peynes, they ne oughte nat, [right for] the recompensacioun for to
geten hem bountee and prowesse which that they han lost,
demen ne holden that thilke peynes weren torments to hem; and
eek they wolden refuse the attendaunce of hir advocats, and
taken hem-self to hir Iuges and to hir accusors. For which it
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bitydeth that, as to the wyse folk, ther nis no place [y-leten] to
hate; that is to seyn, that ne hate hath no place amonges wyse men.
For no wight nil haten goode men, but-yif he were over-mochel a
fool; and for to haten shrewes, it nis no resoun. For right so as