¶ But I p{re}ie þe q{uo}d she see now how þou mayst preuen holily {and} wiþ-oute{n} corrupciou{n} þis þat I haue seid. þat þe souereyne god is ryȝt ful of 2504 souereyne goode. [In whych man{er}e q{uo}d I.] wenest þou ouȝt q{uo}d she þat þis p{r}ince of alle þinges haue ytake þilke souereyne good any where þan of hym self. ¶ of whiche souereyne goode men p{ro}ueþ þat he is ful 2508 ryȝt as þou myȝtest þinken. þat god þat haþ blisfulnesse in hym self. {and} þat ilke blisfulnesse þat is in hym were diu{er}s in substaunce. [Sidenote: If you think that God has received this good from without, then you must believe that the giver of this good is more excellent than God the receiver.] ¶ For yif þou wene þat god haue receyued þilke good oute of hy{m} self. þou 2512 mayst wene þat he þat ȝaf þilke good to god. be more goode þan is god. [Sidenote: But we have concluded that there is nothing more excellent than God.] ¶ But I am byknowen {and} confesse {and} þat ryȝt dignely þat god is ryȝt worþi abouen alle þinges. [Sidenote: But if this supreme good is in Him by nature, and is nevertheless of a different substance, we cannot conceive, since God is the author of all things, what could have united these two substances differing one from another.] ¶ And yif so be þat þis good be in hym by 2516 nature. but þat it is diu{er}s from [hym] by wenyng resou{n}. syn we speke of god p{r}ince of alle þinges feyne who so feyne may. who was he þat [hath] co{n}ioigned þise diu{er}s þinges to-gidre. [Sidenote: Lastly, a thing which essentially differs from another cannot be the same with that from which it is supposed to differ.] {and} eke at þe last[e] se 2520 wel þat o þing þat is diu{er}s from any þing. þat þilke þing nis nat þat same þing. fro whiche it is vndirstonde{n} to ben diu{er}s. [Sidenote: Consequently, what in its nature differs from the chief good cannot be the supreme good.] þan folweþ it. þat þilke þi{n}g þat by hys nature is dyuers from souereyne good. þat þat 2524 þing nys nat souereyne good. [Sidenote: But it would be impious and profane thus to conceive of God, since nothing can excel Him in goodness and worth.] but certys þat were a felonous corsednesse to þinken þat of hym. þat no þing nis more worþe. [Sidenote: In fact, nothing can exist whose nature is better than its origin.] For alwey of alle þinges. þe nat{ur}e of hem ne may nat ben better þan his bygy{n}nyng. 2528