“The Constellations: Northern, Some of the Zodiac, and Some of the Southern”

cepheus 1 and bootes 2 now
after that the swallow 3 a
maenalus mountain 4 next
after that the furious lynx 5 b
high up there is scorpio 6

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after

that

it

king leo 7
the cameleopard 8 appeareth high
next to it the little fly 9
the serpent serpent serpent bearer 10 then c
next to it the butting ram 11

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sobieskis shield 12 up there
after it the charioteer 13
the bull of poniatowski 14 then

then

next

the very prettycrane 15 d
antinous 16 and arrow 17 soon

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after it e the southern crown 18
the dolphin 19 swimmingthrough the air
next to it the altar 20 f

the hounds 21 the bull 22 areseen up there
after it the pump of

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the lesser lion 24 next wesee
next to it the armed bee 25
perseus 26 pegasus 27 then
after it the chamelion 28
andromeda 29 is seen on high

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then then the virgin 30 inthe sky
ten starred triangle 31 doth appear
the horn the horn theunicorn 32 doth bear
shining in golden light heʼsdrest
with a horn instead of

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a towering crest
the scales 33 that nothingto weigh would bear
but yet contain a thousand more
farther than that Icould not say

more than the

lofty

beautiful

milky way
the archer 34 with his

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flying dart
I should not thinkit would piercethe heart
the crab 35 and the twins 36 with their clothes of fire
I wish I had not observed the lyre 37
the little triangle 38 apears on high
and the goat 39 that

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is formed in the

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bright these stars are, beauteous gold
but let history unfold
her page of learning letus see
whether that is not morebright than thee
een thou o beauteous mercyry 41

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much better than the brightest starstar
virtue I will say youare
better than history indeed
virtue you shall

should

havethe lead

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