Ther ben, that mannes sihte demeth,

Bot thorizonte, as to ous semeth.[993]

And also ther ben signes tuelve,

Whiche have her cercles be hemselve

Compassed in the zodiaque,

In which thei have here places take.

And as thei stonden in degre,

Here cercles more or lasse be, 700

Mad after the proporcion

Of therthe, whos condicion