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24 honeſty. I know that you would think I had ſome illicit buſineſs to tranſact, worthy of giving ſuch a pre- ſent, for an opportunity to do it in; but ye are both miſtaken, I never wronged my king nor my country in my iife, I look upon you both as per- ſons that hath infamouſly forfeited the truſt renoſed in you, and are lia- ble of being ſeverely puniſhed for it; which, if I was to be as cruel to you (by informing againſt you) as you have been to me, by ſuſpecting that I would wrong the King of his due, that muft unavoidably be the caſe; but I ſcorn ſuch an action, though I deſpiſe your principles. However, my friends I would admoniſh you to be more honeſt, and more upon your guard for the future, which will effectually compleat my good inten- tion by this experiment.