does not, I will tell you further, that no ſpirit, good or bad, have power to take any money or gold: The good never do, though the bad, if one in an age, 'tis no ſmall quarrel, for if we were allowed them, then they would be very ſucceſsful in their buſineſs, and never fail of gaining their points.
Ogil.] What hinders them, Cool?
Cool.) Superior powers that guard and govern all.
Ogil.] You have ſatisfied me entirely upon that head, but pray, Cool, what is the reaſon that you cannot go to your wife yourſelf, and tell her what you have a mind; I ſhould think this a much ſurer way to gain your point.
Cool.) Becauſe I will not.
Ogil.] That does not ſatisfy me, Cool.
Cool.) That is one of the queſtions that I told you long ago, I would not anſwer, but if you go as I deſired, I promiſe to give you full ſatisfaction, after you have done your buſineſs: Truſt me for once, and believe me, I will not diſappoint you
Upon the 10th of April, 1724, coming from Old-Hermes upon the poſt-road, I met with Cool, upon the head of the path called the Peaſe. He aſked me if I had conſidered the matter he had recommended? I told him I had, and was in the ſame opinion I was in when we parted; that I could not poſſibly undertake his commiſſion, unleſs he could giveme
