shewe thee in covenable place; but natheles, yif so were that thilke

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that men wenen be leveful to shrewes were binomen hem, so that

they ne mighte nat anoyen or doon harm to goode men, certes, a

greet partye of the peyne to shrewes sholde ben allegged and

releved. For al-be-it so that this ne seme nat credible thing,

per-aventure, to some folk, yit moot it nedes be, that shrewes ben

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more wrecches and unsely whan they may doon and performe

that they coveiten, than yif they mighte nat complisshen that they