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_Terminology:_
right line = straight line
gemow (line) = parallel [gemew = twin]
square = quadrilateral
(also spelled squire, squyre)
also = angle square as described under hexagons ("siseangles")
likeiamme = parallelogram [iam(me) = jamb = limb, side]
longsquare = rectangle
touch line = tangent
cantle = segment of a circle [cantle = slice] ]
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The pathway to
KNOWLEDG, CONTAI-
NING THE FIRST PRIN-
ciples of Geometrie, as they
may moste aptly be applied vn-
to practice, bothe for vse of
instrumentes Geome-
tricall, and astrono-
micall and
also for proiection of plattes in euerye
kinde, and therfore much ne-
cessary for all sortes of
men.
Geometries verdicte
All fresshe fine wittes by me are filed,
All grosse dull wittes wishe me exiled:
Thoughe no mannes witte reiect will I,
Yet as they be, I wyll them trye.