第 96 节
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  Unto a Bole; is dreie and cold;
  And as it is in bokes told;
  He is the hous appourtienant
  To Venus; somdiel descordant。   1020
  This Bole is ek with sterres set;
  Thurgh whiche he hath hise hornes knet
  Unto the tail of Aries;
  So is he noght ther sterreles。
  Upon his brest ek eyhtetiene
  He hath; and ek; as it is sene;
  Upon his tail stonde othre tuo。
  His Monthe assigned ek also
  Is Averil; which of his schoures
  Ministreth weie unto the floures。  1030
  The thridde signe is Gemini;
  Which is figured redely
  Lich to tuo twinnes of mankinde;
  That naked stonde; and as I finde;
  Thei be with Sterres wel bego:
  The heved hath part of thilke tuo
  That schyne upon the boles tail;
  So be thei bothe of o parail;
  But on the wombe of Gemini
  Ben fyve sterres noght forthi;  1040
  And ek upon the feet be tweie;
  So as these olde bokes seie;
  That wise Tholomes wrot。
  His propre Monthe wel I wot
  Assigned is the lusti Maii;
  Whanne every brid upon his lay
  Among the griene leves singeth;
  And love of his pointure stingeth
  After the lawes of nature
  The youthe of every creature。   1050
  Cancer after the reule and space
  Of Signes halt the ferthe place。
  Like to the crabbe he hath semblance;
  And hath unto his retienance
  Sextiene sterres; wherof ten;
  So as these olde wise men
  Descrive; he berth on him tofore;
  And in the middel tuo be bore;
  And foure he hath upon his ende。
  Thus goth he sterred in his kende;    1060
  And of himself is moiste and cold;
  And is the propre hous and hold
  Which appartieneth to the Mone;
  And doth what longeth him to done。
  The Monthe of Juin unto this Signe
  Thou schalt after the reule assigne。
  The fifte Signe is Leo hote;
  Whos kinde is schape dreie and hote;
  In whom the Sonne hath herbergage。
  And the semblance of his ymage  1070
  Is a leoun; which in baillie
  Of sterres hath his pourpartie:
  The foure; which as Cancer hath
  Upon his ende; Leo tath
  Upon his heved; and thanne nest
  He hath ek foure upon his brest;
  And on upon his tail behinde;
  In olde bokes as we finde。
  His propre Monthe is Juyl be name;
  In which men pleien many a game。   1080
  After Leo Virgo the nexte
  Of Signes cleped is the sexte;
  Wherof the figure is a Maide;
  And as the Philosophre saide;
  Sche is the welthe and the risinge;
  The lust; the joie and the likinge
  Unto Mercurie: and soth to seie
  Sche is with sterres wel beseie;
  Wherof Leo hath lent hire on;
  Which sit on hih hir heved upon;   1090
  Hire wombe hath fyve; hir feet also
  Have other fyve: and overmo
  Touchende as of complexion;
  Be kindly disposicion
  Of dreie and cold this Maiden is。
  And forto tellen over this
  Hir Monthe; thou schalt understonde;
  Whan every feld hath corn in honde
  And many a man his bak hath plied;
  Unto this Signe is Augst applied。  1100
  After Virgo to reknen evene
  Libra sit in the nombre of sevene;
  Which hath figure and resemblance
  Unto a man which a balance
  Berth in his hond as forto weie:
  In boke and as it mai be seie;
  Diverse sterres to him longeth;
  Wherof on hevede he underfongeth
  Ferst thre; and ek his wombe hath tuo;
  And doun benethe eighte othre mo。  1110
  This Signe is hot and moiste bothe;
  The whiche thinges be noght lothe
  Unto Venus; so that alofte
  Sche resteth in his hous fulofte;
  And ek Saturnus often hyed
  Is in this Signe and magnefied。
  His propre Monthe is seid Septembre;
  Which yifth men cause to remembre;
  If eny Sor be left behinde
  Of thing which grieve mai to kinde。   1120
  Among the Signes upon heighte
  The Signe which is nombred eighte
  Is Scorpio; which as feloun
  Figured is a Scorpioun。
  Bot for al that yit natheles
  Is Scorpio noght sterreles;
  For Libra granteth him his ende
  Of eighte sterres; wher he wende;
  The whiche upon his heved assised
  He berth; and ek ther ben divised  1130
  Upon his wombe sterres thre;
  And eighte upon his tail hath he。
  Which of his kinde is moiste and cold
  And unbehovely manyfold;
  He harmeth Venus and empeireth;
  Bot Mars unto his hous repeireth;
  Bot war whan thei togedre duellen。
  His propre Monthe is; as men tellen;
  Octobre; which bringth the kalende
  Of wynter; that comth next suiende。   1140
  The nynthe Signe in nombre also;
  Which folweth after Scorpio;
  Is cleped Sagittarius;
  The whos figure is marked thus;
  A Monstre with a bowe on honde:
  On whom that sondri sterres stonde;
  Thilke eighte of whiche I spak tofore;
  The whiche upon the tail ben bore
  Of Scorpio; the heved al faire
  Bespreden of the Sagittaire;    1150
  And eighte of othre stonden evene
  Upon his wombe; and othre sevene
  Ther stonde upon his tail behinde。
  And he is hot and dreie of kinde:
  To Jupiter his hous is fre;
