[Sidenote: Or doth the _chain of destiny_
constrain
the motions of
the human mind?
Chaucer - Boethius
2^de. p{ro}se.]]
[Sidenote: _B._ Is there any _free-will_ in this chain of cohering
causes?]
++?is vndirstonde I wel q{uo}d I. {and} accorde wel ?at it
is ry?t as ?ou seist. but I axe yif ?er be any liberte 4388
or fre wil in ?is ordre of causes ?at cliue{n} ?us to-gidre
in hem self.
[Sidenote: Or doth the _chain of destiny_
constrain
the motions of
the human mind?
]
? or ellys I wolde witen yif ?at ?e
destinal cheine co{n}streini? ?e moeueuynge of ?e corages
of me{n}.
[Sidenote: _P._ There is a freedom of the will possessed by every
rational being.]
yis q{uo}d she ?er is liberte of fre wille. ne ?er 4392
ne was neuer no nature of resou{n} ?at it ne hadde liberte
of fre wille.
[Sidenote: A rational being has judgment to judge of and discern
everything.
