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[addition, in pencil, in modern hand: La Sfera Poema di Goro Dati.]

[rubric, in alternating red and blue letters, enclosed in penwork box tinted yellow: ⸫ QUI : INCOMENCIA ⸫
BRUNETO : LATINO :~~~
SALUTACIO]

AL padre al figlio al spirito sancto
Per ogne seculo sia gloria e honore
E benedecto sia suo nome quanto
Tute le creature hano valore
Laudato e rengratiato in ogni canto
Cum pura mente e cum divoto cuore
E confesata sia la sua bontade
Pieta misericordia e caritade

[rubric: Peticio]

¶ Dolce signor apri le labra mie
Illumina el mio cor con la tua luce
E la mia bocca annuntii le tue vie
Piene di lode e sii sempre mio duce
E in aiutorio mio intendi e sie
Con la tua gratia che 'l mondo conduce
Il mio dir sia consolatione e fructo
De tuti quilli che 'ntendon tal constructo

[rubric: Prohemio.]

¶ Ad ogne cor gentil e mente pura
Che desidera d’intendere la ragione
Con la qual si governa la natura
Da un principio che prima chagione
E unde ha l'esser ogni creatura
E di lor qualita e conditione
Dico che legano I versi seguenti
Chiamando idio con gli animi attenti

[initial: Opening initial /A/, 4-lines in gold, on pink and green grounds with white and gold penwork, outlined in black.]

{The Globe, a Poem by Goro Dati}

HERE BEGINS
BRUNETTO LATINI
GREETING

To the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,
let there be glory and honor through all ages,
and let His name be blessed by all Creation
according to ability.^{*Pliny the Elder, also Acts et al.}
Let it be praised and thanked in every song
with pure mind and devout heart
and let His goodness,
pity, mercy, and charity be proclaimed.

Invocation

Sweet Lord, open my lips,
illuminate my heart with your light,
let my mouth be full of praise
to declare your ways; and always be my guide.
Come to me and be my aid
with your grace that drives the world.
Let my words be solace and bear fruit
for all those who understand such discourse.

Prologue

To every gentle heart and pure mind
who wishes to understand the rules
by which Nature is governed—
from a beginning which is the first cause
and from which every creature has its being,
quality, and condition—
I say that they should read the following verses,
calling upon God with attentive souls.

[addition, in pencil, in modern hand: La Sfera Poema di Goro Dati.]

[rubric, in alternating red and blue letters, enclosed in penwork box tinted yellow: ⸫ QUI : INCOMENCIA ⸫
BRUNETO : LATINO :~~~
SALUTACIO]

AL padre al figlio al spirito sancto
Per ogne seculo sia gloria e honore
E benedecto sia suo nome quanto
Tute le creature hano valore
Laudato e rengratiato in ogni canto
Cum pura mente e cum divoto cuore
E confesata sia la sua bontade
Pieta misericordia e caritade

[rubric: Peticio]

¶ Dolce signor apri le labra mie
Illumina el mio cor con la tua luce
E la mia bocca annuntii le tue vie
Piene di lode e sii sempre mio duce
E in aiutorio mio intendi e sie
Con la tua gratia che 'l mondo conduce
Il mio dir sia consolatione e fructo
De tuti quilli che 'ntendon tal constructo

[rubric: Prohemio.]

¶ Ad ogne cor gentil e mente pura
Che desidera d’intendere la ragione
Con la qual si governa la natura
Da un principio che prima chagione
E unde ha l'esser ogni creatura
E di lor qualita e conditione
Dico che legano I versi seguenti
Chiamando idio con gli animi attenti

[initial: Opening initial /A/, 4-lines in gold, on pink and green grounds with white and gold penwork, outlined in black.]

{The Globe, a Poem by Goro Dati}

HERE BEGINS
BRUNETTO LATINI
GREETING

To the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,
let there be glory and honor through all ages,
and let His name be blessed by all Creation
according to ability.^{*Pliny the Elder, also Acts et al.}
Let it be praised and thanked in every song
with pure mind and devout heart
and let His goodness,
pity, mercy, and charity be proclaimed.

Invocation

Sweet Lord, open my lips,
illuminate my heart with your light,
let my mouth be full of praise
to declare your ways; and always be my guide.
Come to me and be my aid
with your grace that drives the world.
Let my words be solace and bear fruit
for all those who understand such discourse.

Prologue

To every gentle heart and pure mind
who wishes to understand the rules
by which Nature is governed—
from a beginning which is the first cause
and from which every creature has its being,
quality, and condition—
I say that they should read the following verses,
calling upon God with attentive souls.