confessio amantis-第109章
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Among the whiche forth withal
Nectanabus in special;
Which was an Astronomien
And ek a gret Magicien;
And undertake hath thilke emprise
To Alisandre in his aprise 1300
As of Magique naturel
To knowe; enformeth him somdel
Of certein sterres what thei mene;
Of whiche; he seith; ther ben fiftene;
And sondrily to everich on
A gras belongeth and a Ston;
Wherof men worchen many a wonder
To sette thing bothe up and under。
To telle riht as he began;
The ferste sterre Aldeboran; 1310
The cliereste and the moste of alle;
Be rihte name men it calle;
Which lich is of condicion
To Mars; and of complexion
To Venus; and hath therupon
Carbunculum his propre Ston:
His herbe is Anabulla named;
Which is of gret vertu proclamed。
The seconde is noght vertules;
Clota or elles Pliades 1320
It hatte; and of the mones kinde
He is; and also this I finde;
He takth of Mars complexion:
And lich to such condicion
His Ston appropred is Cristall;
And ek his herbe in special
The vertuous Fenele it is。
The thridde; which comth after this;
Is hote Algol the clere rede;
Which of Satorne; as I may rede; 1330
His kinde takth; and ek of Jove
Complexion to his behove。
His propre Ston is Dyamant;
Which is to him most acordant;
His herbe; which is him betake;
Is hote Eleborum the blake。
So as it falleth upon lot;
The ferthe sterre is Alhaiot;
Which in the wise as I seide er
Of Satorne and of Jupiter 1340
Hath take his kinde; and therupon
The Saphir is his propre Ston;
Marrubium his herbe also;
The whiche acorden bothe tuo。
And Canis maior in his like
The fifte sterre is of Magique;
The whos kinde is venerien;
As seith this Astronomien。
His propre Ston is seid Berille;
Bot forto worche and to fulfille 1350
Thing which to this science falleth;
Ther is an herbe which men calleth
Saveine; and that behoveth nede
To him that wole his pourpos spede。
The sexte suiende after this
Be name Canis minor is;
The which sterre is Mercurial
Be weie of kinde; and forth withal;
As it is writen in the carte;
Complexion he takth of Marte。 1360
His Ston and herbe; as seith the Scole;
Ben Achates and Primerole。
The sefnthe sterre in special
Of this science is Arial;
Which sondri nature underfongeth。
The Ston which propre unto him longeth;
Gorgonza proprely it hihte:
His herbe also; which he schal rihte
Upon the worchinge as I mene;
Is Celidoine freissh and grene。 1370
Sterre Ala Corvi upon heihte
Hath take his place in nombre of eighte;
Which of his kinde mot parforne
The will of Marte and of Satorne:
To whom Lapacia the grete
Is herbe; bot of no beyete;
His Ston is Honochinus hote;
Thurgh which men worchen gret riote。
The nynthe sterre faire and wel
Be name is hote Alaezel; 1380
Which takth his propre kinde thus
Bothe of Mercurie and of Venus。
His Ston is the grene Amyraude;
To whom is yoven many a laude:
Salge is his herbe appourtenant
Aboven al the rememant。
The tenthe sterre is Almareth;
Which upon lif and upon deth
Thurgh kinde of Jupiter and Mart
He doth what longeth to his part。 1390
His Ston is Jaspe; and of Planteine
He hath his herbe sovereine。
The sterre ellefthe is Venenas;
The whos nature is as it was
Take of Venus and of the Mone;
In thing which he hath forto done。
Of Adamant is that perrie
In which he worcheth his maistrie;
Thilke herbe also which him befalleth;
Cicorea the bok it calleth。 1400
Alpheta in the nombre sit;
And is the twelfthe sterre yit;
Of Scorpio which is governed;
And takth his kinde; as I am lerned;
And hath his vertu in the Ston
Which cleped is Topazion:
His herbe propre is Rosmarine;
Which schapen is for his covine。
Of these sterres; whiche I mene;
Cor Scorpionis is thritiene; 1410
The whos nature Mart and Jove
Have yoven unto his behove。
His herbe is Aristologie;
Which folweth his Astronomie:
The Ston which that this sterre alloweth;
Is Sardis; which unto him boweth。
The sterre which stant next the laste;
Nature on him this name caste
And clepeth him Botercadent;
Which of his kinde obedient 1420
Is to Mercurie and to Venus。
