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