t ful of
souereyne p{er}fit goode.
souereyne p{er}fit goode.
Chaucer - Boethius
fennely, C.
fermely
_so? efastly_--sothfastly
2486 [_he ? at_]--from C.
_is bettre_--nis bettr{e}
2488-89-91 _goode_--good
2489 _swiche_--swych
2492 [_it_]--from C.
_seme_--semen
2493 _elder_--elder{e}]
[Headnote:
GOD THE SOURCE OF TRUE FELICITY. ]
[Sidenote: wherefore, that our reasonings may not run on with
infinity, we must confess that the Supreme God is full of perfect
and consummate good. ]
? And for ? i for as moche as [that] my resou{n}
or my p{ro}ces ne go nat awey wi? oute an ende. we 2496
ou? t[e] to graunten ? at ? e souereyne god is ry?
t ful of
souereyne p{er}fit goode. [[pg 90]]
[Sidenote: And as we have seen that the perfect good is true
happiness, it follows that the true felicity resides in the
Supreme Divinity. ]
and we han establissed ? at ? e
souereyne goode is verrey blisfulnesse. ? an mot it nedes
ben [? {a}t verray blysfulnesse is] yset i{n} souereyne god. 2500
_B. _ ? is take I wel q{uo}d . I. ne ? is ne may nat be wi? seid
in no manere.
[Sidenote: But let us see how we can firmly and irrefragably prove
that the Supreme God contains in his own nature a plenitude of
perfect and consummate good.
_so? efastly_--sothfastly
2486 [_he ? at_]--from C.
_is bettre_--nis bettr{e}
2488-89-91 _goode_--good
2489 _swiche_--swych
2492 [_it_]--from C.
_seme_--semen
2493 _elder_--elder{e}]
[Headnote:
GOD THE SOURCE OF TRUE FELICITY. ]
[Sidenote: wherefore, that our reasonings may not run on with
infinity, we must confess that the Supreme God is full of perfect
and consummate good. ]
? And for ? i for as moche as [that] my resou{n}
or my p{ro}ces ne go nat awey wi? oute an ende. we 2496
ou? t[e] to graunten ? at ? e souereyne god is ry?
t ful of
souereyne p{er}fit goode. [[pg 90]]
[Sidenote: And as we have seen that the perfect good is true
happiness, it follows that the true felicity resides in the
Supreme Divinity. ]
and we han establissed ? at ? e
souereyne goode is verrey blisfulnesse. ? an mot it nedes
ben [? {a}t verray blysfulnesse is] yset i{n} souereyne god. 2500
_B. _ ? is take I wel q{uo}d . I. ne ? is ne may nat be wi? seid
in no manere.
[Sidenote: But let us see how we can firmly and irrefragably prove
that the Supreme God contains in his own nature a plenitude of
perfect and consummate good.