[Linenotes: 3823 _byhyȝt_--by-hyhte 3824 _hidde_--hyd 3826 _preye_--p{re}ey _diuise_--deuyse 3827 _do_--don 3828 _gretely_--gretly 3829 [_what_]--from C. 3832 _þere auȝt_--ther awht 3834 _swiche_--swych _oon_--o 3835 _wiþouten noumbre_--w{i}t{h}-owte nowmbyr 3836 _waxen_--wexen 3837 _þere_--ther 3838 _constreined[e]_--constreynede 3839 _lyuely_--lyfly 3840 _witte_--wit 3843 _hap_--happe 3845 _weyȝt_--wyht 3848 _wole_--wol 3850 _þow_--MS. now, C. þ{o}u _most suffren_--MS. moste to souereyne; C. most suffren 3851 _þilk_--thilke 3853 _þo_--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 _heyȝt_--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.] ¶ þe whiche 3865 þinges yif þat any wyȝt lokeþ wel in his þouȝt. þe strengþe of þat oon {and} of þat oþer he shal lyȝtly mowen seen þat þise two þinges ben diuers. [Sidenote: Providence is the divine intelligence manifested in the disposition of worldly affairs.] ¶ For p{ur}ueau{n}ce 3868 is þilke deuyne resou{n} þat is establissed in þe souereyne p{r}ince of þinges. þe whiche p{ur}ueaunce disponiþ alle þinges. [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 þe disposic{i}ou{n} {and} ordenaunce cleuynge to moeuable þinges. by þe whiche disposic{i}ou{n} 3872 þe p{ur}ueaunce knyteþ alle þinges 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 enbraceþ alle þi{n}ges to hepe. al þouȝ þat þei ben dyuerse {and} al þouȝ þei ben wiþ outen fyn. but destynie dep{ar}teþ {and} ordeyneþ alle þinges singlerly 3876 {and} diuideþ. in moeuynges. in places. in formes. in tymes. dep{ar}tiþ [as] þus. [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 þat þe vnfoldyng of temp{or}el ordenaunce assembled {and} ooned in þe lokyng of þe deuyne þouȝt ¶ Is p{ur}ueaunce {and} þilke same 3880 assemblynge. {and} oonyng diuided {and} vnfolden by tymes. lat þat ben called destine.