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comen, so shullen they comen—so that he wite [egaly], as who
seyth, [indifferently], that thinges mowen ben doon or elles nat
y-doon—what is thilke prescience that ne comprehendeth no
certein thing ne stable? Or elles what difference is ther bitwixe
the prescience and thilke [Iape-worthy] divyninge of Tiresie the
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divynour, that seyde: "Al that I seye," quod he, "either it shal be,
or elles it ne shal nat be?" Or elles how mochel is worth the
devyne prescience more than the opinioun of mankinde, yif so be