that he walke. Thilke thing thanne that any wight hath y-knowe

to be, it ne may ben non other weyes thanne he knoweth it to be.

But this condicioun ne draweth nat with hir thilke necessitee

simple. For certes, this necessitee conditionel, the propre nature

of it ne maketh it nat, but the adieccioun of the condicioun

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maketh it. For no necessitee ne constreyneth a man to gon,

that goth by his propre wil; al-be-it so that, whan he goth,

that it is necessarie that he goth. Right on this same maner

thanne, yif that the purviaunce of god seeth any thing present,