as certein, it sholde ben dirknesse of opinioun, nat soothfastnesse
of science. And thou wenest that it be diverse fro the hoolnesse
of science that any man sholde deme a thing to ben other-weys
thanne it is it-self. And the cause of this erroure is, that of alle
the thinges that every wight hath y-knowe, they wenen that tho
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thinges been y-knowe al-oonly by the strengthe and by the nature
of the thinges that ben y-wist or y-knowe; and it is al the
contrarie. For al that ever is y-knowe, it is rather comprehended
and knowen, nat after his strengthe and his nature, but after the