For of alle venymes Foulest is the scorpion, May no medicyne helpe The place ther he styngeth, Til he be deed, and do therto, The yvel he destruyeth, The firste venymouste Thorugh venym of hymselve.
And right as hony is yvel to defie, 9730 And engleymeth the mawe; Right so he that thorugh reson Wolde the roote knowe Of God and of hise grete myghtes, Hise graces it letteth.
And she answerde, `Swete, al were it so, What harm was that, sin I non yvel mene?
Allas, no wight; and that is al my care; For wel wot I, as yvel as I ye fare.
Now have I plat to yow myn herte shriven; And sin ye woot that myn entente is clene, 580 Tak hede ther-of, for I nonyvel mene.
And though thy lady wolde a litel hir greve, Thou shalt thy pees ful wel here-after make, But as for me, certayn, I can not leve 605 That she wolde it as now for yvel take.
Eek thee ne oughte nat ben yvel apayed, Though I desyre with thee for to bere 650 Thyn hevy charge; it shal the lasse dere.
Yet preye I yow on yvel ye ne take, 1625 That it is short which that I to yow wryte; I dar not, ther I am, wel lettres make, Ne never yet ne coude I wel endyte.
The converse to yvel biseye, is richely biseye, richly provided or adorned, in l.
Men of lawe leest pardon hadde, That pleteden for Mede; For the Sauter saveth hem noght, Swiche as take giftes, And nameliche of innocentz That noon yvel ne konneth.
I myghte noght ete many yeres As a man oughte, For envye and yvel wil Is yvel to defie.
Ac astronomye is an hard thyng, And yvel for to knowe; Geometrie and geomesie, So gynful of speche, 6030 Who so thynketh werche with tho two Thryveth ful late, For sorcerie is the sovereyn book That to tho sciences bilongeth.
For in charnel at chirche Cherles ben yvel to knowe, Or a knyght from a knave there, Knowe this in thyn herte.
And alle that come of that Caym, Come toyvel ende.
For Cassidore seith: that "as yvel doth he that vengeth him by outrage, as he that doth the outrage.
Whan that our pot is broke, as I have sayd, 920 Every man chit, and halt him yvel apayd.
Pardee, ye may wel knowe by the name, 1280 That of a somnour may no good be sayd; I praye that noon of you be yvel apayd.
Though som men preise it for a subtil wit, But as for me, I seye that yvel it sit 460 Tassaye a wyf whan that it is no nede, And putten her in anguish and in drede.
Thou comest hoom as dronken as a mous, And prechest on thy bench, with yvel preef!
Whyl Gamelyn and his men · made merthes ryve, The false knight his brother · yvelmot he thryve!
He is his thral to whom that he hath sayd A tale, of which he is now yvel apayd.
Com doun, my lief, and if I have missayd, God help me so, as I am yvel apayd.
Gamelyn · 'I say it for me, If I fayle on my syde · yvel mot I thee!
For whan that he me gan espye, 3815 He swoor, afferming sikirly, Bitwene Bialacoil and me Was yvel aquayntaunce and privee.
Thou worchist in a wrong maner; He thenkith to dishonour thee, Thou art wel worthy to have maugree To late him of the roser wit; 3145 Who serveth a feloun is yvel quit.
He was not sole, for ther was mo; For with him were other two Of wikkid maners, and yvel fame.
Al the world holdith this way; 4765 Love makith alle to goon miswey, But it be they of yvel lyf, Whom Genius cursith, man and wyf, That wrongly werke ageyn nature.
Ne say nought, for noon yvel wille, Thing that is to holden stille; It is no worship to misseye.
For wit thou wel, withouten wene, 2415 In swich astat ful oft have been That have the yvel of love assayd, Wher-through thou art so dismayd.
It ledith man now up, now doun, In mochel dissolucioun, And makith him love yvel company, And lede his lyf disrewlily, 4900 And halt him payed with noon estate.
Non yvel therto ne may amounte, 2745 No more than a man [may] counte The dropes that of the water be.
Than shalt thou goon, ful foule aferd; 2655 Loke if the gate be unsperd, And waite without in wo and peyn, Ful yvel a-cold in winde and reyn.
This is the yvel that Love they calle, Wherin ther is but foly alle, 3270 For love is foly everydel; Who loveth, in no wyse may do wel, Ne sette his thought on no good werk.
But yvelshe spendith hir servyse, For no man wol hir love, ne pryse; 4960 She is hated, this wot I wele.
For hert fulfilled of gentilnesse Can yveldemene his distresse.
So every good tree maketh gode fruytis, but an yvel tree maketh yvel fruytes.
A good tree may not mak yvel fruytis, neither an yvel tree may make gode fruytis.
Now have I plat to yow myn herte schriven; And sin ye woot that myn entente is clene, 580 Tak hede ther-of, for I non yvel mene.
But for to mowen don 180 yvel and felonye ne may nat ben referred to good.
And she answerde, 'swete, al were it so, What harm was that, sin I nonyvel mene?
Thanne is yvel nothing,' quod she, 'sin that he ne may nat don yvel that may don alle thinges.
For so as good and yvelben two contraries, yif so be that good be stedefast, 10 than sheweth the feblesse of yvel al openly; and yif thou knowe cleerly the frelenesse of yvel, the stedefastnesse of good is knowen.
The Canon protests that under no circumstances would he ever dream of breaking his word:-- "ther was never man yet yvel apayd For gold ne silver that he to me lente .
Say every one what so ever he wyll D ie ung chescun ce que dire uouldra in the spite of the dyvell, and of yvel wyll.
And if thou wolt algates with superfluite of riches be a-throted, thou shalt hastelich be anoyed, or els yvel at ese.
For of god, maker of 70 kynde, witnesse I took, that for none envy ne yvel have I drawe this mater togider; but only for goodnesse to maintayn, and errours in falsetees to distroy.
Every man hath free arbitrement to chose, good or yvel to performe.
He that is wyse and with yvel wil nat be acomered, can abyde wel his tyme, til grace and blisse of his service folowing have him so mokel esed, as his abydinge toforehande hath him disesed.
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