Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookirst climate to the end of _the same_. The words 'evene-directe agayns the poole Artik' mean in the direction of the North pole; i.e. the latitude of a climate is reckoned from its beginning, or _southernmost_ boundary-line, towards the end of the same, viz. its _northern_ boundary-line. 22. þe poole Artik P; þe pool artyke C; the pole artike I; from north to south AB. Observe that this singular error in A, 'euene direct_e_ agayns from north to south,' probably arose from a confusion of the text 'euene direct_e_ agayns þe poole Artik' with a gloss upon it, which was 'from north to south.' It is important as throwing light on the meaning of the phrase, and proving that the interpretation of it given above (note to l. 22) is correct. 24. intercept CP; intercepte I; except (_over an erasure_) AB. The only reading about which there is any doubt is that in line 18, which may be either 'illike distant by-twene them alle' (A), or 'I-like distaunte fro þe equinoxial' (C). But it is immaterial which reading be adopted, since _Illike-distant_ is here used merely in the sense of _parallel_, and the boundaries of the climates are parallel both to one another, and to the equinoctial. The climates themselves were of different breadths. § 40, l. 4. this samples AB; þese ensamples C. 5. for sothe] _miswritten_ for sonne AB; in gen_er_al C; yn special P; _the reading_ sonne _points to_ sothe, _and makes it very probable that_ for sothe _is the true reading_. 6. the longitude] þe longitude C; latitude AB (_absurdly_); see l. 11. 7. planete; _miswritten_ that A, _but corrected_ to planete _in the margin_; C _has_ planete, _correctly_. The figure 6 is omitted in C; so are all the other figures further on. him] hir C. 8. I tok] Than toke I C. 8, 16. 2 degrees A; 3 degrees B. 10. Than tok I] Than toke I C; _for_ tok AB _wrongly have_ stykke, _afterwards altered to_ stokke _in_ A. _second_ the] _supplied from_ C, _which has_ þe; AB _omit_. 23. the] þe C; AB _omit_. 27. prikke] prickes C; _perhaps_ prikkes _would be a better reading_. 29. AB _omit the figure_ 2; _but see_ l. 8. 31. in alle] in al C; A _has_ septe_n_t_r_ionalle, _an obvious mistake for_ septe_n_trional in alle, _by confusion of the syllable_ 'al' _in the former with_ 'al' _in the latter word_; B _has_ septentrional, _omitting_ in alle. 34. signes C] tymes AB (_wrongly_); see l. 32. 46. _Perhaps_ evene _before_ of _should be omitted, as in_ C. AB _have_ in the ende euene ou_er_ of thee, _where_ euene ouer _is repeated from the former part of the line_. 47. F endlang] F endlonge C; A euene AB; _but see_ ll. 23, 24. A _omits_ of _and_ degrees, _yet both are required_; BC _omit_ of 3 degrees _altogether_. 49. til] tyl þat C; tho AB (_absurdly_). 50. saw] sey C; may AB; _see_ l. 28. 56. hir] his ABC. a] ABC _omit_. 57. _At the word_ houre _four of the best_ MSS. _break off_, viz. MSS. ABCE, _although_ E _adds one more section, viz._ sect. 46; _others come to a sudden end even sooner_, viz. MSS. DFGHK. _But_ MS. P _carries us on to the end of_ sect. 43, _and supplies the words_--þu shalt do wel ynow, _as in the old editions_. § 41. 7. betwixe] be M (_wrongly_); betwixe R; by-twyx L. M _inserts_ & _before_ to þe altitude; _a mere slip_. For; _miswritten_ Fro M. 8. thridde; _miswritten_ ridde M; þrydde R. 13. LM _wrongly place_ of _after_ the hey[gh]t _instead of before it_. § 42, l. 2. see] _so in_ LR; _miswritten_ sette M; see sect. 41, l. 4. 