'Thenne Aries hath respect to the hed; And this signe is hote and dry, fiery & colerik. Saturne hath ij witnes in Ariete, a triplicitate and a terme. Jubit_er_ also hath ij, a triplicitate and a term_e_. Mars hath iij testimonials or iij fortitudis in Ariete, A hows, A face, and A terme. The sonne hath iij fortitudis in Ariete, s_cilicet_, an exaltaciou_n_, a triplicite, and a face. Venus hath ij testimonials, A terme and a face. M_er_cury hath on_e_ testymony, that is to sey, a term_e_. And luna in Ariete hath no testimoniall. For the which it is to know, that the influens of the planet_is_ may be fortyfied v maner of wayes. And these v man_er_ be called v fortitud_is_ of planet_is_, or testimonials, which be these: _domus_, _exaltacio_, _triplicitas_, _terminus_, and _facies_. _Domus_ gevith to a planet v fortitud_is_; And a planet in his hows is lyke a kynge in his hall, And in the high trone of his gl_or_ie. A planet in his _exaltacioun_ is lyke a kynge when he is crowned. A planet in his _triplicite_ is like a kynge in hono_ur_, Amonge his sencible people. A planet in his _terme_ is As a man_n_ among_es_ his kynnesmen_n_ And fryndis. _Facies_ gyvith to a planet that thyng the which rowme gyvith to a maistre. Wherfore _facies_ gyvith only on fortitude, _Terminus_ ij, _Triplicitas_ iij, _Exaltacio_ iiij, And _domus_ v. And for the more clere declaraciou_n_, the dignytes of planet_is_ in signes be co_m_p_re_hendid in this figure ensuynge, &c.[75]'--Same MS., Tract C. p. 13. 'The dygnytes of planet_is_ in the signes, most speciall they be to be noted in iudicials. When the mone is _in Ariete_, it is not gode, but vtterly to be exshewed, both for seke And disesid, for to shafe their_e_ hede or to boist in the eris or in the nek; nor loke þou let no blode in the vayn of the hede. How-be-it, benyficiall it is to begynne eu_er_y worke that þou woldest bryng aboute son_e_. But that thynge that is stabill ought to be eschewed. In this signe it is necessary to dele with noble estat_is_ And rich men, And for to go in-to A bayn_e_ [_bath_][76].'--Same MS., Tract C. p. 14. 54, 5. See Prologue, l. 73. As the zodiak is here called a part of the eighth sphere, so we have been before told that the equinoctial is the girdle of the ninth sphere; see note above to sect 17. l. 28. 57. _evene parties_, equal parts. That is, the equinoctial bisects the zodiac. But the northern half _looks_ much smaller than the southern on the Astrolabe, owing to the manner in which the zodiac is there represented, viz. by projection on the plane of the equator. PART II. § 1. Rubric, _hir cours_. The gender of the sun was feminine in Anglo-Saxon, and that of the moon masculine; but in Chaucer's time, the gender was very variable, owing to the influence of Latin and French.