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501 4 | well. ~Natheles these ben observaunces of judicial matere and rytes 502 4 | these astrologiens gretly observen. Wherfore me semeth convenyent, 503 5 | lyne, or ellis the lyne occidentale. Now hast thou here the 504 25 | leveth there 38 degrees and odde minutes. Lo there the heved 505 | off 506 3 | at the altitude of thy onclusioun, adde the stature of thyn 507 3 | settyng for a general rule, ones for evere. And whan thou 508 11 | partie of this tretys so openly that ther shal lakke no 509 37 | for wel thou wost that the opposit of thin ascendent, that 510 10 | August after his name and ordeined it of 31 daies, yit truste 511 6 | every degre of Libra by ordre, and Taurus to Scorpioun, 512 5 | lyne, or ellis the lyne orientale. And the remenaunt of this 513 26 | orisonte, that is clepid Orison Rectum, dividith the equinoxial 514 16 | an houre. And every degre ot thys bordure contenith 4 515 40 | 2 degres of the latitude outward fro the zodiak (this is 516 5 | almykanteras ben graven with over-gret a poynt of a compas (for 517 26 | enhaunced upon the orisonte, overkervith the equinoxiall in embilif 518 21 | hath respect to a certeyn parcel of the body of a man, and 519 18 | whiche somme of hem semen parfit cercles and somme semen 520 [Title]| an Astrelabie ben unknowe parfitly to eny mortal man in this 521 10 | the remenaunt that levith parforme the houre inequale by night. ~ 522 [Title]| wol not in alle thinges parformen her bihestes; and somme 523 17 | than beginneth the sonne to passen from us-ward. ~The myddel 524 26 | the sonne twies every yer passing thorugh the cenith of hir 525 26 | equinoxial lyne, and her orisonte passyng by the two poles of this 526 [Title]| reules; right as diverse pathes leden diverse folk the righte 527 4 | judicial matere and rytes of payens, in whiche my spirit hath 528 39 | my label in manere of a peire tables to receyve distinctly 529 26 | a yer han these forseide peple. And the almycanteras in 530 39 | degree of the longitude per-aventure of Venus or of another planete 531 35 | folewing, for than shalt thou perceyve wel the moeving of a planete, 532 23 | heygher than thin heved, on a perche; and thilke lyne must hange 533 [Title]| Than for as mochel as a philosofre saith, "he wrappith him 534 26 | ascenciouns of signes in diverse places, as wel in the right cercle 535 4 | And loke where the same planet is writen in the hed of 536 21 | that othir northward, as pleinly declarith the Tretys of 537 40 | Capricorne. And yf thou wilt pleye this craft with the arisyng 538 21 | as shall be shewid more pleyn in the 5 partie of this 539 38 | better; set thy pyn by a plom-rule evene upright, and let this 540 23 | conclusioun, tholu must have a plomet hangyng on a lyne, heygher 541 12 | that serveth by his 12 pointes and his dyvisiouns of ful 542 17 | north or south toward the polys of this world. ~As thus: - 543 [Title]| han be founde, or ellys possibly might be founde in so noble 544 21 | almykanteras of eny table ben com powned . ~Rekene how many degrees 545 2 | altitude of the tour. For other poyntis, yif it fille in umbra versa, 546 [Title]| techen the worken the verrey practik of the forseide conclusiouns, 547 [Title]| wel considre I thy besy praier in special to lerne the 548 [Title]| condescendith to the rightfulle praiers of his frend," therfore 549 32 | fro the midday of the day precedent, as shewith by the canon 550 5 | Lord 1400, I wolde witen, precise, my rote; than wroot I furst 551 2 | thou findest between two prikkys 60 feet; than thou shalt 552 [Title]| swerd shal I sleen envie. ~Prima pars. -The firste partie 553 17 | riet is discrived with 3 principal cercles, of whiche the leest 554 5 | divided after the foure principales plages or quarters of the 555 31 | it is divided in 4 plages principalis with the lyne that goth 556 21 | tho signes he takith the propirte of suche bestes, or ellis 557 10 | clepid thus, somme for her propirtees and somme by statutes of 558 [Title]| sciences touching nombres and