Questio de aqua et terra (2)

(2) [I]. Manifestum sit omnibus vobis quod, existente me Mantue, questio quedam exorta est, que dilatrata multotiens ad apparentiam magis quam ad veritatem, indeterminata restabat. (2) Be it known to you all that when I was in Mantua a certain discussion arose, which, following the appearance rather than truth, received manifold expansion, but remained undecided.