quae postquam in proprias deduxit singula causas, vicinam ex alto mundi cognoscere molem intendit totumque animo comprendere caelum, attribuitque suas formas, sua nomina signis, quasque vices agerent certa sub sorte notavit omniaque ad numen mundi faciemque moveri, sideribus vario mutantibus ordine fata.
After reason had referred these several happenings to their true causes, it ventured beyond the atmosphere to seek knowledge of the neighbouring vastness of heaven and comprehend the sky as a whole; it determined the shapes and names of the signs, and discovered what cycles they experienced according to fixed law, and that all things moved to the will and disposition of heaven, as the constellations by their varied array assign different destinies.
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