proporciouns; and as wel considre I thy 559 [Title]| Supplementary Propositions ~ 560 7 | zodiak as the sonne of his propre moeving passith in the mene 561 34 | the zodiak touchith the prykke of the altitude of the mone, 562 17 | which declinacioun, after Ptholome, is 23 degrees and 50 minutes 563 [Title]| of this litel tretys, I purpose to teche the a certein nombre 564 10 | daies out of Feverer and putte hem in his month of Juyll, 565 1 | Astrolabie hath a ring to putten on the thombe of thi right 566 21 | moeble or fixe, reknyng the qualite of the planete as I first 567 [Title]| Somes and Frere N. Lenne. ~Quarta pars. -The fourthe partie 568 4 | in alle nativites as in questions and eleccions of tymes, 569 [Title]| fro the ecliptik lyne. ~Quinta pars. -The fifthe partie 570 | rather 571 28 | obeieth to Cancer, and 'raurus to Leo, Aries to Virgo, 572 39 | manere of a peire tables to receyve distinctly the prickes of 573 26 | orisonte, that is clepid Orison Rectum, dividith the equinoxial 574 6 | full see. Than awayte thou redily in what degree of the zodiak 575 [Title]| every discret persone that redith or herith this litel tretys 576 3 | diverse clymates, and thy reet shapen in manere of a nett 577 [Title]| partie of this tretys shal reherse the figures and the membres 578 19 | of planetes be comounly rekened fro the ecliptyk, by cause 579 22 | mynutes. Understond wel this rekenyng. Also forget not that the 580 21 | drie, or moeble or fixe, reknyng the qualite of the planete 581 2 | light of the sonne; and remewe thy rewle up and doun til 582 3 | with a large hool, that resceiveth in hir wombe the thynne 583 13 | more and somme lasse, to resceyve the stremes of the sonne 584 4 | aspectes of planetes and wel resceyved; and eke that he may seen 585 21 | of these 12 signes hath respect to a certeyn parcel of the 586 [Title]| after the kalenders of the reverent clerkes, Frere J. Somes 587 7 | to seyn 24 houres, is the revolucioun of the equinoxial with as 588 [Title]| gret part of the generall rewles of theorik in astrologie. 589 [Title]| pathes leden diverse folk the righte way to Rome. Now wol I preie 590 [Title]| that condescendith to the rightfulle praiers of his frend," therfore 591 12 | til the sonne arise. Now risith the sonne that Sonday by 592 12 | Saturday, peraventure, and atte risyng of the sonne I lo fond the 593 4 | thy rote; and thus to make rotes. And note that if hit so 594 38 | eny certeyn place. ~Tak a round plate of metal; for werpyng, 595 38 | the bordure. And ley this rounde plate upon an evene ground, 596 2 | of thyn Astrelabie in so rowm a space that it distourbith 597 [Title]| litel tretys to have my rude endityng for excusid, and 598 4 | observaunces of judicial matere and rytes of payens, in whiche my 599 [Title]| thinges, yf God wol vouche saaf and his Moder the Maide, 600 40 | til that the pricke of F saat upon the orisonte. Than 601 29 | Astrelabie with bothe hondes sadly and slighly, and lat the 602 8 | Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, 603 4 | fro the ascendent." Yit saien these astrologiens that 604 39 | til that the pricke of F satt upon the orisonte; than 605 39 | upon the orisonte; than saw I wel that the body of Venus 606 4 | direct thereof, that is to sayen, signes, degrees, minutes, 607 [Title]| evydences thyn abilite to lerne sciences touching nombres and proporciouns; 608 8 | Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, 609 3 | fond there 10 degrees of Scorpius ascendyng, whom I tok for 610 12 | Saturday is to Saturne, and the seconde to Jupiter, the thirde to 611 [Title]| of thyn owne instrument. ~Secunda pars. -The secunde partie 612 2 | and afterward, whan thou seest him at 2, ther thou settest 613 14 | for a maner curiosite. ~Sek besily with thy rule the 614 [Title]| is this, that sothly me semith better to writen unto a 615 26 | thilke cuntrey where as the senith of hem that dwellen there 616 39 | worche with any latitude septemtrional in alle signes. But sothly 617 39 | hir latitude of 2 degrees septemtrionals ascendid, in