the contrarye; for they enforcen hem to commoeve the Iuges to

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han pitee of hem that han suffred and receyved the thinges that

ben grevous and aspre, and yit men sholden more rightfully han

pitee of hem that don the grevaunces and the wronges; the

whiche shrewes, it were a more covenable thing, that the

accusours or advocats, nat wroth but pitous and debonair, ledden

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tho shrewes that han don wrong to the Iugement, right as men

leden syke folk to the leche, for that they sholde seken out the