e
fieblesse
of yuel al openly.
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e shrewes ben feble {and} desert {and} naked 3172
of alle streng? es.
[Sidenote: These assertions do mutually demonstrate each other. ]
and of ? ise ? inges certys eueryche of
hem is declared {and} shewed by o? {er}.
[Sidenote: For since good and evil are contrary, if good be
powerful evil must be impotent. ]
? For so as good
{and} yuel ben two cont{ra}ries. yif so be ? at goode be
stedfast. ? a{n} shewe? ?
e fieblesse of yuel al openly. 3176
[Sidenote: And if the frailty of evil is known, the strength and
stability of good must also be known to you. ]
and yif ? ou knowe clerely ? e freelnesse of yuel. ? e stedfastnesse
of goode is knowen.
[Sidenote: But to convince you I shall proceed to prove it from
both these principles, establishing these truths, by arguments
drawn first from one of these topics and then from the other. ]
but for as moche as ? e fey of
my sentence shal be ? e more ferme {and} habou{n}daunt. I
wil goon by ? at oon wey {and} by ? at o? er {and} I wil conferme 3180
? e ?
of alle streng? es.
[Sidenote: These assertions do mutually demonstrate each other. ]
and of ? ise ? inges certys eueryche of
hem is declared {and} shewed by o? {er}.
[Sidenote: For since good and evil are contrary, if good be
powerful evil must be impotent. ]
? For so as good
{and} yuel ben two cont{ra}ries. yif so be ? at goode be
stedfast. ? a{n} shewe? ?
e fieblesse of yuel al openly. 3176
[Sidenote: And if the frailty of evil is known, the strength and
stability of good must also be known to you. ]
and yif ? ou knowe clerely ? e freelnesse of yuel. ? e stedfastnesse
of goode is knowen.
[Sidenote: But to convince you I shall proceed to prove it from
both these principles, establishing these truths, by arguments
drawn first from one of these topics and then from the other. ]
but for as moche as ? e fey of
my sentence shal be ? e more ferme {and} habou{n}daunt. I
wil goon by ? at oon wey {and} by ? at o? er {and} I wil conferme 3180
? e ?
