NOTE: 118

[... learns the] name; and then, by likening its voice to the voice of a man, it utters his name and calls him to itself. And he, supposing it to be his companion, when he goes from the caravan toward the forest, it instantly snatches [him] away. Likewise, it sometimes prowls about the villages, and goes to the dwelling of the man whose name it has learned, and calls out; and when he is deceived and comes forth, it rushes upon him and devours [him]. Wherefore the Wise Man saith: *“A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet.”* (Proverbs 29:5). 19. From the fox, hypocrisy is learned, whereby [a man] employeth diverse deceits that he may make some gain for himself; wherefore to recognize such [men], and to beware of their secret snares, is in truth exceedingly difficult. For this deceitful beast hath also such cunning, that at times it feigneth itself dead; and when the birds, supposing [it] to be true, alight upon its head, it suddenly seizeth them and eateth [them]. Wherefore counselleth the [...]*