So that thei folwe noght the lyne

Of the parfite medicine,

Which grounded is upon nature.

Bot thei that writen the scripture

Of Grek, Arabe and of Caldee,[1335]

Thei were of such Auctorite

That thei ferst founden out the weie[1336]

Of al that thou hast herd me seie; 2630

P. ii. 90

Wherof the Cronique of her lore