 Chaise and Four came rapidly to the Door; and
Harry
instantly sprung out, and caught his Friend in his Arms before he came to the Ground.
The two Friends entered the Parlour, caressing and caressed, and casting Looks of cordial Love and Delight on Each-Other. My Father, Sir, said
Harry,
and led Sir
William
by the Hand to Mr.
Fenton,
who received him with a Countenance of that Heart-speaking Complaisance, which never fails to attach the Soul of the Person to whom it is directed. Ah, my
Harry,
cried Sir
William,
I no longer wonder at You; I see that You are All, that you are, by Inheritance.
But Sir, continued he, You had like to have lost your Son, last Night. Their Majesties were most unwilling to quit their Hold of him, and, I believe in my Soul, would willingly have adopted him the Heir of their Crown. I should be very sorry, Sir
William,
replied Mr.
Fenton,
to see a Circle about his Head, that would give him an aching Heart. I am sure that is the Case with the present royal Proprietors. In a limited Monarchy like ours, the Station of the Prince is looked upon with a malignant Eye by the Envious, and, at the same Time, rendered uneasy by the perpetual Contests, between Rights and Privileges, on the one Part, and Prerogative on the Other.
Moreover, Sir
William,
I shall never wish to see One, of my Child's Disposition, on the Throne of
Great-Britain.
I should be jealous of such a Person, in Behalf of my Country. No People could be more tenacious of their Liberties than the
Swedes,
till
Gustavus,
the Son of
Erie,
ascended the Throne. His Manners were so amiable, his Virtues so conspicuous, his Government so just, and he made so popular a Use of all his Powers, that his Subjects thought they could never commit enough into his Hands. But, what was the Consequence? His Successors made his Power a Precedent for their Own, without attending to the Precedent of his Administration.
Thus, you see, that a Prince, of Qualities eminently popular, might prove of dangerous Tendency to a free People, forasmuch as he might charm the Eyes of their Jealousy to sleep, and so seduce them from that Guard, which is ever necessary to preclude the Encroachments of Ambition.
But, Sir
William,
may we not order your Horses up? You must not think of going till you take a plain Dinner with us. A Supper too
