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Show 5^ The Hifioryof George Barnwell. Juftice in Companion to Mankind, cutr off a W r - me, by one fuch Example (*> fecire Thoufands frnn ture Rum. Juftice and Mercy are in Heaven the ftJS" Its utmeft Severity is Mercy to the whole, - therehvT cure Man's Folly and i refumption, which ette wo, render even infinite Mercy vain and ineffectual. If any Youth, like me, in future Times, Shall mourn my Fate, tho' he abhor my Crimes Or tender Maid, like you, my Tale (hall here ' Jnd to my Sorrows give a pitying Tear : To each fich melting Eye, and thnbbidg Heart Would gracious Heaven this Benefit impart Never to know my Guilt, n,r feel my Pain, * ben muft you own, you ought not to complain Since you not weep, norjball 1 die m vain. ( Exit Barnwell and Officers. Enter Blunt and Lucy. A^^?eart*breaking Sight* ~ ° wretched> wretched Tr You came from her then ; H o w is fhe difpofed te meet her Fate, V r Blunt. W h o can defcribe unutterable W o e > Lucy. She goes to Death encompafs'd with fjofror, loathing Life, and yet afraid to die; no Tongue can tell Jhe- Angui/h and Defpair. ' nS'' H^r venbe better to her tAm her Fears; may fhe herfdf arning to 0thcrs> a.Monument of Mercy in Lucy. O Sorrow infupporf&le! break, break my Heart, Jr. in vain. J With bleeding Hearts, and weeping Eyes we fir* A human gen'reus Senfe of others Woe - v*Iefs w mark what drew their Ruin 'on, yfnd by avoiding that *-prevent our own. F I N I & w EPILOGUE. Love's Joy fecure the Coutick Jclor tries, But if he's wicked in blank Verfe, he Dies. The Force, where Wives prove frail, ftill makes the heft; And the poor Cuckold is aftanding J eft : But our grave Bard, a virtuous Son of Ills, Counts a bold Stroke in Love among the Vices, In Blood and IVounds a guilty Land he dips ye, And waftes an Empire for one ravifh'd Gipfy. What mufiy Morals fill an Oxford Head, To Notions ofpedantick Virtue bred I There each ft iffDon at Galantry exclaims. And calls fine Men and Ladies filthy Names . They tell you Rakes and Jilts corrupt a Nation : - S u c h is the Prejudice of Education I Let. when they will, tly l:J-n rLnlLl ™' This Play, we trufi Ihnil ,1- "'"&> appear, Sold Uiim-ifjEfef " ihr°"g "n Audience *'"• Bh Pat, aTZfyfpat "" ?mmt* Tt™ •' let Nicolini afh tf £%„'""" " Man ' I P^amatis |