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Page 18 - Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius...
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Page 18 - But considre wel that I ne usurpe not to have founden this werk of my labour or of myn engyn. I n'am but a lewd compilator of the labour of olde astrologiens, and have it translatid in myn Englissh oonly for thy doctrine. And with this swerd shal I sleen envie.
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Page 72 - Tale. It is very remarkable that the only year, perhaps in the whole of Chaucer's lifetime, in which the moon could have arisen with this star on the 18th of April, should be the identical year to which Tyrwhitt, reasoning from historical evidence alone, would fain attribute the writing of the Canterbury Tales, ie 1388.
Page 66 - Chaucer's time, than to the 18th ; but since he docs not profess to critical exactness, and since it is always better to adhere to written authority, when it is not grossly and obviously corrupt, such MSS. as name the 18th of April ought to be respected ; but Tyrwhitt's
Page 99 - ... which could be procured. It was a crime to wear fur on a day of the most piercing cold ; or to appear with a hood, cloak, gloves, or muff.
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Treatise on the Astrolabe |
| Author | Geoffrey Chaucer |
| Editor | Andrew Edmund Brae |
| Illustrated by | Andrew Edmund Brae |
| Publisher | J.R. Smith, 1870 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | Sep 7, 2006 |
| Length | 108 pages |
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