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 hath yeue to his neyghebour / And al this is by enuye / 414 certes  
 than is enuye the werst synne that is / For sothly alle other  
 synnys be som tyme ayenst one specyal vertu / 415 But certes  
 enuye is ayenst alle maner vertues and alle goodnes / for  
 it is sory of al bounte of his neyghbours / And in this  
 maner it is dyuerce from al synnys / 416 For vnnethe is ther  
 ony synne that it ne hath som delyte in hym self saue only  
 enuye that euer hath in hym self anguysh and sorow / 417 The  
 spices of enuye ben thyse / Ther is first sorow of other mens  
 goodnes / And of her prosperyte ought to be kyndely mater  
 of Ioye / Thanne is enuye a synne ayenst kynde / 418 The second  
 spice of enuye is ioye of other mens harme / 419 Of this second  
 spice cometh bakbytyng or detraction that hath two spicis  
 as thus / Som men preyse her neyghbour by wicked entent  
 420 For he maketh alway a wicked knotte atte last ende al-  
 way he maketh a but that is signe of more blame than worth  
 is al the preysing / 421 The second spice is that a man be good  
 and doo and saye a thing to good entent / The bacbitar  
 wil torne al the goodnes vp so doun to his shrewd entent  
 422 The thirde is to amenuse the bounte of his neyghbour / 423 The  
 fourth spice of bacbityng is this that yf men speke good-  
 nes of a man / the bacbitar wil say / perfay yet is suche a mā  
 better than he / in dispreysing of hym that men preyse / 424 The  
 fyfthe is to consente gladly to herkne the harm that men  
 speken of other folk / this synne is ful grete and ay encre-  
 sith after the wicked entent of the bacbiter / 425 After bacby-  
 tyng comyth grucchyng or murmurance / And somtyme  
 it spryngeth of Impacience ayenst god & somtyme ayenst  
 man / 426 Ayenst god is whan a man grucchyth agaynst the  
  

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: PA, 414
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 488
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 488

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: PA, 415
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 489
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 489

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: PA, 416
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 490
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 490

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: PA, 417
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 491
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 491

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: PA, 418
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 492
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 492

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: PA, 419
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 493
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 493

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: PA, 420
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 494
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 494

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: PA, 421
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 495
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 495

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: PA, 422
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 496
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 496

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: PA, 423
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 497
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 497

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: PA, 424
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 498
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 498

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: PA, 425
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 499
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 499

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: PA, 426
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group I, 500
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment X, 500