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And natheles at mannes sihte
Envie forto be preferred
Hath conscience so differred��
That noman loketh to the vice
Which is the Moder of malice��
And that is thilke false Envie��
Which causeth many a tricherie��
For wher he may an other se
That is mor gracious than he�察 �3080
It schal noght stonden in his miht
Bot if he hindre such a wiht��
And that is welnyh overal��
This vice is now so general。
Envie thilke unhapp indrowh��
Whan Joab be deceipte slowh
Abner�察�for drede he scholde be
With king David such as was he。
And thurgh Envie also it fell
Of thilke false Achitofell�察 �3090
For his conseil was noght achieved��
Bot that he sih Cusy believed
With Absolon and him forsake��
He heng himself upon a stake。
Senec witnesseth openly
How that Envie proprely
Is of the Court the comun wenche��
And halt taverne forto schenche
That drink which makth the herte brenne��
And doth the wit aboute renne�察 �3100
Be every weie to compasse
How that he mihte alle othre passe��
As he which thurgh unkindeschipe
Envieth every felaschipe��
So that thou miht wel knowe and se��
Ther is no vice such as he��
Ferst toward godd abhominable��
And to mankinde unprofitable��
And that be wordes bot a fewe
I schal be reson prove and schewe。 3110
Envie if that I schal descrive��
He is noght schaply forto wyve
In Erthe among the wommen hiere��
For ther is in him no matiere
Wherof he mihte do plesance。
Ferst for his hevy continance
Of that he semeth evere unglad��
He is noght able to ben had��
And ek he brenneth so withinne��
That kinde mai no profit winne�察 �3120
Wherof he scholde his love plese��
For thilke blod which scholde have ese
To regne among the moiste veines��
Is drye of thilke unkendeli peines
Thurgh whiche Envie is fyred ay。
And thus be reson prove I may
That toward love Envie is noght��
And otherwise if it be soght��
Upon what side as evere it falle��
It is the werste vice of alle�察 �3130
Which of himself hath most malice。
For understond that every vice
Som cause hath�察�wherof it groweth��
Bot of Envie noman knoweth
Fro whenne he cam bot out of helle。
For thus the wise clerkes telle��
That no spirit bot of malice
Be weie of kinde upon a vice
Is tempted�察�and be such a weie
Envie hath kinde put aweie 3140
And of malice hath his steringe��
Wherof he makth his bakbitinge��
And is himself therof desesed。
So mai ther be no kinde plesed��
For ay the mor that he envieth��
The more ayein himself he plieth。
Thus stant Envie in good espeir
To ben himself the develes heir��
As he which is his nexte liche
And forthest fro the heveneriche�察 �3150
For there mai he nevere wone。
Forthi�察�my goode diere Sone��
If thou wolt finde a siker weie
To love�察�put Envie aweie。
Min holy fader�察�reson wolde
That I this vice eschuie scholde��
Bot yit to strengthe mi corage��
If that ye wolde in avantage
Therof sette a recoverir��
It were tome a gret desir�察 �3160
That I this vice mihte flee。
Nou understond�察�my Sone�察�and se��
Ther is phisique for the seke��
And vertus for the vices eke。
Who that the vices wolde eschuie��
He mot be resoun thanne suie
The vertus�察�for be thilke weie
He mai the vices don aweie��
For thei togedre mai noght duelle��
For as the water of a welle 3170
Of fyr abateth the malice��
Riht so vertu fordoth the vice。
Ayein Envie is Charite��
Which is the Moder of Pite��
That makth a mannes herte tendre��
That it mai no malice engendre
In him that is enclin therto。
For his corage is tempred so��
That thogh he mihte himself relieve��
Yit wolde he noght an other grieve�察 �3180
Bot rather forto do plesance
He berth himselven the grevance��
So fain he wolde an other ese。
Wherof�察�mi Sone�察�for thin ese
Now herkne a tale which I rede��
And understond it wel�察�I rede。
