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Obediah Mouſetrap. 23 < >mate, and thoroughly ſatisfied with what in this interval had been tranſacted, produced the green purſe, and delivered it to the perſon to whom he had promiſed: But, O dire diſappointment and confuſion! Behold the uncertainty of this world, inſtead of real gold, in honeſt weighty guineas, impoſtured braſs filled up their room, in flaſhy counters all. At fight and proof of this, how did the invenomed tongues of the deceived begin to rave! Their eyes ſtruck fire, and their whole diſappointed frames began to ſhake with reſentment. But our good friend Obadiah Mouſetrap, being aſſiſted by the ſpirit, ſoon found a way to cool their intemperate paſſions; I perceive, ſays he, my friends, that you have been deceived in me, as I have been in you, and have underſtood in earnest, what I meant in jeſt; is it reaſonable to imagine, (I appeal to your own reflection) that I could be ſo weak is to give you a purſe of real gold for the good ſervices of drinking up my property? No, I think not, however, as you were both ſtrangers to me, had a mind to make a trial of your