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, Sir, says the Gentleman, I have repented enough, if that will help me; I have repented from the first Moment. But as to reforming, I don't know what to say to that.

then, says the Minister, you have ruined your self, help you, and assist you to change your Thoughts.

, no. Sir, replies he, 'twas my Uncle ruined me; he knows it by this time; he murthered me; he suffers for it, I doubt not, before now. I am undone indeed, but I had no hand in it my self.

, Sir, says the Minister, be pleased to consider the manner of Life you lead now. These Things are sad, and I lament your Condition heartily. But a bad Wife is no excuse for a bad Life.

tell you, says the Gentleman, there's no living a good Life with her, so I should be damn'd if I stayed at home; for I must be always fighting and raging; I must live as some Drunkards do, with their Heads always hot. Who can stay at home with the Devil?

, Sir, says the Minister, even living abroad, as you call it, you need not live an immoral Life; there are Gentlemen who have disagreeable Families, that do not presently run out into Excesses of Vice and Immorality.

, says the Gentleman, about Women, you mean, I suppose that's all.

that is Adultery, Sir, says the Minister, which is a dreadful thing to be thought of.

as to that, says the Gentleman, my Uncle must answer for it; he made me commit Adultery, I could not help it.