_ They have no power, as I shall
presently
show
you.
you.
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{a}t ?
ei kepen ?
itte 3520
? e forme of ? e body of mankynde.
[Sidenote: I wish, however, that the wicked were without the power
to annoy and hurt good men. ]
but I nolde nat of
shrewes of whiche ? e ? ou? t cruel woode? alwey in to
destrucc{i}ou{n} of good[e] men. ? at it wer{e} leueful to hem
to done ? at.
[Sidenote: _P.
_ They have no power, as I shall presently show
you. ]
? Certys q{uo}d she ne it nis nat leueful 3524
to hem as I shal wel shewen ? e in couenable place.
[Sidenote: But were this power, which men ascribe to them, taken
away from the wicked, they would be relieved of the greatest part
of their punishment. ]
? But na? eles yif so were ? at ? ilke ? at me{n} wene{n} ben
leueful for shrewes were bynomen hem. so ? at ? ei ne [[pg 124]]
my? ten nat anoyen or don harme to goode men. ?
? e forme of ? e body of mankynde.
[Sidenote: I wish, however, that the wicked were without the power
to annoy and hurt good men. ]
but I nolde nat of
shrewes of whiche ? e ? ou? t cruel woode? alwey in to
destrucc{i}ou{n} of good[e] men. ? at it wer{e} leueful to hem
to done ? at.
[Sidenote: _P.
_ They have no power, as I shall presently show
you. ]
? Certys q{uo}d she ne it nis nat leueful 3524
to hem as I shal wel shewen ? e in couenable place.
[Sidenote: But were this power, which men ascribe to them, taken
away from the wicked, they would be relieved of the greatest part
of their punishment. ]
? But na? eles yif so were ? at ? ilke ? at me{n} wene{n} ben
leueful for shrewes were bynomen hem. so ? at ? ei ne [[pg 124]]
my? ten nat anoyen or don harme to goode men. ?
