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IF you have to doe with Offi∣cers of Place in State or Court, and finde them greedy and taking in the name of their Office and Masters, you may bee jealous it is their owne sute and project upon you, and they are like Hawkes that flie from their owners and seize upon the prey with their vervels; or as casheerd Serving-men who robbe by the way in their masters livery.
Thus,
Naaman did unadvisedly to give Gehazi two Talents more, for hee had said within himselfe, My Ma∣ster hath spared him in not recei∣ving at his hands, but I will runne and take somewhat,
2 Ki. 5. 20, 23.