war; and that thing estableth to shrewes the ende of hir
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shrewednesse. For yif that shrewednesse maketh wrecches, than
mot he nedes ben most wrecched that lengest is a shrewe; the
whiche wikked shrewes wolde I demen aldermost unsely and caitifs,
yif that hir shrewednesse ne were finisshed, at the leste wey, by
[the outtereste] deeth. For yif I have concluded sooth of the unselinesse
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of shrewednesse, than sheweth it cleerly that thilke
wrecchednesse is with-outen ende, the whiche is certein to ben