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be none of the Affections, which have beene noted to fascinate or bewitch, but Love and Envy. They both have vehement wishes; They frame themselves readily into Imaginations and Suggestions; And they come easily into the Eye, especially upon the presence of the Obiects; which are the Points that conduce to Fascination, if any such Thing there be. We see, likewise, the Scripture calleth Envy, An Evill Eye; And the Astrologers call the evill Influences of the Starrs, Evill Aspects; So that still there seemeth to be acknowledged, in the Act of Envy, an Eiaculation, or Irradiation of the Eye. Nay some have beene so curious as to note that the Times when the Stroke or Percussion of an Envious Eye doth most hurt are when the Party envied is beheld in Glory or Triumph; For that sets an Edge upon Envy; And besides, at such times, the Spirits of the person Envied doe come forth most into the outward Parts, and so meet the Blow.

But leaving these Curiosities, (though not unworthy to be thought on in fit place,) wee will handle what Persons are apt to envy others ; What persons are most Subiect to be Envied themselves; And, What is the Difference between Publique and private Envy.

A man that hath no vertue in himselfe ever envieth Vertue in others. For Men's Mindes will either feed upon their owne Good or upon others Evill; And who wanteth the one wil prey upon the other; And whoso is out of Hope to attaine to another's Vertue will seeke to come at even hand by Depressing another s'Fortune.

A man that is Busy and Inquisitive is commonly Envious; For to know much of other Men's Matters cannot