is y-sayd "good" through goodnesse unfourmed eyther els fourmed;
and afterward, if it be accept utterly good?'
'I shal say thee,' quod she. 'These grete passed clerkes han
devyded good in-to good being alone, and that is nothing but
†god, for nothing is good in that wyse but god: also, in good by
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participacion, and that is y-cleped "good" for far fet and
representative of †godly goodnesse. And after this maner manyfold
good is sayd, that is to saye, good in kynde, and good in gendre,
and good of grace, and good of joy. Of good in kynde Austen