To knowe the degre of the sonne by thy ryet, for a maner curiosite.
Sek besily with thy rule the highest of the sonne in mydde of
the day. Turne than thin Astrelabie, and with a pricke of ynke
marke the nombre of that same altitude in the lyne meridional;
turne than thy ryet aboute tyl thou fynde a degre of thy zodiak
according with the pricke, this is to seyn, sitting on the
pricke. And in soth thou shalt finde but 2 degrees in all the
zodiak of that condicioun; and yit thilke 2 degrees ben in
diverse signes. Than maist thou lightly, by the sesoun of the
yere, knowe the signe in which that is the sonne.
