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[Linenotes:
3399 _reioise? _--reioyse
_hem_--hym
_? ei had[de]_--he hadde
3400 [_? at_]--from C.
3401 _had[de]_--hadde
3402 _self_--MS. selk
3403 _my? t[e] bynym[e]_--myhte be-nyme
3404 _owen_--owne
3406 _laste_--last
3408 _good[e]_--goode
_wolde_--nolde
3409 _goode_--good
_of_ (2)--of the
3411 _greet_--grete
3412 _here byforne_--her by-forn
3413 _god_--good
3414 _is_ (1)--his
_clere_--cleer
3415 _good[e]_--goode
3417 _godde[s]_--goddes
_swiche_--swich
3418 [_ne_]--from C.
_endirken_--derken]

[Headnote:
VIRTUE EXALTS MANKIND. ]

? certys no wise man ne may doute of ? e vndep{ar}table
peyne of shrewes. ? ? at is to seyn ? at ?
e peyne of
shrewes ne dep{ar}ti? nat from hem self neuer mo. 3424

[Sidenote: For since _good_ and _evil_ are contraries, so are
_rewards_ and _punishments_. ]

? For so as goode {and} yuel {and} peyne {and} medes ben
contrarie it mot nedes ben ? {a}t ry? t as we seen by-tiden
in gerdou{n} of goode.

[Sidenote: It is evident that rewards follow good actions, and
punishments attend evil actions; then as virtue itself is the
reward of the virtuous, so vice is the punishment of the vicious. ]

? at also mot ? e peyne of yuel
answer{e} by ? e contrarie partye to shrewes. now ? an so 3428
as bounte {and} prowesse ben ? e medes to goode folk.
also is shrewednesse it self torment to shrewes

[Sidenote: He who is punished with pain and uneasiness knows that
he is afflicted with evil.