Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 — The House of Fame; The Legend of Good Women; The Treatise on the Astrolabe; The Sources of the Canterbury Tales

by Geoffrey Chaucer

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thanne wol the byginning of the 3 hous sitte up-on the midnight

lyne. Bring up agayn the same degree that assendeth first, and

set him up-on the orisonte; and thanne wol the be-ginning of the

4 hous sitte up-on the lyne of midnight. Tak thanne the nadir of

the degree that first assendeth, and set him on the ende of the 2

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houre inequal; and thanne wol the by-ginning of the 5 hous sitte

up-on the lyne of midnight; set thanne the nadir of the assendent

on the ende of the 4 houre, than wol the byginning of the 6 house