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"The Book Of Quinte Essence Or The Fifth Being (1889) Edited from British Museum MS. Sloane 73 about 1460-70 A.D."


[Footnote 1: l{is} is the MS. l with a line at right angles to it.]
?¶ ??e first spere of ??e 9 is clepid ???p{ri}mu{m} mobile,??™ ??e first mevabil
thyng.
?¶ ??e .ij. spere of sterr{is}: Arie{s} .1. ??e rame. ?¶ the secund hows of
Mars, ??e bool, ?¶ ??e secund hows of Venus, Gemini, ?¶ ??e secund hows of
Mercuri, Canc{er}. ?¶ ??e hows of ??e mone, leo. ??e hows of ??e sonne,
Virgo. // ??e first hows of M{er}cury, Libra // ??e first hows of Venus,
Scorpio // ??e first hows of Mars, Sagittari{us} // ??e first hows of
Iubit{er}, Cap{ri}cornus // ??e first hows of Saturne, Aquari{us} // ??e
secund hows of Saturne, Piscis. / ??e secunde hows of Iubit{er}
[[_no more_]].
?¶ Saturn is a planete evel-willid and ful of sekenes. Wherfore he is
peyntid w{i}t{h} an hooke, for he repe?? dow{n)} grene thyng{is} / he
fulfilli?? his course in xxx ??eere.
?¶ Iubit{er} is a planete wele willyng to alle thi{n}g{is} to be gendrid,
plent[i]ful & plesyng; therfor he is y-seid Iubit{er} as helpyn. i{n}
xij [??]eere he filli?? his course.
?¶ Mars is an enemy to alle thyng{is} to be gendrid; wherfor he is clepid
god of batel, for he is ful of tempest. he fulfilli?? his course i{n}
.ij. ??eere.
[[leaf 26, back]]
?¶ ??e sonne is ??e worthiest planet, y-set i{n} myddis. he fulfilli?? his
course in CCClxv dayes & vj. howr{is}, ??e whiche causen bisext.
?¶ Venus is apte to alle thyng{is} to be gendrid. he fulfilli?? his course
in CCCxxxvj daies.


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