{a}t ben to comyn ben
yporueyid]
but as it 4468
were yt{ra}uailed.
were yt{ra}uailed.
Chaucer - Boethius
]]
[Sidenote: Now by this reason necessity appears to change sides.
For it is not necessary that the things which are foreseen should
happen, but it is necessary that the things which are to befall
should be foreseen. ]
*{and} in ? is manere ? is necessite slydi? a? ein in to ? e [[pg 155]]
contrarie p{ar}tie. ne it ne byhoue? [nat] nedes ? at ? inges
bytiden ? at ben ypurueid. [but it by-houeth nedes /
? {a}t thinges ?
{a}t ben to comyn ben yporueyid] but as it 4468
were yt{ra}uailed.
[Sidenote: As if the question was, which was the cause of the
other--_prescience_ the cause of the necessity of future events,
or the _necessity_ the cause of the prescience of future events? ]
as who sei? . ? at ? ilke answere p{ro}cedi?
ry? t as ? ou? men trauailden or weren bysy to
enqueren ? e whiche ? ing is cause of whiche ? inges. as
whe? er ?
[Sidenote: Now by this reason necessity appears to change sides.
For it is not necessary that the things which are foreseen should
happen, but it is necessary that the things which are to befall
should be foreseen. ]
*{and} in ? is manere ? is necessite slydi? a? ein in to ? e [[pg 155]]
contrarie p{ar}tie. ne it ne byhoue? [nat] nedes ? at ? inges
bytiden ? at ben ypurueid. [but it by-houeth nedes /
? {a}t thinges ?
{a}t ben to comyn ben yporueyid] but as it 4468
were yt{ra}uailed.
[Sidenote: As if the question was, which was the cause of the
other--_prescience_ the cause of the necessity of future events,
or the _necessity_ the cause of the prescience of future events? ]
as who sei? . ? at ? ilke answere p{ro}cedi?
ry? t as ? ou? men trauailden or weren bysy to
enqueren ? e whiche ? ing is cause of whiche ? inges. as
whe? er ?
