bityden. But thou mayst seyn, that of thilke same it is y-douted,

as whether that of thilke thinges that ne han non issues and

bitydinges necessaries, yif ther-of may ben any prescience; for

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certes, they semen to discorden. For thou wenest that, yif that

thinges ben y-seyn biforn, that necessitee folweth hem; and yif

necessitee faileth hem, they ne mighten nat ben wist biforn, and

that no-thing ne may ben comprehended by science but certein;

and yif tho thinges that ne han no certein bitydinges ben purveyed

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