These thre sciences hath divided

And the nature also decided,

Wherof that ech of hem schal serve.

The ferste, which is the conserve

And kepere of the remnant,

As that which is most sufficant[932]

And chief of the Philosophie,

If I therof schal specefie

So as the Philosophre tolde,

Nou herkne, and kep that thou it holde. 60