Full well corrected, that there lacked nought, Neither his collect, nor his expanse years, Neither his rootës, nor his other gears, As be his centres, and his arguments, And his proportional conveniénts For his equatións in everything. And by his eightë spheres in his workíng, He knew full well how far Alnath 3344 was shove From the head of that fix’d Aries above, That in the ninthë sphere consider’d is. Full subtilly he calcul’d all this. When he had found his firstë mansión, He knew the remnant by proportión; And knew the rising of his moonë well, And in whose face, and term, and every deal; And knew full well the moonë’s mansión Accordant to his operatión; And knew also his other observánces, For such illusións and such meschances, 3345 As heathen folk used in thilkë days. For which no longer made he delays;
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