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