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Show 3 8 The Hiftory of George Barnwell fluenc dI to break his Truft, and wrong me' at fe , times of confiderable Sums of Money : N o w ' as TI ^ ^ to he falfe, I would fajn ^g ^£» Uao* wtvu' 10°dreadful :t0 be wattj{ : n ^ ' ?jr> y ° u r P^don j I find myfelf on a Sudden fi> mdifpos'd, that I muft retire - pr A v J OUQuen fo all An-« >. i rccirc- i- rovideace oppafc. • U A K e m p t t to fave him Poor ruin'd B a Z % Wretched loft Maria \ . i" Jg^beppjr Youth fear for the Life of a mudffi ?/ JT; and then niy Child theonl Joy and Hope of roy declining Life Her 111 ' oTw0 me'your Friend>at 2EB&S Kyg K M' IS g ° n e t0 r ° b and rawder ^ ve^eS ofTLThoS? ^ ! Z am bMed Wlth theH°™ W y . This Delay may ruin all. wrongs me VknowV nr' J \now »<* s thathsw' there^s all my Hopes " ^ ; tHe reft m a> be f° *»> a MomL™f T?nVe° ^ rather k fuPPofe # true than lofe ^ti^uiS^ h°rridDeedmaybe.a ^oTe'?haIhe fefftS C°nvinCeS we> th« he>™*s there? w\0 w a ? t s ? y i f C ° V e r U Whatho? witte Enter a Servant. and^pa?/^^ f^?/* faddle the fwifteft Horii> vou whnfc RPU : XJiUSeQce' I Exit Servant. 1 For 2^ commentP^ rTr" °* this Occafion> * h*ve no time w commend as it deferyes, I ffluft ej]gagc your farther Afliftance, Afftance. come fbt London Merchant: Or, » ,.H obferve this Millwood till I :e. Rew«,aB d » u e y foUow ft-jSSi iile on this Occaflo,^. ^^^ T, He only, who h a Friend, can judge of ™D, ftfefi. SCENE it. Millwood'* /&#*. £/tf£r Millwood. M7/. I wifh I knew the Event of his Defign ; -- th Attempt without Succefs woula ruini him. - W e l l Uat have I to apprehend from that? I fear too much. ft Kchief beYng only intended, hi, Fronds, in pity of his Youth, turn ail their Rage onrne. I fhould have d W n t of that before. Suppofe the Deed done then, and then only I fhall be fecure; or what if he returns without attempting it at all. Enter Barnwell bloody. Mill, Bat he is here, and I have done him wrong ; his bloody Hands fhow he has done the Deed, but'•how he wauts the Prudence to conceal it. Barn. Where fhall I aide me ? Whether fhall I fly, to avoid the fwift unerring Hand of Juftice? Mill. Difmifs your Fears •> though thoufands had pur-fued you to the Door, yet being entered here, you are as fafe as Innocence ; I have fuch a Cavern, by x\rt, fo cunningly contriv'd, that the piercing Eyes OL Jealoufy and Revenge may fearch in vain, nor find the Entrance to the fafe Retreat, there will I hide you, if any Danger's near. Bern. O hide me *rom myfelf, if it be poffible; toy while I bear my Confidence in myBofom, though I were hid where Man's Eyes never faw, nor Light ever dawn'd 'twere all in vain. For oh \ that inmate, that impartial Judge, will try, convift, and fentence m e for Murder, and execute me with never ending Torments, Behold G 4 thefe |