Among the bokes of latin
I finde write of Constantin
The worthi Emperour of Rome��
Suche infortunes to him come�察 �3190
Whan he was in his lusti age��
The lepre cawhte in his visage
And so forth overal aboute��
That he ne mihte ryden oute��
So lefte he bothe Schield and spere��
As he that mihte him noght bestere��
And hield him in his chambre clos。
Thurgh al the world the fame aros��
The grete clerkes ben asent
And come at his comandement 3200
To trete upon this lordes hele。
So longe thei togedre dele��
That thei upon this medicine
Apointen hem�察�and determine
That in the maner as it stod
Thei wolde him bathe in childes blod
Withinne sevene wynter age��
For�察�as thei sein�察�that scholde assuage
The lepre and al the violence��
Which that thei knewe of Accidence 3210
And noght be weie of kinde is falle。
And therto thei acorden alle
As for final conclusioun��
And tolden here opinioun
To themperour�此�and he anon
His conseil tok�察�and therupon
With lettres and with seales oute
Thei sende in every lond aboute
The yonge children forto seche��
Whos blod�察�thei seiden�察�schal be leche 3220
For themperoures maladie。
Ther was ynowh to wepe and crie
Among the Modres�察�whan thei herde
Hou wofully this cause ferde��
Bot natheles thei moten bowe��
And thus wommen ther come ynowhe
With children soukende on the Tete。
Tho was ther manye teres lete��
Bot were hem lieve or were hem lothe��
The wommen and the children bothe 3230
Into the Paleis forth be broght
With many a sory hertes thoght
Of hem whiche of here bodi bore
The children hadde�察�and so forlore
Withinne a while scholden se。
The Modres wepe in here degre��
And manye of hem aswoune falle��
The yonge babes criden alle��
This noyse aros�察�the lord it herde��
And loked out�察�and how it ferde 3240
He sih�察�and as who seith abreide
Out of his slep�察�and thus he seide��
;O thou divine pourveance��
Which every man in the balance
Of kinde hast formed to be liche��
The povere is bore as is the riche
And deieth in the same wise��
Upon the fol�察�upon the wise
Siknesse and hele entrecomune��
Mai non eschuie that fortune 3250
Which kinde hath in hire lawe set��
Hire strengthe and beaute ben beset
To every man aliche fre��
That sche preferreth no degre
As in the disposicioun
Of bodili complexioun��
And ek of Soule resonable
The povere child is bore als able
To vertu as the kinges Sone��
For every man his oghne wone 3260
After the lust of his assay
The vice or vertu chese may。
Thus stonden alle men franchised��
Bot in astat thei ben divised��
To some worschipe and richesse��
To some poverte and distresse��
On lordeth and an other serveth��
Bot yit as every man deserveth
The world yifth noght his yiftes hiere。
Bot certes he hath gret matiere 3270
To ben of good condicioun��
Which hath in his subjeccioun
The men that ben of his semblance。;
And ek he tok a remembrance
How he that made lawe of kinde
Wolde every man to lawe binde��
And bad a man�察�such as he wolde
Toward himself�察�riht such he scholde
Toward an other don also。
And thus this worthi lord as tho 3280
Sette in balance his oghne astat
And with himself stod in debat��
And thoghte hou that it was noght good
To se so mochel mannes blod
Be spilt for cause of him alone。
He sih also the grete mone��
Of that the Modres were unglade��
And of the wo the children made��
Wherof that al his herte tendreth��
And such pite withinne engendreth�察 �3290
That him was levere forto chese
His oghne bodi forto lese��
Than se so gret a moerdre wroght
Upon the blod which gulteth noght。
Thus for the pite which he tok
Alle othre leches he forsok��
And put him out of aventure
Al only into goddes cure��
And seith�察 �Who that woll maister be��
He mot be servant to pite。; 3300
So ferforth he was overcome
