'[Certes, rightful is thyn amonestinge] and ful digne by auctoritee.
But that thou seidest whylom, that the questioun of the divyne
5
purviaunce is enlaced with many other questiouns, I understonde
wel and proeve it by the same thing. But I axe yif that thou
wenest that hap be any thing in any weys; and, yif thou wenest
that hap be anything, what is it?'
Thanne quod she, 'I haste me to yilden and [assoilen to thee]
10
the dette of my bihest, and to shewen and opnen the wey, by