387. Here begins the famous and very common subject of the Seven Deadly Sins, largely borrowed from the treatise by Frère Lorens mentioned above (p. 447). I give occasional quotations from the French text, marked 'Fr.,' with references to the pages of Essays on Chaucer, Part V (Chaucer Society).
I here repeat, from my note on P. Plowman, C. vii. 3, some of the references to passages in which the Seven Sins appear. See, for instance, Ælfric's Homilies, ed. Thorpe, ii. 219; Wyclif's Works, ed. Arnold, iii. 119, 225; The Ancren Riwle, ed. Morton, pp. 198-204; Religious Pieces, ed. Perry (E. E. T. S.), pp. 11, 12; the Ayenbite of Inwyt, ed. Morris, p. 16; Political, Religious, and Love Poems, ed. Furnivall, p. 215; Hymns to the Virgin and Christ, ed. Furnivall, p. 62; Myrc's Instructions for Parish Priests, p. 33; Dunbar's Dance of the Seven Deadly Sins; Spenser, F. Q. bk. i. c. 4; &c. See also Sins in Nares' Glossary.
The Seven Sins, in Chaucer's order, are:—
1. Superbia, Pride (p. 591); its 'remedy' is Humilitas, Humility.
2. Inuidia, Envy (p. 598); remedy, Caritas, Love.
3. Ira, Ire, Wrath (p. 601); remedy, Patientia, Patience.
4. Accidia, Sloth (p. 612); remedy, Fortitudo, Strength.
5. Auaricia, Avarice (p. 617); remedy, Misericordia, Pity.
6. Gula, Gluttony (p. 623); remedy, Abstinentia, Abstinence.
7. Luxuria, Lechery (p. 625); remedy, Castitas, Chastity.