John Trapp on Ecclesiastes 10:20

Verſ. 20. Curſe not the King, no not in thy thought] Or, In thy conſcience: but in this or any other kinde, Auſon.Turpe quid acturus, te ſine teſte time.

[non-Latin text not transcribed]. Thucyd.The preſent Government is ever grievous] And nothing more uſual than to grudge againſt it: but take heed of wiſhing hurt to Rulers (thought is not free) much more of uttering it, though in hugger-mugger; Kings have long ears, heavy hands, walls alſo and hedges have ears. Some may over-hear thee, as Mordecai did the two Traitours, Eſth. 2.22. or thou mayeſt unwittingly and unwillingly betray thy ſelf, as our Powder-plotters.

That which hath wing, &c.] It was a quill, a peece of a wing, that diſcovered that helliſh plot. Wilful murder and treaſon will out by one means or other.Turk. Hiſt. fol. 460 Fr. Hist. Thoſe two Traitours ſent by Mahomet to kill Scanderbeg, falling out betwixt themſelves, let fall ſomething that brought all to light, and themſelves to puniſhment. The like befell that Gentleman of Normandy that confeſſed to a Prieſt his intent to have killed King Francis.