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seyd, our corage nis nat y-taught or empreinted by passioun to

knowe thise thinges, but demeth and knoweth, of his owne strengthe,

the passioun or suffraunce subiect to the body: moche more

thanne tho thinges that ben absolut and quite fro alle talents

or affecciouns of bodies, as god or his aungeles, ne folwen nat in

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discerninge thinges obiect fro withoute-forth, but they accomplisshen

and speden the dede of hir thoght. By this resoun

thanne ther comen many maner knowinges to dyverse and