And some of them wonder’d on the mirroúr, That borne was up into the master tow’r, 3084 How men might in it suchë thingës see. Another answér’d and said, it might well be Naturallý by compositións Of angles, and of sly reflectións; And saidë that in Rome was such a one. They speak of Alhazen and Vitellon, 3085 And Aristotle, that wrote in their lives Of quaintë 3086 mirrors, and of próspectives, As knowë they that have their bookës heard. And other folk have wonder’d on the swerd, That wouldë piercë throughout every thing; And fell in speech of Telephus the king, And of Achilles for his quaintë spear, For he could with it bothë heal and dere, 3087 Right in such wise as men may with the swerd Of which right now ye have yourselvës heard. They spake of sundry hard’ning of metál,

777