[Sidenote: 3. Sudden chance. 4. Prescience of God, and divine predestination. 5. Free-will.] {and} of sodeyne hap. {and} of þe knowyng {and} p{re}destinac{i}ou{n} deuine {and} of þe lyberte of fre wille. 3844 þe whiche þing þou þi self ap{er}ceiust wel of what weyȝt þei ben. but for as mochel as þe knowynge of þise þinges is a manere porc{i}ou{n} to þe medicine to þe. al be it so þat I haue lytel tyme to don it. [Sidenote: I will try to treat of these things:--] ȝit naþeles I wole 3848 enforcen me to shewe somwhat of it. ¶ but al þouȝ þe norissinges of dite of musike deliteþ þe þow most suffren. {and} forberen a litel of þilk delite while þat I weue (contexo) to þe resou{n}s yknyt by ordre ¶ As it likeþ 3852 to þe q{uo}d I so do. [Sidenote: Resuming her discourse as from a new principle, Philosophy argued as follows:--] ¶ þo spak she ryȝt a[s] by an oþer bygynnyn[ge] {and} seide þus. [Sidenote: The generation of all things, every progression of things liable to change, and everything that moveth, derive their causes, order, and form from the immutability of the divine understanding.] ¶ þe enge{n}drynge of alle þinges q{uo}d she {and} alle þe progressiou{n}s of muuable nat{ur}e. {and} alle þ{a}t moeueþ in any manere takiþ hys 3856 causes. hys ordre. {and} hys formes. of þe stablenesse of þe deuyne þouȝt [Sidenote: Providence directs all things by a variety of means.] [{and} thilke deuyne thowht] þat is yset {and} put in þe toure. þat is to seyne in þe heyȝt of þe simplicite of god. stablisiþ many manere gyses to þinges þat 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.] ¶ þe whiche manere whan þat men loken it i{n} þilke pure clerenesse of þe deuyne i{n}telligence. it is ycleped p{ur}ueaunce ¶ but whan þilke manere is referred by me{n} to þinges þat it moeueþ {and} disponeþ þan [[pg 135]] of olde men. it was cleped destine.