t
certeyne
welle of alle ?
Chaucer - Boethius
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. ? a{n} is ? e 4548
bytydynge certeyne of ? ilke ? inges whiche he ha? wist
byforn fermely to come{n}.
[Sidenote: Whence it follows that men have no freedom in their
designs and actions; because the Divine Mind, endowed with an
infallible foresight, constrains and binds them to a certain
event. ]
For whiche it folwe? ? at ? e
fredom of ? e co{n}seils {and} of ? e werkes of mankynde nis
non syn ? at ?
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. ? a{n} is ? e 4548
bytydynge certeyne of ? ilke ? inges whiche he ha? wist
byforn fermely to come{n}.
[Sidenote: Whence it follows that men have no freedom in their
designs and actions; because the Divine Mind, endowed with an
infallible foresight, constrains and binds them to a certain
event. ]
For whiche it folwe? ? at ? e
fredom of ? e co{n}seils {and} of ? e werkes of mankynde nis
non syn ? at ?
