[note] In all of the editions, this poem is called “The Trasection”[/note]
Cut the line of Wisdom into three parts: Prudence, Experience, and Judgment. Then draw a line of Discretion equal to the line of Experience, and a line of Industry equal to the line of Prudence, and a line of Temperance equal to the line of Judgment; and to Temperance an equal line of Tranquility, and to the line Industry a line of Ingenuity, and to the line of Discretion draw an equal line of Obedience. Then all these lines measured with the rule of Reason, you’ll find them[note]you’ll find them] and you’l finde it 1653[/note] equal to the line of Wisdom. Join these lines[note]these lines] them 1664, 1668[/note] together, and let Truth make[note]and let Truth make] Truth makes 1653[/note] the angle. This is the Trisection. [note]Trisection] Trasection 1653, 1664, 1668[/note]