[Linenotes: 3361-63 _her_--hir 3362 _myȝt[e]_--myhte 3363 _heyȝe_--heygh 3364 _sorweful_--sorwful 3365 _mouþe_--Mowth 3366 _se_--seen _ilke_--thilke 3368 _on_--in 3369 _hem_--hym 3371 _disseyuyng_--deceyuynge 3373 _seyne_--seyn _bere_--beeren 3373-75-76 _many[e]_--manye 3373 _tyrauntis_--tyranyes 3374 _doþ_--MS. doþe _þilk_--thilke 3375 _doune_--down _wicked_--wikkede 3376 _wicked_--wikkedly] [[pg 119]] [Headnote: THEY DO NOT ESCAPE PUNISHMENT.] VIDES NE IGITUR QUANTO. [Sidenote: [The iij.^de p{ro}se.]] [Sidenote: See you not in how great and filthy a mire the wicked wallow?] ++SEest þou nat þan in how gret filþe þise shrewes ben ywrapped. {and} wiþ whiche cleernesse þise good folk shynen. [Sidenote: This is a proof that good folks do not go unrewarded, nor do the evil-doers escape punishment.] In þis sheweþ it wel þat to good folk ne 3380 lakkeþ neuer mo hir medes. ne shrewes ne lakken neuer mo to{ur}mentis. [Sidenote: Every action is done for a certain end, and that end is the reward of the action.] for of alle þinges þat ben ydon þilke þing for whiche any þing is doon. it semeþ as by ryȝt þat þilke þing be þe mede of þat. as þus. ¶ yif a 3384 man renneþ in þe stadie or in þe forlonge for þe corone. þan lieþ þe mede in þe corone for whiche he renneþ. [Sidenote: But Happiness is that good for which all things are done. Therefore happiness is the reward which all the human race seek as the reward of their actions.] ¶ And I haue shewed þat blisfulnesse is þilke same good for whiche þat alle þi{n}g{us} ben don. þan is þilke 3388 same good p{ur}posed to þe werkes of mankynde ryȝt as a comune mede. [Sidenote: This good is inseparable from the virtuous, therefore virtue can never want its reward.] whiche mede ne may ben disseuered fro good folk. for no wyȝt as by ryȝt fro þennes forþe þ{a}t hym lakkiþ goodnesse ne shal ben cleped good. 3392 For whiche þing folk of good[e] maneres her medes ne forsaken hem neuer mo. [Sidenote: Evil men may rage as they please against the good, but the crown of the wise shall not fall nor fade.] For al be it so þat sherewes waxen as wood as hem list aȝeynes good[e] folk. ȝitte neuer þe les þe corone of wise men ne shal nat fallen 3396 ne faden. [Sidenote: The wickedness of another cannot deprive a virtuous soul of its own honour.] ¶ For foreine shrewednesse ne bynymeþ nat fro þe corages of good[e] folk hire p{ro}pre honoure.