Phil. Then it is not the Product of Art, but of Nature.
Pseud. The Seeds indeed proceed from Nature; but Art and Use have enlarg'd the Faculty.
Phil. Why, are you not asham'd of it?
Pseud. No more than a Cuckow is of her Singing.
Phil. But you can alter your Note upon every Occasion. The Tongue of Man was given him to speak the Truth.
Pseud. Ay, to speak those Things that tend to his Profit: The Truth is not to be spoken at all Times.
Phil. It is sometimes for a Man's Advantage to have pilfering Hands; and the old Proverb is a Witness, that that is a Vice that is Cousin-German to yours of Lying.
Pseud. Both these Vices are supported by good Authorities: One has Ulysses, so much commended by Homer, and the other has Mercury, that was a God, for its Example, if we believe the Poets.
Phil. Why then do People in common curse Liars, and hang Thieves?
Pseud. Not because they lie or steal, but because they do it bunglingly or unnaturally, not rightly understanding the Art.