[Sidenote: _P._ I rejoice greatly, my dear pupil, that you so clearly apprehend this truth, of which but just now you were ignorant.]
P /. thanne seyde she thus // O my norry q{ uod} she I haue gret gladnesse of the // For thow hast fichched in thin herte the myddel sothtfastnesse // that is to seyn the prykke // but this thing hath ben 2824 descouered to the / in that thow seydyst þ{ a}t thow wystest nat a lytel her by-forn //
[Sidenote: _P._ The _End of all things_. And this is what every one desires; but we have shown that _good_ is the thing desired by all, therefore _Good_ is the _End of all things_.]
That thow ne wystest nat q{ uod} she whych was the ende of thinges // and Certes that is the thing þ{ a}t 2828 eu{ er}y wiht desireth // and for as mochel as we han gaderid / { and} co{ m}p{ re}hendyd that good is thilke thing that is desired of alle / thanne moten we nedes confessun / that good is the fyn of alle thinges. 2832
[Linenotes: 2800 _the_--H. þo 2806 _perdurablely_--H. p{ er}durably 2807 _destroied_--H. destrued 2811 _thilke_ (1)--H. ilke 2818 _heued or elles_--H. hede or els 2820 _hyen_--H. hyen) to _moste_--H. must]
[Sidenote: He who seeks truth with deep research and is unwilling to go wrong, should collect his slumbering thoughts, and turn the inner light upon the soul itself.]
++WHo so that sekith sot[-h] by a deep thoght And coueyteth nat to ben deseyuyd by no mys-weyes // lat hym rollen { and} trenden w{ i}t{ h} Inne hym self / the Lyht of his inward syhte // And lat hym gader{ e} ayein enclynynge 2836 in to a compas the longe moeuynges of hys thowhtes /
[Sidenote: The knowledge that he seeks without he will find treasured up in the recesses of the mind.]
And lat hym techen his corage that he hath enclosed { and} hyd / in his tresors / al þ{ a}t he compaseth or sekith fro w{ i}t{ h} owte //
[Sidenote: The light of Truth will disperse Error's dark clouds, and shine forth brighter than the sun.]
And thanne thilke thing that the 2840 blake cloude of errour whilom hadde y-couered / shal lyhten more clerly tha{ n}ne pheb{ us} hym self ne shyneth //
Glosa // who so wole seken the dep[e] grounde / of soth 2843 in his thowht / { and} wol nat be deceyuyd by false p{ ro}posiciou{ n}s / that goon amys fro the trouthe // lat hym wel examine / { and} rolle w{ i}t{ h} inne hym self the natur{ e} { and} the p{ ro}pretes of the thing // and lat hym yit eft sones examine { and} rollen his thowhtes by good deliberaciou{ n} 2848 or that he deme // and lat hym techen his sowle that it [[pg 101]] hat by naturel pryncyplis kyndeliche y-hyd w{ i}t{ h} in it self alle the trowthe the whiche he ymagynith to ben in thinges w{ i}t{ h} owte // And thanne alle the dyrknesse of 2852 his mysknowynge shal seen more euydently to [þe] syhte of his vndyrstondynge thanne the sonne ne semyth to [þe] syhte w{ i}t{ h} owte forth /
