maladyes of sinne by torment. And by this covenaunt, either the
entente of deffendours or advocats sholde faylen and cesen [in al],
or elles, yif the office of advocats wolde bettre profiten to men,
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it sholde ben torned in-to the habite of accusacioun; that is to
seyn, they sholden accuse shrewes, and nat excuse hem. And eek
the shrewes hem-self, yif hit were leveful to hem to seen [at any]
[clifte] the vertu that they han forleten, and [sawen] that they
sholden putten adoun the filthes of hir vyces, by the torments of
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