e dyuerse
subtilite
of deueles.
Chaucer - Boethius
stablisi?
many manere gyses to ?
inges ?
at 3860
ben to don.
[Sidenote: These means, referred only to the divine intelligence,
are called Providence; but when contemplated in relation to the
things which receive motion and order from them, are called
Destiny. ]
? ? e whiche manere whan ? at men loken
it i{n} ? ilke pure clerenesse of ? e deuyne i{n}telligence. it
is ycleped p{ur}ueaunce ? but whan ? ilke manere is referred
by me{n} to ? inges ? at it moeue? {and} dispone? ? an [[pg 135]]
of olde men. it was cleped destine.
[Linenotes:
3823 _byhy? t_--by-hyhte
3824 _hidde_--hyd
3826 _preye_--p{re}ey
_diuise_--deuyse
3827 _do_--don
3828 _gretely_--gretly
3829 [_what_]--from C.
3832 _? ere au? t_--ther awht
3834 _swiche_--swych
_oon_--o
3835 _wi? outen noumbre_--w{i}t{h}-owte nowmbyr
3836 _waxen_--wexen
3837 _? ere_--ther
3838 _constreined[e]_--constreynede
3839 _lyuely_--lyfly
3840 _witte_--wit
3843 _hap_--happe
3845 _wey? t_--wyht
3848 _wole_--wol
3850 _? ow_--MS. now, C. ? {o}u
_most suffren_--MS. moste to souereyne; C. most suffren
3851 _? ilk_--thilke
3853 _? o_--so
_spak_--MS. spake, C. spak
_a[s]_--as
3856 _alle_--al
3858 [_and----thowht_]--from C.
_yset_--MS. ysette, C. yset
3859 _toure_--towr
_seyne_--seyn
_hey? t_--heyhte
3861 _don_--done
3862 _clerenesse_--klennesse]
[Headnote:
OF FATE AND PROVIDENCE. ]
[Sidenote: Reflection on the efficacy of the one and the other
will soon cause us to see their differences. ]
? ? e whiche 3865
? inges yif ? at any wy? t loke? wel in his ? ou? t.
? e streng? e of ? at oon {and} of ? at o? er he shal ly? tly mowen
seen ? at ? ise two ? inges ben diuers.
[Sidenote: Providence is the divine intelligence manifested in the
disposition of worldly affairs. ]
? For p{ur}ueau{n}ce 3868
is ? ilke deuyne resou{n} ? at is establissed in ? e souereyne
p{r}ince of ? inges. ? e whiche p{ur}ueaunce disponi? alle
? inges.
[Sidenote: Destiny or Fate is that inherent state or condition of
movable things by means whereof Providence retains them in the
order in which she has placed them. ]
but destine is ? e disposic{i}ou{n} {and} ordenaunce
cleuynge to moeuable ? inges. by ? e whiche disposic{i}ou{n} 3872
? e p{ur}ueaunce knyte? alle ? inges in hire ordres.
[Sidenote: Providence embraces all things, although diverse and
infinite; but Fate gives motion to every individual thing, and in
the place and under the form appropriated to it. ]
? For p{ur}ueaunce enbrace? alle ? i{n}ges to hepe. al ? ou? ? at
? ei ben dyuerse {and} al ? ou? ? ei ben wi? outen fyn. but
destynie dep{ar}te? {and} ordeyne? alle ? inges singlerly 3876
{and} diuide? . in moeuynges. in places. in formes. in
tymes. dep{ar}ti? [as] ? us.
[Sidenote: So that the explication of this order of things wrapt
up in the divine intelligence is Providence; and being unfolded
according to time and other circumstances, may be called Fate. ]
so ? at ? e vnfoldyng of temp{or}el
ordenaunce assembled {and} ooned in ? e lokyng of
? e deuyne ? ou? t ? Is p{ur}ueaunce {and} ? ilke same 3880
assemblynge. {and} oonyng diuided {and} vnfolden by
tymes. lat ? at ben called destine.
[Sidenote: Though these things appear to differ, yet one of them
depends on the other, for the order of Fate proceeds from the
unity of Providence. ]
[Sidenote: [* fol. 30 _b_. ]]
{and} al be *it so ? at
? ise ? inges ben dyuerse. ? itte na? eles hange? ? at oon
on ? at o? er. forwhi ? e ordre destinal p{ro}cedi? of ? e 3884
simplicite of purueaunce.
