Than gan Love nighe me nere, and with a noble countenance of visage and limmes, dressed her nigh my sitting-place. 'Take forth,' quod she, 'thy pen, and redily wryte these wordes. For if god wol, I shal hem so enforme to thee, that thy 5 leudnesse which I have understande in that mater shal openly be clered, and thy sight in ful loking therin amended. First, if thou thinke that goddes prescience repugne libertè of arbitrement, it is impossible that they shulde accorde in onheed of sothe to understonding.' 10 'Ye,' quod I, 'forsothe; so I it conceyve.' 'Wel,' quod she, 'if thilke impossible were away, the repugnaunce that semeth to be therin were utterly removed.' 'Shewe me the absence of that impossibilitè,' quod I. 'So,' quod she, 'I shal. Now I suppose that they mowe 15 stande togider: prescience of god, whom foloweth necessitè of thinges comming, and libertè of arbitrement, thorow whiche thou belevest many thinges to be without necessitè.' 'Bothe these proporcions be sothe,' quod I, 'and wel mowe stande togider; wherfore this case as possible I admit.' 20 'Truely,' quod she, 'and this case is impossible.' 'How so?' quod I. 'For herof,' quod she, 'foloweth and wexeth another impossible.' 'Prove me that,' quod I. 25 'That I shal,' quod she; 'for somthing is comming without necessitè, and god wot that toforn; for al thing comming he before wot, and that he beforn wot of necessitè is comming, as he beforn wot be the case by necessary maner; or els, thorow necessitè, is somthing to be without necessitè; and wheder, to 30 every wight that hath good understanding, is seen these thinges to be repugnaunt: prescience of god, whiche that foloweth necessitè, and libertè of arbitrement, fro whiche is removed necessitè? For truely, it is necessary that god have forweting of thing withouten any necessitè cominge.' 35 'Ye,' quod I; 'but yet remeve ye nat away fro myne understanding the necessitè folowing goddes be foreweting, as thus. God beforn wot me in service of love to be bounden to this Margarite-perle, and therfore by necessitè thus to love am I bounde; and if I had nat loved, thorow necessitè had I ben kept from al 40 love-dedes.'