stain behind them, and often prove indelible injuries to the party accused.

87. Believe nothing against another, but upon good authority; neither report what may hurt another, unless it be a greater hurt to conceal it.

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ENVIOSO.

Son. A PALE, lean, ghastly carcass, quickened with envy, that would have willingly lost one eye, so his fellow might lose both, was still putting in caveats against mens good thoughts of others; and had a tongue so like Detractor's, his mouth was ever full of obloquy.

His neighbour's welfare, or his own woe, caused the like sowrness in his looks.

His mind had the vapours, a sweet report of any raised in him the like passions ugly women have, when the beautiful are courted in their pre

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sence, and would throw him into convulsions and agonies.

Commend a good divine, he'd cry hypocrisy; a philologer, pedantry; a poet, rhiming; a schoolman, dull wrangling; a sharp conceit, roguishness; an honest man, plausibility: Or, indeed, commend any, but himself, and he was still furnished with a pish, before-hand.

The news of his kinsman being prefer'd at court mortified him extreamly; the more it was talk'd of, the more waspish he grew: say what you would, either the place was not fit for the man, or the man for the place.

Mean while that gentleman entring the room, the extreme violence Envioso did his nature, in paying a hollow gratulation, set all the company a laughing.

Father. Envy is a common disease, as old as Cain, and almost natural to us; scarce two great scholars in an age, but with bitter invectives fall foul on each other, and their adherents: Scotists, Thomists, Reals, Nominals, Plato and Aristotle, Galenists and Paracelsians, &c. It holds in all professions, producing wrath, grief, detraction, disdain, murmuring, hatred, &c.

"Invidia est umbra virtutis."

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Themistocles being young, said, He had not yet done any notable thing, because he was not envied.

Plutarch tells us, That upon Aristides's banishment, a plebeian who had moved for ostracism, being asked what displeasure Aristides had done him, answered none, neither do I know him; but it grieves me to hear every body call him a just man. 98. Against envy furnish your self with divine precepts.1 Balance your heart with love, charity, meekness, and patience.

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99. Be content with your condition. Say with holy Jacob, Lord, I am not worthy of the least of all thy mercies; and pray often in the voice of the church, From envy, hatred, and malice, good Lord deliver us.

1 Rom. 13. 13.

Go on.

Gal. 5. 21. I Pet. 2. I.

2 Gen. 32. 10.

. A FLATTERER, with a fleering countenhat had an Art of making fools madmen, to dedicate all his faculties to the service of 1 that sat next him, whose mien, strength, , wit, or estate, were ever the subjects of k; which was always full of wondering tions, and superlative titles, accompanied uch an excess of good words, as people ly use to cover something that is to gain ance under a disguise.

cunning consisted much in fanning youth's