’Tis an Unhappy thing both for Master and Servant, when the Love, Loyalty
and Zeal of the One, shall be Ill Taken at the Hands of the Other; for he
that will not Believe and Depend upon the Faith of a _Try’d Friend_ and
_Servant_, falls under the Judgment commonly of giving too much heed to a
_Secret Enemy_: Beside, that it goes to the Heart of a Man of Honour and
Address, when he has done his Uttermost for his Masters Service, to fall
under the Scandalous Character of Officious, and Impertinent, for his
Pains. The Master here was in another Mistake too, in Supposing that all
_House-Breakers_ and _Sharpers_ had _Thief_ written in their Foreheads;
whereas the most Dangerous sort of _Cheats_, are but Masqueraders, under
the Vizor of _Friends and Honest Men_. The Cardinal’s Rule to one of his
Laquayes that had lost his Coat, comes very well to our present Purpose.
The Boy said that his Eminence told him they were so Holy at _Rome_, that
he thought there had been _no Thieves there_. Well, says the _Cardinal_,
but hereafter, when ever you come into a strange Place, you may _take_
every Man you see for a _Thief_, provided that you _Call_ no Body so. The
Dog went this way to work, and did wisely in’t; for he that keeps himself
upon this Guard, shall never be Couzen’d. The Best will help it self, and
therefore ’tis good to be wary for fear of the Worst.