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necessitee that the opinioun be sooth of him that coniecteth that
he sitteth; and ayeinward also is it of the contrarye: yif the
opinioun be sooth of any wight for that he sitteth, it bihoveth by
necessitee that he sitte. Thanne is heer necessitee in that oon
and in that other: for in that oon is necessitee of sittinge, and,
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certes, in that other is necessitee of sooth. But therfore ne
sitteth nat a wight, for that the opinioun of the sittinge is sooth;
but the opinioun is rather sooth, for that a wight sitteth biforn.