euery hayl, euery tempest, & also þe humour of malencoly
comeþ of hi{m}. & he haþ his influence vpon derk leed, &
vpon derk [*]placis vnder þe erf[8], foul{e} and stynkynge, and derke

[[* Fol. 21b.]]

[Footnote 8: Erf = erþe.]

wodis, and vpon
foule, horrible, solitarie placis, as it is pr{e}ued in 20
vitas patru{m}, þat is to seye, in lyues & colac{i}ou{n}s of fadris /

[The Moon too is full of bane.]

And also þe moone, naturely coold and moist, haþ his influence
vpon þe nyȝt, and vpon myche moisture, and vpon þe placis
wha{n}ne 4. weyes metiþ togidere. forsoþe in alle siche placis þei 24
wole a-bide and schewe hem to her foloweris / but forsoþe þo

[‘Jubiter and Sol | .B.’]

[Jupiter and Sol, on the other hand, make devils flee, and
betoken the joy of heaven, as Saturn and the Moon do hell.]

þingis þat ben of þe nature of Iubiter and of sol, goode planetis,
arne displesynge to hi{m}, and contrarie, and naturaly deuelis fle
awei fro he{m}, for þei haue greet abhominaciou{n} of þer v{er}tuous 28
influence / þ{er}fore it schewiþ weel þ{a}t þo þingis þat ben in þis
world, su{m}me þer ben þat bitokene þe glorious yoie of heuene,
and su{m}me þing þat figure þe derknesse of euerlastynge peynes