_Blunt_. I am more sorry to see a Principal of any Corporation, a Sycophant, and Time-server. Mr. _Smoothwell_, you may or may not excuse my plain Dealing, as you please. Pray Sir, why might not the _Redress_ go Hand in Hand with the _Supply_? Is a Million the less a Million for being wrapt up in the same Paper or Parchment with a _Triennial_, or effectual Place and _Pension_ Bills? Might not Votes of _Credit_ and Votes of _Inquiry_ be very naturally blended together? Would it swell the public Debts, if a secret and special C——ee were appointed to inspect the _Debts_ of the Nation? Sir _John_. And the _State_ of the Nation too, Mr. Mayor. I have always lamented the Want of such a C——ee. It could not fail, if well chosen, to answer every good End proposed by a National Enquiry. _Over_. Brave, upright old Man! have you not seen _Pharsalia_? What have we got by the late E——y into dextrous _Bob_’s Conduct? _Blunt_. A _Proof_ that he ought to be shorten’d by the—— _Over_. And pray, how would you have those _worthy Men_ serv’d, who condescended to let us have a Sight of that precious _Half-proof_, and not an Inch farther? _Blunt_. As they deserved—— _Over_. Mum for that——Gad! _Blunt_, I thought you too sincere for Caution and Circumspection. _Rose_. As much as to say, you thought his Worship no wiser than he shou’d be. Ha, ha! _Over_. As much as I should think a Time-server to be an honest Man. _Blunt_. Heed him not, Mr. _Overall_, he would set you and I together by the Ears, but he shan’t have his Ends. (_Looking on his Watch_.) Bless us! how insensibly Time passes in good Company.—Mr. _Broadbottom_, at what Hour shall we meet in the Town-Hall? the sooner the better, for fear of Accidents. _Broad_. Of Opposition, you mean——I have heard of no new Candidate. _Blunt_. I hope there will be no Candidate but yourself; and tho’ I believe you’ll meet with no Opposition, expect not to be re-elected without Bustle and Murmur. The Freemen are not quite pleased with your late Conduct. They think you, and some others, have been too hasty and partial in your Distribution of Places—— _Broad_. They quite mistake the Thing, the _Distribution_ was not of our making. Sir _John_. I am sorry to hear of so shameful an Error. Were you sensible of the _Necessity_ some Men were driven to; and of your own _Usefulness_, and yet have no Share in the Settlement of the main Article of the Coalition? I wish you may not live to repent you of your Indolence or Timidity. _Broad_. Timidity! Sir _John_. Sir _John_. Yes, in Truth. I am not afraid to tell you, that you betrayed either too much _Timidity_, or too strong an Appetite for Employments, when you could make no better a Bargain for your Party, or obtain no absolute positive Assurances that the _Redress_ should go Hand in Hand with the _Supply_. Are we to bleed for ever? Are we never to taste of Cordials? _Over_. Our Doctors think that _Bitters_ sit best on our English Stomachs.