Griefe

The word in that case would, I think, have been "Tristitia," the "unholy Griefe" of Spenser --

Stones of Venice [introductions] John Ruskin 1859

With Payn I perceive a more stern, severe Tone occasionallie used by him; doubtlesse the Cloke assumed by his Griefe to hide the Ruin I had made within.

Mary Powell & Deborah's Diary Anne Manning 1843

I have kept Silence, yea, even from good Words, but it has beene a Payn and Griefe unto me.

Mary Powell & Deborah's Diary Anne Manning 1843

Sorrow breeds Sorrow, one Griefe brings forth twaine,

An apology for the study of northern antiquities Elizabeth Elstob 1719

Griefe, for the calamity of another is PITTY; and ariseth from the imagination that the like calamity may befall himselfe; and therefore is called also COMPASSION, and in the phrase of this present time a FELLOW-FEELING: and therefore for Calamity arriving from great wickedness, the best men have the least Pitty; and for the same Calamity, those have least Pitty, that think themselves least obnoxious to the same.

Leviathan Thomas Hobbes 1633

Passions that partake of Griefe; as Repentance, Anger, Mercy: or of Want; as Appetite, Hope, Desire; or of any Passive faculty:

Leviathan Thomas Hobbes 1633

Griefe, for the discovery of some defect of ability is SHAME, or the passion that discovereth itself in BLUSHING; and consisteth in the apprehension of some thing dishonourable; and in young men, is a signe of the love of good reputation; and commendable: in old men it is a signe of the same; but because it comes too late, not commendable.

Leviathan Thomas Hobbes 1633

Griefe, for the success of a Competitor in wealth, honour, or other good, if it be joyned with Endeavour to enforce our own abilities to equal or exceed him, is called EMULATION: but joyned with Endeavour to supplant or hinder a Competitor, ENVIE.

Leviathan Thomas Hobbes 1633

Griefe, from opinion of want of power, is called dejection of mind.

Leviathan Thomas Hobbes 1633

Night cannot Griefe intombe though blacke as spite.

Pamphilia, to Amphilanthus: A Sonnet Sequence from the Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania 1621