And yif the thing clyveth to the stedefastnesse of the thoght of god,
and be with-oute moevinge, certes, it sormounteth the necessitee of
destinee. [Thanne right swich] comparisoun as it is of skilinge to
understondinge, and of thing that is engendred to thing that is, and
of tyme to eternitee, and of the cercle to the centre, right so is the
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ordre of moevable destinee to the stable simplicitee of purviaunce.
Thilke ordinaunce moeveth the hevene and the sterres, and
atempreth the elements to-gider amonges hem-self, and transformeth
hem by entrechaungeable mutacioun; and thilke same