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1 22 | 22. To know in speciall the 2 26 | 26. Declaracioun of the ascensioun 3 27 | 27. This is the conclusioun 4 29 | 29. To knowe justly the 4 quarters 5 4 | anni expansi, and fro 20 to 3000 ben anni collecti; and if 6 33 | 33. To knowe the cenyth of 7 34 | 34. To knowe sothly the degre 8 35 | 35. This is the worchynge of 9 36 | 36. The conclusioun of equaciouns 10 16 | bakside. That amountith 360 degrees. And understondwel 11 9 | that contenen in nombre 365, dividid also with longe 12 37 | 37. Another maner of equaciouns 13 1 | 41. Umbra Recta. ~Yif it so 14 2 | 42. Umbra Versa. ~Another maner 15 3 | 43. Umbra Recta. ~Another maner 16 4 | 44. Another maner conclusion, 17 5 | 45. Another manere to knowe 18 6 | 46. For to knowe at what houre 19 25 | the first degre of Leoun, 58 degrees and 10 minutes of 20 40 | have 2 degres bitwexe bothe 66 prikkes. Than sette I the 21 38 | and draw a strike evene a-lyne, fro the pyn unto the middel 22 25 | semeth to longe a tarieng to abide til that the sonne be in 23 [Title]| certeyne evydences thyn abilite to lerne sciences touching 24 5 | my slate, and afterward added I to signes, degrees, minutes, 25 6 | thy zodiak be derk, his adir shal declare hym. ~ 26 29 | lat thin Astrelabie kouche adoun evene upon a smothe ground, 27 5 | prikke of ynke. Sett doun agayn the degre of the sunne upon 28 [Title]| ben to harde to thy tendir age of ten yeer to conceyve. ~ 29 38 | same clymat evene direct ageyns the pool artyke. Thus sayn 30 21 | the est lyne; witnesse on Aldeberan and Algomeyse. Generaly 31 21 | witnesse on Aldeberan and Algomeyse. Generaly understond this 32 8 | fraccions infinite, as saith Alkabucius. And therfore knowe wel 33 | almost 34 11 | ben departid by 15 degrees alredy in the bordure of thin Astrelaby, 35 | although 36 31 | that the sonne arisith not alwey verrey est, but somtyme 37 | am 38 21 | a planete be cold, than amenusith his coldnesse by cause of 39 4 | centre of the large hool amidde, is clepid the south lyne, 40 26 | excellence of the spere solide, amonges othir noble conclusiouns, 41 16 | as is the bakside. That amountith 360 degrees. And understondwel 42 18 | The centre that stondith amyddes the narwest cercle is clepid 43 [Title]| this regioun, as I suppose. An-other cause is this, that sothly 44 4 | than adde hem togeder, anafter withdraw hem from the rote, 45 21 | over-kervith the equinoxial, and-he over-kervith him ageyn in 46 5 | the day, or of the night. Andasverrailyshaltthoufynde upon thin est orisonte thin 47 5 | soghte I in my tables the annis collectis et expansis, and 48 34 | there a prikke. Tak than anon-right upon the mones syde the 49 17 | and tak a newe ascendent anon-ryght by som manere sterre fix 50 23 | over the pool. Tak than anoon-right the altitude of A from the 51 10 | which bordure is evermo answeryng to the degrees of the equinoxial. 52 [Title]| Lyte Lowys my sone, I aperceyve wel by certeyne evydences 53 [Title]| certein nombre of conclusions aperteynyng to the same instrument. 54 38 | townes, of which that oo town approchith more toward the est than 55 5 | of any planete in March April, or May, other in any other 56 10 | Januarius, Februarius, Marcius, Aprilis, Maius, Junius, Julius, 57 10 | Februarie 28, March 31, Aprill 30, May 31, Junius 30, Julius 58 6 | Cancer to Capricorne, Leo to Aquarie, Virgo to Pisces. And if 59 [Title]| Grek; and to Arabiens in Arabik, and to Jewes in Ebrew, 60 7 | Thus maist thou rekne bothe arches, or every porcioun, of whether 61 2 | many degrees thy rule is areised fro the litel crois upon 62 31 | knowe the cenyth of the arising of the sonne, this is to 63 12 | day generaly, atte sonne arist, entrith the houre of every 64 11 | the bordure fro the sonne ariste unto that same place there 65 21 | Gemini thin armholes and thin armes, and so furth, as shall 66 21 | thy throte, Gemini thin armholes and thin armes, and so furth, 67 5 | of eny planete to be by Arsechieles tables tak thy rote, the 68 25 | space is as much as the pool artike is high in that same place 69 21 | or elles from the pool artyk unto the north orisonte; 70 38 | evene direct ageyns the