[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,