they thorow a maner necessitè from free wil †discended.
Hereby may (quod she) lightly ben knowe that not al thinges to
be, is of necessitè, though god have hem in his prescience. For
som thinges to be, is of libertè of wil. And to make thee to have
ful knowinge of goddes beforn-weting, here me (quod she) what
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I shal say.'
'Blythly, lady,' quod I, 'me list this mater entyrely to
understande.'
'Thou shalt,' quod she, 'understande that in heven is goddes