Enformed was tofore his yhe
Be nyhte upon the sterres hihe.[1028] 1280
[The Fifteen Stars.]
Upon sondri creacion
Stant sondri operacion,
Hic tractat super doctrina Nectanabi, dum ipse iuuenem Alexandrum instruxit, de illis precipue xv. stellis vna cum earum lapidibus et herbis, que ad artis magice naturalis operacionem specialius conueniunt.
Som worcheth this, som worcheth that;
The fyr is hot in his astat
And brenneth what he mai atteigne,
The water mai the fyr restreigne,