Treatise on The Astrolabe : addressed to his son Lowys / by Geoffrey Chaucer ; edited from the earliest MSS. by Walter W. Skeat

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Treatise on The Astrolabe : addressed to his son Lowys / by Geoffrey Chaucer ; edited from the earliest MSS. by Walter W. Skeat
Author
Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400
Editor
Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William), 1835-1912
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London: N. Trübner & Co.
1872
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¶ The bordure of which wombe-side is deuyded fro the poynt of the est lyne vn-to the poynt of the south lyne vnder the ring, in 90 degres ; & by þat same proporcioun is euery quarter deuyded as ys the bak-side, þat amonteth 360 degres. ¶ & vnderstond wel, þat degres of this Bordure ben answering & consentrik to the degrees of the Equynoxial, þat ys deuyded in the same nombre as euery othere cercle is in the heie heuene. ¶ This same bordure is deuyded also with 23 lettres capitals & a smal croys + aboue the south lyne, þat shewith the 24 howres equals of the clokke / &, as I haue said, 5 of thise degrees maken a Milewey, & 3 Milewey maken an howre. ¶ & euery degree of this bordure contineth 4 Mynutes, &

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euery Minut 60 secoundes ; now haue [y] told the twye ¶ & for the more declaracioun, lo here the figure.

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