and ȝif þat resou{n} 4916 wolde answeren aȝein to þise two þat is to sein to wit {and} to ymaginac{i}ou{n}. {and} sein þat soþely she hir self. þat is to seyn þat resou{n} lokeþ {and} comp{re}hendiþ by resou{n} of vniuersalite. boþe þat þat is sensible {and} þat 4920 þat is ymaginable. {and} þat þilke two þat is to seyn wit {and} ymaginac{i}ou{n} ne mowe{n} nat strecchen ne enhaunsen hem self to knowynge of vniuersalite for þat þe knowy{n}g of hem ne may exceden nor so{ur}mou{n}te{n} 4924 þe bodyly figure[s] ¶ Certys of þe knowyng of þinges men auȝten raþer ȝeue credence to þe more stedfast {and} to þe more p{er}fit iugement. [Sidenote: In a controversy of this kind ought not we, who possess faculties of reason, &c., to side with reason and espouse her cause?] In þis manere stryuynge þan we þat han strengþe of resonynge {and} of ymaginynge 4928 {and} of wit þat is to seyn by resou{n} {and} by ymaginac{i}ou{n} {and} by wit. [{and}] we sholde raþer p{re}ise þe cause of resou{n}. as who seiþ þan þe cause of wit or ymaginac{i}ou{n}. [Linenotes: 4907 _aȝeins_--ayein 4908 _vniuersel_--vniu{er}sels 4911 [_soth_]--from C. 4914 _fals whiche_--false which 4917 _wit_--witte 4918 _soþely_--soothly 4923 _knowynge_--knowy 4926 _ȝeue_--yeuen _stedfast_--stidefast 4930 [_and_]--from C. 4931 _or_--{and} of] [Headnote: REASON SHOULD SUBMIT TO INTELLIGENCE.] [Sidenote: The case is entirely similar when human reason thinks the Divine Intelligence cannot behold future events in any other way than she herself is capable of perceiving them.] semblable þinge is it þat þe resou{n} of mankynde 4932 ne weneþ nat þat þe deuyne intelligence byholdeþ or knoweþ þinges to comen. but ryȝt as þe resou{n} of mankynde knoweþ hem. [Sidenote: For thus you argue:-- What things are not necessitated cannot be foreknown; therefore there is no prescience of these things, for, if there were, everything would be fixed by an absolute necessity.] for þou arguist {and} seist þus. þat yif it ne seme nat to men þat so{m}me þinges han certeyne [[pg 170]] {and} necessarie bytidynges. þei ne mowen nat ben wist 4937 byforn certeynely to bytiden. þa{n} nis [ther] no p{re}science of þilke þinges. {and} yif we trowen þat p{re}science ben in þise þinges. þan is þer no þinge þat it ne 4940 bitidiþ by necessite. [Sidenote: If it were possible to enjoy the intelligence of the Deity, we should then deem it right that sense and imagination should yield to reason, and also judge it proper that human reason should submit to the Divine Intelligence.] [Sidenote: [* fol. 38 _b_.]]