[6-text p 630] neighebore which þat is lik þe craft of þe deuel þat waytith boþe night and day to accuse vs alle [513] ¶ Þanne comeþ malignite þurgh which a man annoyeth his neighebor priuely if he may. [514] And if he not may algate his wikkid while schal nought wante as for to brenne his hous priuely or empoysone or sleen his bestis priuely and semblable þinges [[No break in the MS.]]
¶ Remedium contra Inuidiam. [from the margin]
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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
