C. Well, say on.
O. Tell me then, since such is your Agility, that in the twinkling of an Eye, you can fly 1000d miles, if your Desire to do Justice to the oppressed Persons be so great as you pretend; what is the Reason, that you do not fly to the Coffers of some rich Jew or Banker, where is thousands of Gold and money, invisibly lift it, and invisibly return it to the Persons injured. Or, since your wife has sufficient Fund and more, why can’t you empty her Purse in your Hat invisibly to make the People amends?
C. Because I cannot.
O. If these Things were rectified, you would be easy and happy. I do not at all credit that; for whatever Justice may now be done to these People, yet the Guilt of the base Action must still belong to you.
C. Now, you think you have silenced me, and gained a notable victory, but, I will shew you your Mistake immediately, for I cannot touch any Man’s Gold or Money by Reason of these Spirits, which are the stated Guardians of Justice and Honesty.
O. What is that you tell me, Coul; Do not unworthy Fellows break Houses every Night, and yet you, who can put your Self in 100d Shapes in a Moment, cannot do it; what is that you say Coul?
C. ’Tis true, Sir, that among the Living, Men may find some probable way of securing themselves, but, if Spirits departed were allowed, then no Man would be secure, for, in that Case, every Man they had a Prejudice at, would soon be beggared.
O. But might not you go, to the Mines of Mexico, where these little Sums would never be missed?
C. No, for the same Reason.
O. But, Coul there is so much Treasure lost in the Sea, you can easily dive into the Bottom of it, search that, and refund these People their Losses, and thereby no Man is injured.