. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . ch we have of inter-course between parents and children do not, to me,prove the assertion. Chaucer was pleased and proud of the progress ofhis little son in mathematics, which, with the Lan-guages, formed the substance of schooling in thatday. He had previously given the child a smallastrolabe as a reward, and the child wished to learnabout it; and as Latin treatises were hard to com-prehend, the father wrote one suited to the childsmind. Here are his own words : —
. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . ch we have of inter-course between parents and children do not, to me,prove the assertion. Chaucer was pleased and proud of the progress ofhis little son in mathematics, which, with the Lan-guages, formed the substance of schooling in thatday. He had previously given the child a smallastrolabe as a reward, and the child wished to learnabout it; and as Latin treatises were hard to com-prehend, the father wrote one suited to the childsmind. Here are his own words : — Litell Lowys my son, I have perceived well by certainevidences thine abilitie to lerne sciencez touching nombresand proporcions ; and as well, I consider thy bisi preyer inspecial to lern the tretis of the Astrelabie. Than, for asmuch as a philosofre seith, he wrappeth him in his friendthat condescendeth to the rightful preirs of his friend, there-for have I given thee a sufficient astralabie for owr orizonte[horizon] compared after the latitude of Oxenford uponwhich by inditecon of this litel tretis, I propose to teach a. Armillary Sphere Dial at Brockenhurst, New Forest, England. Portable Sun-dials ^33 certain nombre of conclusions apporteying to this instru-ment. His conclusions are interesting : that the astrolabewas the most noble of instruments ; that they weretoo little known ; and that all treatises upon themwere too hard to thy tendre age of X years to con-ceive. I wil showe litle reules Sz naked words in Englisshsince Latyn he kanstow yet but smal, my litle son. And I pray trewly every discreet person that redith thislitle tretis to have my rude endyting excused, and my su-
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