In King Henry IV, Shakespeare observed:
Rumor is a pipe
Blown by surmises, jealousies, conjectures,
And of so easy and so plain a stop
That the blunt monster with uncounted heads,
The still-discordant wavering multitude,
Can play upon it.
And how certain Christians can play that pipe!
Baker Books , 1500 Illustrations for Biblical Preaching, by Michael P. Green