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ease and idleness ? and if so, then mark the con- 

 clusion, the sluggard he is ravished with ease 

 and long nights ; and the epicure in raptures at 

 a luxurious table. Now see what follows ; but 

 as disease is the child of intemperance, and idle- 

 ness the parent of penury and want; disease 

 therefore is the reward of repletion, and death 

 the final captivator of mortals. 



Arn. This discourse I perceive has brought 

 something to bear ; for now I see the world's 

 great luminary gild the rocks, and polish the sur- 

 face of the smoother streams. The heavens shine 

 their blessings most propitiously upon us ; but 

 the earth beyond dispute will prove rugged and 

 knotty, (since reflecting on my self) that from 

 Straboggy to Aberdeen, there's not a more irre- 

 gular path in Scotland. 



Theoph. We must take it as it falls, and be 

 thankful for it ; however we are in our way for 

 England. 



Arn. There's the magnet that attracts the 

 Chalybs, the root of the matter I perceive lies 

 there ; England is the end, and Scotland the 

 mean. However, we must pass by the flourish- 

 ing streams of Dee, so much discours'd by every 

 angler, where the generosity of every ford fur- 

 nishes him with trout ; as do her solid and more 

 torpid deeps accommodate him with salmon, had 



