Et quoniam caelo descendit carmen ab alto et venit in terras fatorum conditus ordo, ipsa mihi primum naturae forma canenda est ponendusque sua totus sub imagine mundus.
And since from the heights of heaven my song descends and thence comes down the established rule of fate, first must I sing of natures true appearance and describe the whole universe after its own likeness.
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