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Ch. Ay, if they did but bring their Wealth along with ]them. But now they sit in my Boat, bewailing themselves jfor the Kingdoms, and Dignities, and Abbacies, and the in-numerable Talents of Gold they have left behind them, andbring me nothing but a poor Halfpenny : So that all I havebeen scraping together for these three thousand Years, will jgo for the Purchase of a new Boat.
Al. They that expect Gain, must be at some Charge. jCh. But the People in the World have better Trading, 1hear; for, if Fortune favour them, they can get an Estatein three Years Time.
Al. Ay, and sometimes turn Bankrupts too ; tho’ yourGain is less, it is more certain.
Ch. I can’t tell how certain it is, if any Deity should startup, and make Peace among the Princes, all this goodly Ex*pectation of mine is knock’d on the Head at once.
Al. As to that Matter, I’ll take upon me to be your Se-curity, so that you may set your Heart at Rest. You haveno Reason to fear a Peace for these ten Years: The Pop eis the only Man that persuades them to come to an Agree*ment among themselves ; but he had as good keep l /tSBreath to cool his Porridge. The Cities murmur at theLoad of Calamities they lie under; and some there are, 1can’t tell who, that whisper it about, that it is an unreason-able Thing, that the whole World should be turned upsid edown, for the private Piques and Ambition of two or three jPersons. But for all this, take my Word for it, the Furi eSwill get the better of it, let these Attempts be as proinis* 0 »as they will. But what Occasion had you to come into th> s iWorld to get a Boat ? han’t wc Workmen enough ainonb Jourselves ? We have Vulcan, have we not ?
Ch. Ay, right, if I wanted a Boat of Brass. i
Al. Or, you may send for a Workman fora small Matte·"·
Ch. I might do that, but I want Materials.
Al. What say you ? Are there no Woods in this Country·
Ch. All the Woods in the Elysian Fields arc destroy d·
Al. In doing what ?