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IT is to vnderstande that the Heuens & the erthe is deuyded in .iiii. partyes by .ii. cyrcles: whiche crossets, dyrectly ouer the two poles / and crosseth .iiii. tymes the equy∣noccyal lyne. Eche of the .iiii. partyes deuyded
in .iii. egally / is in all twelue egall partes / as well in the skye as in the erthe / whiche Ptho¦lomeus and other calle howses / and ben .xii. Of whiche .vi. ben alwayes aboue the erthe And .vi .vnder it: and these houses moue nat but ben alwayes eche in his place / and the sy∣gnes and Planettes passe by them alwayes ones in .xxiiii. houres. Thre of these howses ben from oryent to mydnyght goynge vnder the erthe / The firste / the seconde / and the thyr∣de / wherof the firste vnder the erthe begyn∣neth in oryent / named the house of lyfe. The seconde house is named of substaunce and ry∣ches. The thirde that finyssheth at mydnyght is the house of fraternyte. The fourth that be∣gynneth at mydnyght comynge in occydent / is named the house of patrymony. The fyfte is the house of sonnes. The syxte fynyssheth in occydent / vnder the erthe is the house of syc¦kenes. The seuenth begynneth in occydent on the erthe / and stretcheth towarde mydday / is the house of maryage. The eyght is the house of dethe. The nynthe fynysshyng at mydday is named the house of feyth / of relygyon / and pylgrymag••. The tenthe begynneth at myd¦day comynge towarde oryent / is the house of honour and of regalyte. The enleuenth is the very house of true frendes. And the twelthe
that fynyssheth in oryent on the erthe / is cal∣led the house of charyte / but this mater is dyf∣fycyle / for Astronomyers knowlegynge the nature and propryte of euery of the sayde .xii. houses / and departeth them lyghtly.