Me. III. 1. C. vnioygnyd, glossed s. ne se compaciantur similiter. 2. C. coniuncciouns; A. coniunccioun. 3. C. man, quasi dicat, nullus. // C. which that god; A. Ed. whiche god (quis Deus). 6. C. deuydyd, quasi dicat, non est ita. 7. A. om. the. // C. thinges, s. prudencia et liberum arbitrium. 8. A. cleuen. 10. A. dirk. 12. C. it, s. anima. 13. A. note (Lat. notas). 16. C. it, s. anima. 18. After thus, A. adds—Si enim anima ignorat istas subtiles connexiones, responde, vnde est quod desiderat scire cum nil ignotum possit desiderare; but both C. and Ed. omit this. 21. wot] C. not. // C. nawht, quasi dicat, non. 24. A. om. that. 26. C. yfownde, quasi dicat, nullus. 29. A. Ed. principles; C. principulis. 34. A. nouthir habit. 36. C. retretith, i. retractat; A. tretith.
Prose IV.
Tum illa: Vetus, inquit, hec est.
Thanne seide she: 'this is,' quod she, 'the olde question of
the purviaunce of god; and [Marcus Tullius], whan he devyded the
divynaciouns, that is to seyn, in his book that he wroot of divynaciouns,
he moevede gretly this questioun; and thou thy-self has y-sought
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it mochel, and outrely, and longe; but yit ne hath it nat ben
determined ne y-sped fermely and diligently of any of yow. And