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PYrrbus and Ulysses being sent to Lemnos, to take from Philoctetes* 1.1 Hercules ar∣rowes, the two Legates advised by what means they might best ••rest them out of his hands; Ulysses affirmed, that it was best to do it by lying and deceipt; No, said Pyrrhus, I like not of that course, because I never used it, but alwayes loved
the Truth, at my Father and my Ancestors have ever done. Whereunto Ulysses re∣plyed, That when he was a young Man, he was of his mind too; but now being old, he had learnt by long experience dearly bought, that the surest way▪ and safest art in Mans life is,* 1.2 Fallere et mentiri, to lie and cheat. Surely many of this Age are of Ulysses's mind, they speak one thing, intend another; they are all courtesie in promise, no honesty at all in performance: but true Israelites are of Pyrrhus's spirit; Magna est Veritas et praevalebit, Great is the Truth, and will prevail, is the sweet Poesie of their profession, both in themselves, and those that relate unto them, and they resolve upon the doctrine of Christ Iesus their Master, * 1.3 that the Truth shall make them free.
Sophocles in T••ag. Philoc∣tetis.
Tuta f••equen∣que via, &c.
Ioh. 8. 32.