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Show 4* happy ance. Lucy The Hiflory of George Barnwell. W o m a n , ftill ©bitinate, refufes his Aflig. , This pious Charity to the Afflicted well becomes your Character; yet pardon me, Sir, if I wonder yoj were not at their Trial. Thor. I knew it was impoffible to fav e him, and I and my Family bear fo great a Part in his Diftrefs, that to have beenprefent, would have aggravated our Sorrows, witt out relieving his. Blunt. It was mournful indeed. Barnwell s Youth ani jmodeft Deportment, as he pafs'd, drew Tears from every Eye ; when plac'd at the Bar, and arraigned before the Reverend Judges, with many Tears and interrupting Sobs, he confefs'dand agravated his Offences, without accufisg, or once reflecting on Millwood, the fhamelefs Authoroi his Ruin; who dauntlefs and unconcern'd flood by h Side, viewing, with vifible I ride and Contempt the vat Aflemfcly, w h o all, with fympathizing Sorrow, wept for th?. w r -tched Youth. Millwood, when called upon to anfwer, loudly infilling upon her Innocence, and madeaa artful and bold Defence ; but finding all in vain, the ID-partial Jury, and learned Bench concurring to fiad her guilty, h o w did fhe curfe herfelf, poor Barnwell, us, he Judges, all Mankind ; but what could that avail; to was condemned, and is this D a y to fuffer with him. Thcr. T h e T i m e drawi on, and I a m going to v'- Barnwell, as you are Millwood. Lucy. W e have not wrong'd her, yet I dread thisinterview. She's Proud, impatient, wrathful and unforgiving. T o be the branded Inftruments of Vengeance, to fuffer in her Shame, and fympathize with her mallt fuffer.s, is the Tribute w e mutt pay for our former" fpent Lives, and long Confederacy with her in her Wij| ednefs. , Thor. Happy for you it ended when it did. VVfl«y have done againft Millwood, I know proceeded iron' juft Abhorrence of her Crime, free from law* Malice or Revenge. Profelytes to Virtue Should DC pouraged. Purfueyour purpofedReformation, ana* m e her jr your Friend. 'fhe London Merchant: Or, ^ Luy. This is a Bleffingasunhop'd for as merited -, but Heaven that fnatch'd us Trom impending Ruin fure intends you as its Inftrument to iecure us from 'Apof. tacy. Thor. With Gratitude to impute your Deliverance to Heaven is juft. Many lefs virtuoufly diipos'd than Barn-mllms, have never fallen in the Manner he has done • -r may not fuch owe their Safety rather to Providence than to themfelves ? With Pity and Comoaffion et us judge him. Great were his Faults, but n W was the Temptation. Let his Ruin learn us Diffidence P u nanity, and Circumfpectioi, , for we, who wonder'at £ Fate,perhaps nad we been tried, like him, we had fall! [Exevnt omnes, A Dungeon, a Table and Lamp* Barnwell reading. Enter Thorowgood at a Diftancj. Thor. There fee the bitter Fruits of p,^ > _, *eigflj an./fMfual ^petite indu K J S yt V «?V* Patience and Tears/ 8 V"re R e^ctions, Barn. M y honotfr'd Mafter wfcrtr r* i ^ fer'd me I thoufand rime, * w S t h , 0 ° d n e f 8 has co" N - „ g rtfiy^4J2 S » ftp «J ^ration almoft fpen J*"™/s ^g, your time for te^ you to improve P f ailrfTa,re,vere»'' Divme to ;our Succefi. P "' and &0^ be glad to tear of .B'rn. The Word ofTYntf, i- , , « » y conftaat Companion in fhiffi!? P ^ r e c o ™ d e d Srt, remov'd t h e ' D o o b " £ r S e t , r e ? e n t ' M « ence I ve learned the infinite K v f d Under- ^oia 6"nd that -tis not my I„tf 3 ft f' "= "« ""pardona- -" to rejaice in rCTS,,001?' b ^ m y Duty, eaven receive theri HoP " - ^ '.i D Thor, i |