Of thinges wist biforen certeynly
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Be necessarie, al seme it not ther-by
That prescience put falling necessaire
To thing to come, al falle it foule or faire.
[147]. For if ther sit a man yond on a see,
Than by necessitee bihoveth it
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That, certes, thyn opinioun soth be,
That wenest or coniectest that he sit;