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Four fairies had made it with great skill and mastery. [145] One represented there geometry, how it estimates and measures the extent of the heavens and the earth, so that nothing is lacking there; and then the depth and the height, and the width, and the length; then it estimates, besides, how broad and deep the sea is, and thus measures the whole world. Such was the work of the first fairy. FOUR FAIRIES HAD MADE IT WITH GREAT SKILL AND MASTERY ONE REPRESENTED THEIR GEOMETRY HOW IT ESTIMATES AND MEASURES THE EXTENT OF THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH SO THAT NOTHING IS LACKING THERE AND THEN THE DEPTH AND THE HEIGHT AND THE WIDTH AND THE LENGTH THEN IT ESTIMATES BESIDES HOW BROAD AND DEEP THE SEA IS AND THUS MEASURES THE WHOLE WORLD SUCH WAS THE WORK OF THE FIRST FAIRY
oubt was a very skilled and cunning craftsman. For so precisely did he make the two alike in height, in breadth, and in ornamentation, that you could nor look at them from every side to distinguish one from the other and find in one aught that was not in the other. There was no part of wood, but all of gold and fine ivory. Well were they carved with great skill, for the two corresponding sides of each bore the representation of a leopard, and the other two a dragon's shape. A knight named Bruiant of the Isles had made a gift and present of them to King Arthur and the Queen. King Arthur sat upon the one, and upon the other he made Erec sit, who was robed in watered silk. As we read in the story, we find the description of the robe, and in order that no one may say that I lie, I quote as my authority Macrobius, [144] who devoted himself to the description of it. Macrobius instructs me how to describe, according as I have found it in the book, the workmanship and the figures of the cloth.  HE WHO MADE THEM BEYOND A DOUBT WAS A VERY SKILLED AND CUNNING CRAFTSMAN FOR SO PRECISELY DID HE MAKE THE TWO ALIKE IN HEIGHT IN BREADTH AND IN ORNAMENTATION THAT YOU COULD NOR LOOK AT THEM FROM EVERY SIDE TO DISTINGUISH ONE FROM THE OTHER AND FIND IN ONE AUGHT THAT WAS NOT IN THE OTHER THERE WAS NO PART OF WOOD BUT ALL OF GOLD AND FINE IVORY WELL WERE THEY CARVED WITH GREAT SKILL FOR THE TWO CORRESPONDING SIDES OF EACH BORE THE REPRESENTATION OF A LEOPARD AND THE OTHER TWO A DRAGON'S SHAPE A KNIGHT NAMED BRUANT OF THE ISLES HAD MADE A GIFT AND PRESENT OF THEM TO KING ARTHUR AND THE QUEEN KING ARTHUR SAT UPON THE ONE AND UPON THE OTHER HE MADE EREC SIT WHO WAS ROBED IN WATERED SILK AS WE READ IN THE STORY WE FIND THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ROBE IN AN ORDER THAT NO ONE MAY SAY THAT I LIE I QUOTE AS MY AUTHORITY MY CROBIENT WHO DEVOTED HIMSELF TO THE DESCRIPTION OF IT MIKROBIUS INSTRUCTS ME HOW TO DESCRIBE ACCORDING AS I HAVE FOUND IT IN THE BOOK THE WORKMANSHIP AND THE FIGURES OF THE CLOTH
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