So ferd another clerk with astromye;
He walked in the feeldes for to prye
Up-on the sterres, what ther shoulde bifalle
Till he was in a marle-pit y-falle:
He saugh nat that.
— Chaucer, The Miller’s Tale
So ferd another clerk with astromye;
He walked in the feeldes for to prye
Up-on the sterres, what ther shoulde bifalle
Till he was in a marle-pit y-falle:
He saugh nat that.
— Chaucer, The Miller’s Tale
That might work in stagnant water.