alter ab excelso decurrens limes Olympo Serpentis caudam siccas et dividit Arctos et iuga Chelarum medio volitantia gyro, extremamque secans Hydram mediumque sub austris Centaurum adverso concurrit rursus in axe, et redit in caelum, squamosaque tergora Ceti Lanigerique notat fines clarumque Trigonum Andromedaeque sinus imos, vestigia matris, principiumque suum repetito cardine claudit.
One line, starting at the top of the sky, goes through the tail of the Dragon and the Bears that avoid the ocean, as well as the Balance which rotates in the center circle. It cuts through the edge of the Water-snake and the center of the southern Centaur, and then meets at the opposite circle at the pole. Returning upward, it highlights the scaly back of the Whale, the border of the Ram, the shining Triangle, the lowest part of Andromeda's dress, her mother's feet, and ends where it began at the pole.