[Sidenote: [The 3^de Met{ur}.]]
[Sidenote: Her touch dispels the darkness of his soul, just as the
heavy vapours, that darken the skies and obscure the sunlight, are
chased away by the north wind, causing the return of the hidden
day, when the sun smites our wondering sight with his sudden
light.]
++Þus when þat nyȝt was discussed {and} chased awey.
derknesses forleften me. {and} to myn eyen repeyre
aȝeyne her firste strenkeþ. and ryȝt by ensample as
þe sonne is hid when þe sterres ben clustred. þat is to 152
sey whe{n} sterres ben couered wiþ cloudes by a swifte
wynde þat hyȝt chorus. {and} þat þe firmame{n}t stont
derked by wete ploungy cloudes. and þat þe sterres not
apperen vpo{n} heuene. ¶ So þat þe nyȝt semeþ sprad 156
vpo{n} erþe. ¶ Yif þan þe wynde þat hyȝt borias
sent out of þe kaues of þe contre of Trace betiþ þis [[pg 10]]
nyȝt. þat is to seyn chasiþ it away {and} descouereþ þe
closed day. ¶ Þan schineþ pheb{us} yshaken wiþ 160
sodeyne lyȝt {and} smyteþ wiþ hys bemes i{n} m{er}uely{n}g
eyen.
[Linenotes:
149 _when_--whan
150 _myn_--myne
_repeyre_--repeyrede
151 _aȝeyne_--omitted
_her firste_--hir fyrst
152 _hid_--MS. hidde, C. hid
_when_--whan
153 _sey_--seyn
_when_--whan
154 _hyȝt_--heyhte
_chorus_--MS. thorus
_stont_--MS. stonde, C. stant
157 _þan_--thanne
_wynde_--wynd
_hyȝt_--hyhte
158 _sent_--isent
160 _þan_--thanne
161 _sodeyne_--sodeyn]
[Headnote:
THE TRIALS OF PHILOSOPHY AND PHILOSOPHERS.]