rouyllee
par

synne, as I have sayd before. Here myght I open unto you, what it is
peche, come jay dit deuant. Icy uous poulroy je ouurir que cest

of understandyng actyve and passyble, but in this doyng I shulde be
to tedyous.
dentendement agent et passyble, mais en ce faisant je seroie
trop tedieus.

Ma.
Trewly, Gyles, I laude your persuacion, for by that that ye have sayde
of it
Certes, Giles, je los uostre parsuasion, car par ce quen aues dit

I parceyve clerelye that it is nat possyble to declare it, the whiche
one may
japarcoy clerement quil nest possible a la declarer, ce quon
peult

conjecte by that that she doth resemble unto God and to be wyllynge
conjecturer parce quelle resemble a Dieu et uoulloir

to declare his ymage shalde be wyllyng to do a thyng impossyble,
declarer son image seroit uoulloir faire impossible,

bycause that he is uncomprehensyble.
pource quil est incomprehensyble.

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Gil.
Trewly, madame, ye saye the truthe, neverthelesse that the scriplure
wytnessed,
Certes, madame, uous dicte la uerite, nonobstant que lescripture
tiesmoigne

that Moyses by the graunt of God dyd merit to se his posterioritie,
the whiche is
que Moyse par lotroy de Dieu merita de ueoir sa posteriorite,
qui est

to understande his workes, of the whiche knowlege, the cabalystes doth
make
a entendre ses oeuures, de la quelle cognoissance les cabalistres font

fyftie gates that they name of intelligence, sayeng that the sayd
cinquante portes quilz sournomment dintellygence, disant que le dit

Moyse had nat but fourty and nyne, by cause that the first is to knowe
Moyse nen eust que quarante neuf, parce que la p