[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 þat alle þinges þat ben put vndir destine ben certys subgit[gh] 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 þinges ben put vndir purueaunce þat 3908 so{ ur}mounten þe ordinaunce of destine. { and} þo ben þilke þat stably ben yficched ney to þe first godhed þei so{ ur}mou{ n}ten þe 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[gh]t as cercles þat to{ ur}nen aboute a same Centre or 3912 about a poynt. þilke cercle þat is inrest or moost wiþ-ynne ioineþ to þe symplesse of þe myddel { and} is as it were a Centre or a poynt to þat oþer cercles þat 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 þilke þat is outerest compased by 3916 larger envyronnynge is vnfolden by larger spaces in so mochel as it is forþest fro þe mydel symplicite of þe poynt. and yif þer be any þi{ n}g þat knytteþ { and} felawshippeþ hym selfe to þilke mydel poynt it is constreyned 3920 in to symplicite. þat 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[gh]t so by semblable resou{ n}. þilke þinge þat dep{ ar}tiþ firþest fro þe first þou[gh]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.]