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Show 1* 7/;e London Merchant: Or, Lucy . N a y , 'tis they that are Slaves moft certainly. lor w e lay them under Contribution. ] Mill. felves. Slaves have no property ; no, not even in them All is the Victors. Lucy. You are ftrangely Arbitary in your Principles Mill. I woul have my Connueft compleat, like thofe of the Spaniards in the new World ; who firft plua< the natives of all the Wealth they had, and ^htn col demn'd the Wretches to the Mines for Life, to wurkfo more. ^ Luc-. Well, I fhall never approve of your Schemes OJove-nment: I mould think it much more politick J "W'el! as juft, to find m y Subjects an ealier Employ ment. Mill.. It's a general M a x i m among the knowing Part Mankind, that a W o m a n without Virtue, like a Ma "Without Honour or Honefty, is capable of any Actio:, tho' never fo vile: A r d yet what Pains will they not Cake what Artnotufe, to feduce us from our Innocence, an<i make us contemptable and wicked, even in their own 0, pinions? Then it is not juft, the Villains, to their Cof Ihould fled us fo But Guilt makes them fufpitious, and keeps them on their Guard; therefore we can take advantage only of the young and innocent Part of theSer w h o having never injured W o m e n , apprehend no Injury from them. Lucy. A y , thay muft be young indeed. Mill. Such a one, I think I have found. I've palled thro' the City, I have often obferved hiqs receiving and paying confiderable Sums of Money; from thence I conclude he is employ'd in Affairs of Conic cjuence. Lucy. Is he handfome ? Mill. A y , ay, the Stripling is well made, and has good Face. Lucy. About - Mill. Eighteen- « _. Lu'y, Innocent, Handfome, and about Eighteen Vou'll be raftly happy.- Why if Y O U manage£ you m a y keep him to your-fclf theft two or ^ Years, The Hiftory of George Barnwell 9 Mill If I manage well, I fhall have done with him Jch fooneer Having long had a DeCgn on him ; and 8 Pardon for the Freedom I had taken,, and told biar he was the Perfon I had long wilh'd to iee, and to w h o m I had an Affair of Importance to communicate, at a proper- Time 2nd Place. H e named the Tavern ; I talk'd of Honour and Reputation, and invited him to m y Houfe : He fwallow'dthe Bait, promis'd to come, and this is the Time I expect him, [kneeing at the Door.] Some body knocks, d'ye hear, I'm at home to no body to day, but him. Mill. Lefs Affairs muft give W a y to thofe of more Confequence; and I am ftr ngely miftaken if this does not prove of great Importance to m e and him too, before I have done with him. Now alter what M r .ner mail I receive him ? Let m e confuier what manner of Perfon I am to receive ? H e is-young, innocent, and bafhhn ; therefore I mult take Care not to put him out of Countenance at firft. -But then, if I have any Skill in Phifiognomy, he is amorous, and with a little Affiftance, will foon ge; the better of his Modefty, I'll e'en truft to Nature, w h o does Wondersin thefe Matters. If to feem what one is not, in order to be rhe better liked for what one really is ; if to fpeak one Thing, and mean the direct contrary, De Art in a Woman, I know nothing of N a ture. ° Enter Barnwell, bowing very hiv. Lucy at a Dijfa.ce. MM. Sir! the Surprize and Joy i Barn. Madam - ' £ T^i5fuCha Favoor' {Advancing. "«rn- Pardon me, Madam, v /Lr0^nu0Kd [0r'-~- {Still advances, Mn-rT) fahUs her> "** r?tir*> '• Conf'.ficn. rJ X° fee y ° u here -Excufe t-he Coulu- B. m. |