Wherfore al lawe by mannes witte purveyed ought to be underput
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to lawe of kynde, whiche yet hath be commune to every kyndely
creature; that my statutes and my lawe that ben kyndely arn
general to al peoples. Olde doinges and by many turninges of
yeres used, and with the peoples maner proved, mowen nat so
lightly ben defased; but newe doinges, contrariauntes suche olde,
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ofte causen diseses and breken many purposes. Yet saye I nat
therfore that ayen newe mischeef men shulde nat ordaynen