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 myſelf come in for two hundred pound Scots; yet I beg a little time to conſider on the matter, and ſince I find you are as much maſter of reaſon now as ever, and more than ever, I will firſt reaſon on the matter in its general view, and then with reſpect to the expediency of my being the meſſenger, and this I will do with all manner of frankneſs. From what you have ſaid, I ſee clearly, that your preſent ſtate is ſo, that I need not aſk more queſtions upon that head, and you need not bid me take courage, and not be afraid of you, for at this moment, I am no more afraid of you, than of a new born child.

Cool.) Well, ſay on.

Ogil.] Tell me then, ſince ſuch is your ability, that you can fly a thouſand miles in the twinkling of an eye, if your deſire to do theſe oppreſſed juſtice, be as great as you pretend, what is the reaſon you do not fly to the coffers of ſome rich Jew or Banker, where there are ten thouſands of gold and ſilver: Inviſibly lift, and inviſibly return it into the coffers of the injured: And ſince your wife has ſufficient fund and more, why cannot you empty her purſes, in your inviſibility, to make thoſe people amends?

Cool.) Becauſe I cannot.

Ogil.] If theſe things be rectified you would be eaſy and happy: I do not at all credit that, forwhatever juſtice may be done to the