[Sidenote: For as a workman, who has formed in his head the plan
of a work which he is desirous to finish, executes it afterwards,
and produces after a time all the different parts of the model
which he has conceived;]
for ry? t as a werkma{n} ? at
ap{er}ceiue? in hys ? ou? t ? e forme of ? e ? ing ? at he wil
make moeue? ? e effect of ? e werke. {and} ledi? ? at he
had[de] loked byforne in hys ? ou? t symply {and} p{re}sently 3888
by temp{or}el ? ou? t.
[Sidenote: so God in the plan of his Providence disposes
everything to be brought about in a certain order and in a proper
time;]
? Certys ry? t so god disponi?
in hys p{ur}ueaunce singlerly {and} stably ? e ? inges
? at ben to done. but he amynistre? in many maneres
{and} in dyuerse tymes by destyne. ? ilke same ? inges 3892
? at he ha? disponed ? an whe? ir ? at destine be excercised.
[Linenotes:
3872 _cleuynge_--clyuynge
3875 _wi? outen fyn_--Infynyte
3876 _singlerly_--syngulerly
3877 _in_ (3)--MS. {and}, C. in
3878 _departi? _--omitted
[_as_]--from C.
_so ? at_--lat
3884 _on_--of
3886 _wil_--wol
3888 _had[de]_--hadde
_symply_--symplely
3889 _? ou? t_--ordinau{n}ce
3890 _singlerly_--syngulerly
_stably_--stablely
3893 _ha? _--MS. ha? e]
[Headnote:
PROVIDENCE CONTROLS FATE. ]
[Sidenote: and afterwards, by the ministry of Fate, he
accomplishes what he has planned, conformably to that order and
that time. ]
ey? er by so{m}me dyuyne spirites seruaunte? to
? e deuyne p{ur}ueaunce. or ellys by so{m}me soule (a{n}i{m}a
mundi). or ellys by al nature seruynge to god. or ellys [[pg 136]]
by ? e celestial moeuyng of sterres. or ellys by ? e vertue 3897
of aungels. or ellys by ?
e dyuerse subtilite of deueles.
or ellys by any of he{m}. or ellys by hem alle ? e destynal
ordynau{n}ce is ywouen or accomplissed. certys it is open 3900
? ing ? at ? e p{ur}ueaunce is an vnmoeueable {and} symple
forme of ? inges to done. {and} ? e moeueable bonde {and}
? e temp{or}el ordynaunce of ? inges whiche ? at ? e deuyne
simplicite of p{ur}ueaunce ha? ordeyned to done. ? at is 3904
destine.
[Sidenote: So then, however Fate be exercised, it is evident that
things subject to Destiny are under the control of Providence,
which disposes Destiny. ]
For whiche it is ? at alle ? inges ? at ben put
vndir destine ben certys subgit? to p{ur}ueaunce. to
whiche p{ur}ueaunce destine it self is subgit {and} vndir.
[Sidenote: But some things under Providence are exempt from the
control of Fate; being stably fixed near to the Divinity himself,
and beyond the movement of Destiny. ]
? But so{m}me ? inges ben put vndir purueaunce ? at 3908
so{ur}mounten ? e ordinaunce of destine. {and} ? o ben
? ilke ? at stably ben yficched ney to ? e first godhed ? ei
so{ur}mou{n}ten ? e ordre of destinal moeuablite.
[Sidenote: For even, as among several circles revolving round one
common centre, that which is innermost approaches nearest to the
simplicity of the middle points, and is, as it were, a centre,
round which the outward ones revolve;]
? For
ry? t as cercles ? at to{ur}nen aboute a same Centre or 3912
about a poynt. ? ilke cercle ? at is inrest or moost wi? -ynne
ioine? to ? e symplesse of ? e myddel {and} is as it
were a Centre or a poynt to ? at o? er cercles ? at tourne{n}
aboute{n} hym.
[Sidenote: whilst the outermost, revolving in a wider
circumference, the further it is from the centre describes a
larger space--but yet, if this circle or anything else be joined
to the middle point, it is constrained to be immovable. ]
? and ? ilke ? at is outerest compased by 3916
larger envyronnynge is vnfolden by larger spaces in so
mochel as it is for? est fro ? e mydel symplicite of ? e
poynt. and yif ? er be any ? i{n}g ? at knytte? {and} felawshippe?
hym selfe to ? ilke mydel poynt it is constreyned 3920
in to symplicite. ? at is to seyn in to [vn]moeueablete.
