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 1 3 |         that is clepid comounly the ascendent, or ellis horoscopum. ~Tak
 2 3 |            which that I tok for myn ascendent. And in this wise had I
 3 3 |         tyde of the day and eke myn ascendent. ~Tho wolde I wite the same
 4 3 |       ascendyng, whom I tok for myn ascendent. And thus lerned I to knowe
 5 3 |            of the nyght, and to myn ascendent, as verrely as may be taken
 6 3 |            bold to have take a just ascendent by thin Astrelabie, or elles
 7 3 |             shalt erre fro the just ascendent. The same conclusion sey
 8 3 |         clokke, in taking of a just ascendent in a portatif Astrelabie
 9 4 |         special declaracioun of the ascendent. ~The ascendent sothly,
10 4 | declaracioun of the ascendent. ~The ascendent sothly, as wel in alle nativites
11 4 |            syth that I speke of the ascendent, to make of it speciall
12 4 |         speciall declaracioun. ~The ascendent sothly, to take it at the
13 4 |          But sothly the hous of the ascendent, that is to seyn, the first
14 4 |          they thilke planete in the ascendent. And what planete that is
15 4 |             that is the hous of the ascendent." But sothly, if he passe
16 4 |         planete is "fallyng fro the ascendent." Yit saien these astrologiens
17 4 |         these astrologiens that the ascendent and eke the lord of the
18 4 |             and eke the lord of the ascendent may be shapen for to be
19 4 |              as thus: - A "fortunat ascendent " clepen they whan that
20 4 |      Dragoun, is in the hous of the ascendent, ne that no wicked planete
21 4 |          aspect of enemyte upon the ascendent. But thei wol caste that
22 4 |             fortunat planete in hir ascendent, and yit in his felicite;
23 4 |          that the infortunyng of an ascendent is the contrarie of these
24 4 |            thinges. The lord of the ascendent, sey thei that he is fortunat
25 4 |             is in god place fro the ascendent, as in an angle, or in a
26 4 |            eke that he may seen the ascendent; an that he be not retrograd,
27 5 |           the day, as of the verrey ascendent), thou must worken in this
28 5 |         upon thin est orisonte thin ascendent. ~
29 17|             mayst gesse; and tak an ascendent anon right by som manere
30 17|           the firste sterre ne thyn ascendent. And whan that this is don,
31 17|            est syde; and tak a newe ascendent anon-ryght by som manere
32 17|             forget not this secunde ascendent. And whan that this is don,
33 17|       degrees ben bitwixe the first ascendent and the secunde ascendent;
34 17|           ascendent and the secunde ascendent; and rekne wel the myddel
35 36|           Set than the nader of the ascendent in the ende of the 4 houre
36 36|          the 7 hous is nader of the ascendent, and the begynnyng of the
37 37|           the Astrelabie. ~Tak thin ascendent, and than hast thou thy
38 37|            that the opposit of thin ascendent, that is to seyn, the begynnyng
39 37|           these same houses fro the ascendent; that is to seyn the begynnyng
40 37|             12 hous next above thin ascendent, the begynnyng of the 11
41 37|             wise worch thou fro the ascendent doun to the lyne of mydnyght,