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Theoph. A very bad handsel to earnest our se- 

 paration. 



Aquil. So it appears : for should every man 

 measure his present occasion by the rule of ne- 

 cessity, my duty compels me to the turrets of 

 Dumbarton : And how disconsolate shall I be 

 to discourse rocks and stones, when deprived 

 the society of my friends and associates ? 



Theoph. One day more, Arnoldus, will break 

 no squares ; let time arrest us, lie put in bail. 



Aquil. Here's a friendly advocate to furnish 

 us with fresh arguments, that may bring about, 

 for ought I know, new and fresh results after 

 the series of second thoughts : Who so unkind 

 now to frame a parting, or denounce the sen- 

 tence of a farewel to morrow ? 



Am. That must I, to wander in the fields of 

 Luss by sun-rise ; otherwise we shall not reach 

 liohannan by sun-set. 



Theoph. So then, my mouth is stop'd, I per- 

 ceive ; nor have I any thing more to offer by 

 way of argument, only my lamentation for our 

 so sudden separation. Aquilla, farewel ; Arnol- 

 dus and I must jog on together : but assure 

 your self, if my stars are but so propitious as to 

 favour my return by the way of Dumbarton ; 

 no body, Tie assure you, shall be more solicitous 

 than Theophilus, to redouble a trouble upon 



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