No More Learning

? at is to seye
defaute of peyne. whiche defaute of peyne ? ou hast graunted is yuel.
? For ? e desert of felonye I ne may nat denye it q{uo}d I. ? Moche more
? an q{uo}d she ben shrewes vnsely whan ? ei ben wrongfully delyuered fro
peyne. ? an whan ? ei be? punissed by ry? tful vengeaunce. but ? is is open
? i{n}g {and} clere ? at it is ry? t ? at shrewes ben punissed. {and} it is
wickednesse {and} wrong ? at ? ei escapin vnpunissed. ? who my? t[e] denye
? at q{uo}d I. but q{uo}d she may any ma{n} denye. ? at al ? at is ry? t nis
good. {and} also ? e contrarie. ? at alle ? at is wrong nis wicked. certys
q{uo}d I ? ise ? inges ben clere ynou? . {and} ? at we han concludid a litel
here byforn{e}. but I p{re}ye ? e ? at ? ou telle me yif ? ou accordest to
leten no to{ur}ment to ? e soules aftir ? at ? e body is dedid by ? e de? e.
? is [is] to seyn. vndirstondest ? ou ou? t ? at soules han any to{ur}ment
after ? e de? e of ? e body. ? Certis q{uo}d she ? e {and} ? at ry? t grete.
of whiche soules q{uo}d she I trowe ? at so{m}me ben to{ur}mentid by
asprenesse of peyne. {and} so{m}me soules I trowe be exc{er}cised by a
p{ur}ging mekenesse. but my conseil nys nat to determyne of ? is peyne.
but I haue trauayled and told it hider to. ? For ? ou sholdest knowe ? at
? e mowynge [. i. myght] of shrewes whiche mowynge ? e seme? to ben.
vnwor? i nis no mowynge. {and} eke of shrewes of whiche ? ou pleynedest
? at ? ei ne were nat punissed. ? at ? ou woldest seen ? at ? ei ne weren
neuer mo wi? outen ? e torment of hire wickednesse. {and} of ? e licence
of mowynge to done yuel. ? at ? ou p{re}idest ? at it my? t[e] sone ben
endid. {and} ? at ? ou woldest fayne lerne. ? at it ne sholde nat longe
endure. {and} ? at shrewes ben more vnsely yif ? ei were of lenger duryng.
{and} most vnsely yif ? ei weren p{er}durable. {and} after ? is I haue
shewed ? e ? at more vnsely ben shrewes whan ? ei escapen wi? oute ry? tful
peyne. ? an whan ? ei ben punissed by ry? tful uengeaunce. and of ? is
sentence folwe? it ? at ? an be{n} shrewes constreyned atte laste wi? most
greuous tourment. whan men wene ? at ? ei ne ben nat ypunissed. whan I
considre ? i resou{n}s q{uo}d I. I. ne trowe nat ? at men seyn any ? ing
more verrely. {and} yif I to{ur}ne a? eyn to ? e studies of men. who is
[he] to who{m} it sholde seme ? at [he] ne sholde nat only leue{n} ? ise
? inges. but eke gladly herkene he{m}. Certys q{uo}d she so it is. but
men may nat. for ? ei han hire eyen so wont to derkenesse of er? ely
? inges. ? at ? ei may nat liften hem vp to ? e ly? t of clere so? efastnes.
? But ? ei ben lyke to briddes of whiche ? e ny? t ly? tne? hyre lookyng.
