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Show t£ The London Merchant: 6r, Tr. Sure I but dream ' without a C mfe would Barn Well ufe m e thus! Ungenerous and ungrateful Youth, farewell,-I fhall endeavour fo follow your Advice, [ Gotn%~] Yet ftay, perhaps I am too rafh, and angry when the Caufe demands Compaftion, fome unfoiefeen Calamity m a y have befallen him, too great to bear. Barn. What Part a m I reduced to aft ? 'tis vile and bafe to m o v e his T e m p e r thus, the bell of Friends and Men. , Tr lam to blame, prithee forgive me Barnwell. Try to compofe your ruffled Mind, and let me know the Caufe that thus tranfports you from your fell ; m y friendly Coun-fel may reftore your Peace! Barn All that is poflible for M a n to do for Man, your generous Friendfhip may effect j but here even that's in vain. .;•.-'• n « Tr Something dreadful is labouring in your Breaft, O cive it vent, and let me mare your Gnef, tMOuldeafe your Pain, fhould it admit no Cajje, and make it lighter ^i^/vailtppofition' my Woes increase by being obftrr'd, lhould the Caufe be known, they would exteed aU<7?MSodwell I 'know thy honeft Heart, Guilt cannc: UXBZ 2 Torture infupportable ! [ W ? " Then why am / excluded, have /a Thought/ would conceal from you \ , «.^a n B a m If ftiU you urge m e on this hated Subject 111 nefer enter morl beneath this Roof, nor fee your Face .but I have done, hy but you ,1am not that Monita ain Tr. 'Tisfttange,- fiate m e not. Barn. Hate you ! *%. te«£a*¥^«s^sir(« yet"- j T S J a " Sfrnf-and but So Condon, caa co, fijmit? 7T. What are they f ^ - ]d on(jcr at fi^7. N e v e r hereafter, though you fcaaW w e ^ 77;^ fljyfiw */ Ge«4J Barnwen. 17 m y Conduct, defire to k n o w more than I a d willing t» Th 'Tis hard, but upon any Condition I muft be your Friend. A ,. r ,r , ^rff. Then as much as one*loft to hnrafe f can be another's, I am yours. (Embracing. Tr. Be ever fo, and may Heaven reftore your Peace. Barn. Will yefterday return P We have heard the glorious Sun, that till then inceifant rolf'd, once ftopp'd his rapid Courfe, and once went back : T he Dead have rifen ; and parch'd Rocks pour'd forth a Liquid Stream to quench a People's Thirft : T h e Sea divided, and form'd Walls of Water, while a whole N a - tion'd pafs'd in Safety through its Sandy Bofom : Hungry Lions have refus'd their Prey: And M e n unhurt have walk'd amidft confuming Flames j but never did Time once paft, return. Tr. Tho' the continual Chain of Time has n^ver once teen broke, nor ever will, but uninterrupted muft keep on its Courfe, till loft in Eternity, it ends there where it firft began ; yet as Heaven can repair whatever Evils Time can bring upon us, we ought never to defpair. But Bu/mefs requires our Attendance ; Bufinefs the Youth's beft Prefervative from ill as Idlenefs his worft of Snares. Will you gq-with me ? Barn. I'll take a lit#e time to reflect on what has paft and follow you. (Exit Trueman! 1 might have truftej Trueman, and engag d h m to aoply to my Uncle to repair the Wrong I have done m y Mafter ; but what of Mllwood ? muft I expofe her to? ungenerous and bafe ! then Heaven requires it not Lfiut Heav'n requires that I forfake her. What! never fee a<* more ! Does Heav'n require that . I hone I gayfee her, and Heav'n not bej>ffended. Preemptions Sail i T ' earIy aIready hav- l Proved m y Frailty ; M H once more tempt Heav'n, I m a y be left to flfl, k fhall I leave her, for ever o w the Caufe ? She w h o Son; Can Cruelty then mult feel, by what I IwYheV* ^ 7 7 Yet ^ l JeaVe ^ t e ever' oves me W ^ K " ? lct *er ^ ° W the Caufe > She whn wes m e with a boundlefs Paffion • * ? « y ? I judge oTfh weh alto vfeh eo ft Lhietne , and feat of Sha B me, oppose * |