[6-text p 627] no man [480] ¶ The þrid is. whan he ne rekkiþ nought þough a man holde him nouȝt worth ¶ The ferþe is whan he holdeþ him nought sory of his humiliacioun [481] ¶ Also þe humilite of mouth is in foure þinges. In attempre speche. and in humbles of speche. and he byknowith wiþ his owne mouth þat he is such as him þenkith þat he is in herte. Anoþer is whan he praisith þe bounte of anoþer man and no þing þerof amenusith [482] ¶ Humilite eek in werk is in foure maneres ¶ The first is whan he puttith oþer men toforn him ¶ þe secounde is to chese þe lewedest place ouer al ¶ þe þrid is gladly to assente to good counseil [483] ¶ þe ferþe is gladly to stonde to thaward of his souereyns or of him þat is in heigher degre. certeyn þis is a gret werk of humilite [[No break in the MS.]]
¶ De Inuidia.[in margin]
[484]
AFter pride now wol I speke of þe foule synne of Envye which þat is as by þe word of þe philosophre. sorwe of other mennes prosperite ¶ And after þe word of seint austyn. is it sorwe of oþer mennes wele & ioye of oþer mennes harm [485] ¶ This foule synne is platly agayns þe holy gost. al be it so þat euery synne is agayn the holy gost; ȝit natheles for as moche as bounte aperteyneth proprely to þe holy gost. and enuye proprely is malice; þer|fore is it proprely agayns þe bounte of þe holy gost [486] ¶ Now haþ malice [folio 265b] tuo spices . þat is to sayn hardnes of hert in wickednes or ellis þe fleisch of man is blynd þat he considereth not þat he is in synne . . . . . [no gap] which is þe hardnes of the deuyl [487] ¶ That oþer spice of enuye is . whan a man warieth trouþe and wot þat it is trouþe. and eek whan he warieth þe grace þat god haþ ȝeue to his