{and} it ceseth to ben shad {and} to fleti{n} dyuersly.
[Sidenote: By parity of reason, the further anything is removed
from the first intelligence, so much the more is it under the
control of Destiny;]
? Ry? t
so by semblable resou{n}. ? ilke ? inge ? at dep{ar}ti? fir? est
fro ? e first ? ou? t of god. it is vnfolde{n} {and} su{m}mittid 3924
to grettere bondes of destine.
[Sidenote: and the nearer anything approaches to this
Intelligence, the centre of all things, the more stable it
becomes, and the less dependent upon Destiny. ]
and in so moche is ? e
? ing more free {and} lovs fro destyne as it axe? {and}
holde? hym ner to ? ilke Centre of ? inges. ? at is to [[pg 137]]
seyne god.
[Linenotes:
3894 _ey? er_--owther
_seruaunte? _--MS. seruaunce?
3895 _somme_--som
3896 _al_--alle
3897 _moeuyng_--moeuynges
3900 _ywouen_--MS. ywonnen, C. ywouen
_or_--{and}
3902 _bonde_--bond
3904 _ha? _--MS. ha? e
3905 _whiche_--which
3912 _as_--as of
3913 _about_--a-bowte
_inrest_--innerest
3917 _larger_ (1)--a large
3918 _mochel_--moche
_for? est_--ferther{e}
3920 _selfe_--self
3921 _[vn]moeueablete_--vnmoeuablete
3922 _ceseth_--MS. fle? e, C. cesith
3923 _? inge_--thing
3924 _of_--MS. to, C. of
3926 _lovs_--laus
3927 _ner_--ner{e}]
[Headnote:
DESTINY RULES NATURE. ]
[Sidenote: And if we suppose that the thing in question is joined
to the stability of the supreme mind, it then becomes immovable,
and is beyond the necessity and power of destiny. ]
? and if ? e ? inge cleue? to ? e stedfastnesse 3928
of ? e ? ou? t of god. {and} be wi? oute moeuyng certys it
so{ur}mounte? ? e necessite of destyne.
[Sidenote: As reasoning is to the understanding, as that which is
produced to that which exists of itself, as time to eternity, as
the circle to the centre, so is the movable order of Fate to the
stable simplicity of Providence. ]
? an ry? t swiche
comparisou{n} as [it] is of skilynge to vndirstondyng {and}
of ? ing ? at is engendred to ? ing ? at is. {and} of tyme to 3932
eternite. {and} of ? e cercle to ? e Centre. ry? t so is ? e
ordre of moeueable destine to ? e stable symplicite of
p{ur}ueaunce.
[Sidenote: Destiny rules nature. ]
? ? ilke ordinaunce moeue? ? e heuene
{and} ? e sterres {and} attempre? ? e elyment? to gider 3936
amonges hem self. {and} t{ra}nsforme? hem by enterchau{n}gable
mutac{i}ou{n}. ? and ? ilke same ordre newe?
a? ein alle ? inges growyng {and} fallyng a-doune by sembleables
p{ro}gressiou{n}s of seedes {and} of sexes. ? at is 3940
to sein. male {and} female.
[Sidenote: It controls the actions of men by an indissoluble chain
of causes, and is, like their origin, immutable. ]
and ? is ilke ordre co{n}streyne?
? e fortunes {and} ? e dedes of men by a bonde of causes
nat able to ben vnbou{n}den (indissolubili). ? e whiche
destinal causes whanne ? ei passen oute fro ? e bygynnynges 3944
of ? e vnmoeueable purueaunce it mot nedes
be ? at ? ei ne be nat mutable.
[Sidenote: Thus, then, are all things well conducted, since that
invariable order of cause has its origin in the simplicity of the
Divine mind, and by its inherent immutability exercises a
restraint upon mutable things, and preserves them from
irregularity. ]
[Sidenote: [* fol. 31. ]]
{and} ? us ben ? e ? inges ful
wel ygouerned. yif ? at ? e symplicite dwelly{n}ge *in ? e
deuyne ? ou? t shewe? fur? e ? e ordre of causes. vnable to 3948
be I-bowed. {and} ? is ordre constreyne? by hys p{ro}pre
stablete ? e moeueable ? inges. or ellys ? ei sholde fleten
folily
[Sidenote: To those who understand not this order, things appear
confused--nevertheless, the proper condition of all things directs
and inclines it to their true good. ]
for whiche it is ? at alle ? inges semen to be confus
{and} trouble to vs men.
ben to don.
