Thus bothe an angel and a man, The whiche of al that god began Be chief, obeien goddes myht,[939] And he stant endeles upriht. 120 To this science ben prive The clerkes of divinite, The whiche unto the poeple prechen The feith of holi cherche and techen, Which in som cas upon believe Stant more than thei conne prieve Be weie of Argument sensible: Bot natheles it is credible, And doth a man gret meede have, To him that thenkth himself to save. 130 [Sidenote: =P. iii. 89=] Theologie in such a wise Of hih science and hih aprise Above alle othre stant unlike, And is the ferste of Theorique. [Sidenote: [PHYSICS.]] Phisique is after the secounde, [Sidenote: Nota de secunda parte Theorice, que Phisica dicitur.] Thurgh which the Philosophre hath founde To techen sondri knowlechinges Upon the bodiliche thinges. Of man, of beste, of herbe, of ston, Of fissch, of foughl, of everychon 140 That ben of bodely substance, The nature and the circumstance Thurgh this science it is ful soght, Which vaileth and which vaileth noght. [Sidenote: [MATHEMATICS.]] The thridde point of Theorique, [Sidenote: Nota de tercia parte Theorice, que Mathematica dicitur, cuius condicio quatuor in se continet intelligencias, scilicet Arsmeticam, Musicam, Geometriam et Astronomiam: set primo de Artismetice natura dicere intendit.] Which cleped is Mathematique, Devided is in sondri wise And stant upon diverse aprise. The ferste of whiche is Arsmetique, And the secounde is seid Musique, 150 The thridde is ek Geometrie, Also the ferthe Astronomie. Of Arsmetique the matiere Is that of which a man mai liere What Algorisme in nombre amonteth, Whan that the wise man acompteth After the formel proprete Of Algorismes Abece: Be which multiplicacioun Is mad and diminucioun 160 [Sidenote: =P. iii. 90=] Of sommes be thexperience Of this Art and of this science. [Sidenote: Nota de Musica, que secunda pars Artis Mathematice dicitur.] The seconde of Mathematique,[940] Which is the science of Musique, That techeth upon Armonie A man to make melodie Be vois and soun of instrument Thurgh notes of acordement, The whiche men pronounce alofte, Nou scharpe notes and nou softe, 170 Nou hihe notes and nou lowe, As be the gamme a man mai knowe, Which techeth the prolacion Of note and the condicion. [Sidenote: Nota de tercia specie Artis Mathematice, quam Geometriam vocant.[941]] Mathematique of his science Hath yit the thridde intelligence