Then I considering with my selfe of the evill fortune of my poore companion, and purposed now to forget all Subtility and deceit, and to play the good Asse to get my masters favour, for I perceived by their talke that we were come home well nigh at our journeys end.
"The Golden Asse"
Lucius Apuleius
In the end, when he was somewhat returned to his former Subtility, he began to deny all that was said, and stoutly affirmed, that the Physitian did lye.
"The Golden Asse"
Lucius Apuleius
Its mind was wholly bent upon cunning knowledge, Subtility, and getting together a multitude of earthly things.
"Dialogues on the Supersensual Life"
Jacob Behmen