The complete works of John Gower, volume 3 : $b The English worksGower, John
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The complete works of John Gower, volume 3 : $b The English works
Gower, John
Poetry
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.
[Sidenote: Quinta Stella vocatur Canis maior, cuius lapis
Berillus[1031] et herba Savina est.]
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.
[Sidenote: Sexta Stella vocatur Canis minor, cuius lapis
Achates et herba Primula est.]
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,[1032]
Ben Achates and Primerole.
[Sidenote: Septima Stella vocatur Arial, cuius lapis
Gorgonza et herba Celidonia est.]
The sefnthe sterre in special
Of this science is Arial,
[Sidenote: =P. iii. 131=]
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
[Sidenote: Octaua stella vocatur Ala Corui, cuius lapis
Honochinus[1033] et herba Lapacia est.]
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, hot of no beyete;
His Ston is Honochinus hote,
Thurgh which men worchen gret riote.
[Sidenote: Nona stella vocatur Alaezel, cuius lapis
Smaragdus et herba Salgea est.]
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,[1034]
To whom is yoven many a laude:
Salge is his herbe appourtenant
Aboven al the remenant.
[Sidenote: Decima stella vocatur Almareth, cuius lapis
Iaspis et herba Plantago est.]
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.
[Sidenote: Vndecima Stella vocatur Venenas, cuius lapis
Adamans et herba Cicorea est.]
The sterre ellefthe is Venenas,[1035]
The whos nature is as it was
[Sidenote: =P. iii. 132=]
Take of Venus and of the Mone,
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