e
p{re}scie{n}ce
woot byforn [ne] mowen nat vnbitide.
Chaucer - Boethius
at fredom of wille be distourbed or ylett by p{re}science. for
ne drawest ?ou nat argumentes from ellys where of ?e necessite of ?inges
to comen. As who sei? any o?er wey ?an ?us. but ?at ?ilke ?inge[s] ?at
?
e
p{re}scie{n}ce
woot byforn [ne] mowen nat vnbitide.
?at is to seyn
?at ?ei moten bitide. ? But ?an yif ?at p{re}science ne putte? no
necessite to ?inges to comen. as ?ou ?i self hast confessed it {and}
byknowen a litel herbyforn{e}. ? what cause [or what] is it.
