A Middle English version was written in 1391 by Geoffrey Chaucer, who himself owned and used an astrolabe, setting with it the recently invented clocks.
AmaNgesi aphakathi engxelo eyobhalwa ngonyaka wekhulu leshumi elinesithathu lamawaka linamashumi alithoba ananye nguGoerge Chaucer owaye ngumnini asebenza ngencutshe ebekwa ukudala kwiwotshi esandukulu ukwenziwa.