{and} þo þinges þat he stireþ to don by moeuynge he wiþdraweþ {and} arestiþ {and} affermiþ þe moeueable or wandryng þinges. ¶ For ȝif þat he ne 4152 clepiþ nat aȝein þe ryȝt goynge of þinges. {and} ȝif þat he ne constreyned[e] hem nat eftesones in to roundenesse enclined þe þinges þ{a}t ben now continued by stable ordinaunce. þei sholde deperten from hir welle. þat is 4156 to sein from hir bygynnynge {and} failen. þat is to sein to{ur}nen in to nauȝt. [Sidenote: This love is common to all things, and all things tend to good; so, urged by this, they all revert to that First Cause that gave them being.] ¶ þis is þe co{m}mune loue of alle þinges. {and} alle þi{n}ges axen to be holden by þe fyn of good. For ellys ne myȝten þei nat lasten yif þei ne 4160 come nat eftesones aȝeine by loue retourned to þe cause þat haþ ȝeuen he{m} beynge. þat is to seyn to god. [Linenotes: 4118 _þou wolt_--þ{o}u wys wilt 4119 _þund[ere]re_--thonderer{e} _seyne_--seyn 4120 _bihold_--MS. biholde, C. byhold 4122 _rody_--MS. redy, C. rody _fire_--Fyr 4123 _cercle_--clerke 4125 _courses_--cours _heyȝt_--heyhte 4127 _westerne_--westrene _dyȝen_--deeyn 4128 [_the_]--from C. _he see_--MS. it sewe, C. he see _oþer_--oothr{e} 4131 _aȝeyne_--ayein 4133 _oute_--owt 4134 _euene-lyke manere[s]_--euenelyk maneres 4135 _striuen_--stryuynge _nat_--omitted 4136 _but_--omitted 4138 _lyȝt[e] fyre arist_--lyhte fyr arysith 4140 _yere_--ȝer 4142 _comeþ aȝeyne_--comth ayein 4143 _reyne_--reyn 4144 _furþe al þinge_--forth alle thing _brediþ lyfe_--berith lyf 4145 _worlde_--world _þilk_--thilke 4146 _last[e] deþe_--laste deth 4147 _yborn_--MS. yborne, C. I-born 4148 _lorde_--lord 4149 _wise_--wys 4150 _stireþ_--sterith _don_--gon 4151 _þe_--omitted 4153 _clepiþ_--klepede 4154 _constreyned[e]_--constreynede _roundenesse_--Rowndnesses 4156 _sholde_--sholden 4158 _tournen_--torne _of_--to 4159 _be_--ben 4161 _eftesones aȝeine_--eft sones ayein 4162 _haþ_--MS. haþe] [Headnote: ALL FORTUNE IS BENEFICIAL.] IAM NE IGITUR UIDES. [Sidenote: [The seuende p{ro}se.]] [Sidenote: _P._ Do you see what follows from our arguments?] ++Sest þou nat þan what þing folweþ alle þe þinges þat I haue seid. [Sidenote: _B._ What is it?] what þing q{uo}d I. [Sidenote: _P._ That all fortune is good.] ¶ Certys q{uo}d she 4164 outerly þat al fortune is good. [Sidenote: _B._ How can that be?] and how may þat be q{uo}d .I.