And ther-of comth it, that [in every thing general], yif that men

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sen any-thing that is inparfit, certes, in thilke general ther mot

ben som-thing that is parfit; for yif so be that perfeccioun is

don awey, men may nat thinke ne seye fro whennes thilke

thing is that is cleped inparfit. For the nature of thinges ne

took nat hir beginninge of thinges amenused and inparfit, but

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it procedeth of thinges that ben al hoole and absolut, and

[descendeth] so doun in-to outterest thinges, and in-to thinges