[Sidenote: And they would be infinitely wretched if death did not put an end to their crimes.] þe whiche 3556 wicked shrewes wolde ydemen aldirmost vnsely {and} caytifs yif þat hir shrewednes ne were yfinissed. at þe [[pg 125]] leste weye by þe outerest[e] deeþ. [Sidenote: It is clear, as I have already shown, that eternal misery is infinite.] for [yif] I haue concluded soþe of þe vnselynesse of shrewednesse. þan sheweþ 3560 it clerely þat þilke shrewednesse is wiþ outen ende þe whiche is certeyne to ben p{er}durable. [Sidenote: _B._ This consequence appears to be just, but difficult to assent to.] ¶ Certys q{uo}d I þis [conclusion] is harde {and} wonderful to graunte. ¶ But I knowe wel þat it accordeþ moche to [the] þi{n}ges þat I 3564 haue graunted her byforne. [Sidenote: _P._ You think rightly; but if you cannot assent to my conclusion you ought to show that the premises are false, or that the consequences are unfairly deduced; for if the premises be granted, you cannot reject the inferences from them.] ¶ þou hast q{uo}d she þe ryȝt estimac{i}ou{n} of þis. but who so euere wene þat it be an harde þing to acorde hym to a conclusiou{n}. it is ryȝt þat he shewe þat so{m}me of þe p{re}misses ben fals. or 3568 ellys he mot shewe þat þe colasiou{n} of p{re}posic{i}ou{n}s nis nat spedful to a necessarie conclusio{n}. ¶ and yif it be nat so. but þat þe p{re}misses ben yg{ra}nted þer nis nat whi he sholde blame þe argument. [Sidenote: What I am about to say is not less wonderful, and it follows necessarily from the same premises.] for þis þing þat 3572 I shal telle þe nowe ne shal not seme lasse wondirful.