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