Ruth 2:6

Rth 2:6 And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It [is] the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:

Ver. 6. And the servant. ] He gives a ready answer, a good account, Rationem cum domino crebro putet, saith Cato a concerning a steward.

It is the Moabitish damsel. ] He commendeth her for her virtues, little thinking that shortly she should be his mistress. This was fair, and not ordinary. Vituperant homines quam collaudant promptius. Malignity and morosity reigneth everywhere.

a De Re Rust, cap. v.