[Sidenote: These means, referred only to the divine intelligence,
are called Providence; but when contemplated in relation to the
things which receive motion and order from them, are called
Destiny. ]
? ? e whiche manere whan ? at men loken
it i{n} ? ilke pure clerenesse of ? e deuyne i{n}telligence. it
is ycleped p{ur}ueaunce ? but whan ? ilke manere is referred
by me{n} to ? inges ? at it moeue? {and} dispone? ? an [[pg 135]]
of olde men. it was cleped destine.
[Linenotes:
3823 _byhy? t_--by-hyhte
3824 _hidde_--hyd
3826 _preye_--p{re}ey
_diuise_--deuyse
3827 _do_--don
3828 _gretely_--gretly
3829 [_what_]--from C.
3832 _? ere au? t_--ther awht
3834 _swiche_--swych
_oon_--o
3835 _wi? outen noumbre_--w{i}t{h}-owte nowmbyr
3836 _waxen_--wexen
3837 _? ere_--ther
3838 _constreined[e]_--constreynede
3839 _lyuely_--lyfly
3840 _witte_--wit
3843 _hap_--happe
3845 _wey? t_--wyht
3848 _wole_--wol
3850 _? ow_--MS. now, C. ? {o}u
_most suffren_--MS. moste to souereyne; C. most suffren
3851 _? ilk_--thilke
3853 _? o_--so
_spak_--MS. spake, C. spak
_a[s]_--as
3856 _alle_--al
3858 [_and----thowht_]--from C.
_yset_--MS. ysette, C. yset
3859 _toure_--towr
_seyne_--seyn
_hey? t_--heyhte
3861 _don_--done
3862 _clerenesse_--klennesse]
[Headnote:
OF FATE AND PROVIDENCE. ]
[Sidenote: Reflection on the efficacy of the one and the other
will soon cause us to see their differences. ]
? ? e whiche 3865
? inges yif ? at any wy? t loke? wel in his ? ou? t.
? e streng? e of ? at oon {and} of ? at o? er he shal ly? tly mowen
seen ? at ? ise two ? inges ben diuers.
[Sidenote: Providence is the divine intelligence manifested in the
disposition of worldly affairs. ]
? For p{ur}ueau{n}ce 3868
is ? ilke deuyne resou{n} ? at is establissed in ? e souereyne
p{r}ince of ? inges. ? e whiche p{ur}ueaunce disponi? alle
? inges.
[Sidenote: Destiny or Fate is that inherent state or condition of
movable things by means whereof Providence retains them in the
order in which she has placed them. ]
but destine is ? e disposic{i}ou{n} {and} ordenaunce
cleuynge to moeuable ? inges. by ? e whiche disposic{i}ou{n} 3872
? e p{ur}ueaunce knyte? alle ? inges in hire ordres.
[Sidenote: Providence embraces all things, although diverse and
infinite; but Fate gives motion to every individual thing, and in
the place and under the form appropriated to it. ]
? For p{ur}ueaunce enbrace? alle ? i{n}ges to hepe. al ? ou? ? at
? ei ben dyuerse {and} al ? ou? ? ei ben wi? outen fyn. but
destynie dep{ar}te? {and} ordeyne? alle ? inges singlerly 3876
{and} diuide? . in moeuynges. in places. in formes. in
tymes. dep{ar}ti? [as] ? us.
[Sidenote: So that the explication of this order of things wrapt
up in the divine intelligence is Providence; and being unfolded
according to time and other circumstances, may be called Fate. ]
so ? at ? e vnfoldyng of temp{or}el
ordenaunce assembled {and} ooned in ? e lokyng of
? e deuyne ? ou? t ? Is p{ur}ueaunce {and} ? ilke same 3880
assemblynge. {and} oonyng diuided {and} vnfolden by
tymes. lat ? at ben called destine.
[Sidenote: Though these things appear to differ, yet one of them
depends on the other, for the order of Fate proceeds from the
unity of Providence. ]
[Sidenote: [* fol. 30 _b_. ]]
{and} al be *it so ? at
? ise ? inges ben dyuerse. ? itte na? eles hange? ? at oon
on ? at o? er. forwhi ? e ordre destinal p{ro}cedi? of ? e 3884
simplicite of purueaunce.
