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¶Of Enuie. Chap. 26.
THe second part of Sorrow is Enuie, which is defined of Zeno to be a Sor∣rowe taken at the welfare,* 1.1 or prosperitie of another man, which nothing at all hurtes him which enuieth. This Enuie is compared vnto the Canker.* 1.2 For as the Canker eateth and destroieth iron, so doth enuie eate and consume the hartes of the enuious. The Poets faine Enuie to be one of the furies of Hell, and to be fedde with nothing but adders & snakes: to shewe that enuious persons, doo swal∣lowe downe poyson, and lykewise vomit vp the same againe. For anothers pros∣perity is theyr poyson, and anothers ad∣uersity theyr comfort.
Therfore did Politian write very plea∣santly vnto an enuious man,* 1.3 after this manner: Thou enuiest all thinges to all men, except enuie. And the same lyke∣wise thou doest enuie in another man, which is more enuious then thy selfe. So doth not he enuie yt in thee, which not∣withstāding thou canst not abide in him.