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goodnesse is al oon. And in this manere it folweth thanne, that al
thing that faileth to ben good, it stinteth for to be and for to han
any beinge; wherfore it is, that shrewes stinten for to ben that
they weren. But thilke other forme of mankinde, that is to seyn,
the forme of the body with-oute, sheweth yit that thise shrewes
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weren whylom men; wher-for, whan they ben perverted and
torned in-to malice, certes, than han they forlorn the nature of
mankinde. But so as only bountee and prowesse may enhaunsen