For whan that som shrewes seen that they suffren wrongfully
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felonyes of othre shrewes, they wexen eschaufed in-to hate of hem
that anoyeden hem, and retornen to the frut of vertu, whan they
studien to ben unlyk to hem that they han hated. Certes, only
this is the divyne might, to the whiche might yveles ben thanne
gode, whan it useth tho yveles covenably, and draweth out the
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effect of any gode; as who seyth, that yvel is good only to the might
of god, for the might of god ordeyneth thilke yvel to good.