all. It gathered
together its skirts and gave them the form of a veil which surrounded
it [the Universe] on every side. It poured itself over all things,
raised them up and divided them according to the Hierarchies, according
to the orders, and according to Providence. Then that-which-was
separated itself from that-which-was-not, and that-which-was-not was
the evil manifested in matter; and the Robe of Power severed
that-which-was from that-which-was-not. That-which-was it called
AEonian, and that-which-was-not it called Hyle (matter). It separated
by the Midst that-which-was from that-which-was-not, and placed veils
between these twain. It placed purifying powers, so that they might
purge them and make them clean. It gave in this manner an order to
that-which-is and made of the Mother the chief. It gave it ten aeons,
and each aeon has a myriad powers; there is also a Monad and an Ennead
in each aeon.

The [Robe of Power] placed in her [? Phaneia] an Universal Motherhood
and therewith a Power that had hitherto been concealed therein, so that
none knew thereof. [? The Robe] placed a great Basket, above which
stand three Powers, an Ingenerable One, an Unshakable One, and the
Great Pure One. It gave to [? the world order] the twelve other Powers
who have received the crown and who surround it. It gave it also the
Seven Stratelatai (32), who have the seal of the All-completing
[Panteleios], and have on their heads crowns in which there are twelve
stones of Adamant, which come from Adam, the Man of Light.

[The Robe of Power] established the Propator in all the aeons of the
Mother of [the Manifestation] of all things, and gave him the full
power of Paternity, and Powers to obey him as Father and as First
Father of all that exists. It placed upon his head a crown of twelve
kinds; it gave him a Power which is Triple-powered and All-powered; it
gave him Sonship and myriads and myriads of Glories. It turned the
Pleroma towards him and gave him power to make live and to destroy. It
gave him a power of the aeon so that he might manifest it, with the
myriads and myriads of out-rayed Glories, like the other aeons that were
with him. The Power which has been given to the Propator is called
Protophanes, because he is the first to be manifested, and Agennetos,
because no one has engendered him. Also Ineffable and "Without Name"
is he called, and also Autogenes and Autotheletos, because he has
manifested himself by his