Phil. Who are those?
Pseud. The soft-headed, the forgetful, the unthinking, those that live a great Way off, and those that are dead.
Phil. The Dead, to be sure, tell no Tales.
Pseud. If I sell any Thing upon Credit, I set it down carefully in my Book of Accounts.
Phil. And what then?
Pseud. When the Money is to be paid, I charge the Buyer with more than he had. If he is unthinking or forgetful, my Gain is certain.
Phil. But what if he catches you?
Pseud. I produce my Book of Accounts.
Phil. What if he informs you, and proves to your Face he has not had the Goods you charge him with?
Pseud. I stand to it stiffly; for Bashfulness is altogether an unprofitable Qualification in this Art. My last Shift is, I frame some Excuse or other.