e
simplicite
of ?
Chaucer - Boethius
t it mochel {and}
outerly {and} lo{n}g[e].
[Sidenote: But neither of you have offered a satisfactory solution
of the difficulty. ]
but ? it ne ha? it nat ben determined 4656
ne yspedd fermely {and} diligently of any of yow.
[Sidenote: The cause of this mystery is that the human
understanding cannot conceive the simplicity of the divine
prescience, for if it were possible to comprehend this, every
difficulty would at once disappear. ]
? And ? e cause of ? is derkenesse {and} [of this] difficulte
is for ? at ? e moeuynge of ? e resou{n} of mankynde ne
may nat moeue{n} to. ? at is to sein applien or ioygnen to 4660
?
e simplicite of ? e deuyne p{re}science. ? ? e whiche
symplicite of ? e deuyne p{re}science ? if ? at men [myhten
thinken it in any maner{e} / ? {a}t is to seyn / ? {a}t yif men] my? te
? inken {and} co{m}p{re}henden ? e ? inges as god see? hem. 4664
?
outerly {and} lo{n}g[e].
[Sidenote: But neither of you have offered a satisfactory solution
of the difficulty. ]
but ? it ne ha? it nat ben determined 4656
ne yspedd fermely {and} diligently of any of yow.
[Sidenote: The cause of this mystery is that the human
understanding cannot conceive the simplicity of the divine
prescience, for if it were possible to comprehend this, every
difficulty would at once disappear. ]
? And ? e cause of ? is derkenesse {and} [of this] difficulte
is for ? at ? e moeuynge of ? e resou{n} of mankynde ne
may nat moeue{n} to. ? at is to sein applien or ioygnen to 4660
?
e simplicite of ? e deuyne p{re}science. ? ? e whiche
symplicite of ? e deuyne p{re}science ? if ? at men [myhten
thinken it in any maner{e} / ? {a}t is to seyn / ? {a}t yif men] my? te
? inken {and} co{m}p{re}henden ? e ? inges as god see? hem. 4664
?
