39. _conclusio._ This lyne meridional is but a man_er_ discripcio[=n] or lyne ymagyned, þat passeþ upon þe pooles of þis worlde, and by þe Cenith of oure heued. ¶ And yt is cleped þe lyne meridional, for in what place þat any man ys at any time of þe [gh]ere, whan þat þe so_n_ne by menynge of þe firmament come to his uerrey meridian place / þan is it þe u_er_rey mydday þat we clepe none, as to þilke man. And þerefore is yt cleped þe lyne of mydday. And no_ta_, þat eu_er_mo of any .2. citees or of 2 townes, of which þat oo towne a-procheþ neer þe est þan doþ þe oþer towne, trust wel þat þilke townes han diuerse meridians. No_ta_ also, þat þe arche of þe equinoxial, þat is contened or bownded by-twixe þe two meridians, is cleped þe longitude of þe towne. ¶ & [gh]if so be / þat two townes haue I-like meridian or one merydian, ¶ Than ys þe distaunce of hem boþe I-like fer from þe est, & þe contrarye. And in þis maner þei chaunge not her meridyan, but soþly, þei chaungen her almyka_n_teras, For þe enhaunsynge of þe pool / and þe distau_n_ce of þe so_n_ne. ¶ The longitude of a clymate ys a lyne ymagyned fro þe est to þe west, I-like distaunte fro þe equinoxial. ¶ The latitude of a clymat may be cleped þe space of þe erþe fro þe by-gynnynge of þe first clymat unto þe ende of þe same clymat / euene-directe a-[gh]ens þe pool artyke. ¶ Thus seyn so_m_me auctours / and so_m_me clerkes seyn / þat [gh]if men clepen þe latitude of a contrey[61], þe arche mer[i]dian þat is contened or intercept by-twixe þe Cenyth & þe equinoxial; þan sey þei þat þe distaunce fro þe equinoxial unto þe ende of a clymat, euene[62] a-gaynes þe pool artik, is þe latitude off þ_a_t climat[62] forsoþe. The corrections made in this section are here fully described. 1. of lyne P; of a line I; or lyne C; or the AB. 2. this] þis the AB, _absurdly;_ CP _omit_ the, _rightly_. 3. ycleped the] y-clupid þe P; cleped þe C; the same (_sic_) AB. 4. is at; _supplied from_ PCI; AB _omit_. 5. by moeving] by meuynge C; by mevyng PI; schyneth ony thing (_sic_) A; schyned eny thing B; _for the spelling_ moeving, _see_ sect. 35, l. 5. 6. meridian CP; meridianale I; Middel lyne of the (_sic_) AB. 8. 2 citees CI; too citees P; any lynes (_sic_) AB. 9. aprocheth] a-procheþ C; ap_ro_chiþ P; _miswritten_ aprochid AB. more toward] neer C; ner P; neerer I; thoward AB. 11. conteyned I; conteynyd P; contened C; consideer_e_d (_sic_) A; contined B. 13. yf P; [gh]if C; if it I; AB _omit_. N.B. It is best to use the spelling _yif_, as the word is commonly so spelt in A.