Put the ring of thyn Astrolabie up-on thy right thoumbe, and

turne thy lift syde agayn the light of the sonne. And remeve

thy rewle up and doun, til that the stremes of the sonne shyne

thorgh bothe holes of thy rewle. Loke thanne how many degrees

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thy rewle is areised fro the litel crois up-on thyn est line, and tak

ther the altitude of thy sonne. And in this same wyse maistow

knowe by nighte the altitude of the mone, or of brighte sterres.

This chapitre is so general ever in oon, that ther nedith no more

declaracion; but forget it nat. And for the more declaracioun,