that ther be no prescience. Thanne axe I,' quod she, 'in as

mochel as apertieneth to that, sholden thanne thinges that comen

of free wil ben constreined to bityden by necessitee?'

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Boece. 'Nay,' quod I.

'Thanne ayeinward,' quod she, 'I suppose that ther be prescience,

but that it ne putteth no necessitee to thinges; thanne

trowe I, that thilke selve freedom of wil shal dwellen al hool and

absolut and unbounden. But thou wolt seyn that, al-be-it so that

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