The occasion of thy thoughts I apprehend. Thou doubtest, and wouldst have me to resift In language so extended and so open My speech, that to thy sense it may be plain, Where just before I said, ‘where well one fattens,’ 1451 And where I said, ‘there never rose a second’; 1452 And here ’tis needful we distinguish well. The Providence, which governeth the world With counsel, wherein all created vision Is vanquished ere it reach unto the bottom, (So that towards her own Beloved might go The bride of Him who, uttering a loud cry, 1453 Espoused her with his consecrated blood, Self-confident and unto Him more faithful,) 1454 Two Princes did ordain in her behoof, 1455 Which on this side and that might be her guide. The one was all seraphical in ardor; 1456 The other by his wisdom upon earth