and wel resceived, and eek that he [may seen the assendent], and
that he be nat retrograd ne [combust], ne ioigned with no shrewe
in the same signe; ne that he be nat in his descencioun, ne
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ioigned with no planete in his discencioun, ne have up-on him
non aspecte infortunat; and than sey they that he is wel. Natheles,
thise ben observauncez of iudicial matiere and rytes of payens,
in which my spirit ne hath no feith, ne no knowing of hir horoscopum;
for they seyn that every signe is departed in 3 evene
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