Here wiser Reynard shook his head,

And this would never do, he said:

’Tis ours to make these foolish elves,

My lord, be liars to themselves:

Suspicion rais’d, the very eye

Will unsuspected gravely lie,

And, when a friend it shall survey,

Th’ idea of a foe display,

As you shall see—— Away he flew,

And, to the friends as near he drew,