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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.