thanne any necessitee, as who seith, in oure lokinge, that constreineth

or compelleth any of thilke thinges to ben don so?'

Boece. 'Nay,' quod I; 'for in ydel and in veyn were al the

effect of craft, yif that alle thinges weren moeved by constreininge;'

that is to seyn, by constreininge of oure eyen or of oure sight.

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Philosophie. 'The thinges thanne,' quod she, 'that, whan men

doon hem, ne han no necessitee that men doon hem, eek tho

same thinges, first or they ben doon, they ben to comen with-oute

necessitee. For-why ther ben somme thinges to bityden, of which