Of vertu and of worthinesse.
Of whom if I the names calle,
[The First Alchemists.]
Hermes was on the ferste of alle,
To whom this art is most applied;
Geber therof was magnefied,
And Ortolan and Morien,[1332]
Among the whiche is Avicen, 2610
Which fond and wrot a gret partie
The practique of Alconomie;