3. _second_ I] _so_ L; y R; M _omits_. 8. M _omits_ as, above, _and_ is þe; L _has_ 12 passethe 6 the. 11. seest] _so in_ LR; _miswritten_ settest M. 12. 60] _so in_ LNR; sexe M. 13. M _omits from_ 10 is _to_ 10 feet, _which is supplied from_ NLPR. 14. For] _so in_ LNR; fro M. 15. _For_ 2, M _has_ 6; _so also_ R. _For_ 3, M _has_ 4. 16. _For_ 2, M _has_ 6; _for_ 6, M _has_ 2; _and the words_ and 3 is 4 p_ar_tyes of 12 _are omitted, though_ L _has_--& 4 is the thrid p_ar_tye of 12. 17. betwen R] by-twene L; bitwixe P; _miswritten_ be M; cf. sect. 41, 7. 19. thre R] 3 LP; _miswritten_ þe M. § 43. Rubric _in_ M, _Umbra Versa_; obviously a mistake for _Recta_. The error is repeated in l. 1. LPR rightly read _Recta_. 3. M _omits_ 1, _which is supplied from_ LPR; see l. 5. 11. _After_ heythe (_as in_ M), LNR _add_ to thyn eye. _In place of lines_ 9-11, P _has_--& so of all_e_ oþ_er_, &c. § 44. From MS. Digby 72 (N). Also in LMOR. 2. fro] _so in_ LO; for M. 3. into] _so in_ L; in M. for] _so in_ O; fro M. 6. [gh]eris M; LNO _omit_. 7. tabelis NO; table M; tables L. 8. where L; qwere O; wheþ_er_ N. 9. loke LM; N _omits_. 11, 2. NM _omit from_ or what _to_ or; _supplied from_ O, _which has_--or qwat nombre þat euere it be, tyl þe tyme þat þ_o_u come to 20, or 40, or 60. _I have merely turned_ qwat _into_ what, _as in_ L, _which also has this insertion_. 13. wreten N; _the alteration to_ wryte _is my own_; see l. 23. under] _so in_ L; vndirneþe M. 14. to-geder] too-geder M; _miswritten_ to 2 degreis N; to the 2 degrees L. 15. hast M; _miswritten_ laste N; last L. 16. that (1); _supplied from_ M; LN _omit. For_ 1 (_as in_ M) LN _have_ 10. 21. to-gedere M; to the degreis N; 2 grees O; to degrees L. 22. that (2); _supplied from_ M; LNO _omit_. lasse] passid LNO; M _omits_. Of course _passid_ is wrong, and equally of course _lasse_ is right; see ll. 5, 6 above, and l. 25 below. 25. that] _so in_ L; þ_a_t MO; if h_i_t N. 27. entringe] e_n_tre M; entre L. ther] _so in_ M; _miswritten_ the [gh]ere N; the [gh]eer L. 30. m_er_ydie LM; m_er_die N. 32. for LM; fro N (_twice_). 34. tha[gh]the N; have tau[gh]t M; have taw[gh]t O; haue tauht L. 36. the (1); _supplied from_ M; LNO _omit_. w_i_t_h_ the] _so in_ M; wyche N; _see_ l. 36. 40. in (2)] in-to N; yn M. § 45. From MS. Digby 72 (N); also in LOR; but not in M. 4. that N; the L; þe O (_after_ wryte _in_ l. 3). 6. wrytou_n_ O; Iwyton N. _But_ L _has_ I wold wyttyn; _read_--I wolde witen precise my rote; cf. ll. 19, 30. 8. 1397] _miswritten_ 1391 LN; O _has_ 1391, _corrected to_ 1397; see l. 3. 11. so[gh]th N; sowte O; sowthe L; _read_ soghte. 14. vnd_er_ N; vndyr-nethe O; vndre-nethe L. 20, 1. oþer i_n_ any oþ_er_ tyme or monyth N; or any oder tymys or monthys O; or i_n_ eny other moneth L. 27. adde] _supplied from_ L; NO _omit_. There is no doubt about it, for see l. 16. 31. wete the] _so in_ O; wete thi L; _miswritten_ with thy N; see l. 19. 35. and (3)] _supplied from_ LO; N _omits_. § 46, 5, 6. þat same E; þe same S. 10. it S; E _omits_. 13. þ_a_t same (_om._ tyme) E; þe same tyme S. 16. þ_o_u þan esely E; than shallt thou easly S. 17. tyme of E; tyme of the S. 20. S meve (_for_ bringe furþe). § 41_a_. This and the remaining sections are certainly spurious. They occur in LMNR, the first being also found in O. The text of 41_a_-42_b_ is from M. 3. hast] _supplied from_ LR; M _omits_. § 42_a_, 1. heyth by þy N; heyth by the L; heythe bi þi |