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 1 [Title]|         lerne the tretys of the Astrelabie. Than for as mochel as a
 2 [Title]|    noble an instrument as is an Astrelabie ben unknowe parfitly to
 3 [Title]|     sothly in any tretis of the Astrelabie that I have seyn there be
 4 [Title]|       eny commune tretys of the Astrelabie, konne me the more thank.
 5 [Title]|         and the membres of thyn Astrelabie by cause that thou shalt
 6 [Title]|         of sterres fixe for the Astrelabie, and tables of the declinacions
 7 2      |       fast to the moder of thyn Astrelabie in so rowm a space that
 8 15     |          The wombe syde of thyn Astrelabie is also divided with a longe
 9 18     |       after the quantite of the Astrelabie. This forseide cenyth is
10 19     |   dividen the orisounte of thin Astrelabie in 24 divisiouns. And these
11 21     |            21. The riet of thin Astrelabie with thy zodiak, shapen
12 21     |       within the zodiak of thin Astrelabie ben clepid sterres of the
13 21     |     seyn, sterres fixed in thyn Astrelabie. The mesure of the longitude
14 21     |     marked. ~Thy zodiak of thin Astrelabie is shapen as a compas which
15 21     |      after the quantite of thyn Astrelabie, in ensample that the zodiak
16 21     |         the descripcioun of the Astrelabie and here begynne the conclusions
17 21     |  begynne the conclusions of the Astrelabie. ~
18 1      |   soughte in the bakhalf of myn Astrelabie and fond the cercle of the
19 2      |   bodies. ~Put the ryng of thyn Astrelabie upon thy right thombe, and
20 3      |         on the est syde of thin Astrelabie; and if it be after the
21 3      |        a just ascendent by thin Astrelabie, or elles to have set justly
22 3      |         ascendent in a portatif Astrelabie it is to hard to knowe -
23 5      |        the almykanteras in thin Astrelabie ben compowned by two and
24 14     |        the day. Turne than thin Astrelabie, and with a pricke of ynke
25 19     |   zodiak eny sterre fix in thin Astrelabie arisith upon the est orisonte,
26 29     |        azymutz. Turne than thin Astrelabie, &nd set the degre of the
27 29     |   nombre. Turne than ageyn thin Astrelabie, and set the point of thy
28 29     |      wombe side. Take than thin Astrelabie with bothe hondes sadly
29 29     |         thilke shynyng lat thin Astrelabie kouche adoun evene upon
30 29     |         lyne meridional of thin Astrelabie lye evene south, and the
31 31     |        of the divisioun of thin Astrelabie is this, I mene as in this
32 32     |   houres in the bordure of thin Astrelabie, as thou art wont to do
33 34     |          yf the sterres in thin Astrelabie stonden after the trouthe.
34 34     |   trouthe. Comoun tretes of the Astrelabie ne maken non excepcioun
35 36     |  equaciouns of houses after the Astrelabie. ~Set the begynnyng of the
36 37     |     equaciouns of houses by the Astrelabie. ~Tak thin ascendent, and
37 39     | ecliptyk and the bordure of the Astrelabie; but sothely in all othre