{and} ? e day blynde? hem. for whan men loken nat ? e ordre of ? inges but
hire lustes {and} talent? . ? ei wene ? at o? ir ? e leue or ? e mowynge to
done wickednesse or ellys ? e escapi{n}g wi? oute peyne be weleful. but
co{n}sider{e} ? e iugement of ? e p{er}durable lawe. for if ? ou conferme
? i corage to ? e beste ? inges. ? ou ne hast no nede to no iuge to ? iue{n}
? e p{r}is or meede. for ? ou hast ioigned ? i self to ? e most excellent
? ing. and yif ?
ou haue enclined ? i studies to ? e wicked ? inges. ne seek
no foreyn wrekere out of ? i self. for ? ou ? i self hast ? rest ? e in to
wicked ? inges. ry? t as ? ou my? test loken by dyuerse tymes ? e foule er? e
{and} ? e heuene. {and} ? at alle o? er ? inges stynten fro wi? oute. so ? at
? ou [ner{e} neyther in heuene ne in erthe] ne say[e] no ? ing more. ? an
sholde it semen to ? e as by only resou{n} of lokynge. ? at ? ou were in ? e
sterres. {and} now in ? e er? e. but ? e poeple ne loke? nat on ? ise
? inges. what ? an shal we ? an app{ro}chen vs to hem ? at I haue shewed ? at
? ei ben lyke to ? e bestes. (q. d. no{n}) ? And what wilt ? ou seyne of
? is ? yif ? at a man hadde al forlorn hys sy? t. {and} had[de] for? eten
? at he euer saw {and} wende ? {a}t no ? ing ne fayled[e] hym of
p{er}fecc{i}ou{n} of ma{n}kynde. now we ? at my? ten sen ? e same ? ing
wolde we nat wene ? at he were bly{n}de (q. d. sic). ne also ne accorde?
nat ? e poeple to ? at I shal seyne. ? e whiche ? ing is susteyned by a
stronge foundement of resou{n}s. ? at is to seyn ? at more vnsely ben ? ei
? at don wrong to o? er folk. ? en ? ei ? at ? e wrong suffren. ? I wolde
heren ? ilke same resou{n}s q{uo}d I ? Deniest ? ou q{uo}d she ? at alle
shrewes ne ben wor? i to han to{ur}ment. nay q{uo}d I. but q{uo}d she I
am certeyne by many resou{n}s ? at shrewes ben vnsely. it accorde? q{uo}d
I. ? an [ne] dowtest ? ou nat q{uo}d she ? at ? ilke folk ? at ben wor? i of
to{ur}ment ? at ? ei ne ben wrecches. It accorde? wel q{uo}d I. yif ? ou
were ? an q{uo}d she yset a Iuge or a knower of ? inges. whe? er trowest
? ou ? {a}t men sholde to{ur}ment[e] hym ? at ha? don ? e wronge. or hym ? at
ha? suffred ? e wronge. I ne doute nat q{uo}d I. ? at I nolde don
suffissaunt satisfacc{i}ou{n} to hym ? at had[de] suffred ? e wrong by ? e
sorwe of hym ? at had[de] don ? e wronge. ? ? an seme? it q{uo}d she ? at ? e
doar of wrong is more wrecche ? an he ? at ha? suffred ? e wrong. ? at
folwe? wel q{uo}d [I]. ? an q{uo}d she by ? ise causes {and} by o? er
causes ? at ben enforced by ? e same roate ? at fil? e or synne by ? e
p{ro}pre nature of it make? men wretches. {and} it shewe? wel ? at ? e
wrong ? at me{n} don nis nat ? e wrecchenesse of hym ? at receyue? ? e
wrong. but ? e wrecchednesse of hym ? at do? ? e wronge ? but certys q{uo}d
she ? ise orato{ur}s or aduocat? don al ? e contrarie for ? ei enforcen hem
to co{m}moeue ? e iuges to han pite of he{m} ? at han suffred {and}
resceyued ? e ? inges ? at ben greuous {and} aspre. {and} ? itte men sholden
more ry? tfully han pitee on hem ? at don ? e greuaunces {and} ? e wronges.
? e whiche shrewes it were a more couenable ? ing ? at ? e accuso{ur}s or
aduocat? not wro? e but pitous {and} debonaire ladden ? e shrewes ? at han
don wro{n}g to ? e Iugement. ry? t as men leden seke folk to ?