pool artyke. Thus sayn somme auctours; 71 28 | ascensioun. The signes of right ascencioun ben fro the heved of Cancer 72 26 | shewith manyfest the diverse ascenciouns of signes in diverse places, 73 4 | therfore, yf that eny planete ascende at thatt same tyme in thilke 74 36 | ageyn the same degre that ascended first, and set him upon 75 17 | myddel degre bitwene bothe ascendentes, and set thilke myddel degre 76 4 | and comfortid with frendly aspectes of planetes and wel resceyved; 77 17 | And whan that this is don, aspye diligently whan this same 78 17 | be indetermynat in thin Astralabye, sothly to the trouthe thus 79 11 | alredy in the bordure of thin Astrelaby, as wel by night as by day, 80 26 | the almycanteras in her Astrelabyes ben streight as a lyne, 81 [Title]| generall rewles of theorik in astrologie. In which fifthe partie 82 [Title]| aboute. For wel woot every astrologien that smallist fraccions 83 23 | that was his first altitude att even. Tak than the half 84 5 | degre of thi sonne to sitte atwixe bothe almykanteras in his 85 16 | degres of this bordure ben aunswering and consentrike to the degrees 86 29 | that thou worke softly and avysely in the kouching. And thus 87 20 | like to the shap of the azemutz, that shewen the spaces 88 31 | departed in 24 parties by thin azimutes in significacioun of 24 89 19 | or divisiouns ben clepid azimutz, and thei dividen the orisounte 90 3 | thou mayst nat come to the baas of the tour, in this maner 91 35 | whether so he moeve forward or bakward. Awayte wel than whan that 92 17 | ageynward. " For than beginneth the sonne to passen from 93 | beginning 94 21 | the Astrelabie and here begynne the conclusions of the Astrelabie. ~ 95 [Title]| Moder the Maide, moo then I behete. ~ 96 6 | of the firmament the mone being, maketh full see. Than awayte 97 14 | a maner curiosite. ~Sek besily with thy rule the highest 98 [Title]| and as wel considre I thy besy praier in special to lerne 99 1 | 12, right so is the space betwixe thee and the tour to the 100 9 | taught in the 2 chapitre bifore, and adde hem to the arch 101 [Title]| alle thinges parformen her bihestes; and somme of hem ben to 102 38 | centre amiddes. And wayte bisely aboute 10 or 11 of the clokke, 103 38 | is contened or intercept bitwix the cenyth and the equinoxial, 104 3 | evere: - Ne make the nevere bold to have take a just ascendent 105 | both 106 4 | sothly, if he passe the boundes of these forseide spaces, 107 38 | equinoxial that is contened or bownded bitwixe the 2 meridians 108 2 | altitude of the mone or of brighte sterres. ~This chapitre 109 6 | understonde that thou may not bringe furth the label fro the 110 38 | metal; for werpyng, the brodder the better; and make there 111 25 | regioun is verrely the space bytwexe the cenyth of hem that dwellen 112 17 | the south westward; and cacche him anon right in the same 113 21 | forseide label shalt thou calcule thin equaciouns in the bordure 114 [Title]| instrument as in subtile tables calculed for a cause. ~Tertia pars. - 115 21 | Capricorne, or ellis the calculer. This same almury sitt fix 116 19 | like the werk of a wommans calle, in kervyng overthwart the 117 7 | the day, that sorne folk callen the day artificiall, fro 118 32 | precedent, as shewith by the canon of thy kalender. Rekene 119 [Title]| which table there folewith a canoun suffisant to teche as wel 120 [Title]| in Englissh, for Latyn ne canst thou yit but small, my litel 121 3 | label in the bordure upon a capital lettre that is clepid an 122 3 | X. Tho rekned I alle the capitale lettres fro the lyne of 123 17 | as wel in Cancer as in lo Capricorn. This signe of Cancer is 124 8 | Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces. And the 125 4 | ascendent. But thei wol caste that thei have a fortunat 126 19 | this chapitre of arisyng of celestialle bodies; for truste wel that 127 6 | or ebbe. ~First wite thou certeinly, how that haven stondeth, 128 [Title]| sone, I aperceyve wel by certeyne evydences thyn abilite to 129 35 | the cours of the mone; for certis the mone moeveth the contrarie 130 2 | or 5, 5 tymes; et sic de ceteris. ~ 131 38 | and in this manere thei change not her meridian. But