The .vij. sciences callyd lyberall.
O]f seuyn sciences, callyd lyberall,
Gramer techeþ congruite & wrytyng,
Philosophy in especiall
Telleþ natures of euery maner thyng,
Ars metryk craft of proporcionyng,
Musyk concord, rethoryk eloquence,
Astronomy by diurnall meuyng
The world gouerneth, by heuynly influence.
Auctors of seuyn sciences.
Auctor of gramer was whilom Precian,
Ewclyd excellyd in craft of geometry,
Tully in rethoryk was a famous man,
Hermogines fadyr of phylosophy,
Boys wrote of musyk & of melody,
Of methephysyk wrote Aristotyles,
Albimazar of astronomy,
Founders of sciences & vertuos encrese.
Explicit.
