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POLICIE LXXXIX. How to enquire and informe your selfe.
HE that would see the closets or private walkes of any, must procure the keyes.
There is no informing your selfe in the secrets of another, without the helpe of these that can open them.
A servant is one key, He revea∣leth his secret to his servants, A∣mos 3. 7.
An espiall is another, A tale∣bearer revealeth secrets, Prov 11. 13.
His owne actions a third, thus God is discovered, Speake to the Earth, and it shall teach thee, Job 12. 7.
Common report a fourth, Aske now—the Fowles of the aire, and they shall tell thee, Job. 12. 7.
Familiars and Counsellours a fifth, Come (said Dalilah) for he