the cause of this derkenesse and of this difficultee is, for that the
moevinge of the resoun of mankinde ne may nat [moeven to] (that
is to seyn, applyen or ioinen to) the simplicitee of the devyne
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prescience; the whiche simplicitee of the devyne prescience, yif
that men mighten thinken it in any maner, that is to seyn, that yif
men mighten thinken and comprehenden the thinges as god seeth
hem, thanne ne sholde ther dwellen outrely no doute: the whiche
resoun and cause of difficultee I shal assaye at the laste to shewe
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