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by verray force ? at p{er}fit 2488
goode is in hym.

[Sidenote: If it were not so He could not be the Ruler of all
things, for there would be some other being excelling him who
possesses the supreme good and who must have existed before Him. ]

? For yif god ne is swiche. he ne
may nat ben p{r}ince of alle ? inges. for certis som ? ing
possessyng in hy{m} self p{er}fit goode sholde ben more
? an god. {and} [it] sholde seme ? at ? ilke ? ing were first 2492
{and} elder ? an god.
[Sidenote: And we have already shown that the perfect precedes the
imperfect;]

? For we han shewed ap{er}tly ? at
alle ? inges ? at ben p{er}fit. ben first or ? inges ? at ben inperfit.

[Linenotes:
2453 _whiche_--which
2454-55-56-58-59 _goode_--good
2454 _whiche_--whych
2457 _set_--MS. sette, C. set
2460 _seine_--seyn
_souereyne goode_--souereyn good
_be founden_--ben fownde
2461 _veyne_--veyn
2463 _? is is to seyne_--C. omits
2464 _denoyed_--MS. deuoyded, C. denoyed
_goode_--good
2465 _of_--MS. of of
2466 _al ?