sothly 132 38 | meridian. But sothly thei chaungen her almykanteras, for the 133 16 | is departed in two halve circles, as fro the heved of Capricorne 134 28 | every regioun, I mene, in circulo obliquo. ~Set the heved 135 27 | the right cercle, that is circulus directus. ~Set the heved 136 [Title]| tables of longitudes of citees and townes; and tables as 137 19 | croked strikes like to the clawes of a loppe, or elles like 138 23 | nyght whan the firmament is cler and thikke sterred, wayte 139 13 | cours that eny sterre fix clymbeth by night. This is to seyn 140 12 | And evere as the sonne clymbith upper and upper, so goth 141 21 | hete; and yf a planete be cold, than amenusith his coldnesse 142 21 | cold, than amenusith his coldnesse by cause of the hoote sygne. 143 5 | I in my tables the annis collectis et expansis, and among myn 144 4 | he be not retrograd, ne combust, ne joyned with no shrewe 145 19 | cenyth, as it semeth, there comen a maner croked strikes like 146 4 | he is in hys dignite and comfortid with frendly aspectes of 147 [Title]| ben shewid in Latyn in eny commune tretys of the Astrelabie, 148 34 | stonden after the trouthe. Comoun tretes of the Astrelabie 149 18 | this forseide plate ben compassed certeyn cercles that highten 150 [Title]| engyn. I n'am but a lewd compilator of the labour of olde astrologiens, 151 10 | Cesar Augustus, somme were compouned of diverse nombres of daies, 152 [Title]| tendir age of ten yeer to conceyve. ~This tretis, divided in 153 40 | 2 pars hujus conclusio. ~Also the degre peraventure 154 12 | generaly. And thus have I this conclusyoun. ~ 155 [Title]| wrappith him in his frend, that condescendith to the rightfulle praiers 156 16 | bordure ben aunswering and consentrike to the degrees of the equinoxiall, 157 6 | as evere moo generaly is considerid the entring of the first 158 23 | understond wel that F is not considrid but oonly to declare that 159 [Title]| The thirde partie shal contene diverse tables of longitudes 160 4 | secoundes thyn entringe conteyneth. And so be that thebe 2 161 4 | observen. Wherfore me semeth convenyent, syth that I speke of the 162 6 | point therof in that same cost that the mone maketh flod, 163 6 | mone with the label to that coste as it is before seyd. But 164 19 | azymutz serven to knowe the costes of the firmament, and to 165 22 | speciall the latitude of oure countre, I mene after the latitude 166 40 | yf thou wilt pleye this craft with the arisyng of the 167 9 | Know the quantite of thy crepuscles, as I have taught in the 168 6 | whiche ben called the two crepuscules. ~Set the nadir of thy sonne 169 2 | is areised fro the litel crois upon thin est lyne, and 170 16 | lettres capitals and a small crosse (+) above the south lyne, 171 5 | forseide longe lyne ther crossith him another lyne of the 172 18 | the verrey point over the crowne of thin heved. And also 173 15 | also divided with a longe croys in 4 quarters from est to 174 14 | by thy ryet, for a maner curiosite. ~Sek besily with thy rule 175 [Title]| first cause is for that curious endityng and hard sentence 176 38 | nota that evermore of eny 2 cytes or 2 townes, of which that 177 17 | that is the weyer of the day-for whan the sonne is in the 178 2 | tymes; or 5, 5 tymes; et sic de ceteris. ~ 179 21 | othir northward, as pleinly declarith the Tretys of the Speer. ~ 180 [Title]| Astrelabie, and tables of the declinacions of the sonne, and tables 181 20 | equinoxiall, than is his declinacyoun north; yif it be southward, 182 17 | lyne alle planetes som tyme declinen north or south save oonly 183 21 | parties; and that oo half declineth so southward; and that othir 184 17 | after the quantite of his declynacioun north or south toward the 185 19 | by cause that noon of hem declyneth but fewe degrees out fro 186 3 | 3, the 4 partye; et sic deinceps. And note, yif it were 5, 187 21 | Thin almury is clepid the denticle of Capricorne, or ellis 188 8 | the houres inequales, and depart hem by 15, and tak there 189 21 | principale divisiouns that departen the 12 signes, and, for 190 17 | the first.moeving for it departith the first moevable, that 191 25 | orisonte. And than is the depressioun of the pool