the ende of 618 19 | divisiouns. And these azymutz serven to knowe the costes of the 619 14 | maist thou lightly, by the sesoun of the yere, knowe the signe 620 3 | syde. Take this manere of settyng for a general rule, ones 621 12 | sixte to Mercurius, the seventhe to the mone. And then ageyn 622 2 | and thou shalt finde it sexe sythes;than thoushaltfinde 623 38 | sonne shineth, whan the shadewe of the pyn entrith enythyng 624 16 | the nyghtes also, and the shadewes ilyke, and the altitudes 625 38 | the clokke, til that the shadwe of the wyr, or of the pyn, 626 | shall 627 20 | embelif, muche like to the shap of the azemutz, that shewen 628 21 | disposid in signes of bestes or shape like bestes, or elles whan 629 2 | the stremes of the sonne shine thorugh bothe holes of thi 630 38 | the clokke, whan the sonne shineth, whan the shadewe of the 631 31 | world; al be it so that shipmen rekene thilke parties in 632 22 | oure pool artik. Also this shorte rule is soth, that the latitude 633 4 | combust, ne joyned with no shrewe in the same signe; ne that 634 3 | evere in which manere I shuld come to the houre of the 635 29 | slighly, and lat the sonne shyne thorugh bothe holes of thy 636 29 | rule, and slighly in thilke shynyng lat thin Astrelabie kouche 637 31 | parties by thin azimutes in significacioun of 24 parties of the world; 638 32 | azymut the degre of thy sonne sittith, and in that partie of the 639 12 | the fifte to Venus, the sixte to Mercurius, the seventhe 640 [Title]| And with this swerd shal I sleen envie. ~Prima pars. -The 641 38 | or a wyr, upright, the smaller the better; set thy pyn 642 [Title]| woot every astrologien that smallist fraccions ne wol not be 643 29 | kouche adoun evene upon a smothe ground, and than wol the 644 5 | my tables. Than afterward soghte I in my tables the annis 645 26 | cenith of hir heed, and two someres and two wynters in a yer 646 [Title]| reverent clerkes, Frere J. Somes and Frere N. Lenne. ~Quarta 647 12 | Now risith the sonne that Sonday by the morwe, and the nadir 648 5 | as somme almykanteras in sondry astrelabies be compowned 649 7 | the arch of the day, that sorne folk callen the day artificiall, 650 39 | bordure of the Astrelabie; but sothely in all othre signes it may. ~ 651 1 | the degre of the sonne. I soughte in the bakhalf of myn Astrelabie 652 28 | and thei ben called eke sovereyn signes and everich of hem 653 21 | zodia " in langage of Grek sowneth " bestes " in Latyn tunge. 654 4 | convenyent, syth that I speke of the ascendent, to make 655 4 | of payens, in whiche my spirit hath no feith, ne knowing 656 13 | that hath on either ende a square plate perced with certein 657 12 | the skale in manere of 2 squyres, or ellis in manere of laddres, 658 29 | thilke syde that the sonne stant, as is the manere in takyng 659 3 | thy onclusioun, adde the stature of thyn heyghte to thyn 660 23 | firmament is cler and thikke sterred, wayte a tyme til that eny 661 38 | pricke with inke. Abid than stille waityng on the sonne til 662 38 | evene ston, or on an evene stok fix in the ground; and ley 663 38 | evene ground, or on an evene ston, or on an evene stok fix 664 34 | sterres in thin Astrelabie stonden after the trouthe. Comoun 665 6 | certeinly, how that haven stondeth, that thou list to werke 666 26 | almycanteras in her Astrelabyes ben streight as a lyne, so as it shewith 667 21 | a reule, save that it is streit and hath no plates on either 668 21 | 12 signes, and, for the streitnesse of thin Astrolabie, than 669 14 | is clepid the hors, that streynith all these parties to-hepe. 670 38 | the centre of the compas styke an evene pyn, or a wyr, 671 4 | as in an angle, or in a succident where as he is in hys dignite 672 [Title]| conclusions in Englissh as wel as sufficith to these noble clerkes Grekes 673 [Title]| there folewith a canoun suffisant to teche as wel the manere 674 [Title]| han these conclusions ben suffisantly lerned and taught, and yit 675 [Title]| litel sone. But natheles suffise to the these trewe conclusions 676 5 | doun agayn the degre of the sunne upon the nether almykanteras 677 21 | hevene is ymagyned to ben a superfice contenyng a latitude of 678 21 | lyne-right, or ellis in the superficie of this lyne, than is the 679 [Title]| endityng for excusid, and my superfluite of wordes, for two causes. 