[Sidenote: [The .2^de. Met{ur}.]]
++HOmer wiþ þe hony mouþe. þat is to seyn. homer wiþ þe swete dites
syngeþ þat þe sonne is cleer by pure lyȝt. naþeles ȝit ne may it nat by
þe inferme lyȝt of hys bemes breke{n} or p{er}ce{n} þe inwarde entrailes
of þe erþe. or ellys of þe see. ¶ so ne seeþ nat god makere of þe grete
worlde to hym þat lokeþ alle þinges from on heye ne wiþstandiþ nat no
þinges by heuynesses of erþe. ne þe nyȝt ne wiþstondeþ nat to hy{m} by
þe blake cloudes. ¶ þilke god seeþ i{n} o strook of þouȝt alle þinges
þat ben or weren or schullen come. ¶ and þilke god for he lokeþ {and}
seeþ alle þinges al oon. þou maist seyn þat he is þe verray sonne.