antartik, that 192 6 | eny degre in thy zodiak be derk, his adir shal declare hym. ~ 193 4 | joyned with no planete in his descencioun, ne have upon him noon aspect 194 13 | meridional, than begynneth it to descende; and so doth the sonne. ~ 195 4 | with a lyne that cometh descending fro the ring doun to the 196 25 | ne lasse. ~Than if thou desire to knowe this latitude of 197 11 | that same place there thou desirist, by day as by nyght. This 198 21 | longitudes and latitudes determinat, yf so be that the maker 199 18 | sterres after that they be determynat in thin Astrelabye, yf so 200 20 | hem bothe; for sothly the difference of thilke altitudes is the 201 2 | of the tour. And yif the differens were thryes, than shulde 202 3 | and behold what is the differense between 1 and 2, and thou 203 4 | succident where as he is in hys dignite and comfortid with frendly 204 [Title]| Oxenforde; and tables of dignitees of planetes, and othere 205 17 | that this is don, aspye diligently whan this same firste sterre 206 27 | cercle, that is circulus directus. ~Set the heved of what 207 4 | ne that he be not in his discencioun, ne joyned with no planete 208 3 | degre of the sonne, that was discendid under the west orisounte, 209 12 | Libra, nadir of my sonne, discending on my west orisonte, upon 210 24 | eny sterre fix that never discendith under the orisonte in thilke 211 [Title]| wol I preie mekely every discret persone that redith or herith 212 17 | plate under the riet is discrived with 3 principal cercles, 213 21 | that ben ther fixed ben disposid in signes of bestes or shape 214 38 | ymagined fro est to west ilike distant fro the equinoxiall. And 215 17 | in two llke partyes evene distantz fro the poles of this world. ~ 216 39 | peire tables to receyve distinctly the prickes of my compas. 217 2 | so rowm a space that it distourbith not the instrument to hangen 218 18 | to seyn, the cercle that divideth the two emysperies, that 219 26 | is clepid Orison Rectum, dividith the equinoxial into right 220 31 | sonne. ~The manere of the divisioun of thin Astrelabie is this, 221 21 | Astrolabie, than is every smal divisoun in a signe departed by two 222 20 | of Cancer, ben there 12 divisouns embelif, muche like to the 223 [Title]| after the statutes of oure doctours, in which thou maist lerne 224 [Title]| myn Englissh oonly for thy doctrine. And with this swerd shal 225 23 | altitude. And whan that this is doon, rekene how many degrees 226 40 | than sette I the point of F dounward in the same signe by cause 227 | down 228 4 | or elles the Tayl of the Dragoun, is in the hous of the ascendent, 229 38 | Tak me than a rule and draw a strike evene a-lyne, fro 230 21 | signes, be thei moist or drie, or moeble or fixe, reknyng 231 7 | thi sonne upon thin est DriSonte and ley thy label on the 232 38 | fynde the lyne meridional to dwelle fix in eny certeyn place. ~ 233 7 | longe that eny sterre fix dwelleth above the erthe, fro tyme 234 19 | orisonte, all though his dwellyng be in another signe. ~Set 235 38 | lenger than a quarter of the dyametre of thy compas, fro the centre 236 [Title]| hem first out of othere dyverse langages, and writen hem 237 8 | longe divisiouns fro 5 to 5, dyvidid fro the tyme that the signe 238 12 | by his 12 pointes and his dyvisiouns of ful many a subtil conclusioun. 239 [Title]| Arabik, and to Jewes in Ebrew, and to the Latyn folk in 240 21 | of this lyne, than is the eclipse of the sonne or of the mone, 241 5 | of the same lengthe from eest to west. Of the whiche lyne, 242 21 | influence operaciouns and effectes like to the operaciouns 243 17 | from est into west, and eft ageyn into est. Also it 244 35 | firste altitude. And tak than eft-sones the altitude of the forseide 245 6 | mone according with the egge of the label. Than afterward 246 4 | be it in nativyte or in eleccion, etc. ~ 247 4 | nativites as in questions and eleccions of tymes, is a thing which 248 23 | many degres as thy pool is elevat, so muche is the latitude 249 [Title]| conclusions that han be founde, or ellys possibly might be founde 250 25 | knowist, and tak the netherest elongacioun (lengthing) fro the same 251 28 | croked signes, for thei arise