to follow him through the World; not admitted to share his Fate, but to be scorned and insulted by him. Thus _victoriously_ she stood her Trial. _Henry_ turns out a great Man; consequently his Wife is greatly admired; Success crowns all, and both Grandeur and Love join to reward her supposed heroic Virtue. But had the Poet thought proper, that _Henry_ should have turned out the Murderer, the Vagabond, the insolent and ungrateful Scorner of her Love he represented himself to be; had her Father's Sorrow for her Fate shortned his miserable Days; had she been abandoned by the Wretch she had so much Reason to expect the worst of Treatment from, and, between Rage, Despair, and a thousand conflicting Passions, been led by a natural Gradation from one Vice to another, till she had been lost in the most abandoned Profligacy; instead of being proposed for an Example, her Name would have been only mentioned to deter others from the like rash Steps. That this was the natural Consequence of her Actions is very apparent: Nor do I think from her Behaviour, that _Henry_ had the least Reason to be convinced that she would not leave him for the first Man who would try to seduce her, provided the Colour of his Complexion suited her Fancy. All the Company were very inclineable to yield up _Emma's_ Cause, if _Henry had_ indeed been a Villain and a Murderer; only great Part of them were very apt to forget one Circumstance, namely, that it was impossible for her to know, but that he was the Wretch he represented himself to be; and Miss _Gibson_ seemed to be much more inclined to compassionate her, if extreme Misery had been her Fate, than was the Gentleman who first mentioned her as an Object of Admiration, only because the Author of the Poem thought fit to reward her. Miss _Gibson_ then addressing herself to _Bellario_, said, 'Sir, you are a Father,--an indulgent Father,--would you have your Daughter act in such a Manner?--_Bellario_ honestly owned he would not. 'Why then, Sir, (replyed she) please to consider a Moment, and you will see the Injustice of wishing another Man's Daughter should act so.' _Bellario_ ingenuously confessed, that when he read the Poem of _Henry_ and _Emma_, the Picture of his Mistress, and not that of his Daughter, was before his Eyes, and he would have his Mistress _of all Mankind love but him alone_.----'I wonder not at that, Sir, (said Miss _Gibson_) but then you would not be the Man _Henry_ represented himself to be. Had _Henry_ had any Misfortunes by which his Heart had not been stained. [B]_Had it pleased Heav'n To try_ him _with Affliction, had he rain'd_ _All kind of Sores and Shames on_ his _bare Head, Steep'd_ him _in Poverty to the very Lips, Given to Captivity_ him _and_ his _utmost Hopes,_ [B] OTHELLO.