And be war thanne of Wrathe-thee, That is a wikked sherewe; He hath envye to hym That in thyn herte sitteth, And poketh forth pride 3730 To preise thiselven.
I myghte noght ete many yeres As a man oughte, For envyeand yvel wil Is yvel to defie.
Envye with hevy herte Asked after shrifte, And carefully mea culpa He comsed to shewe.
Ac envye hir hateth, A proud prikere of Fraunce, Princeps hujus mundi, And wolde wynne hire awey 5170 With wiles, and he myghte.
And the erldom ofEnvye And Wrathe togideres, 1050 With the chastilet of Cheste, And Chaterynge out of reson.
Envye herfore Hatede Conscience; And freres to philosophie He fond thanne to scole, The while Coveitise and Unkyndenesse, Conscience assaillede.
Yet littill Richard, Aimons youngest sonne, Is suche a man your envye cannot taxe hym.
Gods, carouse your fyll, I envye not your nectar; from thys lypp Puerer Nepenthe flowes.
My wrongs and fortune have made me so tame That I am a fytt subject for your spleene, Your trencher envye & reverssyon rage?
I neare did good for any but great Charles, And the meare doing that hath still brought forth To me some plague too heavye to be borne, But that I am reservd onlye to teach The studyed envye of mallignant starrs.
It is the honor of hys gravitie Not to be shaken with rydiculous winds Of envyeor of scandall.
Sir, I am just of your opynion I; For what extreame beast but a foolishe curre Would envyethat which he hym selfe dispyses?
And so it had, But that my Fortune knewe my deathe woulde be Toe greate a blessinge for me & remove The object of her envye past her spleene.
For the sonne made no brenning hete in love, but freesed envye in 105 mennes hertes, for feblenesse of shyning hete; and the moone was about, under an olde cloude, the livinges by waters to distroye.
For Envye blindeth the herte of a man, and Ire troubleth a man; and Accidie maketh him hevy, thoghtful and wrawe.
Envye and Ire maken bitternesse in herte; which bitternesse is moder of Accidie and binimeth him the love of alle goodnesse.
Eek thou shalt nat swere for envye ne for favour, ne for mede, but for rightwisnesse; for declaracioun of it to the worship of god and helping of thyne evene-cristene.
Envye and Ire maken bitternesse in herte; which bitternesse is moder of Accidie, and binimeth him the love of alle goodnesse.
The speces of Envye been thise: ther is first, sorwe of other mannes goodnesse and of his prosperitee; and prosperitee is kindely matere of Ioye; thanne is Envye a sinne agayns kinde.
Quod Theseus, 'have ye so greet envye Of myn honour, that thus compleyne and crye?
Certes, thanne is love the medicine that casteth out the venim of Envye fro mannes herte.
The seconde spece of Envye is Ioye of other mannes harm; and that is proprely lyk to the devel, that evere reioyseth him of mannes harm.
For it was, on to beholde As thogh the erthe envye wolde To be gayer than the heven To have mo floures, swiche seven As in the welken sterres be.
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