inges
p{re}sent
ne brynge?
Chaucer - Boethius
{a}t ?
ei ne weren 4736
to bitiden. first or ? ei were ydon ? and ? ilk same
? inges al ? ou? ? {a}t men hadde{n} ywyst hem by-forn.
? itte ? ei han fre bitidynges. for ry? t as science of
?
inges p{re}sent ne brynge? in no necessite to ? inges 4740
[? {a}t men doon // Ryht so the p{re}science of thinges to
comen ne bryngeth in no necessite to thinges] to bytiden
[Sidenote: But you may doubt whether there can be any certain
prescience of things, of which the event is not necessitated: for
here there seems to be an evident contradiction. ]
but ? ou mayst seyn ? at of ? ilke same it is ydouted. as
whe? er ? at of ? ilke ? inges ? at ne han non endes {and} 4744
bytidynges necessaryes yif ? er-of may ben any p{re}science
[Linenotes:
4708 _nowe_--now
4709 _susteni? _--ysustenyd
_stedfast_--stydefast
_ladd_--MS.
to bitiden. first or ? ei were ydon ? and ? ilk same
? inges al ? ou? ? {a}t men hadde{n} ywyst hem by-forn.
? itte ? ei han fre bitidynges. for ry? t as science of
?
inges p{re}sent ne brynge? in no necessite to ? inges 4740
[? {a}t men doon // Ryht so the p{re}science of thinges to
comen ne bryngeth in no necessite to thinges] to bytiden
[Sidenote: But you may doubt whether there can be any certain
prescience of things, of which the event is not necessitated: for
here there seems to be an evident contradiction. ]
but ? ou mayst seyn ? at of ? ilke same it is ydouted. as
whe? er ? at of ? ilke ? inges ? at ne han non endes {and} 4744
bytidynges necessaryes yif ? er-of may ben any p{re}science
[Linenotes:
4708 _nowe_--now
4709 _susteni? _--ysustenyd
_stedfast_--stydefast
_ladd_--MS.
