The Little Peasant

Dedication.

generation of metals original: behrung der Metallen; completing the word Gebärung from the previous page and their
operations, which nature carries out in the mountain
mine mine (German: Berg); they must possess this knowledge and
allow themselves to be instructed by
other philosophers, their preceding
masters, and learn such things, if they
otherwise wish to carry out their intended
important work with understanding.
Just as a good astronomer
and geometer—by means of the celestial circles original Latin: circulis coeli,
the divided zones original Latin: Zonis, and their
corresponding portions of this
terrestrial globe original Latin: globi terrestris here below,
as well as the course of the sun—
knows the character of the entire
earth and all its parts, the
various lands, qualities, and
dwellings, through the reason original Latin: ration
and science of the art of astronomy,
even if he has never personally reached German catchword: langt/ (arrived at/reached) those places—