680 [Title]| Supplementary Propositions ~ 681 [Title]| doctrine. And with this swerd shal I sleen envie. ~Prima 682 21 | coldnesse by cause of the hoote sygne. And by thys conclusioun 683 4 | Wherfore me semeth convenyent, syth that I speke of the ascendent, 684 5 | and dayes enter into thy tabels of thy mene mote. And tak 685 29 | thy gret rule there thou takist thin altitudes upon as many 686 21 | into eny of tho signes he takith the propirte of suche bestes, 687 25 | that the semeth to longe a tarieng to abide til that the sonne 688 4 | Saturne or Mars or elles the Tayl of the Dragoun, is in the 689 [Title]| The secunde partie shal techen the worken the verrey practik 690 12 | nadir downer and downer, teching by suche strikes the houres 691 [Title]| harde to thy tendir age of ten yeer to conceyve. ~This 692 [Title]| hem ben to harde to thy tendir age of ten yeer to conceyve. ~ 693 [Title]| tables calculed for a cause. ~Tertia pars. -The thirde partie 694 30 | almykanteras. This is to seyn, fro th(wey where as the sonne went 695 [Title]| Astrelabie, konne me the more thank. And preie God save the 696 4 | that eny planete ascende at thatt same tyme in thilke forseide 697 3 | meridional lyne, the degre of thc sonne renneth so longe consentrik 698 4 | conteyneth. And so be that thebe 2 entrees, than adde hem 699 6 | Than bring thou furth fro thennes the label and ley it upon 700 [Title]| of the generall rewles of theorik in astrologie. In which 701 [Title]| fourthe partie shal ben a theorike to declare the moevyng of 702 4 | tables in the first Iyne theras is writen anni collecti 703 6 | degree of the mone, and therby may thou wite also whan 704 | therefore 705 | thereof 706 6 | label, and set the point therof in that same cost that the 707 23 | the firmament is cler and thikke sterred, wayte a tyme til 708 3 | moder of thin Astrelabye is thikkest plate, perced with a large 709 21 | maist turnen up and doun as thiself liketh, contenith certein 710 23 | another faire conclusioun, tholu must have a plomet hangyng 711 8 | nombre of the degrees of thoo signes be writen in augrym 712 2 | finde it sexe sythes;than thoushaltfinde that as 12 above 6 is the 713 2 | thryes, than shulde it be three tymes; and thus mayst thou 714 21 | Taurus thy nekke and thy throte, Gemini thin armholes and 715 17 | firste sterre passith eny thyng the south westward; and 716 3 | resceiveth in hir wombe the thynne plates compowned for diverse 717 23 | and eke the latitude of thyregioun; for these two ben of oo 718 5 | as wel in knowing of the tide of the day, as of the verrey 719 3 | werke. Set thy rewle upon 1 till thou see the altitude, and 720 6 | that tyme. Remeve thou than tlle label fro the mone, and 721 14 | streynith all these parties to-hepe. Thys forseide grete pyn 722 4 | and secoundes, and adde togedere unto thy rote; and thus 723 16 | 60 secundes. Now have I told the twyes. ~ 724 2 | ryng renneth in a maner toret fast to the moder of thyn 725 28 | ende of Geminis ben cleped tortuose signes, or croked signes, 726 38 | clepid the longitude of the toun. And yf so be that two townes 727 [Title]| astrologiens, and have it translatid in myn Englissh oonly for 728 34 | after the trouthe. Comoun tretes of the Astrelabie ne maken 729 18 | Astrelabye, yf so be that thei be trewly sette. ~Set the centre of 730 17 | Capricorne is also clepid the tropic of wynter, for than begynneth 731 17 | of Cancer is clepid the tropik of somer, of tropos, that 732 17 | the tropik of somer, of tropos, that is to seien " ageynward. " 733 3 | nigh the south Iyne. For trust wel, whan the sonne is nygh 734 21 | descripcioun, which thou maist turnen up and doun as thiself liketh, 735 17 | the heved of Capricorne turneth evermo consentrik upon the 736 2 | finde I that it hath him twelfe