TR4.1072 “Ănd óver ăl thís, yĕt séy Ĭ móre hĕrtó:
TR4.1073 Thăt ríght ăs whán Ĭ wót thĕr ís ă thýng,
TR4.1074 Ĭwýs, thăt thýng mŏot nédfŭllý bĕ só;
TR4.1075 Ĕk ríght sŏ, whán Ĭ wóot ă thýng cŏmýng,
TR4.1076 Sŏ mót ĭt cóme; ănd thús thĕ bífăllýng
TR4.1077 Ŏf thýngĕs thát bĕn wíst bĭfóre thĕ týdĕ,
TR4.1078 Thĕy mówĕ nát bĕn éschŭed ón nŏ sýdĕ.”

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• Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
• English translation (Windeatt: 1998) (Windeatt: 1998): And in addition to all this, I say further on this subject: that just as when I know there is a thing, indeed, that thing must necessarily be so; just so, too, when I know a thing to be coming, come it must. And thus, the happening of things that are known before the event may not be evaded in any way!’
• Japanese translation (Sasamoto: 2012) (Sasamoto: 2012): これに加えて、さらに言うと、確実に一つの物が存在することを知った時、必然的に存在しなければならないように、また生じるべきことを知る時、それはそのように生じなければならない。かくしてその時以前に知られる事柄の生起、それはまったく避けることができないのだ。」
• Chinese translation (Fang: 1956) (Fang: 1956): 好比当我知道有一件事存在的时候，那件事就必须存在，因之，当我知道一件事要产生，那件事就必须产生。因此先期预知的事，必然产生，是无可逃避的。”

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: Others (things that will happen)
• Attributive/ Predicative: predicative

Information in Previous Studies

• OED: Not quoted
• MED: Not quoted

• Commented in other previous works:
• Windeatt (2003: 242): comyng: (to be) coming
• Fisher (1989): N/A
• Benson (1987): N/A
• Davis et al. (1979): Not quoted
• Donaldson (1975): N/A
• Baugh (1963): N/A

Possible Definitions

coming, approaching

Comments from the Editor

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