ei ne my?ten nat anoyen or don harme to goode men.
? Certys a gret p{ar}ty of ?e peyne to shrewes shulde ben allegged {and}
releued. ? For al be it so ?{a}t ?is ne seme nat credible ?ing
p{er}auent{ur}e to so{m}me folk ?it mot it nedes be ?at shrewes ben more
wrecches {and} vnsely. whan ?ei may don {and} p{er}forme ?at ?
ei
coueiten [than yif they myhte nat
complyssen
?
{a}t they coueyten]. ? For
yif so be ?at it be wrecchednesse to wilne to don yuel[;] ?an is it more
wrecchednesse to mowen don yuel. wi? oute whiche moeuyng ?e wrecched
wille sholde languisshe wi? oute effecte. ? ?an syn ?at eueryche of ?ise
?inges ha?