sythes; than beholde I how 737 8 | writen the names of the Twelve Signes: as Aries, Taurus, 738 26 | like longe - and the sonne twies every yer passing thorugh 739 16 | amountith 360 degrees. And understondwel that degres of this bordure 740 [Title]| as is an Astrelabie ben unknowe parfitly to eny mortal man 741 6 | by the point of the label unremeved knowe the houre of the flod 742 17 | maner sterre, straunge or unstraunge, after his longitude; though 743 17 | the sonne to passen from us-ward. ~The myddel cercle in wydnesse, 744 [Title]| But considre wel that I ne usurpe not to have founden this 745 26 | shewith in the figure. ~The utilite to knowe the ascensions 746 21 | lyne of thy zodiak is the utterist bordure of thy zodiak there 747 15 | in such a month - there varieth but litel. ~Also, yf thou 748 18 | also this cenyth is the verray pool of the orizonte in 749 26 | her instrumentes, knowen verreily the ascensioun of every 750 [Title]| notefull thinges, yf God wol vouche saaf and his Moder the Maide, 751 3 | side, by cause that she w as founde on the west side. 752 38 | with inke. Abid than stille waityng on the sonne til after 1 753 17 | sonne to come ageyn to us - ward. ~ 754 3 | this rule in generall wol I warne the for evere: - Ne make 755 39 | sette the point of A in the wax on my label, as evene as 756 39 | orisonte; tho tok I and waxed my label in manere of a 757 [Title]| diverse folk the righte way to Rome. Now wol I preie 758 | we 759 3 | manere of a nett or of a webbe of a loppe. ~ 760 14 | which pyn ther goth a litel wegge, which that is clepid the 761 30 | th(wey where as the sonne went thilke day but not fro the 762 3 | body by which that thou wenyst governe thilke thinges be 763 2 | Versa. ~Another maner of werkinge, by umbra versa. Yif so 764 38 | round plate of metal; for werpyng, the brodder the better; 765 4 | hit so be that thou wolt weten thy mene mote for any day, 766 17 | also Equator, that is the weyer of the day-for whan the 767 | when 768 | whereas 769 30 | fro the wey of the sonne, whethir so they be north or south 770 34 | latitude or noon, ne on wheyther syde of the mone the altitude 771 3 | the altitude of the faire white sterre that is clepid Alhabor, 772 | whom 773 | why 774 17 | poles of this world. ~The widest of these 3 principale cercles 775 5 | the residue was 3 yer; I wiste that 3 yer was passed fro 776 5 | oure Lord 1400, I wolde witen, precise, my rote; than 777 5 | nomber I wrot a 1397; than withdrow I the laste nomber out of 778 21 | by southe the est lyne; witnesse on Aldeberan and Algomeyse. 779 19 | elles like the werk of a wommans calle, in kervyng overthwart 780 32 | Astrelabie, as thou art wont to do in knowyng of the 781 37 | first seide. The same wise worch thou fro the ascendent doun 782 4 | the same planete that thou worchest for; and in the same wyse 783 7 | liketh. And by this manere of worching maist thou se how longe 784 11 | that ther shal lakke no word that nedith to the declaracioun. ~ 785 37 | thy 4 angles; for wel thou wost that the opposit of thin 786 [Title]| a philosofre saith, "he wrappith him in his frend, that condescendith 787 5 | the same planete that I wroghte for, and wroot so many signes, 788 5 | And under that nomber I wrot a 1397; than withdrow I 789 3 | houre of the nyght, and wroughte in this wise: - Among an 790 4 | Lord 1397, than shalt thou wryte in the same wyse furst thy 791 17 | us-ward. ~The myddel cercle in wydnesse, of these 3, is clepid the 792 3 | Recta. ~Another maner of wyrking, by umbra recta. Yif it 793 12 | Ensample as thus: -The xiij day of March fyl upon a 794 39 | sette it in the ecliptik ]yne in my zodiak in the degre 795 40 | houre, [thou shalt do wel ynow]. ~ 796 38 | what place that eny man ys at any tyme of the yer, 797 35 | side whan his altitude is ytaken, so that his secunde altitude 798 5 | secoundes that thou findest ywrite in direct of thy monethes, 799 5 | thou findest thy mene mote ywriten in monethes and dayes, and 800 21 | cercle of the bestes, for " zodia " in langage of Grek sowneth "