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by any weyes; or elles yif that yveles passen with-oute punisshinge.
The whiche thing only, how worthy it is to ben wondred
up-on, thou considerest it wel thy-self certeinly. But yit to this
thing ther is yit another thing y-ioigned, more to ben wondred
up-on. For felonye is emperesse, and floureth ful of richesses;
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and vertu nis nat al-only with-oute medes, but it is cast under and
fortroden under the feet of felonous folk; and it abyeth the
torments in stede of wikkede felounes. Of alle whiche thinges