naught, for it hath his propre causes; of whiche causes the cours
unforeseyn and unwar semeth to han maked hap. For yif the
55
tilyere of the feld [ne dolve] nat in the erthe, and yif the hyder of
the gold ne hadde hid the gold in thilke place, the gold ne hadde
nat been founde. Thise ben thanne the causes of the [abregginge]
of fortuit hap, the which abregginge of fortuit hap comth of causes
encountringe and flowinge to-gidere to hem-self, and nat by the
60
entencioun of the doer. For neither the hyder of the gold ne the