[Sidenote: But, as you are so quick of apprehension, I shall
continue this mode of reasoning.
continue this mode of reasoning.
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byfore me q{uo}d she. {and} ? is is ? e iugement ? at is to
seyn. ? I iuge of ? e ry? t as ? ise leches ben wont forto
hopen of seke folk whan ? ei ap{er}ceyuen ? at nature is
redressed {and} wi? stonde? to ? e maladie.
[Sidenote: But, as you are so quick of apprehension, I shall
continue this mode of reasoning. ]
? But for I 3256
see ? e now al redy to ? e vndirstandynge I shal shewe
? e more ? ilke {and} continuel resou{n}s.
[Sidenote: The weakness of the wicked is conspicuous--they cannot
attain the end to which their natural disposition prompts and
almost compels them; what would become of them without this
natural prompting, so powerful and irresistible? ]
? For loke now
how gretly shewi? ? e feblesse {and} infirmite of wicked [[pg 115]]
folke. ? at ne mowen nat come to ? at hire naturel 3260
entenc{i}ou{n} lede? hem.
byfore me q{uo}d she. {and} ? is is ? e iugement ? at is to
seyn. ? I iuge of ? e ry? t as ? ise leches ben wont forto
hopen of seke folk whan ? ei ap{er}ceyuen ? at nature is
redressed {and} wi? stonde? to ? e maladie.
[Sidenote: But, as you are so quick of apprehension, I shall
continue this mode of reasoning. ]
? But for I 3256
see ? e now al redy to ? e vndirstandynge I shal shewe
? e more ? ilke {and} continuel resou{n}s.
[Sidenote: The weakness of the wicked is conspicuous--they cannot
attain the end to which their natural disposition prompts and
almost compels them; what would become of them without this
natural prompting, so powerful and irresistible? ]
? For loke now
how gretly shewi? ? e feblesse {and} infirmite of wicked [[pg 115]]
folke. ? at ne mowen nat come to ? at hire naturel 3260
entenc{i}ou{n} lede? hem.