
XVII.
VIRTUS INVIDIA FIT EXCI-
tatior.
MAlum & detestabile est vitium invidiae: quod tamen non
sine commodo & aliquo emolumento contingit. Nam
praeter id quod non minùs aliena felicitate discruciatur invi-
dus, quàm suo infortunio; in causa est cur vir bonus circum-
spectiùs sese gerat in omnibus vitae actionibus. Contingit sae-
pius invido, ut sua calumnia obrutus, infamis reddatur: Et qui
fragili quaerit illidere dentem, infringat solido. Imprudenter
is in alterum torquet vitium, si in promptu est quod ipsi vicis-
sim obiiciatur. Maledicentia ea contemnenda est, quae non à
iudicio, sed à lingua Maledica iniuriosè proficiscitur. Excel-
lentium virorum est, negligere contumeliam, quae à palam im-
probis & invidis venit: à quibus etiam laudari turpe est. Si lae-
datur vir bonus invidiae dolis, aequo animo ferre debet: cùm
habeat conscientiam integram: Nihil est meliùs, quàm me-
moria rectè factorum, & libertate contentum, negligere hu-
mana. Ita vir prudens omnes totius vitae componit actiones,
ut de singulis rationem, si opus sit, possit reddere: Et censu-
ram malorum quamvis difficilem, ferat tamen
aequo animo.

XVII.
Abrahamo Ortelio Cosmographo.[1]
VIRTUS INVIDIA FIT EXCITATIOR.
Virtue is made more vigorous by envy
EXcitat invidiam virtus: perstringit at illa,
Corrigit & quicquid segniùs ista facit.
Huius censura virtus viget, excita ad omne[2]
Quod cura & studiis aggrediatur opus.
Virtue inspires envy: envy censures, and corrects whenever virtue is acting more sluggishly. By envy’s censure, virtue flourishes, and she inspires any task requiring effort and application.
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