i self hast
confessed
it {and}
byknowen a litel herbyforn{e}.
Chaucer - Boethius
inge[s] ?at
?e p{re}scie{n}ce woot byforn [ne] mowen nat vnbitide. ?at is to seyn
?at ?ei moten bitide. ? But ?an yif ?at p{re}science ne putte? no
necessite to ?inges to comen. as ?ou ?
i self hast
confessed
it {and}
byknowen a litel herbyforn{e}.
? what cause [or what] is it. as who sei?
?ere may no cause be. by whiche ?at ?e endes (exitus) uoluntarie of
?inges my?ten be constreyned to certeyne bitydyng. ? For by grace of
possessiou{n}. so ?at ?ou mowe ?