Prooemium visionis (Pars 6)
Prooemium visionis (Pars 6)
I speak of myself when I am moved by the four corners of the earth. Then I saw that the same man was moving himself entirely as if he were being carried by the four corners of the earth. And behold, a unicorn appeared on his left thigh, who, licking his knees, said.
Read the original Latin
DE VIBO SE CUM QUATUOR PLAGIS TERRAE MOVENTE. einde vidi quod idem vir, quasi se totum cum quatuor plagis terrae movebat.
Et ecce in sinistro femore suo unicornis apparuit, qui genua ejus lambens dicebat.
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