ordenour of meynee, that the vesseles that ben foule and vyle
sholden ben honoured and [heried], and the precious vesseles
sholden ben defouled and vyle; but it nis nat so. For yif tho
thinges that I have concluded a litel her-biforn ben kept hole
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and unraced, thou shalt wel knowe by the autoritee of god, of the
whos regne I speke, that certes the gode folk ben alwey mighty,
and shrewes ben alwey out-cast and feble; ne the vyces ne ben
never-mo with-oute peyne, ne the vertues ne ben nat with-oute
mede; and that blisfulnesses comen alwey to goode folk, and