I read it as a ‘the earth is tiny in the heavens, and a man is tiny compared to the earth, so get over yourself’ type of statement…
Jim > On 10 Sep 2015, at 10:28, Rob MacKillop <robmackil...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Does anyone have any idea what the following excerpt from What If A Day Or A > Month Or A Year means? It has left me scratching my head... > > "Earthes but a point to the world, and a man > Is but a point to the worlds compared centure: > Shall then a point of a point be so vaine > As to triumph in a seely points adventure?" > > Rob > > www.robmackillop.net > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
