Somtime the fyrdrake it semeth,[953]
And so the lewed poeple it demeth;
Somtime it semeth as it were
A Sterre, which that glydeth there:
Bot it is nouther of the tuo,
The Philosophre telleth so,
And seith that of impressions
Thurgh diverse exalacions[954] 330
Upon the cause and the matiere
Men sen diverse forme appiere