degree of this bordure conteneth 4 minutes, and [every minut] 60
secoundes; now have I told thee twye. And for the more
declaracioun, lo here the figure.
[17.] The plate under thy riet is descryved with 3 principal
cercles; of which the leste is cleped the cercle of Cancer, by-cause
that the heved of Cancer turneth evermor consentrik up-on
the same cercle. In this heved of Cancer is the grettest declinacioun
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northward of the sonne. And ther-for is he cleped the
Solsticioun of Somer; whiche declinacioun, aftur [Ptholome], is 23