deceivable opinioun ful diverse and fer fro the sothe of science.
Wherfore, yif any thing be so to comen, that the bitydinge of hit
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ne be nat certein ne necessarie, who may weten biforn that thilke
thing is to comen? For right as science ne may nat ben medled
with falsnesse (as who seyth, that yif I wot a thing, it ne may nat
be false [that I ne wot it]), right so thilke thing that is conceived by
science ne may nat ben non other weys than as it is conceived.
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For that is the cause why that science [wanteth lesing] (as who