Wouldst thou gripe both gain and pleasure ?
Robynson (More's Utopia).
3. To pinch; to distress. Specifically, to cause pinching and spasmodic
pain to the bowels of, as by the effects of certain purgative or
indigestible substances.
How inly sorrow gripes his soul.
Shak.
Gripe, v. i. 1. To clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, esp. money, with a
gripe or as with a gripe.