Note 76 — Chapter III
A. R. (Arthur Richard) Shilleto translation
This proverb means to play fast and loose, to be a turn-coat, a Vicar of Bray. The best illustration is Cicero ad Fam. vii. 29. “Noli hanc epistolam Attico ostendere: sine eum errare et putare me virum bonum esse nec solere duo parietes de eadem fidelia dealbare.” See also Erasmus’ Adagia.