of divinitee men ben maked blisful. Right as by the getinge
of Iustice [they ben maked iust], and by the getinge of sapience
they ben maked wyse: right so, nedes, by the semblable resoun,
whan they han geten divinitee, they ben maked goddes. Thanne
is every blisful man god; but certes, by nature, ther nis but
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o god; but, by the participacioun of divinitee, ther ne let ne
desturbeth nothing that ther ne ben manye goddes.'
'This is,' quod I, 'a fair thing and a precious, clepe it as
thou wolt; be it porisme or corollarie,' or mede of coroune or