Comparison of Geoffrey Chaucer Consolatione Philosophie 1 Metre 3 to Geoffrey Chaucer

whan the sterres ben clustred (that is to seyn, whan sterres ben [continues next]

meting with alle the bemes of the sonne hir brother, hydeth the [continues next]

And as the briddes, whan the sonne is shene, [continues next]

... god and in hise seintes, to acheve and acomplice the gode werkes in the whiche he purposeth fermely to continue. Thanne comth seuretee or sikernesse; and that is, whan a man ne douteth no travaille in tyme cominge of the gode werkes that a man hath bigonne. Thanne comth Magnificence, that is to seyn, whan a man dooth and perfourneth grete werkes of goodnesse that he hath bigonne; and that is the ende why that men sholde do gode werkes; for in the acomplissinge of grete goode werkes lyth the grete guerdoun. Thanne is ther Constaunce, that is, stablenesse of corage; and this sholde been ...

Muses, that they ne weren felawes, and folweden my wey, that is

to seyn, whan I was exyled; they that weren glorie of my youthe,

[continues previous] firste strengthe. And, right by ensaumple as the sonne is hid

[continues previous] whan the sterres ben clustred (that is to seyn, whan sterres ben

that the sterres nat apperen up-on hevene, so that the night [continues next]

[continues previous] meting with alle the bemes of the sonne hir brother, hydeth the

[continues previous] sterres that ben lesse; and somtyme, whan the mone, pale with

bemes of Phebus, that is to seyn, whan that Phebus the sonne is

The sterres, covered with blake cloudes, ne mowen yeten [continues next]

man; that is to seyn, whan the soule departeth fro the body? For,

Hony is the more swete, yif mouthes han first tasted savoures that

ben wikkid. The sterres shynen more agreably whan the wind

mede of the hevene? For the erthe, overcomen, yeveth the sterres';

this is to seyn, that, whan that erthely lust is overcomen, a man is

necessitee to be; this is to seyn, that, whan that god knoweth any

... cleped 'sterres of the north,' for they arysen by northe the est lyne. And alle the remenant fixed, out of the zodiak, ben cleped 'sterres of the south;' but I sey nat that they arysen alle by southe the est lyne; witnesse on Aldeberan and Algomeysa. Generally understond this rewle, that thilke sterres that ben cleped sterres of the north arysen rather than the degree of hir longitude, and alle the sterres of the south arysen after the degree of hir longitude; this is to seyn, sterres fixed in thyn Astrolabie. The mesure of this longitude of sterres is taken in the lyne ecliptik of hevene, under which lyne, whan that the sonne and the mone ben lyne-right or elles in the superfice of this lyne, than is the eclips of the sonne or of the mone; as I shal declare, and eek the cause why. But sothly the Ecliptik Lyne of thy zodiak is the outtereste bordure of thy zodiak, ther the degrees ben marked. Thy Zodiak of thyn Astrolabie is shapen as a compas which that conteneth a large brede, as after the quantite of thyn Astrolabie; in ensample that the zodiak in hevene is imagened to ben a superfice contening a latitude of twelve degrees, wheras al the remenant of cercles in the hevene ben imagined verrey lynes with-oute eny latitude. Amiddes this celestial zodiak ys imagined a lyne, which that is cleped the Ecliptik Lyne, under which lyne is evermo the wey of the sonne. Thus ben ther six degrees of the zodiak on that on side of the lyne, and six degrees on that other. This zodiak is devided in twelve principal devisiouns, that departen the twelve signes. And, for the streitnes of thin Astrolabie, than is every smal devisioun in a signe departid by two degrees and two; I mene degrees contening sixty minutes. And this forseide hevenissh zodiak is cleped the Cercle of the Signes, or the Cercle of the Bestes; for zodia in langage of Greek sowneth 'bestes' in Latin tonge; and in the zodiak ben the twelve signes that ban names of bestes; or elles, for whan the sonne entreth in any of the signes, he taketh the propretee of swich bestes; or elles, for that the sterres that ben there fixed ben disposed in signes of bestes, or shape like bestes; or elles, whan the planetes ben under thilke signes, they causen us by hir influence operaciouns and effectes lyk to the operaciouns of bestes. And understonde also, that whan an hot planete cometh in-to an hot signe, than encresseth his hete; ...

... of almikanteras ben by-twixe thyn est orisonte and the degree of the sonne. And tak ther thyn altitude meridian; this is to seyne, the heyest of the sonne as for that day. So maystow knowe in the same lyne, the heyest cours that any sterre fix climbeth by night; this is to seyn, that whan any sterre fix is passed the lyne meridional, than by-ginneth it to descende, and so doth the sonne. And for the more declaracioun, lo here thy figure.

[continues previous] And as the briddes, whan the sonne is shene,

[continues previous] that the firmament stant derked by wete ploungy cloudes, and [continues next]

chirkinge, agryseth of colde by the felnesse of the winde that highte

[continues previous] The sterres, covered with blake cloudes, ne mowen yeten

[continues previous] covered with cloudes) by a swifte winde that highte Chorus, and [continues next]

[continues previous] whan the sterres ben clustred (that is to seyn, whan sterres ben

termes of the night, that is to seyn, at the laste boundes of helle, [continues next]

And found wher, in a cave of stoon, [continues next]

In a contree that highte Trace, [continues next]

This Eolus, with harde grace, [continues next]

... many degrees of almikanteras ben by-twixe thyn est orisonte and the degree of the sonne. And tak ther thyn altitude meridian; this is to seyne, the heyest of the sonne as for that day. So maystow knowe in the same lyne, the heyest cours that any sterre fix climbeth by night; this is to seyn, that whan any sterre fix is passed the lyne meridional, than by-ginneth it to descende, and so doth the sonne. And for the more declaracioun, lo here thy figure. [continues next]

[continues previous] termes of the night, that is to seyn, at the laste boundes of helle,

[continues previous] In a contree that highte Trace,

[continues previous] ... of almikanteras ben by-twixe thyn est orisonte and the degree of the sonne. And tak ther thyn altitude meridian; this is to seyne, the heyest of the sonne as for that day. So maystow knowe in the same lyne, the heyest cours that any sterre fix climbeth by night; this is to seyn, that whan any sterre fix is passed the lyne meridional, than by-ginneth it to descende, and so doth the sonne. And for the more declaracioun, lo here thy figure.