[138]. For certaynly, this wot I wel,' he seyde,
That for-sight of divyne purveyaunce
Hath seyn alwey me to for-gon Criseyde,
Sin god seeth every thing, out of doutaunce,
And hem desponeth, thourgh his ordenaunce,
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In hir merytes sothly for to be,
As they shul comen by predestinee.
139. But nathelees, allas! whom shal I leve?
For ther ben [grete clerkes] many oon,