they han deserved, than yif no peyne of Iustice ne chastysede
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hem. Ne this ne seye I nat now, for that any man mighte
thenke, that the maners of shrewes ben coriged and chastysed by
veniaunce, and that they ben brought to the right wey by the
drede of the torment, ne for that they yeven to other folk
ensaumple to fleen fro vyces; but [I understande] yit in another
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manere, that shrewes ben more unsely whan they ne ben nat
punisshed, al-be-it so that ther ne be had no resoun or lawe of