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 be, o much the greater would his own Offence appear to Allworthy, and o much the greater, had he Reaon to imagine, would be his Reentment.

He feigned, therefore, fome Excue of Buines for his Departure, and promied to return oon again; and took leave of his Brother with o well-diembled Content, that, as the Captain played his Part to the ame Perfection, Allworthy remained well atisfied with the Truth of the Reconciliation.

The Doctor went directly to London, where he died oon after of a broken Heart; a Ditemper which kills many more than is generally imagined, and would have a fair Title to a Place in the Bill of Mortality, did it not differ in one Intance from all other Dieaes, viz. That no Phyician can cure it.

Now, upon the mot diligent Enquiry into the former Lives of thee two Brothers, I find, beides the cured and hellih Maxim of Policy above-mentioned, another Reaon for the Captain’s Conduct: The Captain, beides what we have before aid of him, was a Man of great Pride and Fiercenes,