shal nat demen it as prescience of thinges to comen, but thou
shalt demen it more rightfully that [it is science] of presence or of
instaunce, that never ne faileth. [For which] it nis nat y-cleped
"previdence," but it sholde rather ben cleped "purviaunce," that
is establisshed ful fer fro right lowe thinges, and biholdeth from
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a-fer alle thinges, right as it were fro the heye heighte of thinges.
[Why axestow thanne], or why desputestow thanne, that thilke
thinges ben doon by necessitee whiche that ben y-seyn and
knowen by the devyne sighte, sin that, forsothe, men ne maken