Their answers practise, and their powers essay.
By means like these they guard against surprise, 110
And all the puzzling questions that may rise.
“Guilty or not?” His lawyer thus address’d
A wealthy rogue—“Not guilty, I protest.”—
“Why, then, my friend, we’ve nothing here to say,
But you’re in danger! prithee heed your way!
You know your truth, I where your error lies:
From your ‘Not guilty’ will your danger rise.”—
“Oh! but I am, and I have here the gain