Of rust, of stink and of hardnesse:

And whan thei ben of such clennesse,

Transformeth al the ferste kynde 2560

Thurgh his vertu, and to receive

Bothe in substance and in figure

With help and confort of the fyr

Forth with this Ston, as it is seid,

Which to the Sonne and Mone is leid; 2570