‘Lo, wher the fyri drake alofte
Fleth up in thair!’ and so thei demen.
Bot why the fyres suche semen
Of sondri formes to beholde,[958]
The wise Philosophre tolde,
P. iii. 97
So as tofore it hath ben herd.
Confessor.
Lo thus, my Sone, hou it hath ferd:[959]
Of Air the due proprete