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 premiere est congnoistre
God from the begynnyng, which is impossyble: but he may be knowen
Dieu par prius, ce qui est impossible: mais il est bien cognoissible
by posterius, whiche is to understande by his operacions, as knowlege
par posterius, qui est a entendre par ses operacions, come
cognissance
comunely cometh unto us for bycause that we do serche the causes by
comunement nous uient pour ce que nous perscrutons les causes par
the dedes of them, and nat to the contrary. From hensforth I shall
tell you
les effectz dicelles, et non point au contraire. Desormais je uous
diray
of the philosophers of the whiche some have sayd that it is nombre
movyng him
des philosophes desquelz les ungz ont dit que cest nombre
soy mesme
selfe others that it is made of atmos which ben parties
nat possible to divide
mouuant les aultres quelle est faicte de atmos qui sont partiez
indiuiduez
or indivisible: others that it is fyre, the others that it is ayr, the
ou indiuisyble: aultres que cest feu, les aultres que cest air, les
others have sayd that it is a maner of armonie with others infinites
aultres ont dit que cest une maniere darmonie auec daultres infiniez
opinions: but levyng them there, the prophete spekyng in our Lorde
opinions: mais les laissant la, Isaie le prophete parlant en nostre
Seigneur
sayd: All brethyng have I made, whiche is to understande of the soules
that our
dit: _Omne flatum ego feci,_ qui est a entendre des ames
que nostre
Lorde have all created, and the spekyng of those soules sayth:
Seigneur a touttes creez, et le psalmistre parlant dicelles dit:
He that created all hertes: whiche is to understande the soules, for
the hert is
Qui finxit singulatim corda: cest a dire les ames, car
le coeur est