e
p{re}science
is cause of ?
Chaucer - Boethius
[Sidenote: As if the question was, which was the cause of the
other--_prescience_ the cause of the necessity of future events,
or the _necessity_ the cause of the prescience of future events? ]
as who sei? . ? at ? ilke answere p{ro}cedi?
ry? t as ? ou? men trauailden or weren bysy to
enqueren ? e whiche ? ing is cause of whiche ? inges. as
whe? er ?
e p{re}science is cause of ? e necessite of ? inges to 4472
comen. or ellys ? at ? e necessite of ? i{n}ges to comen is
cause of ? e purueau{n}ce.
[Sidenote: But I will prove that, however the order of causes may
stand, the event of things foreseen is necessary, although
prescience doth not seem to impose a necessity upon future things
to fall out. ]
? But I ne enforce me nat now
to shewe{n} it ? at ? e bytidyng of ? inges y-wist byforn is
necessarie. how so or in what manere ? at ?
