A TKEATISE 



ON THE 



MENSURATION OF HEIGHTS AND DISTANCES 



FROM A MS. OF THE HTH. CENTURY. 



Bib. Sloan. Mus. Brit. 213. xiv. Fol. 120. 



Nowe sues here a Tretis of Geometri wherby 

 you may knowe the heghte, depnes, and the 

 brede of mostwhat erthely thynges. 



Geometri 9 es saide of j?is greke worde geos. 

 J?at es erthe on englisch. and of }?is greke worde 



9 Vid. MS. Bib. Reg. Mus. Brit. 17 A. 1. f. 2 b -3. 



" The clerk Euclyde on J>is wyse hit fonde 

 Thys craft of gemetry yn Egypte londe 

 Yn Egypte he tawghte hyt ful wyde, 

 Yn dyvers londe on every syde. 

 Mony erys afterwarde y vnderstonde 

 Gher }>at j>e craft com ynto )>ys londe. 

 Thys craft com ynto England, as y ghow say, 

 Yn tyme of good kyng Adelstones day." 



This notice of the introduction of Euclid's Elements into Eng- 

 land, if correct, invalidates the claim of Adelard of Bath, who 

 has always been considered the first that brought them from 

 abroad into this country, and who flourished full two centuries 



