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at is [to] s[e]yn ? ei sholde{n} accuse shrewes. {and} nat
excuse hem.

[Sidenote: Were it permitted the wicked to get a slight view of
virtue's beauty, which they have forsaken, and could they be
persuaded of the purifying effects of lawful chastisement, they
surely would not consider punishment as an evil, but would
willingly give themselves up to justice and refuse the defence of
their advocates. ]

{and} eke ? e shrewes hem self. ? it it were 3720
leueful to hem to seen at any clifte ? e vertue ? at ? ei
han forleten. {and} sawen ? at ? ei sholde putten adou{n}
? e fil?
es of hire vices by [the] to{ur}ment? of peynes. ? ei
ne au? ten nat ry? t for ? e reco{m}pensac{i}ou{n} forto geten 3724
hem bounte {and} prowesse whiche ? at ? ei han lost demen
ne holden ? at ? ilke peynes weren to{ur}mentes to hem.
{and} eke ? ei wolden refuse ? e attendau{n}ce of hir aduocat?
{and} taken hem self to hire iuges {and} to hir accusours. 3728

[Sidenote: The wise hate nobody, only a fool hates good men; and
it is as irrational to hate the wicked.