embelyf on oure orisonte. And these 252 26 | overkervith the equinoxiall in embilif angles, as shewith in the 253 18 | cercle that divideth the two emysperies, that is, the partie of 254 21 | into an hot signe, than encrescith his hete; and yf a planete 255 | End 256 39 | and sette the point of F endelong in my label upon the space 257 40 | and sette the point of F endlong in my label the space of 258 4 | planete have noon aspect of enemyte upon the ascendent. But 259 [Title]| werk of my labour or of myn engyn. I n'am but a lewd compilator 260 26 | orisonte where as the pool is enhaunced upon the orisonte, overkervith 261 38 | her almykanteras, for the enhaunsyng of the pool and the distance 262 39 | north or south. And by these ensamples folewynge in speciall maist 263 5 | that ben passed that rote. Ensampul as thus: the yer of oure 264 4 | And so be that thebe 2 entrees, than adde hem togeder, 265 4 | minutes, and secoundes thyn entringe conteyneth. And so be that 266 [Title]| this swerd shal I sleen envie. ~Prima pars. -The firste 267 38 | wyr, or of the pyn, passe enything out of the cercle of the 268 38 | shadewe of the pyn entrith enythyng within the cercle of thy 269 35 | othre planetes as in hir epicicle, but in noon othir manere. ~ 270 5 | 5. To knowe the verrey equacioun of the degre of the sonne 271 17 | equinoxiall makith an houre equal of the clokke. This equinoxiall 272 16 | that shewith the 24 houres equals of the clokke. And, as I 273 17 | same cercle is clepid also Equator, that is the weyer of the 274 17 | these 2 signes called the equinoxiis. And all that moeveth withinne 275 3 | almykanteras that sothly thou shalt erre fro the just ascendent. 276 21 | that the maker have not errid. The names of the sterres 277 5 | these thinges may causen errour as wel in knowing of the 278 6 | by day, thou than shalt esely knowe, &c. Furthermore, 279 | etc 280 12 | under my west orisonte at eve; and next hilr succedith 281 23 | 23. To prove evidently the latitude of eny place 282 [Title]| aperceyve wel by certeyne evydences thyn abilite to lerne sciences 283 23 | thilke porcioun that is excedid and adde it to his secunde 284 23 | the first altitude of A excedith his secunde altitude, and 285 26 | ascensioun of signes. ~The excellence of the spere solide, amonges 286 34 | Astrelabie ne maken non excepcioun whether the mone have latitude 287 [Title]| have my rude endityng for excusid, and my superfluite of wordes, 288 5 | expansis, and among myn expanse yeres fond I 3 yeer. Than 289 5 | tables the annis collectis et expansis, and among myn expanse yeres 290 12 | Umbra Recta, or ellis Umbra Extensa. ~ 291 11 | the A B C on whiche thei fallen. ~ 292 5 | that the degre of thi sonne fallith bytwixe 2 almykanteras, 293 4 | seyn that the planete is "fallyng fro the ascendent." Yit 294 23 | it not; let A and F goo fare wel tyl ageynst the dawenyng 295 2 | renneth in a maner toret fast to the moder of thyn Astrelabie 296 10 | hath Januarie 31 daies, Februarie 28, March 31, Aprill 30, 297 10 | that is to say, Januarius, Februarius, Marcius, Aprilis, Maius, 298 4 | ascendent, and yit in his felicite; and than sey thei that 299 [Title]| forseide conclusiouns, as ferforth and as narwe as may be shewed 300 2 | altitude. And note, that at the ferste altitude of 1, thou settest 301 26 | of the zodiak ascendith. Ferther-over they seyn that in thilke 302 10 | Cesar toke 2 daies out of Feverer and putte hem in his month 303 19 | noon of hem declyneth but fewe degrees out fro the brede 304 12 | fourthe to the sonne, the fifte to Venus, the sixte to Mercurius, 305 9 | cercle of the daies, that ben figured in manere of degres, that 306 [Title]| tretys shal reherse the figures and the membres of thyn 307 2 | as thus: I sette caas it fill upon 2, and at the secunde 308 2 | For other poyntis, yif it fille in umbra versa, as thus: 309 21 | certein nombre of sterres fixes, with her longitudes and 310 35 | or the fourthe nyght next folewing, for than shalt thou perceyve 311 39 | And by these ensamples folewynge in speciall maist thou worche 312 3 | altitude, and set at thy foot a prikke. Than set thy rewle 313 6 | mone as thou dide before; for-why