alle
fut{ur}es
{and} clepe?
Chaucer - Boethius
e deuyne 5180
p{re}science enterchaunge? hys dyuers stoundes of knowynge.
so ? at it knowe so{m}me tyme o ? ing {and} so{m}me tyme
? e contrarie.
[Sidenote: No, indeed! The view of the Deity foreruns every future
event, and brings it back into the presence of his own knowledge,
which does not vary, as you imagine, to conform to your caprices,
but remaining fixed, at once foresees and comprehends all your
changes. ]
? No for so? e. [q{uod} I] for ? e deuyne sy? t
renne? to-forne {and} see?
alle fut{ur}es {and} clepe? hem a? ein 5184
{and} reto{ur}ni? hem to ? e p{re}sence of
hys p{ro}pre knowynge. [[pg 178]]
ne he ne entrechaunge? nat [so] as ? ou wenest ? e
stoundes of forknowyng [as] now ? is now ? at. but he
ay dwellynge comi? byforn {and} enbrace? at o strook 5188
alle ? i mutac{i}ou{n}s.
[Sidenote: This faculty of comprehending and seeing all things as
present, God does not receive from the issue of futurities, but
from the simplicity of his own nature.
p{re}science enterchaunge? hys dyuers stoundes of knowynge.
so ? at it knowe so{m}me tyme o ? ing {and} so{m}me tyme
? e contrarie.
[Sidenote: No, indeed! The view of the Deity foreruns every future
event, and brings it back into the presence of his own knowledge,
which does not vary, as you imagine, to conform to your caprices,
but remaining fixed, at once foresees and comprehends all your
changes. ]
? No for so? e. [q{uod} I] for ? e deuyne sy? t
renne? to-forne {and} see?
alle fut{ur}es {and} clepe? hem a? ein 5184
{and} reto{ur}ni? hem to ? e p{re}sence of
hys p{ro}pre knowynge. [[pg 178]]
ne he ne entrechaunge? nat [so] as ? ou wenest ? e
stoundes of forknowyng [as] now ? is now ? at. but he
ay dwellynge comi? byforn {and} enbrace? at o strook 5188
alle ? i mutac{i}ou{n}s.
[Sidenote: This faculty of comprehending and seeing all things as
present, God does not receive from the issue of futurities, but
from the simplicity of his own nature.