  Bot to Mercurie in his degre;
  For thei ben noght of on assent;
  He worcheth gret empeirement。
  This Signe hath of his proprete
  A Monthe; which of duete  1160
  After the sesoun that befalleth
  The Plowed Oxe in wynter stalleth;
  And fyr into the halle he bringeth;
  And thilke drinke of which men singeth;
  He torneth must into the wyn;
  Thanne is the larder of the swyn;
  That is Novembre which I meene;
  Whan that the lef hath lost his greene。
  The tenthe Signe dreie and cold;
  The which is Capricornus told;  1170
  Unto a Got hath resemblance:
  For whos love and whos aqueintance
  Withinne hise houses to sojorne
  It liketh wel unto Satorne;
  Bot to the Mone it liketh noght;
  For no profit is there wroght。
  This Signe as of his proprete
  Upon his heved hath sterres thre;
  And ek upon his wombe tuo;
  And tweie upon his tail also。   1180
  Decembre after the yeeres forme;
  So as the bokes ous enforme;
  With daies schorte and nyhtes longe
  This ilke Signe hath underfonge。
  Of tho that sitte upon the hevene
  Of Signes in the nombre ellevene
  Aquarius hath take his place;
  And stant wel in Satornes grace;
  Which duelleth in his herbergage;
  Bot to the Sonne he doth oultrage。    1190
  This Signe is verraily resembled
  Lich to a man which halt assembled
  In eyther hand a water spoute;
  Wherof the stremes rennen oute。
  He is of kinde moiste and hot;
  And he that of the sterres wot
  Seith that he hath of sterres tuo
  Upon his heved; and ben of tho
  That Capricorn hath on his ende;
  And as the bokes maken mende;   1200
  That Tholomes made himselve;
  He hath ek on his wombe tuelve;
  And tweie upon his ende stonde。
  Thou schalt also this understonde;
  The frosti colde Janever;
  Whan comen is the newe yeer;
  That Janus with his double face
  In his chaiere hath take his place
  And loketh upon bothe sides;
  Somdiel toward the wynter tydes;   1210
  Somdiel toward the yeer suiende;
  That is the Monthe belongende
  Unto this Signe; and of his dole
  He yifth the ferste Primerole。
  The tuelfthe; which is last of alle
  Of Signes; Piscis men it calle;
  The which; as telleth the scripture;
  Berth of tuo fisshes the figure。
  So is he cold and moiste of kinde;
  And ek with sterres; as I finde;   1220
  Beset in sondri wise; as thus:
  Tuo of his ende Aquarius
  Hath lent unto his heved; and tuo
  This Signe hath of his oghne also
  Upon his wombe; and over this
  Upon his ende also ther is
  A nombre of twenty sterres bryghte;
  Which is to sen a wonder sighte。
  Toward this Signe into his hous
  Comth Jupiter the glorious;  1230
  And Venus ek with him acordeth
  To duellen; as the bok recordeth。
  The Monthe unto this Signe ordeined
  Is Februer; which is bereined;
  And with londflodes in his rage
  At Fordes letteth the passage。
  Nou hast thou herd the proprete
  Of Signes; bot in his degre
  Albumazar yit over this
  Seith; so as therthe parted is  1240
  In foure; riht so ben divised
  The Signes tuelve and stonde assised;
  That ech of hem for his partie
  Hath his climat to justefie。
  Wherof the ferste regiment
  Toward the part of Orient
  From Antioche and that contre
  Governed is of Signes thre;
  That is Cancer; Virgo; Leo:
  And toward Occident also  1250
  From Armenie; as I am lerned;
  Of Capricorn it stant governed;
  Of Pisces and Aquarius:
  And after hem I finde thus;
  Southward from Alisandre forth
  Tho Signes whiche most ben worth
  In governance of that doaire;
  Libra thei ben and Sagittaire
  With Scorpio; which is conjoint
  With hem to stonde upon that point:   1260
  Constantinople the Cite;
  So as the bokes tellen me;
  The laste of this division
  Stant untoward Septemtrion;
  Wher as be weie of pourveance
  Hath Aries the governance
  Forth with Taurus and Gemini。
  Thus ben the Signes propreli
  Divided; as it is reherced;
  Wherof the londes ben diversed。    1270
  Lo thus; mi Sone; as thou myht hiere;
  Was Alisandre mad to liere
  Of hem that weren for his lore。
  But nou to loken overmore;
  Of othre sterres hou thei fare
  I thenke hierafter to declare;
  So as king Alisandre in youthe
  Of him that suche thinges couthe
  Enformed was tofore his yhe
  Be nyhte upon the sterres hihe。    1280
  Upon sondri creacion
  Stant sondri operacion;
  Som worcheth this; som worcheth that;
  The fyr is hot in his astat
  And brenneth what he mai atteigne;
  The water mai the fyr restreigne;
  The which is cold and moist also。
  Of other thing it farth riht so
  Upon this erthe among ous here;
  And forto speke in this manere;    1290
  Upon the hevene; as men mai finde;
  The sterres ben of sondri kinde
  And worchen manye sondri thinges
  To ous; that ben here underlinges。
  Among the whiche forth withal
  Nectanabus in special;
  Which was an Astronomien
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