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 people, yet the guilt of the baſe action always remains upon you.

Cool Now you think you have ſilenced me and gained a noble victory; but I will ſhow you your miſtake immediately; for I cannot touch any gold or money, by reaſon of theſe ſpirits that are ſtated guardians of juſtice and honeſty.

Ogil. What is that you tell me, Cool? Do not unworthy fellows break houſes, every night, and yet you, that can put yourſelf into ſo many hundred different ſhapes in a moment, cannot do it: What is that you tell me, Cool?

Cool. 'Tis true, Sir, againſt the living, men may find out ſome probable means of ſecuring themſelves; but if ſpirits departed were allowed, then no man would be ſecure; for, in that caſe, every man that I had a prejudice at, would ſoon be beggared.

Ogil. Might you not go to the mines of Mexico and Peru, where thoſe little ſums would not be miſſed?

Cool. No, Sir, for the ſame reaſon.

Ogil. But, Cool, there is ſo much treaſure loſt in the ſea, you may eaſily dive into the bottom of it, ſearch that, and refund thoſe people their loſſes, where no man is injured.

Cool. You are a little too forward this night, Sir, and inclined much to banter: What I've ſaid might ſatisfy you, but ſince it does not, I'll tell you further, that no