[Sidenote: _P._ Everything, too, which is just is good; and, on the contrary, whatsoever is unjust is evil.] but q{uo}d she may any ma{n} denye. þat al þat is ryȝt nis good. {and} also þe contrarie. þat alle þat is wrong nis wicked. [[pg 127]] [Sidenote: _B._ These are just inferences from our former premises.] certys q{uo}d I þise þinges ben clere ynouȝ. {and} 3620 þat we han concludid a litel here byforn{e}. [Sidenote: But is there any punishment for the soul after death of the body?] but I p{re}ye þe þat þou telle me yif þou accordest to leten no to{ur}ment to þe soules aftir þat þe body is dedid by þe deþe. þis [is] to seyn. vndirstondest þou ouȝt þat soules han 3624 any to{ur}ment after þe deþe of þe body. [Sidenote: _P._ Yes, and great ones too. Some punishments are rigorous and eternal.] ¶ Certis q{uo}d she ȝe {and} þat ryȝt grete. of whiche soules q{uo}d she I trowe þat so{m}me ben to{ur}mentid by asprenesse of peyne. [Sidenote: Others have a corrective and purifying force, and are of finite duration.] {and} so{m}me soules I trowe be exc{er}cised by a 3628 p{ur}ging mekenesse. [Sidenote: But this is not to our purpose.] but my conseil nys nat to determyne of þis peyne. but I haue trauayled and told it hider to. [Sidenote: I want you to see that the power of the wicked is in reality nothing, that the wicked never go unpunished; that their licence to do evil is not of long duration, and that the wicked would be more unhappy if it were longer, and infinitely wretched if it were to continue for ever.] ¶ For þou sholdest knowe þat þe mowynge [.i. myght] of shrewes whiche mowynge þe semeþ to 3632 ben. vnworþi nis no mowynge. {and} eke of shrewes of whiche þou pleynedest þat þei ne were nat punissed. þat þou woldest seen þat þei ne weren neuer mo wiþ outen þe torment of hire wickednesse. {and} of þe licence 3636 of mowynge to done yuel. þat þou p{re}idest þat it myȝt[e] sone ben endid. {and} þat þou woldest fayne lerne. þat it ne sholde nat longe endure. {and} þat shrewes ben more vnsely yif þei were of lenger duryng. 3640 {and} most vnsely yif þei weren p{er}durable. [Sidenote: After this I showed that evil men are more unhappy, having escaped punishment, than if justly chastised.] {and} after þis I haue shewed þe þat more vnsely ben shrewes whan þei escapen wiþ oute ryȝtful peyne. þan whan þei ben punissed by ryȝtful uengeaunce. [Sidenote: Wherefore when they are supposed to get off scot-free they suffer most grievously.]