at ne may nat
vnbytide
it mot bitide by
necessite.
necessite.
Chaucer - Boethius
[Sidenote: If you insist that _what God foresees shall and must
happen; and that which cannot do otherwise than happen, must needs
happen_, and so bind me to admit a necessity, I must confess that
things are under such a restraint; but it is a truth that we
scarce can comprehend, unless we be acquainted with the Divine
counsels. ]
{and} yif ? {o}u seist
here ? at ? ilke ? inge ? at god see? to bytide it ne may
nat vnbytide. as who sei? it mot bitide. ? and ? ilke 5104
? inge ? at ?
at ne may nat vnbytide it mot bitide by
necessite. and ? at ? ou streine me to ? is name of necessite.
certys I wol wel confessen {and} byknowe a ? inge of
ful sadde trou? e. but vnne? shal ? ere any wy? t [mowe] 5108
seen it or comen ? er-to. but yif ? at he be byholder of ? e
deuyne ?