He mai the vices don aweie,
For thei togedre mai noght duelle:
For as the water of a welle[808] 3170
Of fyr abateth the malice,
Riht so vertu fordoth the vice.
Ayein Envie is Charite,
Which is the Moder of Pite,
That makth a mannes herte tendre,
[Charity and Pity.]
That it mai no malice engendre