[Sidenote: Do you think that God imposes a necessity on things by beholding
them?
Chaucer - Boethius
at neuer ne fayle?.
[Sidenote: Therefore _foreknowledge_ is not so applicable a term
as _providence_--for God looks down upon all things from the
summit of the universe.]
for whiche it nis nat ycleped p{ro}uidence but it sholde ra?er 5068
be cleped purueaunce ?at is establissed ful fer fro ry?t
lowe ?inges. {and} byholde? from a-fer alle ?inges ry?t as
it were fro ?e heye hey?te of ?inges.
[Sidenote: Do you think that God imposes a necessity on things by beholding
them?
It is not so in human affairs.]
whi axest ?ou ?an
or why disputest ?ou ?an ?at ?ilke ?inges ben don by 5072
necessite whiche ?at ben yseyen {and} yknowen by ?e
deuyne sy?t. syn ?at for so?e men ne maken nat ?
