[Sidenote: =P. iii. 101=] So is the herte principal, To whom reson in special Is yove as for the governance. [Sidenote: [THE SOUL OF MAN.]] And thus nature his pourveance 490 Hath mad for man to liven hiere; Bot god, which hath the Soule diere,[973] Hath formed it in other wise. That can noman pleinli devise; Bot as the clerkes ous enforme, That lich to god it hath a forme, Thurgh which figure and which liknesse The Soule hath many an hyh noblesse Appropred to his oghne kinde. Bot ofte hir wittes be mad blinde 500 Al onliche of this ilke point, That hir abydinge is conjoint Forth with the bodi forto duelle: That on desireth toward helle, That other upward to the hevene; So schul thei nevere stonde in evene, Bot if the fleissh be overcome And that the Soule have holi nome[974] The governance, and that is selde, Whil that the fleissh him mai bewelde.[975] 510 Al erthli thing which god began Was only mad to serve man; Bot he the Soule al only made Himselven forto serve and glade. Alle othre bestes that men finde Thei serve unto here oghne kinde, [Sidenote: =P. iii. 102=] Bot to reson the Soule serveth; Wherof the man his thonk deserveth And get him with hise werkes goode The perdurable lyves foode. 520