There are two that are come to my thoughts
already, that I think will be arch at this work, and they are Mr.
Penny-wise-pound-foolish, and Mr. Get-i'the-hundred-and-lose-i'the-
shire; nor is this man with the long name at all inferior to the
other. What, also, if you join with them Mr. Sweet-world and Mr.
Present-good; they are men that are civil and cunning, but our true
friends and helpers. Let these, with as many more, engage in this
business for us, and let Mansoul be taken up in much business, and
let them grow full and rich, and this is the way to get ground of
them. Remember ye not that thus we prevailed upon Laodicea, and
how many at present do we hold in this snare? Now, when they begin
to grow full, they will forget their misery; and if we shall not
affright them, they may happen to fall asleep, and so be got to
neglect their town watch, their castle watch, as well as their
watch at the gates.
'Yea, may we not, by this means, so cumber Mansoul with abundance,
that they shall be forced to make of their castle a warehouse,
instead of a garrison fortified against us, and a receptacle for
men of war.
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