With charite�察�that he hath nome
His conseil and hise officers��
And bad unto hise tresorers
That thei his tresour al aboute
Departe among the povere route
Of wommen and of children bothe��
Wherof thei mihte hem fede and clothe
And saufli tornen hom ayein
Withoute lost of eny grein。 3310
Thurgh charite thus he despendeth
His good�察�wherof that he amendeth
The povere poeple�察�and contrevaileth
The harm�察�that he hem so travaileth��
And thus the woful nyhtes sorwe
To joie is torned on the morwe��
Al was thonkinge�察�al was blessinge��
Which erst was wepinge and cursinge��
Thes wommen gon hom glade ynowh��
Echon for joie on other lowh�察 �3320
And preiden for this lordes hele��
Which hath relessed the querele��
And hath his oghne will forsake
In charite for goddes sake。
Bot now hierafter thou schalt hiere
What god hath wroght in this matiere��
As he which doth al equite。
To him that wroghte charite
He was ayeinward charitous��
And to pite he was pitous�此 �3330
For it was nevere knowe yit
That charite goth unaquit。
The nyht�察�whan he was leid to slepe��
The hihe god�察�which wolde him kepe��
Seint Peter and seint Poul him sende��
Be whom he wolde his lepre amende。
Thei tuo to him slepende appiere
Fro god�察�and seide in this manere��
;O Constantin�察�for thou hast served
Pite�察�thou hast pite deserved�此 �3340
Forthi thou schalt such pite have
That god thurgh pite woll thee save。
So schalt thou double hele finde��
Ferst for thi bodiliche kinde��
And for thi wofull Soule also��
Thou schalt ben hol of bothe tuo。
And for thou schalt thee noght despeire��
Thi lepre schal nomore empeire
Til thou wolt sende therupon
Unto the Mont of Celion�察 �3350
Wher that Silvestre and his clergie
Togedre duelle in compaignie
For drede of thee�察�which many day
Hast ben a fo to Cristes lay��
And hast destruid to mochel schame
The prechours of his holy name。
Bot now thou hast somdiel appesed
Thi god�察�and with good dede plesed��
That thou thi pite hast bewared
Upon the blod which thou hast spared。 3360
Forthi to thi salvacion
Thou schalt have enformacioun��
Such as Silvestre schal the teche��
The nedeth of non other leche。;
This Emperour�察�which al this herde��
;Grant merci lordes�察─�he ansuerde��
;I wol do so as ye me seie。
Bot of o thing I wolde preie��
What schal I telle unto Silvestre
Or of youre name or of youre estre�拭─ �3370
And thei him tolden what thei hihte��
And forth withal out of his sihte
Thei passen up into the hevene。
And he awok out of his swevene��
And clepeth�察�and men come anon��
He tolde his drem�察�and therupon
In such a wise as he hem telleth
The Mont wher that Silvestre duelleth
Thei have in alle haste soght��
And founde he was and with hem broght 3380
To themperour�察�which to him tolde
His swevene and elles what he wolde。
And whan Silvestre hath herd the king��
He was riht joiful of this thing��
And him began with al his wit
To techen upon holi writ
Ferst how mankinde was forlore��
And how the hihe god therfore
His Sone sende from above��
Which bore was for mannes love�察 �3390
And after of his oghne chois
He tok his deth upon the crois��
And how in grave he was beloke��
And how that he hath helle broke��
And tok hem out that were him lieve��
And forto make ous full believe
That he was verrai goddes Sone��
Ayein the kinde of mannes wone
Fro dethe he ros the thridde day��
And whanne he wolde�察�as he wel may�察 �3400
He styh up to his fader evene
With fleissh and blod into the hevene��
And riht so in the same forme
In fleissh and blod he schal reforme��
Whan time comth�察�the qwike and dede
At thilke woful dai of drede��
Where every man schal take his dom��
Als wel the Maister as the grom。
The mihti kinges retenue
That dai may stonde of no value 3410
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