atmos is a thyng so lytell that can nat be devyded, as a letter whiche is atmos, in grammer, out, is atmos in arismetry, a pricke is atmos in geometry, and the duste that flyeth in the sonne beame ben atmos, and a twynclyng of an ey whiche may be taken here for atmos.
The Greeks were wont to reken by Olympiades, whiche ben four yere; the Romayns by lustres, whiche ben fyve yeres: and by indicions that ben made of thre lustres, which ben fyftene yeres: a secle is an hundred yere, and somtyme taken for a mannes lyfe. Evum is take lykewyse for a mannes age, and for a thousande yeres, and Parigeneses for fyftene thousande yeres, and tyme is taken for the lastyng of all the worlde.
Thus endeth the seconde and laste boke of this introduction.
Printed at London by Thomas Godfray.