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1 9| hurt, are when the party envied is beheld in glory or triumph; 2 9| the spirits of the person envied, do come forth most into 3 9| persons are most subject to be envied themselves; and what is 4 9| the Emperor; that mortally envied poets, and painters, and 5 9| they are advanced, are less envied. For their fortune seemeth, 6 9| therefore kings are not envied, but by kings. Nevertheless 7 9| unworthy persons are most envied, at their first coming in, 8 9| worth and merit are most envied, when their fortune continueth 9 9| of noble blood, are less envied in their rising. For it 10 9| advanced by degrees, are less envied than those that are advanced