departen from hir welle, that is to seyn, from hir biginninge, and
faylen, that is to seyn, torne in-to nought.
[This is] the comune Love to alle thinges; and alle thinges axen
to ben holden by the fyn of good. For elles ne mighten they nat
lasten, yif they ne come nat eft-sones ayein, by Love retorned, to
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the cause that hath yeven hem beinge, that is to seyn, to god.
Me. VI. 1. A. om. wys; Lat. sollers. 3. C. the souereyn; A. om. the. 5. C. clerke (!); for cercle. 7. C. cours (meatus); see 13. 9. A. dyȝen; C. deeyn, glossed tingere; Ed. deyen. 10. A. in-to (for in). 16. A. striuen nat with the drye thinges, but yiuen. 24. A. al; C. alle. // A. bredith; C. Ed. bereth; read bretheth (spirat). 31. C. om. the. 35. A. bygynnynge; C. bygynge.
Prose VII.
Iamne igitur uides.