But certys it is nowe
certeyne
?
Chaucer - Boethius
at nis nat.
[Linenotes:
4677 _? inge[s]_--thinges
4683 _whiche_--which
4685 _better_--beter{e}
4688 _moche_--mochel
4689 _frewille_--free wyl
4691 _? at ne_--? at is ne
4692 _? at_--MS. ? an
_? ilk self_--thilke selue
4693 _wille_--wil
4699 _lest[e]_--leeste
4700 _sholde_--sholden
4703 _whiche_--which
_firste_--fyrst
4704 [_? at----bytydith_]--from C.
4707 _my? t[e]_--myhte
_? inge_--thing]
[Headnote:
NOT ALL THINGS CONTROLLED BY NECESSITY. ]
[Sidenote: The assertion that nothing happens but by necessity,
must be proved by arguments drawn from causes connected and
agreeing with this necessity, and not from signs or foreign
causes. ]
?
But certys it is nowe certeyne ? at ? e preue of ? is 4708
susteni? by stedfast resou{n} ne shal nat ben ladd ne
p{ro}ued by signes ne by argumentys ytaken fro wi? oute.
but by causes couenable {and} necessarie ? But ? ou
mayst sein how may it be ? at ? e ? inges ne bitiden nat 4712
? at ben ypurueyed to comen. but certys ry? t as we [[pg 163]]
trowen ? at ?
[Linenotes:
4677 _? inge[s]_--thinges
4683 _whiche_--which
4685 _better_--beter{e}
4688 _moche_--mochel
4689 _frewille_--free wyl
4691 _? at ne_--? at is ne
4692 _? at_--MS. ? an
_? ilk self_--thilke selue
4693 _wille_--wil
4699 _lest[e]_--leeste
4700 _sholde_--sholden
4703 _whiche_--which
_firste_--fyrst
4704 [_? at----bytydith_]--from C.
4707 _my? t[e]_--myhte
_? inge_--thing]
[Headnote:
NOT ALL THINGS CONTROLLED BY NECESSITY. ]
[Sidenote: The assertion that nothing happens but by necessity,
must be proved by arguments drawn from causes connected and
agreeing with this necessity, and not from signs or foreign
causes. ]
?
But certys it is nowe certeyne ? at ? e preue of ? is 4708
susteni? by stedfast resou{n} ne shal nat ben ladd ne
p{ro}ued by signes ne by argumentys ytaken fro wi? oute.
but by causes couenable {and} necessarie ? But ? ou
mayst sein how may it be ? at ? e ? inges ne bitiden nat 4712
? at ben ypurueyed to comen. but certys ry? t as we [[pg 163]]
trowen ? at ?