of alle thinges, is good. For, so as nothing ne may ben thought
bettre than god, it may nat ben douted thanne that he, that
[nothing nis bettre], that he [nis good]. Certes, resoun sheweth
that god is so good, that it proveth by verray force that parfit
good is in him. For yif god ne is swich, he ne may nat ben
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prince of alle thinges; for certes som-thing possessing in it-self
parfit good, sholde ben more worthy than god, and it sholde
semen that thilke thing were first, and elder than god. For
we han shewed apertly that alle thinges that ben parfit ben