John Trapp on Proverbs 11:13

Verſ. 13. A tale-bearer revealeth ſecrets] Heb. A Pedler, See the Note on Levit. 19.16. and on 1 Tim. 5.13. Si ſapis arcano vina reconde cado. God forbids us to chaffer with theſe petty-chapmen, Prov. 20.19.

Concealeth the matter] Tacitus to him is the beſt Hiſtorian, primus in Hiſtoria. Hee is a rare friend, that can both give counſel, and keep counſel. One being hit in the teeth with his ſtinking breath, wittily excuſed it, that it was by reaſon of the many ſecrets committed to him, and concealed by him ſo long, till they were even rotten in his boſome.