wikkednesse (that is to seyn, wikkede thewes, which that is the
uttereste and the worste kinde of shrewednesse) ne defouleth ne
enteccheth nat hem only, but infecteth and envenimeth hem
gretly? And also look on shrewes, that ben the contrarie party
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of goode men, how greet peyne felawshipeth and folweth hem!
For thou hast lerned a litel her-biforn, that al thing that is and
hath beinge is oon, and thilke same oon is good; thanne is this
the consequence, that it semeth wel, that al that is and hath beinge
is good; this is to seyn, as who seyth, that beinge and unitee and