alter in hunc medium summumque incumbit in axem perque pedes primos cervicem transit et Ursae, quam septem stellae primam iam sole remoto producunt nigrae praebentem lumina nocti, et Geminis Cancrum dirimit stringitque flagrantem ore Canem clavumque Ratis, quae vicerat aequor, inde axem occultum per gyri signa prioris transversa atque illo rursus de limite tangit te, Capricorne, tuisque Aquilam designat ab astris, perque Lyram inversam currens spirasque Draconis posteriora pedum Cynosurae praeterit astra transversamque secat vicino cardine caudam: hic iterum coit ipse sibi, memor unde profectus.
The other circle rests upon the middle of this one at the upper pole, whence it passes through the forefeet and neck of that Bear which with the setting of the Sun seven stars bring first to view as it offers its lights to the blackness of night; it parts the Crab from the Twins and grazes the Dog with the blazing face and the rudder of the Ship which conquered ocean; thence it touches the hidden pole, cutting at right angles the path of the former circle. On its way back from this line it touches Capricorn and, leaving Capricorns stars, marks the Eagle; it runs through the inverted Lyre and the coils of the Dragon, and passes by the stars of Cynosures hind feet, whose tail it cuts at right angles close to the pole. Here it meets itself again, mindful whence it came.
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