The Chronicle of Richard of Devizes - Concerning the Deeds of Richard the First, King of England Also Richard of Cirencester's Description of Britain #222174

§2. Nevertheless, although, as it is thought, the Omniscient God is with you and in you, and through Him you know all things, and not from man, nor yet by man, you were pleased, as you said, that my essay would be a solace to you, inasmuch as in the first place I should write to you a history of the fresh changes, which the world has produced, turning squares into circles, (more especially since your transmigration to the celled heaven, by means of which the world may appear more worthless to you, having its fickleness before your eyes,) and, secondly, that a well — known hand might recal to you the memory of one beloved.