His natura dispositis ita, uti septentrionali parte a terra excelsius habeat altitudinem centrum, in meridiana autem parte in inferioribus locis subiectum a terra obscuretur, tunc etiam per medium transversa et inclinata in meridiem circuli delata zona xii signis est conformata.
The arrangement of nature is such that on the north the higher centre is exalted above the earth, while in the southern part the centre lying under the lower regions is hidden. Then, moreover, along the middle a transverse and oblique belt, sinking towards the south of the equator, is figured with the twelve signs.
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