they ne ben don rightfully and ordenely, to the profit of hem to
whom we seen thise thinges bityde. For certes, that adversitee
comth somtyme to shrewes, and somtyme that that they desiren,
it comth of thise forseide causes. And of sorwful thinges that
bityden to shrewes, certes, no man ne wondreth; for alle men
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wenen that they han wel deserved it, and that they ben of
[wikkede merite]; of whiche shrewes the torment somtyme agasteth
othre to don felonyes, and somtyme it amendeth hem that suffren
the torments. And the prosperitee that is yeven to shrewes