Then let them come to me;
'Tis always good the enemy to know,
Whether a true heart or a false he show.
For Falsehood never cometh in such wise
Enwrapped in Truth, that we may not descry
Some little cranny in the close disguise,
Through which to gaze upon the secret lie.
To listen to the foe is always wise,
We profit more than we can lose thereby;
In things of war experience shows, in sooth,