the sonne is than in the 314 [Title]| a god sentence, than he forgete it onys. ~And Lowys, yf 315 38 | the latitude of a clymat forsoothe. ~ 316 39 | speciall maist thou worche forsothe in every signe of the zodiak: - ~ 317 1 | tak kep, for from henes forthward I wol clepen the heighte 318 2 | sette ther a prikke at my fot; than go I neer to the tour, 319 [Title]| I ne usurpe not to have founden this werk of my labour or 320 4 | to houre, and from smale fraccionis infinite. ~In this maner 321 4 | for any day, or for any fraccioun of day, in this maner thou 322 4 | dignite and comfortid with frendly aspectes of planetes and 323 | Further 324 6 | than shalt esely knowe, &c. Furthermore, if it so be that thou happe 325 12 | The xiij day of March fyl upon a Saturday, peraventure, 326 17 | into est. Also it is clepid girdel of the first.moeving for 327 12 | Venus. And now is my sonne gon to reste as for that Saturday. 328 23 | forget it not; let A and F goo fare wel tyl ageynst the 329 3 | by which that thou wenyst governe thilke thinges be nigh the 330 5 | yf thin almykanteras ben graven with over-gret a poynt of 331 [Title]| sufficith to these noble clerkes Grekes these same conclusions in 332 14 | parties to-hepe. Thys forseide grete pyn in manere of an extre 333 4 | that these astrologiens gretly observen. Wherfore me semeth 334 [Title]| that thou shalt have the gretter knowing of thyn owne instrument. ~ 335 17 | equinoxiall is clepid the gurdel of the first moeving, or 336 14 | goth thorugh the hole that halt the tables of the clymates 337 16 | zodiak is departed in two halve circles, as fro the heved 338 23 | perche; and thilke lyne must hange evene perpendiculer bytwixe 339 2 | distourbith not the instrument to hangen after his right centre. ~ 340 23 | tholu must have a plomet hangyng on a lyne, heygher than 341 6 | Furthermore, if it so be that thou happe to worke for this matere 342 [Title]| and somme of hem ben to harde to thy tendir age of ten 343 6 | thou certeinly, how that haven stondeth, that thou list 344 4 | planet is writen in the hed of thy table, and than loke 345 26 | thorugh the cenith of hir heed, and two someres and two 346 3 | in this wise: - Among an heep of sterres fixe it liked 347 38 | cercle of thy compas an heer-mele - and marke there a pricke 348 30 | altitude of the planete be heigher than the degre of the sonne, 349 13 | knowe in the same lyne the heighest cours that eny sterre fix 350 16 | that thilke two degrees hen of ilike declinacioun, be 351 1 | thinges. And tak kep, for from henes forthward I wol clepen the 352 [Title]| discret persone that redith or herith this litel tretys to have 353 21 | signe, than encrescith his hete; and yf a planete be cold, 354 21 | mynutes. And this forseide hevenysshe zodiak is clepid the cercle 355 [Title]| and hard sentence is ful hevy at onys for such a child 356 23 | plomet hangyng on a lyne, heygher than thin heved, on a perche; 357 1 | than is 5 12-partyes of the heyght the space between thee and 358 16 | lo othir cercle is in the highe hevene. This same bordure 359 18 | compassed certeyn cercles that highten almycanteras, of whiche 360 12 | orisonte at eve; and next hilr succedith the mone, and 361 | himself 362 14 | extre, that goth thorugh the hole that halt the tables of 363 20 | shewen the spaces of the hollres of planetes. ~ 364 11 | folewen the names of the holy daies in the Kalender, and 365 29 | thin Astrelabie with bothe hondes sadly and slighly, and lat 366 21 | coldnesse by cause of the hoote sygne. And by thys conclusioun 367 14 | which that is clepid the hors, that streynith all these 368 32 | kalender, as thus: - Loke hou many houres thilke conjunccioun 369 40 | 2 pars hujus conclusio. ~Also the degre 370 5 | degre of thy sonne upon the hyer almykanteras of bothe, and 371 6 | derk, his adir shal declare hym. ~ 372 3 | midday unto the point of my Iabel in the bordure, and fond 373 28 | for evere. And alle the ignes fro the heved of Libra unto 374 [Title]| PART II ~ 375 31 | there no more but wayte iIl which azimut that thy sonne 376 16 | nyghtes also, and the shadewes ilyke, and the altitudes ylike 377 17 | longitude; though he be