Popular treatises on science written during the Middle Ages, in Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman, and English / Edited from the original manuscripts by Thomas Wright.

  • Thomas Wright
Date:
1841
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Credit: Popular treatises on science written during the Middle Ages, in Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman, and English / Edited from the original manuscripts by Thomas Wright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1346.] j^jACEZ en verited, si cum est esproved, Cez regulers que avum des jurs de P an E issi faiterement senz nul deceivement parnum; Les jurs de Pan partum par .xxx. par raisun, Del remanant avum cine jurz, [qe apelum] Regulers en verted, si cum est espruved: 1 Septembre cel mais cestes ad, seo saceis. Pur geo que Egyptien e li compotistien Bons furent, les truverent, q iloc les poserent. E or veez raisun cume les altres truvum, Que li altre meis unt, que aprof icel sunt. La lune en verted si cum est espruved, Chascune luneisun itant ad par raisun; L’une .xx. .ix. jurs, le altre .xxx. en sun curs. Pur cel di par raisun, guardez la luneisun Que Septembre tendrat, les regulers que il ad. Ensemble les justez .xxxv. en averez. Si les .xxx. en ostez, e les .v. retenez, Le reguler avereiz de Octovre icel mais. Li altre ensement unt ceste ordeinement, Sulum geo par raisuns que il unt les luneisuns. q or veez brefment tut lur ordeinement; E issi sunt par nature, cum veez sa figure. Le mais i ai posee de devant, en vertet, Des regulers que avums des .xij. luneisuns. or veez raisun des epactes que avum. ^Sulum Gregesse gent geo est adoisement. Chascun an les creisum par .xi. par raisun; Mais si il vait ultre .xxx., de igeo aez entente, .xxx. en devez geter, le remanant guarder, De igeo vus voil guarnir, geo est Pepacte a tenir Know in truth, as it is proved,—these regulars which we have we take from the days of the year;—and thus truly, without any guile,—we rightly divide the days of the year by thirty,—in the remainder we have five days, which we call—regulars, in truth, as is proved:—and the month of September has them, you must know! Because the Egyptians and the calculators of the compotus—were good, they found them, and placed them there.—And now you see the manner how we find the others,—which the other months have which come after this one.—The moon in truth, as is proved,—each lunation has so many rightly ;—the one has twentv- nine days, the other thirty in its course.—Therefore I say rightly, keep the lunation —which will happen in September, and its regulars,—add them together, you will have 35.—If you take 30 from them, and retain the 5,—you will have thebegular of the month of October.—The others similarly have this arrangement,—according rightly as they have the lunations.—And now see briefly all their arrangement; —and thus they are hv nature, as you see the figure.—I have placed the months’, in truth, before—the regulars which we have from the twelve lunations. And now see the explanation of the epacts which we have.—According to the Grecian people, that is, adding to.—Every year we increase them by 11 rightly •_ hut if it exceed 30, attend to that,—you must throw out 30, and keep the remainder, —of that I will warn you, that is the epact to be held—in the year which shall F