the endes and the bitydinges of hem ben absolut and quit of alle
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necessitee. For certes, I ne trowe nat that any man wolde seyn
this: that tho thinges that men doon now, that they ne weren to
bityden first or they weren y-doon; and thilke same thinges,
al-thogh that men had y-wist hem biforn, yit they han free
bitydinges. For right as science of thinges present ne bringeth in
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no necessitee to thinges that men doon, right so the prescience of
thinges to comen ne bringeth in no necessitee to thinges to