[6-text p 627] noon other man [480] ¶ the thridde is / whan he ne rekketh nat thogh men holde hym noght worth ‖ the ferthe is / whan he nys nat sory of his humyliacion [481] ¶ Also the humylitee of Mouth / is in .iiij. thynges ¶ In Atempree speche ¶ and in humblesse of speche ‖ And whan he biknoweth with his owene Mouth / þat he is swich / as hym thynketh þat he is in his herte ¶ Another is whan he preiseth the bountee of another man / and nothyng ther of amenuseth [482] ¶ Humylitee eek in werk is in .iiij. maneres ‖ the firste / is whan he putteth othere men biforn hym ¶ the seconde is / to chese the loweste place ouer al ‖ The thridde is / gladly to assente to good conseil ‖ [483] the ferthe is / gladly to stonde to the award of his souereyn / or of hym / þat is hyer in degree / certeyn / this is a gret werk of humylitee
. ¶ Inuidia.
[484] After pryde / wol I speke / of the foule synne of Enuye / which þat is / as by the word of the philosophre Sorwe of oother mannes prosperitee / and after the word of Seint Augustyn / it is sorwe of oother mennes wele / and ioye of oother mennes harm [485] ¶ This foule synne / is platly agayns the holy goost al be it so þat euery synne / is agayn the holy goost yet nathelees for as muche as bountee aperteneth proprely to holy goost & enuye cometh proprely of malice / ther fore is proprely agayns the bountee of the holy goost [486] ¶ Now hath malice .ij. speces / that is to seyn / hardnesse of herte in wikkednesse / or ellis the flessh of a man is so blynd [folio 249a] þat he considereth nat þat he is in synne / or rekketh nat þat he is in synne / which is / the hardnesse of the deuel [487] ¶ That other spece of Enuye / is whan þat a man werreyeth trouthe / whan he woot þat it is trouthe / & eek whan he werreyeth / the grace þat god hath yeue to his
