And every Reptil which mai moeve,
His myht assaieth forto proeve,
To crepen out ayein the Sonne,
Whan Ver his Seson hath begonne.
Secundum Signum dicitur Taurus, cuius Mensis est Aprilis.
Quo prius occultas inuenit herba vias.
Taurus the seconde after this
Of Signes, which figured is
Unto a Bole, is dreie and cold;[1010]
And as it is in bokes told,
P. iii. 119