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THE KING'S MIRROR 



f/You should also know that the change from day to 

 night is due to the movements of the sunj For some 

 places have midday when others have midnight; and 

 the day dawns and brightens in some places just when 

 darkness begins and night falls in other places.* For 

 the day and the light always follow the sun, while the 

 shadows flee from it; still they follow after it as it moves 

 away; and there is always night where the shadows are, 

 but always day where the light is. Now if you under- 

 stand all these things that we have discussed in these 

 hours, the change in day and night, the course of the 

 sun, and all the other matters that we have talked 

 / , | about, you may count yourself thoroughly prepared 

 ^ C r \ for the trader's calling, inasmuch as few only have had 

 I more instruction in these subjects than you have had. 



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THE WINDS WITH RESPECT TO NAVIGATION 



Son. I should indeed consider it highly informing, if 

 I could remember all the things that you have now told 

 me. I gather from your remarks, however, that you 

 seem to think that I have asked about too many things 

 in these our talks. But if you are not wearied with my 

 questions, there still remains a little matter which, with 

 your permission, I should like to ask about, one that 

 also seems to belong to the knowledge of seafarers. 



In a talk some time ago you said that whoever wishes 

 (^ to be a (merchant ought to be prepared early in spring, 

 J and be careful not to remain out at sea too late in the 



* Cf. Capella, Satiricon, 204. 



