e
oppiniou{n}
of mankynde yif so be ?
Chaucer - Boethius
e p{re}science.
{and} ?
ilke iape-wor?
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dyuynynge of Tiresie ? e diuino{ur} ? at seide. ? Al ? at
I seie q{uo}d he ey? er it shal be. or ellys it ne shal nat
be. Or ellis how moche is wor? e ? e diuyne p{re}science
more ? an ?
e oppiniou{n} of mankynde yif so be ? at it 4544
deme? ? e ? inges vncerteyne as me{n} don. of ? e whiche
domes of men ? e bytydynge nis nat certeyne.
[Sidenote: But if there can be no uncertainty in his knowledge,
who is the source of all certainty; the event of all things which
he foreknows must be fixed and inevitable. ]
? But
yif so be ? {a}t noon vncerteyne ? inge may ben in hym
? at is ry? t certeyne welle of alle ? inges.
dyuynynge of Tiresie ? e diuino{ur} ? at seide. ? Al ? at
I seie q{uo}d he ey? er it shal be. or ellys it ne shal nat
be. Or ellis how moche is wor? e ? e diuyne p{re}science
more ? an ?
e oppiniou{n} of mankynde yif so be ? at it 4544
deme? ? e ? inges vncerteyne as me{n} don. of ? e whiche
domes of men ? e bytydynge nis nat certeyne.
[Sidenote: But if there can be no uncertainty in his knowledge,
who is the source of all certainty; the event of all things which
he foreknows must be fixed and inevitable. ]
? But
yif so be ? {a}t noon vncerteyne ? inge may ben in hym
? at is ry? t certeyne welle of alle ? inges.