it surmounteth the environinge of the [universitee], and looketh,
over that, by pure subtilitee of thoght, thilke same simple forme
of man that is perdurably in the divyne thoght. In whiche this
oughte greetly to ben considered, that the heyeste strengthe to
comprehenden thinges enbraseth and contieneth the lowere
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strengthe; but the lowere strengthe ne aryseth nat in no manere
to heyere strengthe. For wit ne may no-thing comprehende out
of matere, ne the imaginacioun ne loketh nat the universels
speces, ne resoun taketh nat the simple forme so as intelligence