rather than the good. Than foloweth it that shrewes
rather than good shul ben cause of this knot. But of this [the]
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contrarie of al lovers is bileved, and for a sothe openly determined
to holde.'
'Now,' quod I, 'fayn wolde I here, how suche dignitees acorden
with shrewes.'
'O,' quod she, 'that wol I shewe in manifolde wyse. Ye wene
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(quod she) that dignites of office here in your citè is as the