TR4.1030 "Ǐ séy thǎt íf the ǒpýny̌óun ǒf thé
TR4.1031 Bě sóth, fǒr thát hě sítte, thǎn séy Ǐ thís:
TR4.1032 Thǎt hé mǒt síttěn bý něcéssǐté;
TR4.1033 Ǎnd thús něcéssǐté ǐn éythěr ís.
TR4.1034 Fǒr ín hy̌m, néde ǒf sítty̌nge ís, y̌wýs,
TR4.1035 Ǎnd ín thě, néde ǒf sóth; ǎnd thús, fǒrsóthě,
TR4.1036 Thěre mót něcéssǐté běn ín yǒw bóthě.

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• Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
• English translations (Windeatt: 1998): I’m saying that if your opinion is true, because he is sitting, then I say this: that he must be sitting, of necessity; and so necessity is in both. For in him there is necessity of sitting, indeed, and in you, necessity of truth. And so, in truth, there must be necessity in you both.
• Japanese translations (Sasamoto: 2012): あのね、もし彼が座っているなら、費方の意見が真実であれば、その時おれはこう言おう、その人は必ず座っていなければならないと。かくしてどちらも必然性が存在する。きっと座る必然性が存在するからだ。貴方には意見の真実の必然性が存在する。かくして実際に費方の中には両方に必然性があらねばならない。
• Chinese translations (Fang: 1956): 因他确是坐在那里，那么他当然是无疑地坐在那里。所以两方面都含有必然性，在他是坐在那里的必然性，在你是信念准备的必然性。

Word Information

• Etymology: OE
• Addresser: Troilus
• Addressee: N/A
• Adjectives with which juxtaposed: N/A
• Counterpart in its source (Fil): N/A
• Noun(s) (NPs) modified: judgement or decision (opinion)
• Attributive/ Predicative: predicative

Information in Previous Studies

• OED: Not quoted
• MED: Not quoted

• Commented in other previous works:
• Windeatt (2003): N/A
• Fisher (1989: 493): Be soth for that: is true because
• Benson (1987): N/A
• Davis et al. (1979): Not quoted
• Donaldson (1975): N/A
• Baugh (1963): N/A

Possible Definitions

true

Comments from the Editor

See my comment of ‘certain’ (adj., Tr4.1012).