Surviving spies , finally, are those who bring back news from the enemy’s camp. 745

Hence it is that which none in the whole army are more intimate relations to be maintained than with spies. 746 None should be more liberally rewarded. 747 In no other business should greater secrecy be preserved. 748

Spies cannot be usefully employed 749 without a certain intuitive sagacity. 750

They cannot be properly managed without benevolence and straightforwardness. 751