Roger L'Estrange

“ Here's a Case of Honour, and of Conscience, Both in One, upon the Matter of Hospitality, and of Trust. The Laws of Hospitality are Sacred on the One Side, and so are the Duties we Owe to our Country on the Other. If we Consicer the Trust, Faith must not be Broken; If the Common Enemy, his Councel is not to be kept. The Wood Man did as good as Tacitly promise the Fox a Santuary ”

“ Yes, yes, says the Fox; If you had been as Honest of your Fingers, as you were of your Tongue, I should not have gone without bidding ye Farewell.
The MORAL.
A Man may tell a Lye by Signs, as well as in Words at length, and his Conscience is as Ansierable for his Fingers, as for his Tongue.
REFLEXION.
There's No Trusting of Those that Say One Thing, and Do Another, Especially if they follow Fair Words with Foul Deeds. ”