The received value of Names imposed for Signification of things, was changed into Arbitrary: For inconsiderate Boldness, was counted true-hearted Manliness; provident Deliberation, a handsome Fear; Modesty, the Cloak of Cowardice; to be wise in everything, to be lazy in everything. A furious suddenness was reputed a point of Valour. To re-advise for the better Security, was held for a fair Pretext of Tergiversation. He that was fierce, was always trusty; and he that contraried such a one, was suspected. He that did insidiate, if it took, was a wise Man; but he that could not smell out a Trap laid, a more dangerous Man than he: But he that had been so provident as not to need to do the one or the other, was said to be a dissolver of Society, and one that stood in fear of his Adversary. In brief, he that could out-strip another in the doing of an evil Act, or that could perswade another thereto, that never meant it, was commended.