thinges that ben to done is [taken] to governe to gode folk, for that
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the malice haboundaunt of shrewes sholde ben abated. And god
yeveth and departeth to othre folk prosperitees and adversitees
y-medled to-hepe, after the qualitee of hir corages, and [remordeth]
som folk by adversitee, for they ne sholde nat wexen proude by
longe welefulnesse. And other folk he suffreth to ben travailed
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with harde thinges, for that they sholden confermen the vertues
of corage by the usage and exercitacioun of pacience. And