The Harleian ms. 7334 of Chaucer's Canterbury tales. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall.

¶ Remedium contra Inuidiam. [from the margin]

[515]

NOw wol I speke of þe remedies agayns þise foule þinges and þis foule synne of enuye ¶ First is þe loue of god principal and louynge of his neighebor as himself. ¶ Soþely þat oon ne may nought ben wiþoute þat oþer [516] ¶ And truste wel þat in þe name of þy neighebour þou [folio 266b] schalt vnderstonde þe name of þy broþer. For alle we haue oon fader fleisschly and oon mooder þat is to sain adam and eua and eek oon fader spirituel & þat is god of heuen. [517] Þy neghhebor artow holden for to loue. . . . . [no gap] þat is to sayn boþe to sauacioun of lif and of soule [518] and more ouer. þou schalt loue hym in word and in benigne amonestyng and chastising & conforte him in his annoyes and praye for him with al þin herte [519] ¶ & in dede þou schalt loue him in such wise þat þou schalt do to him charite as þou woldist it were doon to þin oughne persone [520] and þerfore þou schalt doon him noon harme in wikked word ne damage him in his body ne in his catel ne in his soule by wicked entising of ensample [521] ¶ þou schalt nouȝt desiren his wif/ ne noone of his þinges ¶ vnderstonde eek þat in the name of þy neighebor is com|prehendid his enemy [522] ¶ Certes man schal loue his enemy by þe comaundement of god. and soþly þy frend schalt þou loue in god [523] ¶ I sayde þin enemy schaltow loue for goddes sake by his comaunde|ment

[6-text p 631] for if it were resoun that man schulde hate his enemy For-soþe god nolde nouȝt receyue vs to his loue þat ben his enemys [524] ¶ Agains þre maner of wronges þat his enemy doþ to him he schal do þre þinges as þus. [525] agayns hate and rancour of herte he schal loue him in herte. Agayns chydyng and wicked wordes he schal pray for his enemye. agains wikked dede of his enemy he schal doon him bounte [526] ¶ For crist saith loueþ ȝoure enemyes and prayeþ for hem þat ȝow chacen and pursewen. and doþ bounte to hem þat ȝow haten. . . . . [no gap.] [527] For sothely nature driueþ vs to loue oure frendes / and par fay oure enemyes han more neede to loue þan oure frendes ¶ For sothely to hem þat more neede haue certis to hem schul men do good|nes. [528] And certis in þilke dede haue we by remem|braunce of þe loue of ihū crist þat dyed for his enemys [529] ¶ And in als moche as þilke loue is more greuous to parforme; so moche is þe more gret remedye & meryt ¶ And þerfore þe louyng of oure enemy haþ confoundid the venym of þe deuel. [530] For right as þe deuel is confoundid by humilite; Right so is he woundid to þe deth by loue of oure enemy [531] ¶ Certes þanne is loue þe medicine þat castith out þe venym of enuye fro mannes hert. [532] the spices of þis part [folio 267a] schuln be more largely declared in here chapitres folwynge [[No break in the MS.]]