that thing nis nat to comen for that the purviaunce of god hath

seyn it biforn that is to comen, but rather the contrarye, and that

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is this: that, for that the thing is to comen, therfore ne may it

nat ben hid fro the purviaunce of god; and in this manere this

necessitee slydeth ayein in-to the contrarye partye: ne it ne

bihoveth nat, nedes, that thinges bityden that ben purvyed, but

it bihoveth, nedes, that thinges that ben to comen ben y-porveyed:

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[but as it were y-travailed], as who seyth, that thilke answere