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 1 [Title]|  instrument as is an Astrelabie ben unknowe parfitly to eny
 2 [Title]|      bihestes; and somme of hem ben to harde to thy tendir age
 3 [Title]|       moo han these conclusions ben suffisantly lerned and taught,
 4 [Title]|        subtile conclusiouns, as ben shewid in Latyn in eny commune
 5 [Title]|         The fourthe partie shal ben a theorike to declare the
 6 7      |        the whiche degrees there ben noumbres of augrym that
 7 8      |        compas of thilke degrees ben writen the names of the
 8 8      |     that these degres of signes ben everich of hem considred
 9 9      |       cercle of the daies, that ben figured in manere of degres,
10 16     |     that degres of this bordure ben aunswering and consentrike
11 17     |        of Aries and Libra, than ben the dayes and the nightes
12 17     |         the world. And therfore ben these 2 signes called the
13 17     |         this cercle equinoxiall ben considred the 24 houres
14 18     |        Upon this forseide plate ben compassed certeyn cercles
15 18     |     bynethe. These almykanteras ben compowned by 2 and 2, all
16 18     |  Astrelabies somme almykanteras ben divided by oon, and somme
17 18     |  forseide cenyth is ymagined to ben the verrey point over the
18 19     |      same strikes or divisiouns ben clepid azimutz, and thei
19 20     |     under the cercle of Cancer, ben there 12 divisouns embelif,
20 21     |        The names of the sterres ben writen in the margyn of
21 21     |       zodiak of thin Astrelabie ben clepid sterres of the north,
22 21     |        fixed oute of the zodiak ben clepid sterres of the south.
23 21     |        that thilke sterres that ben clepid sterres of the north
24 21     |        in hevene is ymagyned to ben a superfice contenyng a
25 21     |        of cercles in the hevene ben ymagyned verrey Iynes withoute
26 21     |      the wey of the sonne. Thus ben there 6 degres of the zodiak
27 21     |        tunge. And in the zodiak ben the 12 signes that han names
28 21     |       that for the sterres that ben ther fixed ben disposid
29 21     |     sterres that ben ther fixed ben disposid in signes of bestes
30 21     |         elles whan the planetes ben under thilke signes thei
31 4      |        is well. ~Natheles these ben observaunces of judicial
32 5      | almykanteras in thin Astrelabie ben compowned by two and two,
33 5      |      ellis yf thin almykanteras ben graven with over-gret a
34 6      |         the evenyng, the whiche ben called the two crepuscules. ~
35 10     |     that these houres inequales ben clepid houres of planetes.
36 10     |    understond wel that som tyme ben thei lenger by day than
37 11     |       the houres of the clokke, ben departid by 15 degrees alredy
38 11     |       many houres of the clokke ben passed, or eny part of eny
39 11     |        eny of these houres that ben passed, or ellis how many
40 11     |         lo or parties of houres ben to come fro such a tyme
41 13     |         degrees of almykanteras ben bitwyxe thin est orisonte
42 14     |         yit lo thilke 2 degrees ben in diverse signes. Than
43 15     |   lengthe. ~Loke whiche degrees ben ylike fer fro the hevedes
44 15     |         of thilke degrees; than ben the dayes ylike of lengthe.
45 16     |         eny two degrees lo that ben ylike fer fro eny of these
46 16     | northward, and the daies of hem ben ilike of lengthe and the
47 17     |     rekne than how many degrees ben bitwixe the first ascendent
48 21     |       almykanteras of eny table ben com powned . ~Rekene how
49 21     |         in the meridionall lyne ben fro the cercle equinoxiall
50 23     |       thyregioun; for these two ben of oo nombre, this is to
51 26     | almycanteras in her Astrelabyes ben streight as a lyne, so as
52 28     |         unto the ende of Virgo, ben clepid signes of the north
53 28     |         unto the ende of Pisces ben clepid signes of the south
54 28     |        unto the ende of Geminis ben cleped tortuose signes,
55 28     |         And these croked signes ben obedient to the signes that
56 28     |     obedient to the signes that ben of right ascensioun. The
57 28     |      signes of right ascencioun ben fro the heved of Cancer
58 28     |   arisen more upright, and thei ben called eke sovereyn signes
59 28     |     thus evermore 2 signes that ben ilike fer fro the heved
60 29     |     many degrees of the bordure ben bitwixe the Iyne meridional
61 4      |   consider wel that fro 1 to 20 ben anni expansi, and fro 20
62 4      |     expansi, and fro 20 to 3000 ben anni collecti; and if thy
63 4      |     monethes, dayes, and houres ben passid from the meridie
64 4      |         houres, for houres that ben passed, and adde alle these
65 5      |     yeres out of the yeres that ben passed that rote. Ensampul
66 5      |         many monethes and dayes ben passed from the laste day