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Ca. xxij. De ſtellis fixisTelle a ſtando ſunt dicte.Quauis enī ſemꝑ moueāt̉tn̄ ſemꝑ ſtare vident̉ vt dicit yſi. Dicūt̉ etiā ſiderā a ꝯſiderādo dicta eo ꝙ in eis mathematicoꝝ cōſideratiōe multa iudicāturet p̄uident̉ Dicūtur etiā aſtra abauſtros vel a naſtros nūcupata.eo ꝙ ẜm oppoſitionē aliquaꝝ ſtellarū corꝑa in ſpera firmamēti ſic̄claui in rote circūferentia ſunt cōfixa et hoc quidē verū eſt quo adaliqͣ et maxime quo ad maiora vtdicit yſi. ¶ Scd̓m alphra. Stellaeſt lux aggregata in ſuo orbe. vn̄ẜm ꝙ eſt maior aggregatio luminis ſtellaris corꝑis tāto ē maiorꝭ.qͣntitatis. pulcrioris claritatis. etaplioris ptātis ac lucis ac ꝟtutisUocant̉ aūt ab eodē ſtelle ſiue ſidera lucis vehicula eo ꝙ ſūt luminoſa corꝑa lumīs ſolacium cōtranocturnas tenebras mortalibusdeferētia. mūdi ſuꝑficiē decorātisſolis vicē (a quo recipiunt lumenꝓut pn̄t ſupplentia. emiſſiōe radiorū ꝯtinuā aerē depurātia quoꝝꝟtute aufert̉ a mūdo inferiori peſtilentie corruptela Stellarū etiāꝟtute cōciliant̉ et ad ꝯcordiaꝫ reuocātur ſibi inuicē cōtraria elemēta. eaꝝ ſempit̓no fulgore illuſtratom̄ia ſuo calore ſaluat ⁊ refouentvniue̓ſa Nā ẜm platonicos vt dic̄bedā. ſtelle ignee ſūt nature. Telūenī cū ſuo ornatu eē natura igneūmulti ātiqui poſuerūt Arꝭ autē etalij ph̓i ponūt celū eſſe elementuꝫ
qͥntū. natura et ꝓprietate ab elem̄tis qͣttuor diſcretū. dicunt ſtellasnō eſſe frigidas nec calidas ſb̓al̓rſeu ſubiectiue ſic̄ nec ip̄m celuꝫ ſedtm̄ modo ſūt calide effectiue. motuenī ſuo cōtinuo et ſempit̓no inflāmant illud ſuꝑ qd̓ mouent̉. et ſicin iſtis inferioribꝰ hn̄t inducere calorē vel algorē. Radioꝝ ve̓o mobilitate et confractione in ſuꝑficieobiecti corꝑis hn̄t inducere vimcaloris. ¶ Sed vn̄ ſint ſtelle certūeſt. ꝙ ſunt ẜm naturā puriſſime etſimplicis nature ac incorrupte. qͦad formā etiā ſūt lucidiſſime. et qͦad figurā ſperice et rotunde. quoad ſb̓am ſolide nō poroſe. quo adſuꝑficiē plane nullatenꝰ aſpere velāguloſe. quo ad ſitū ſūt altiſſime.quo ad motū velociſſime. quo adqͥntitatē ſunt maxīe. qͣꝫuis ꝓpt̓ fitꝰdiſtantiā videant̉ eſſe parue. quoad numeroſitatē innumere. illi enīſoli qui ſtellas numerat ſunt finitequo ad ptātem et effectū ſtelle ſūtmagis inter corꝑa ꝟtuoſe Nā ſtelle ſūt inferioꝝ generatiue immutatiue ꝯſeruatiue. radioꝝ ſuoꝝ emiſſione tenebrarū noctꝭ. illumīatiue.ſui curſus in ſuis orbibus vniformiter cōpletiue. in ſolis pn̄tia a qͦrecipiūt lumē ſui ſūt occultatiue. inſuo ortu et occaſu ſūt aeris multiplicit̓ īmutatiue. qꝛ nūc tēpeſtatescōcitāt. nūc ſerenitates generāt ⁊ꝓcurāt vt dicit beda. Coloris variatiōe et radioꝝ ſcintillatiōe nūctriſtiū. nūc letoꝝ euētuū ẜm matematicos ſūt ꝓnūciatiue. Sūt etiānauigātibꝰ ꝓſpere. ⁊ ipſaꝝ viarū