¶ For þis is þe forme of [the] deuyne substaunce. þat is swiche þat it ne slydeþ nat in to outerest foreine þinges. ne ne rec[e]yueþ no st{ra}nge þinges in hym. 3008 [Sidenote: Parmenides says of the Deity that _God is like a well-rounded sphere_.] but ryȝt as p{ar}maynws seide in grek of þilke deuyne substaunce. he seide þus þat þilke deuyne substaunce torneþ þe worlde {and} þilke cercle moeueable of þinges while þilke dyuyne substau{n}ce kepiþ it self wiþ outen 3012 moeuynge. [Sidenote: He causes the moving globe to revolve, but is himself immovable.] [Sidenote: [* fol. 24.]] þat *is to seyne þat it ne moeuiþ neuere mo. {and} ȝitte it moeueþ alle oþer þinges. [Sidenote: If I have chosen my arguments from the subjects within range of our discussion, do not let that surprise you, for, as Plato has taught us, there ought to be an alliance between the words and the subject of discourse.] but na-þeles yif I [haue] stered resou{n}s þat ne ben nat taken fro wiþ oute þe compas of þe þinge of whiche we treten. but resou{n}s 3016 þat ben bystowed wiþ i{n}ne þat compas þere nis nat whi þat þou sholde[st] merueylen. sen þou hast lerned by þe sentence of plato þat nedes þe wordes moten ben cosynes to þo þinges of whiche þei speken. 3020 [Linenotes: 3006 [_the_]--from C. 3007 _swiche_--swich 3009 _parmaynws_--a p{ar}manides 3011 _worlde_--world 3012 _while_--whil _wiþ outen_--w{i}t{h} owte 3013 _seyne_--seyn 3014 _ȝitte_--yit _oþer_--oothre 3015 [_haue_]--from C. 3016 _whiche_--which 3017 _wiþ inne_--w{i}t{h} in 3020 _cosynes_--MS. conceyued, C. cosynes _þo_--þe _whiche_--which] [Headnote: THE POWER OF MUSIC.] FELIX QUI POTERIT. {ET} CET{ER}A. [Sidenote: [The .12. Met{ur}.]] [Sidenote: Happy is he that hath seen the lucid spring of truth! Happy the man that hath freed himself from terrestrial chains!] ++Blisful is þat man þat may seen þe clere welle of good. blisful is he þat may vnbynde hym fro þe bonde of heuy erþe. [Sidenote: The Thracian poet, consumed with grief for the loss of his wife, sought relief from music.] ¶ þe poete of t{ra}ce [orphe{us}] þat somtyme hadde ryȝt greet sorowe for þe deeþ of hys wijf. [Sidenote: His mournful songs drew the woods along; the rolling rivers ceased to flow; the savage beasts became heedless of their prey; the timid hare was not aghast at the hound.]