PMThis historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1841 Excerpt: ...sulunc m'entendemcnt. Or vccz par raisun que melz fait c qui nun. running till March before--the lunar regulars, of this he quite certain;--then they make a mceting until the commencement,--where they took their course, thus they run always,--as long as time shall last, without fail:--but of this mattcr I will make no further discourse,--I will treat of it no more, I will begin another. It is equinox as it is ealled in French,--when the night and day are of equal length,--there are two in troth, as is proved;--one of them is verual, the other autumnal.--The vernal, when it comes, arrives in the month of March,--and on the 12 kal. of April, as you understand well;--the autumnal we have rightly in Septcmber,--and on the I2 kal. of October, as you understand well.--And know truly they are there placed,--as Bede says for truth in his writing,--in the thirtieth chaptcr of the second book. And I will here show the meaning of the solstices:--one is summer, the other wintcr;--and the summer solstice we hold in June rightly;--the wintcr in truth is placed in December.--Now sce by explanation what is sobitice;--it is the sun which stops itself and goes no further;--thus it is said by figure, and by thcological doctrine,--when it ean go no higher nor descend lower--than Capricorn, then it is at the solstice. And now we will explain when we ought to keep--those fasts which we hold in the year,--what they are severally aecording to my understanding.--Now sce.xij. evcschcs ruvcrent que a Manguce alcrent, Juncr al empiric qui cstait al concilie, En icclc semainc que crt dc Mnrz primcraine; Le altre tut tcns guardassent, en Junic cclcbrasscnt, En icclc semainc apri-s lc primeraine; E la tcrce en Septcmbrc, c lc quart en Dcccmbrc. Mais qui si lc fcrat, suvcnt jejuncrat Ainz.