[Sidenote: Have I not shown, too, that the true and chief good is made up of an assemblage of all the goods in such a way, that if sufficiency is an attribute of this good, it must at the same time possess power, reverence, &c.] ¶ But þan atte arst ben þei verray good whan þei ben gadred to-gidre al in to a forme {and} in 2676 to oon wirchy{n}g. so þat þilke þing þat is suffisaunce. þilk same be power {and} reuerence. {and} noblesse {and} mirþe. [Sidenote: If they be not one and the same, why should they be classed among desirable things?] ¶ And forsoþe but alle þise þi{n}ges ben alle o same þing þei ne han nat wher by þat þei mowen ben 2680 put in þe nou{m}bre of þinges. þat auȝten ben requered or desired. _b._ ¶ It is shewed q{uo}d .I. ne her of may þer no man douten. [Sidenote: While these things differ from one another they are not goods; but as soon as they become one then they are made goods.--Do not they owe their being good to their unity?] _p._ þe þinges þan q{uo}d she þat ne ben none goodes whan þei ben diu{er}se. {and} whan þei [[pg 96]] bygynnen to ben al o þing. þan ben þei goodes. ne 2685 comiþ it hem nat þan by þe getynge of unite þat þei ben maked goodes. [Sidenote: _B._ So it appears.] _b._ so it semeþ q{uo}d .I. [Sidenote: _P._ Do you confess that everything that is good becomes such by the participation of the sovereign good or no?] but alle þing þat is good q{uo}d she grauntest þou þat it be good by p{ar}ticipac{i}ou{n} 2688 of good or no. [Sidenote: _B._ It is so.] ¶ I graunt[e] it q{uo}d .I. [Linenotes: 2660 _assent[e]_--assente 2662 _mychel_--mochel 2663 _goode_--good 2664 _price_--prys 2669 _is_--omitted _seyne_--seyn 2671 _folke_--folkes 2673 _oþer_--oothre _eche_--ech 2675 _absolute_--absolut _atte arst_--at erste 2676 _al_--alle _a_--O 2677 _to_--omitted _wirchyng_--wyrkynge 2678 _þilk_--thilke 2681 _put_--MS. putte, C. put _auȝten_--owhten 2684 _none_--no 2685 _al o_--alle oon 2686 _comiþ_--comth 2689 _graunt[e]_--graunte] [Headnote: UNITY NECESSARY TO EXISTENCE.] [Sidenote: _P._ Then you must own that unity and good are the same (for the substance of those things must be the same, whose effects do not naturally differ).] ¶ þan mayst þou graunt[en] it q{uo}d she by sembleable resou{n} þat oon {and} good ben o same þing. ¶ For of þinges [of] whiche þat þe effect nis nat naturely diuerse 2692 nedys þe substaunce mot ben o same þinge. [Sidenote: _B._ I cannot gainsay it.] I ne may nat denye it q{uo}d I.