He bad his fela ferst beginne.

This Envious, thogh it be late,

Whan that he syh he mot algate.[563]

Make his axinge ferst, he thoghte,

If he worschipe or profit soghte,

It schal be doubled to his fiere:

That wolde he chese in no manere. 350

Bot thanne he scheweth what he was

Toward Envie, and in this cas[564]

Unto this Angel thus he seide