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Show ^ The Wftory of George Barnwell Mefty, now look down on that dear murder^ 0 T and m e the Murderer ; and, if his V e B«"B « fn Saint> et P,ty ftnke and end my wretched S ^ ? - the worft of Crimes, and' Parracide t h e w o r F J ^" ders and this the worft of Parricides r Mnt-ftands on Record from the birth.fT CT> * its laft final Period, as^curf d *flew ?%&&?>* * above him : - *-DetefoA A%„ , ^^^er favour'd difpatched a M o t h e r ^ he fe feeT « * -- This exec^cfof &*%3£t£* ^ i ? 3 5 r ftand alone-the Ja« * 5 i g * ' pJeffr-^" ^ t" '*»** M defpair TbiZi?'' Va"i b'lt ci»>™Me Prayfr ' •A'dcne eternal Z^r ™'r' w J1"^ or fall; elern<U Xule remains for all. - gxi. End of the Third ACT. A C T IV. S C E N E I. A Room in Thorowgood', Houfe. ' • E«n.t"»ejrw Mmaarriiaa.. " SalVfaS fwe'rf°affl,hiLjudSe' »& cenfure or ap. I a m unhappy? yet can™? ° r "*»">«> here. I know Grime, more than the co ' £ge-,m>'feJf with *"/ that Ihould provoke uft H e T e " "'H*5 ° f ° U r Kind' fcnngs fo uncommon and fevera ffi ™ °U t f ° r fuf- «ves, Heaven muft abhor 7he n it ?*'\ t0!SCule out' Innocence ftould fufier fx £i ,sJulT and right tk: "sways „ Pei-hL I i a V e n ffluft bejuftinaJl J ' eth3Ps bY * " they are kept from 7 ^ London Merchant: Or, 37 , c su winch worfe than penal, or more improv'd inoral Evils, much^wo F ^ th fuftain> ^T'theMeTnsV greater Good to others > Might bat purchafe Peace for thee. Thou dear, dear Canfe of all tny Grief and Pain, Small were the Lofs, and infinite the Gain, Tho to the Grave, in fecret Love, J pine. So Life, and Fame, and Happinefs were thine. Enter Trueman. Ma. What News of Barnwell} Tr. None. - I have fought him with thegreateft Diligence, but all in vain. Ma.-Dott m y Father yet fufpeft the Caufe of m s Abfence? , . Tr. All appear'd fo juft and fair to him, it is not pot-fiblehe everfhould } but his Abfence will no longer-be concealed. Your Fathers wife ; and though he feems to hearken to the friendly Excufes I wou'd make for Barnwell, yet I am afraid he regards them only as fuch, without fufferingthem to influence his Judgment. Ma. H o w does the unhappy Youth defeat all our D e - figns to ferve bim> yet I can never repent what w e have done. Should he return, 'twill make his Reconciliation with m y Father eafier, and preferve him from future Reproach from a malicious unforgiving World. Enter Thorowgood and Lucy. Thor. This Woman here has given me.a fad.and ( bat-ingforaeCircumftances) too probable an Account of Barn-xyc/ Z's Defection. Lucy. I am forry, Sir, that m y frank Confoffion of m y former Courfe of Life fhou'd caufe you to fufpett m y Truth on this Occafion. • Thor. It is not that ; your Confeiuon has in it all the Appearance of Truth. [ To them.] Among many other Particulars, fhe informs me, that Barnwell has been in- G 3 flienced |