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to all their bufy fuggeflions.'—Such is the fatal knowledge i? 8 3 - 
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the world teaches mankind, fencing too often the human 
heart againft the inlets of its own happinefs, by weakening 
confidence, the moft valuable bond of fociety ! 
The King’s rebuke was too powerful for our people to 
refill; they inflantly defired the Captain to allure him, that 
whatever had been promifed fliould be faithfully fulfilled, 
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and, to convince him they could have no fufpicions, the 
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arms fliould be immediately given to him ; they accord¬ 
ingly fent on board for the quantity of arms they could 
with conveniency fpare, and on the boat’s return prefented 
him with five mufquets, five cutlaffes, near a barrel of 
gunpowder, with gun-flints and ball in proportion. Cap¬ 
tain Wilson alfo made him a prefent of his own fowling- 
piece, with which he feemed to be particularly pleafed, 
having often feen its effect on the fowls and other birds 
at Pelew. 
And now the gentle fpirit of the King appeared to forget 
the trace of all that had happened ; —but the fcene enabled 
every one prefent to tranfmit to poflerity a mofl captivat¬ 
ing picture of the forcible, yet mild triumph of virtue ! 
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