Even things without life, giving a voice, whether pipe or harp, if they give not a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?
For tho thingis þat ben withouten soule, and yyueth voices, ethir pipe, eþer harpe, but tho yyuen distinccioun of sownyngis, hou schal it be knowun þat is sungun, eþer þat þat is trumpid?