[Sidenote: =P. iii. 134=] The which Megaster cleped was. An other Auctor in this cas Is Arachel, the which men note; His bok is Abbategnyh hote. Danz Tholome is noght the leste, Which makth the bok of Almageste; 1460 And Alfraganus doth the same, Whos bok is Chatemuz be name. Gebuz and Alpetragus eke Of Planisperie, which men seke,[1042] The bokes made: and over this Ful many a worthi clerc ther is, That writen upon this clergie The bokes of Altemetrie, Planemetrie and ek also, Whiche as belongen bothe tuo, 1470 So as thei ben naturiens, Unto these Astronomiens. Men sein that Habraham was on;[1043] Bot whether that he wrot or non, That finde I noght; and Moïses Ek was an other: bot Hermes Above alle othre in this science[1044] He hadde a gret experience; Thurgh him was many a sterre assised, Whos bokes yit ben auctorized. 1480 I mai noght knowen alle tho That writen in the time tho Of this science; bot I finde, Of jugement be weie of kinde [Sidenote: =P. iii. 135=] That in o point thei alle acorden: Of sterres whiche thei recorden That men mai sen upon the hevene, Ther ben a thousend sterres evene And tuo and twenty, to the syhte Whiche aren of hemself so bryhte,[1045] 1490 That men mai dieme what thei be, The nature and the proprete. Nou hast thou herd, in which a wise[1046] These noble Philosophres wise Enformeden this yonge king, And made him have a knowleching Of thing which ferst to the partie Belongeth of Philosophie, Which Theorique cleped is, As thou tofore hast herd er this. 1500 Bot nou to speke of the secounde, Which Aristotle hath also founde, And techeth hou to speke faire, Which is a thing full necessaire To contrepeise the balance, Wher lacketh other sufficance. [Sidenote: [ii. RHETORIC.]] v. _Compositi pulcra sermonis verba placere_[1047] _Principio poterunt, veraque fine placent._ _Herba, lapis, sermo, tria sunt virtute repleta,_ _Vis tamen ex verbi pondere plura facit._[1048]