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XLIX.
MADAM,
I Do not wonder that C. R. will not trust E. D. in any business of great Concernment, al∣though an Able man to manage great Affairs, by reason he hath been False, although he seems now Faithful and True; but Wise men are as Jealous of those men that have been Dishonest in the matter of Trust, as of those women that have been Dishonest in the matter of Love; for though they may be true Converts, yet those that are Wary will fear they do but Dissemble, for those that are Evil do not so Easily nor Sud∣denly turn to Good, as those that are Good are Apt to turn to Evil, for though Repentance doth cast forth the flowing part of Evil, yet many times there are Dregs, which lie lurking in the Mind or Soul, which in time, with the help of Opportunity and Advancement, may Increase again into their former Evil Condition; and VVise men know that there is less Danger in trusting an Honest Fool than a Subtil Knave; the truth is, it is pitty that Honesty and Ingenui∣ty or Ability should not Inhabit together, for, for the most part they live asunder, as Ability and Ingenuity with Dishonesty, which Im∣powers and Inables such men to do the greater Mischiefs, for Subtil VVit and great Knavery