"Enough of prating, little thief! This talk

Of 'fate, free-will, foreknowledge absolute,'

Is hugely out of place! What next indeed,

If all the casuistry of the schools

Be prayed in aid by every pilfering mouse

That's caught i' th' trap? See here, my thieving friend,

Thus I resolve the problem. We prefer

To keep our cheeses for our own behoof,

And eat them with our proper jaws; and so,

Having command of mouse-traps, we will catch