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There is an alternative in the subject of this chapter, which places the discourse in the two extremes of a tradesman's fortunes.
I. The _fortunate tradesman_, called upon by his poor unfortunate neighbour, who is his debtor, and is become insolvent, to have compassion on him, and to compound with him for part of his debt, and accept his offer in discharge of the whole.