indetermynat in thin Astralabye, sothly 378 21 | signes thei causen us by her influence operaciouns and effectes 379 4 | over thei seyn that the infortunyng of an ascendent is the contrarie 380 38 | marke there a pricke with inke. Abid than stille waityng 381 18 | cercles and somme semen inparfit. The centre that stondith 382 26 | astrologiens, by her tables and her instrumentes, knowen verreily the ascensioun 383 38 | meridian that is contened or intercept bitwix the cenyth and the 384 [Title]| fifthe partie shal be an introductorie, after the statutes of oure 385 39 | the space of the latitude, inward and over the zodiak, that 386 29 | south, and the est Iyne wol Iye est, and the west Iyne west, 387 21 | hevene ben ymagyned verrey Iynes withoute eny latitude. Amiddes 388 [Title]| reverent clerkes, Frere J. Somes and Frere N. Lenne. ~ 389 10 | Julie and August. Than hath Januarie 31 daies, Februarie 28, 390 10 | monthes, that is to say, Januarius, Februarius, Marcius, Aprilis, 391 [Title]| Arabiens in Arabik, and to Jewes in Ebrew, and to the Latyn 392 11 | it. Turne thy ryet aboute joyntly with thy label, and with 393 4 | these ben observaunces of judicial matere and rytes of payens, 394 10 | diverse nombres of daies, as Julie and August. Than hath Januarie 395 10 | putte hem in his month of Juyll, and Augustus Cesar clepid 396 [Title]| notable conclusioun after the kalenders of the reverent clerkes, 397 17 | lyne meridional, as he was kaught on the est syde; and tak 398 5 | yer of oure Lord 1397; and kepte the residue; and than had 399 19 | werk of a wommans calle, in kervyng overthwart the almykanteras 400 [Title]| And preie God save the king, that is lord of this langage, 401 32 | as thou art wont to do in knowyng of the houres of the day 402 [Title]| tretys of the Astrelabie, konne me the more thank. And preie 403 29 | shynyng lat thin Astrelabie kouche adoun evene upon a smothe 404 29 | softly and avysely in the kouching. And thus hast thou the 405 39 | my label, as evene as I koude gesse, over the ecliptik 406 3 | than wol the point of thi labell sitte in the bordure upon 407 12 | squyres, or ellis in manere of laddres, that serveth by his 12 408 6 | est side, and ley over thy lahel upon the degre of the sonne, 409 11 | so openly that ther shal lakke no word that nedith to the 410 4 | sothly, to take it at the largest, is thilke degre that ascendith 411 39 | the degre of the longitu(lc of Venus, that is to seyn, 412 5 | bothe prickes, and this wol lede justly the degre of thi 413 [Title]| right as diverse pathes leden diverse folk the righte 414 17 | principal cercles, of whiche the leest is clepid the cercle of 415 25 | the netherest elongacioun (lengthing) fro the same equinoxial 416 [Title]| Frere J. Somes and Frere N. Lenne. ~Quarta pars. -The fourthe 417 25 | peraventure in the first degre of Leoun, 58 degrees and 10 minutes 418 5 | it is necessarie to thy lernyng to teche the first to knowe 419 38 | ground; and ley it evene by a level. And in the centre of the 420 10 | shal the remenaunt that levith parforme the houre inequale 421 [Title]| myn engyn. I n'am but a lewd compilator of the labour 422 1 | holes, so that thy rewle ligge even in a poynt. Ensample 423 14 | signes. Than maist thou lightly, by the sesoun of the yere, 424 15 | 15. To knowe which day is lik to which day as of lengthe. ~ 425 37 | maist thou se by thy label, lith in the zodiak, the begynnyng 426 17 | to seyn the spere. in two llke partyes evene distantz fro 427 3 | space of 10 degrees. Tho lokid I doun upon myn est orisounte, 428 3 | it was passed 9 of the c lokke the space of 10 degrees. 429 39 | zodiak in the degre of the longitu(lc of Venus, that is to 430 21 | manere of a net or of a lopwebbe after the olde descripcioun, 431 16 | heved of Capricorne is the lowest point where as the sonne 432 24 | heighist altitude and his lowist altitude fro the orisonte, 433 29 | meridional of thin Astrelabie lye evene south, and the est 434 27 | heved of what signe the lyst to knowe his ascendyng in 435 | made 436 [Title]| vouche saaf and his Moder the Maide, moo then I behete. ~ 437 10 | Februarius, Marcius, Aprilis, Maius, Junius, Julius, Augustus, 438 21 | determinat, yf so be that the maker have not errid. The names 439 17 | degrees of the equinoxiall makith an houre equal of the clokke. 