inges ne ben nat
necessarie
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hire p{ro}pre nature.
Chaucer - Boethius
]
?it algates ne lese ?ei nat hire p{ro}pre nature ne
beynge. by ?e whiche first or ?at ?ei were doon ?ei
hadden power nat to han bitidd.
[Sidenote: But it is a thing of no moment then, whether things are
necessary in their own nature or not, since by the condition of
the Divine knowledge they fell out as if they were necessitated.]
_Boece._ what is ?is
to seyn ?a{n} q{uo}d I. ?at ?
inges ne ben nat
necessarie
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hire p{ro}pre nature.
so as ?ei comen in alle maneres in
?e lykenesse of necessite by ?e condic{i}ou{n} of ?e deuyne
science.
[Sidenote: _P._ The difference is explained in the instances
lately given you, of the man walking, &c.]
