[Linenotes: 2838 _his_--H. þis _that_--H. {and} þ{a}t 2841 _blake_--H. blak _hadde y-couered_--H. had cou{er}ed 2842 _lyhten_--H. light 2843 _dep[e]_--C. dep, H. depe 2847 _thing_--H. þyng{es} 2863 _depthe_--H. depe 2864 [_is_]--from H. _sholden_--H. shulde 2867 _nature[l]_--H. nat{ur}ell{e}] [Headnote: THE WORLD GOVERNED BY GOD.] TUM EGO PLATONI INQ{UA}M. [Sidenote: [The .12. p{ro}se.]] [Sidenote: _B._ I am quite of Plato’s opinion, for you have now a second time recalled these things to my remembrance which had been forgotten, first by the contagious union of soul and body, and afterwards by the pressure of my afflictions.] ++THanne seide I thus // I acorde me gretly to plato / for thow remenbrist {and} recordist me thise thinges yit] [Sidenote: [*_Addit. MS. 10,340, fol. 23._]] *þe seconde tyme. þat is to seyn. first whan I lost[e] my memorie by þe co{n}tagioũs coniuncc{i}ou{n} of þe body wiþ 2876 þe soule. {and} eftsones afterward whan I lost[e] it co{n}founded by þe charge {and} by þe burden of my sorwe. [Sidenote: _P._ If you will reflect upon the concessions you have already made, you will soon call to mind that truth, of which you lately confessed your ignorance.] ¶ And þan sayde she þus. ¶ If þou look[e] q{uo}d she firste þe þinges þat þou hast graunted it ne shal nat 2880 ben ryȝt feer þat þou ne shalt remembren þilke þing þat [[pg 102]] þou seidest þat þou nistest nat. [Sidenote: _B._ What is that?] what þing q{uo}d I. [Sidenote: _P._ It was, by what power the world is governed.] ¶ by whiche gouerme{n}t q{uo}d she þat þis worlde is gouerned. [Sidenote: _B._ With regard to that, I own I confessed my ignorance, but though I now remotely see what you infer, yet I wish for further explanation from you.] Me remembriþ it wel q{uo}d I. {and} I confesse 2884 wel þat I ne wist[e] it nat ¶ But al be it so þat I se now fro{m} afer what þou p{ur}posest ¶ Algates I desire ȝit to herkene it of þe more pleynely. [Sidenote: _P._ You acknowledged a little while ago that this world was governed by God?] ¶ þou ne wendest nat q{uo}d she a litel here byforne þat men 2888 sholden doute þat þis worlde is gouerned by god. [Sidenote: _B._ I still cling to this opinion, and will give you my reasons for this belief.] ¶ Certys q{uo}d I ne ȝitte doute I it nauȝt. ne I nil neuer wene þat it were to doute. as who seiþ. but I wot wel þat god gouerneþ þis worlde. ¶ And I shal 2892 shortly answere þe by what resou{n}s I am brouȝt to þis.