[Sidenote: And, moreover, when I know that anything exists, it is necessary
for my belief that it should be.
Chaucer - Boethius
But forto wenen ?at god p{ur}uei? [the] ?inges to comen. 4504
for ?ei ben to comen. what o?er ?ing is it but forto
wene ?at ?ilke ?inges ?at bitiden som tyme ben causes
of ?ilke souereyne p{ur}ueaunce ?at is i{n} god.
[Sidenote: And, moreover, when I know that anything exists, it is necessary
for my belief that it should be.
]
? And
her-to I adde ?itte ?is ?ing ?at ry?t as whan ?at I woot 4508
?at o ?ing is it byhoue? by necessite ?at ?ilke self ?ing be.
[Sidenote: So also when I know that an event shall come to pass,
it must needs happen.