[Sidenote: For as a workman, who has formed in his head the plan
of a work which he is desirous to finish, executes it afterwards,
and produces after a time all the different parts of the model
which he has conceived;]
for ry? t as a werkma{n} ? at
ap{er}ceiue? in hys ? ou? t ? e forme of ? e ? ing ? at he wil
make moeue? ? e effect of ? e werke. {and} ledi? ? at he
had[de] loked byforne in hys ? ou? t symply {and} p{re}sently 3888
by temp{or}el ? ou? t.
[Sidenote: so God in the plan of his Providence disposes
everything to be brought about in a certain order and in a proper
time;]
? Certys ry? t so god disponi?
in hys p{ur}ueaunce singlerly {and} stably ? e ? inges
? at ben to done. but he amynistre? in many maneres
{and} in dyuerse tymes by destyne. ? ilke same ? inges 3892
? at he ha? disponed ? an whe? ir ? at destine be excercised.
[Linenotes:
3872 _cleuynge_--clyuynge
3875 _wi? outen fyn_--Infynyte
3876 _singlerly_--syngulerly
3877 _in_ (3)--MS. {and}, C. in
3878 _departi? _--omitted
[_as_]--from C.
_so ? at_--lat
3884 _on_--of
3886 _wil_--wol
3888 _had[de]_--hadde
_symply_--symplely
3889 _? ou? t_--ordinau{n}ce
3890 _singlerly_--syngulerly
_stably_--stablely
3893 _ha? _--MS. ha? e]
[Headnote:
PROVIDENCE CONTROLS FATE. ]
[Sidenote: and afterwards, by the ministry of Fate, he
accomplishes what he has planned, conformably to that order and
that time. ]
ey? er by so{m}me dyuyne spirites seruaunte? to
? e deuyne p{ur}ueaunce. or ellys by so{m}me soule (a{n}i{m}a
mundi). or ellys by al nature seruynge to god. or ellys [[pg 136]]
by ? e celestial moeuyng of sterres. or ellys by ? e vertue 3897
of aungels. or ellys by ?
e dyuerse subtilite of deueles.
or ellys by any of he{m}. or ellys by hem alle ? e destynal
ordynau{n}ce is ywouen or accomplissed. certys it is open 3900
? ing ? at ? e p{ur}ueaunce is an vnmoeueable {and} symple
forme of ? inges to done. {and} ? e moeueable bonde {and}
? e temp{or}el ordynaunce of ? inges whiche ? at ? e deuyne
simplicite of p{ur}ueaunce ha? ordeyned to done. ? at is 3904
destine.
[Sidenote: So then, however Fate be exercised, it is evident that
things subject to Destiny are under the control of Providence,
which disposes Destiny. ]
For whiche it is ? at alle ? inges ? at ben put
vndir destine ben certys subgit? to p{ur}ueaunce. to
whiche p{ur}ueaunce destine it self is subgit {and} vndir.
[Sidenote: But some things under Providence are exempt from the
control of Fate; being stably fixed near to the Divinity himself,
and beyond the movement of Destiny. ]
? But so{m}me ? inges ben put vndir purueaunce ? at 3908
so{ur}mounten ? e ordinaunce of destine. {and} ? o ben
? ilke ? at stably ben yficched ney to ? e first godhed ? ei
so{ur}mou{n}ten ? e ordre of destinal moeuablite.
[Sidenote: For even, as among several circles revolving round one
common centre, that which is innermost approaches nearest to the
simplicity of the middle points, and is, as it were, a centre,
round which the outward ones revolve;]
? For
ry? t as cercles ? at to{ur}nen aboute a same Centre or 3912
about a poynt. ? ilke cercle ? at is inrest or moost wi? -ynne
ioine? to ? e symplesse of ? e myddel {and} is as it
were a Centre or a poynt to ? at o? er cercles ? at tourne{n}
aboute{n} hym.
[Sidenote: whilst the outermost, revolving in a wider
circumference, the further it is from the centre describes a
larger space--but yet, if this circle or anything else be joined
to the middle point, it is constrained to be immovable. ]
? and ? ilke ? at is outerest compased by 3916
larger envyronnynge is vnfolden by larger spaces in so
mochel as it is for? est fro ? e mydel symplicite of ? e
poynt. and yif ? er be any ? i{n}g ? at knytte? {and} felawshippe?
hym selfe to ? ilke mydel poynt it is constreyned 3920
in to symplicite. ? at is to seyn in to [vn]moeueablete.
{and} it ceseth to ben shad {and} to fleti{n} dyuersly.