440 26 | noble conclusiouns, shewith manyfest the diverse ascenciouns 441 10 | Januarius, Februarius, Marcius, Aprilis, Maius, Junius, 442 21 | sterres ben writen in the margyn of the riet there as thei 443 [Title]| conclusions touching this mater, and not oonly as trewe 444 [Title]| to Rome. Now wol I preie mekely every discret persone that 445 [Title]| reherse the figures and the membres of thyn Astrelabie by cause 446 12 | of the sonne the houre of Mercurie entring under my west orisonte 447 12 | fifte to Venus, the sixte to Mercurius, the seventhe to the mone. 448 19 | that same sterre. ~And thys merveylous arisyng with a straunge 449 38 | place. ~Tak a round plate of metal; for werpyng, the brodder 450 38 | whan that the sonne, by mevynge of the firmament, cometh 451 38 | a-lyne, fro the pyn unto the middel prikke - and tak there thi 452 4 | lyne, or ellis the lyne of midnyght. ~ 453 16 | maken a myle wey, and 3 milewei maken an houre. And every 454 [Title]| Astrelabie. Than for as mochel as a philosofre saith, " 455 21 | be thei moist or drie, or moeble or fixe, reknyng the qualite 456 35 | a planete, whether so he moeve forward or bakward. Awayte 457 17 | north-ward; and all that moevith withoute these hevedes, 458 21 | alle the signes, be thei moist or drie, or moeble or fixe, 459 34 | than anon-right upon the mones syde the altitude of eny 460 4 | slate; and enter with as mony dayes as be more, and wryt 461 [Title]| unknowe parfitly to eny mortal man in this regioun, as 462 12 | sonne that Sonday by the morwe, and the nadir of the sonne 463 | much 464 14 | highest of the sonne in mydde of the day. Turne than thin 465 13 | altitude of the sonne in myddes of the day that is clepid 466 37 | ascendent doun to the lyne of mydnyght, and thus hast thou othre 467 8 | minutes, and have this in mynde. ~ 468 8 | of 60 mynutes, and every mynute of 60 secundes, and so furth 469 [Title]| under full light reules and naked wordes in Englissh, for 470 [Title]| conclusiouns, as ferforth and as narwe as may be shewed in so small 471 18 | that stondith amyddes the narwest cercle is clepid the cenyth. 472 4 | ascendent sothly, as wel in alle nativites as in questions and eleccions 473 4 | planete in horoscopo, be it in nativyte or in eleccion, etc. ~ 474 15 | Also, yf thou take 2 dayes naturales in the yere ylike fer fro 475 7 | go to reste. But the day naturall that is to seyn 24 houres, 476 29 | Turne than thin Astrelabie, &nd set the degre of the sonne 477 17 | the lyne meridionall, as neigh as thou mayst gesse; and 478 | neither 479 21 | thin heved, and Taurus thy nekke and thy throte, Gemini thin 480 21 | zodiak, shapen in manere of a net or of a lopwebbe after the 481 5 | degre of the sunne upon the nether almykanteras of bothe, and 482 5 | 1397; and withdraw alle the nethere signes and degrees fro the 483 25 | thou knowist, and tak the netherest elongacioun (lengthing) 484 12 | clepid Umbra Versa, and the nethir partie is clepid Umbra Recta, 485 3 | reet shapen in manere of a nett or of a webbe of a loppe. ~ 486 | never 487 17 | the est syde; and tak a newe ascendent anon-ryght by 488 19 | bodies; for truste wel that neyther mone ne sterre, as in our 489 3 | governe thilke thinges be nigh the south Iyne. For trust 490 17 | than ben the dayes and the nightes ylike of lengthe in all 491 17 | Libra, his moevyng is clepid north-ward; and all that moevith withoute 492 [Title]| meridian; and many anothir notable conclusioun after the kalenders 493 [Title]| of planetes, and othere notefull thinges, yf God wol vouche 494 7 | whiche degrees there ben noumbres of augrym that dividen thilke 495 2 | that as 12 above 6 is the numbre of 6, right so is the space 496 3 | trust wel, whan the sonne is nygh the meridional lyne, the 497 16 | ilike of lengthe and the nyghtes also, and the shadewes ilyke, 498 28 | these croked signes ben obedient to the signes that ben of 499 28 | the heved of Capricorne obeyen everich of hem til othir. ~ 500 28 | regioun, I mene, in circulo obliquo. ~Set the heved of the signe