e
necessite
of ?
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at is to seyen hope {and} 4592
prayeres. for whiche it seme? ? at [men] mowen speken
wi? god. {and} by resou{n} of supplicac{i}ou{n}
ben conioigned [[pg 159]]
to ? ilk clernesse ? at nis nat app{ro}ched no ra? er or
? at men byseken it {and} emp{re}nten it.
[Sidenote: If men believe that hope and prayer have no power
because of the necessity of future events, by what other way can
we be united, and hold fast to the sovereign Lord of all things? ]
And yif men 4596
ne wene [nat] ? at [hope] ne p{re}iers ne han no streng? es.
by ?
e necessite of ? inges to comen y-resceiued. what
? i{n}g is ? er ? an by whiche we mowen be co{n}ioygned
{and} clyuen to ? ilke souereyne p{r}ince of ? inges.
[Sidenote: Wherefore mankind must be dissevered and disunited from
the source of its existence, and shrink from its beginning. ]
[Sidenote: [* fol. 36. ]]
? For 4600
whiche it byhoue? by necessite ? at ? e lynage of mankynde
as *?
prayeres. for whiche it seme? ? at [men] mowen speken
wi? god. {and} by resou{n} of supplicac{i}ou{n}
ben conioigned [[pg 159]]
to ? ilk clernesse ? at nis nat app{ro}ched no ra? er or
? at men byseken it {and} emp{re}nten it.
[Sidenote: If men believe that hope and prayer have no power
because of the necessity of future events, by what other way can
we be united, and hold fast to the sovereign Lord of all things? ]
And yif men 4596
ne wene [nat] ? at [hope] ne p{re}iers ne han no streng? es.
by ?
e necessite of ? inges to comen y-resceiued. what
? i{n}g is ? er ? an by whiche we mowen be co{n}ioygned
{and} clyuen to ? ilke souereyne p{r}ince of ? inges.
[Sidenote: Wherefore mankind must be dissevered and disunited from
the source of its existence, and shrink from its beginning. ]
[Sidenote: [* fol. 36. ]]
? For 4600
whiche it byhoue? by necessite ? at ? e lynage of mankynde
as *?
