at ben 2544 souereynely
goode ne mowen by no wey ben diuerse.
Chaucer - Boethius
er of hem ben p{er}fit. so as ey?er of hem lakki? to
o?ir.
[Sidenote: That which is not perfect cannot be the supreme good.]
but ?at ?at nis nat p{er}fit men may seen apertly
?at it nis nat souereyne.
[Sidenote: Neither can the chief good be essentially different.]
?e ?inges ?an ?
at ben 2544 souereynely
goode ne mowen by no wey ben diuerse.
[Sidenote: But it has been shown that God and happiness are the
chief good, wherefore the sovereign felicity and the Supreme
Divinity are one and the same.]
? But I haue wel conclude ?at blisfulnesse {and} god ben
[the] souereyne goode. For whiche it mot nedes be ?at
souereyne blisfulnesse is souerey[ne] dyuynite. ? No 2548
?ing q{uo}d I nis more so?efast ?an ?is ne more ferme by
resou{n}. ne a more wor?i ?ing ?
