hem to a bitydinge by necessitee. And yif this thing be ones

y-graunted and received, that is to seyn, that ther nis no free wille,

than sheweth it wel, how greet destruccioun and how grete

damages ther folwen of thinges of mankinde. For in ydel ben

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ther thanne purposed and bihight medes to gode folk, and peynes

to badde folk, sin that no moevinge of free corage voluntarie ne

hath nat deserved hem, that is to seyn, neither mede ne peyne; and

it sholde seme thanne, that thilke thing is alderworst, which that

is now demed for aldermost iust and most rightful, that is to seyn,