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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 yon 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 honses 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