and destroyeth the false thinges by the trewe thinges.
Certes, this strengthe is cause more efficient, and mochel
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more mighty to seen and to knowe thinges, than thilke cause that
suffreth and receiveth the notes and the figures impressed in
maner of matere. Algates the [passioun], that is to seyn, the
suffraunce or the wit, in the quike body, goth biforn, excitinge and
moevinge the strengthes of the thought. Right so as whan that
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cleernesse smyteth the eyen and moeveth hem to seen, or right so