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Show 52 The Hjlory of George Barnwell. py State and prefent Mifery- O had you trufted me when firft the fair Seducer tempted you, all mighs have been prevented. Barn. Alas, thou knoweft not what a Wretch \'n been ! Breach of Friendfhip was m y firft and Ieaft Offence-fo fair wag I loft to Goodnefs, fo devoted to the Author of m y Ruin, that had fhe infifted on m y Murdering thee • I th nk I fhould have done it. Tr. Prithee, aggravate thv Faults no more. Barn. I think I mould !--thus Good and Generous as you are, I fhould have murdered you • Tr. W e have not yet embraced, and may be interrupt. ed, Come to m y Arms. *' Barn. Never, never will I tafte fuch Joys on Earth-payer will I fo footh my juft Remorfe. Are thofe honeft Arms andfaithfu? Bofom, fit to embrace and to fupporta Murderer? Thefe Iron Fetters only fhall clafp, and fin-ty Pavement bear me, [ Throwing bimfelf on the Ground 1 even thefe too good for fuch a bloody Monfter. Tr. Shall Fortune fever thofe whom Friendfhip join'd' lhy Miferies cannot lay thefe fo low, but Love will find thee, p - here will we offer to ftern Calamity,- Mils Place the Altar and ourfelves the Sacrifice. ~ Our mu-tuai Groans fhall eccho to each other through the drea- TjTVailt; our Sighs fhall number the Moments as they pais, and mingling Tears, communicate fuch Anguift, as words were never made toexprefs. Sam. Then it be fo ; fince you propofe an intercourfe ot woe pour all your Grief into m y Breaft, and in ex-cnange thee mine {Embracing ) where's now the An-guifli that you promis'd? You've taken mine, and make o e no return. Sure Peace and Comfort dwell within thefe Arms, and can't approach m e while I'm here: - This too is the Work ot Heaven, which having before fpoke Peace and Pardon to me, now fends thee to con. hrmit. - O take, take fome of the Joys that over Jjows m y Breaft J J Tr. 1 do, J do- Almighty Power, how have you jjwde us capable to bear, at'o nce, the Extream/of f.feajgre and Pam. • Enter The London Merchant: Or, Enter Keeper. 53 [Exit Keeper. Keep. Sir. Tr. I come. Barn. Muft you leave m e ? Death would foon have parted us for ever. Tr. 0 m y Barnwell'! there's yet another T a s k behind; -1 again your Heart muft bleed for other's Woes. Bar*. T o meet and pnrt with you, I thought w a s all I had to do on Earth ? W h a t is there m o r e for m e to d o or fuller ? Tr. I dread to tell thee, yet it muft be k n o w n , Maria. Barn. Our Mafter's fair and virtuous Daughter Tr. The fame. Barn. N o Misfortune, I hope, has reach'd that lovely Maid; Preferve her, Heaven, from every ill, tofhow Mankind, that Goodnefs to your Care. Tr. Thy, thy Misfrrtuunes, my unhappy Friend, have reach'd her ; whatever you and I have felt, and more, if more be pofiibie, iheieeisfor you Barn. I know he doth abhor a Lie, and would not trifle with hiL dying Friend This is indeed the bitternefs ol Death 7>. Ton muft remember, for we all ebferv'drt for fome time paft a heavy Melancholly weigh'd her down Cr2 ? "* feem,',d' and P'n'd « * lanSuift'd from a HaL f nd torThe Ha,r°Ut; ^ TO "* *™« her Grief, 'dlfcovert her"wn: o t Z ? * ? r L P V °f her yours. 'oft State while fte lamented Ban. Will all the Pain T f.=i n. • „ unhappy Maid , [ S fiff^S Y *"*' ^ die, and never k n o w it ? J Y A ?on not let m e Paffion'ror^Sf tl &? ^ no &«« of her die. SheZ.'for"!"'Z7mr\t0 f e ey°u e ^ y ou Bam. Vain bufy T h o ' ^ T ^ T &*» T r u e ™ n. to think on what I r a i S f ft'"! wh;it availS it tn made myfdf. Kight have b<*«» - I now am, what 4 Enter |