[Sidenote: By parity of reason, the further anything is removed
from the first intelligence, so much the more is it under the
control of Destiny;]
? Ry? t
so by semblable resou{n}. ? ilke ? inge ? at dep{ar}ti? fir? est
fro ? e first ? ou? t of god. it is vnfolde{n} {and} su{m}mittid 3924
to grettere bondes of destine.
[Sidenote: and the nearer anything approaches to this
Intelligence, the centre of all things, the more stable it
becomes, and the less dependent upon Destiny. ]
and in so moche is ? e
? ing more free {and} lovs fro destyne as it axe? {and}
holde? hym ner to ? ilke Centre of ? inges. ? at is to [[pg 137]]
seyne god.
[Linenotes:
3894 _ey? er_--owther
_seruaunte? _--MS. seruaunce?
3895 _somme_--som
3896 _al_--alle
3897 _moeuyng_--moeuynges
3900 _ywouen_--MS. ywonnen, C. ywouen
_or_--{and}
3902 _bonde_--bond
3904 _ha? _--MS. ha? e
3905 _whiche_--which
3912 _as_--as of
3913 _about_--a-bowte
_inrest_--innerest
3917 _larger_ (1)--a large
3918 _mochel_--moche
_for? est_--ferther{e}
3920 _selfe_--self
3921 _[vn]moeueablete_--vnmoeuablete
3922 _ceseth_--MS. fle? e, C. cesith
3923 _? inge_--thing
3924 _of_--MS. to, C. of
3926 _lovs_--laus
3927 _ner_--ner{e}]
[Headnote:
DESTINY RULES NATURE. ]
[Sidenote: And if we suppose that the thing in question is joined
to the stability of the supreme mind, it then becomes immovable,
and is beyond the necessity and power of destiny. ]
? and if ? e ? inge cleue? to ? e stedfastnesse 3928
of ? e ? ou? t of god. {and} be wi? oute moeuyng certys it
so{ur}mounte? ? e necessite of destyne.
[Sidenote: As reasoning is to the understanding, as that which is
produced to that which exists of itself, as time to eternity, as
the circle to the centre, so is the movable order of Fate to the
stable simplicity of Providence. ]
? an ry? t swiche
comparisou{n} as [it] is of skilynge to vndirstondyng {and}
of ? ing ? at is engendred to ? ing ? at is. {and} of tyme to 3932
eternite. {and} of ? e cercle to ? e Centre. ry? t so is ? e
ordre of moeueable destine to ? e stable symplicite of
p{ur}ueaunce.
[Sidenote: Destiny rules nature. ]
? ? ilke ordinaunce moeue? ? e heuene
{and} ? e sterres {and} attempre? ? e elyment? to gider 3936
amonges hem self. {and} t{ra}nsforme? hem by enterchau{n}gable
mutac{i}ou{n}. ? and ? ilke same ordre newe?
a? ein alle ? inges growyng {and} fallyng a-doune by sembleables
p{ro}gressiou{n}s of seedes {and} of sexes. ? at is 3940
to sein. male {and} female.
[Sidenote: It controls the actions of men by an indissoluble chain
of causes, and is, like their origin, immutable. ]
and ? is ilke ordre co{n}streyne?
? e fortunes {and} ? e dedes of men by a bonde of causes
nat able to ben vnbou{n}den (indissolubili). ? e whiche
destinal causes whanne ? ei passen oute fro ? e bygynnynges 3944
of ? e vnmoeueable purueaunce it mot nedes
be ? at ? ei ne be nat mutable.
[Sidenote: Thus, then, are all things well conducted, since that
invariable order of cause has its origin in the simplicity of the
Divine mind, and by its inherent immutability exercises a
restraint upon mutable things, and preserves them from
irregularity. ]
[Sidenote: [* fol. 31. ]]
{and} ? us ben ? e ? inges ful
wel ygouerned. yif ? at ? e symplicite dwelly{n}ge *in ? e
deuyne ? ou? t shewe? fur? e ? e ordre of causes. vnable to 3948
be I-bowed. {and} ? is ordre constreyne? by hys p{ro}pre
stablete ? e moeueable ? inges. or ellys ? ei sholde fleten
folily
[Sidenote: To those who understand not this order, things appear
confused--nevertheless, the proper condition of all things directs
and inclines it to their true good. ]
for whiche it is ? at alle ? inges semen to be confus
{and} trouble to vs men.
