[Sidenote: [The 3^de Met{ur}.]]
++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 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 vpo{n} erþe. ¶ Yif þan þe wynde þat hyȝt borias sent out of þe
kaues of þe contre of Trace betiþ þis nyȝt. þat is to seyn chasiþ it
away {and} descouereþ þe closed day. ¶ Þan schineþ pheb{us} yshaken wiþ
sodeyne lyȝt {and} smyteþ wiþ hys bemes i{n} m{er}uely{n}g eyen.