16. Accordingly the enemy tests our arms and
clashes together his weapons. If he sees that I am disturbed, he
implants the points of his darts, so as to raise a crop of
quarrels. If I utter an unseemly word, he sets his snare.
Then he puts before me the opportunity for revenge as a bait, so that
in desiring to be revenged, I may put myself in the snare, and draw the
death-knot tight for myself. If any one feels this enemy is
near, he ought to give greater heed
to his mouth, lest he make room for the enemy; but not many see
him.