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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