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23 mate, and thoroughly ſatisfied with what in this interval had been tranſ- acted, produced the green purſe, and delivered it to the perſon to whom he had promiſed: But, O dire diappoint- ment and conſuion! Behold the un- certainty of this world, inſtead of real gold, in honed; weighty guineas, im- poſtured braſs filled up their room, im- flathy 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 earn- ed, what I meant in jeſt; is it rea- ſonable to imagine, (I appeal to your own reflection) that I could be ſo weak as 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, I had a mind to make a trial of your