Item serpens est porrecta, e qua stella quae dicitur polus elucet circum caput maioris septentrionis; namque quae est proxume draconem, circum caput eius involvitur.
The Dragon is also spread out, and from this constellation the pole-star, so-called, shines against the head of the Great Bear. For the Bear which is nearest the Dragon has its head bent round.
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