His Ston is seid Crisolitus;
His herbe is cleped Satureie;
So as these olde bokes seie。
Bot nou the laste sterre of alle
The tail of Scorpio men calle;
Which to Mercurie and to Satorne
Be weie of kinde mot retorne
After the preparacion
Of due constellacion。 1430
The Calcedoine unto him longeth;
Which for his Ston he underfongeth;
Of Majorane his herbe is grounded。
Thus have I seid hou thei be founded;
Of every sterre in special;
Which hath his herbe and Ston withal;
As Hermes in his bokes olde
Witnesse berth of that I tolde。
The science of Astronomie;
Which principal is of clergie 1440
To dieme betwen wo and wel
In thinges that be naturel;
Thei hadde a gret travail on honde
That made it ferst ben understonde;
And thei also which overmore
Here studie sette upon this lore;
Thei weren gracious and wys
And worthi forto bere a pris。
And whom it liketh forto wite
Of hem that this science write; 1450
On of the ferste which it wrot
After Noe5; it was Nembrot;
To his disciple Ychonithon
And made a bok forth therupon
The which Megaster cleped was。
An other Auctor in this cas
Is Arachel; the which men note;
His bok is Abbategnyh hote。
Danz Tholome is noght the leste;
Which makth the bok of Almageste; 1460
And Alfraganus doth the same;
Whos bok is Chatemuz be name。
Gebuz and Alpetragus eke
Of Planisperie; which men seke;
The bokes made: and over this
Ful many a worthi clerc ther is;
That writen upon this clergie
The bokes of Altemetrie;
Planemetrie and ek also;
Whiche as belongen bothe tuo; 1470
So as thei ben naturiens;
Unto these Astronomiens。
Men sein that Habraham was on;
Bot whether that he wrot or non;
That finde I noght; and Moi5ses
Ek was an other: bot Hermes
Above alle othre in this science
He hadde a gret experience;
Thurgh him was many a sterre assised;
Whos bokes yit ben auctorized。 1480
I mai noght knowen alle tho
That writen in the time tho
Of this science; bot I finde;
Of jugement be weie of kinde
That in o point thei alle acorden:
Of sterres whiche thei recorden
That men mai sen upon the hevene;
Ther ben a thousend sterres evene
And tuo and twenty; to the syhte
Whiche aren of hemself so bryhte; 1490
That men mai dieme what thei be;
The nature and the proprete。
Nou hast thou herd; in which a wise
These noble Philosophres wise
Enformeden this yonge king;
And made him have a knowleching
Of thing which ferst to the partie
Belongeth of Philosophie;
Which Theorique cleped is;
As thou tofore hast herd er this。 1500
Bot nou to speke of the secounde;
Which Aristotle hath also founde;
And techeth hou to speke faire;
Which is a thing full necessaire
To contrepeise the balance;
Wher lacketh other sufficance。
Above alle erthli creatures
The hihe makere of natures
The word to man hath yove alone;
So that the speche of his persone; 1510
Or forto lese or forto winne;
The hertes thoght which is withinne
Mai schewe; what it wolde mene;
And that is noghwhere elles sene
Of kinde with non other beste。
So scholde he be the more honeste;
To whom god yaf so gret a yifte;
And loke wel that he ne schifte
Hise wordes to no wicked us;
For word the techer of vertus 1520
Is cleped in Philosophie。
Wherof touchende this partie;
Is Rethorique the science
Appropred to the reverence
Of wordes that ben resonable:
And for this art schal be vailable
With goodli wordes forto like;
It hath Gramaire; it hath Logiqe;
That serven bothe unto the speche。
Gramaire ferste hath forto teche 1530
To speke upon congruite:
Logique hath eke in his degre
Betwen the trouthe and the falshode
The pleine wordes forto schode;
So that nothing schal go beside;
That he the riht ne schal decide。
Wherof full many a gret debat
Reformed is to good astat;
And pes sustiened up alofte
With esy wordes and with softe; 1540
Wher strengthe scholde lete it falle。
The Philosophre amonges alle
Forthi commendeth this science;
Which hath the reule of eloquence。
In Ston and gras vertu ther is;
Bot yit the bokes tellen this;
That word above alle erthli thinges
Is vertuous in his doinges;
Wher so it be to evele or goode。