and þe cause of þis errour is. þat of alle þe þinges þat euery 4756 wyȝt haþ yknowe. þei wenen þat þo þinges ben y-knowe al oonly by þe strengþe {and} by þe nature of þe þinges þat ben ywyst or yknowe. {and} it is al þe contrarie. for alle þat eu{er}e is yknowe. [Sidenote: Things are not known from their inherent properties, but by the faculties of the observer.] it is raþer comp{re}hendid {and} 4760 yknowe{n} nat after his strengeþ {and} hys nature. but after þe faculte þat is to seyn þe power {and} [the] nature of hem þat knowen. [Sidenote: The roundness of a body affects the sight in one way, and the touch in another.] {and} for þat þis shal mowe shewen by a short ensample þe same roundenes of a body .O. oþer 4764 weyes þe syȝt of þe eye knoweþ it. {and} oþer weyes þe touchi{n}g. [Sidenote: The eye, from afar, darts its rays upon the object, and by beholding it comprehends its form.] þe lokynge by castynge of his bemes waiteþ {and} seeþ fro afer alle þe body to-gider wiþ oute mouynge of it self. [Sidenote: But the object is not distinguished by the touch unless the hand comes in contact with it and feels it all round.] but þe touchinge cliuiþ {and} conioigneþ to þe 4768 rounde body (orbi) {and} moueþ abouten þe environynge. {and} comp{re}hendiþ by p{ar}ties þe roundenesse. [Linenotes: 4746 _seme_--semyn _discorde_--discorden 4749 _þat_--yif 4753-5 [_and----self_]--from C. 4757 _haþ_--MS. haþe 4760 _alle_--al 4763 _mowe_--mowen 4764 _roundenes_--Rowndnesse 4765 _syȝt_--sihte 4767 _alle_--al 4769 _abouten_--abowte 4770 _roundenesse_--Rowndnesse] [Headnote: SENSE, REASON, AND INTELLIGENCE.] [Sidenote: Man himself is surveyed in divers ways--by the senses, by the imagination, by reason, and by the intelligence (of the Deity).] ¶ and þe man hym self oþer weies wyt byholdiþ hym. {and} oþ{er}weyes ymaginac{i}ou{n} {and} oþer weyes resou{n}. {and} 4772 oþer weyes intelligence. [Sidenote: The senses take note of his material figure--the imagination considers the form alone, exclusive of the matter.] ¶ For þe wit co{m}p{re}he{n}diþ fro wiþ outen furþe þe figure of þe body of þe man. þat is establissed in þe matere subiect. But þe ymaginac{i}ou{n} [comp{re}hendith only the figur{e} w{i}t{h} owte the mater{e} / 4776 [Sidenote: Reason transcends the imaginations, and examining existences in general discovers the particular species, but the eye of Intelligence soars still higher; for, going beyond the bounds of what is general, it surveys the _simple forms_ themselves, by its own pure and subtle thought:]