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[ 251 ] another; and, in a word, he ruined the whole Comfort of his Life: and such is the Fruit of Matrimonial Whoredom.

To conclude. This is frequently the Occasion of great Mischiefs in Families where it happens; it creates constant Feuds, and, above all things, Jealousy, indeed it has a direct tendency to it; 'tis as natural for an old Man to be jealous of a young Wife, and an old Woman to be jealous of a young Husband, as it is for People to be afraid of Fire or Thieves, where there is no Body left at home to look after the House. Nor are such People at all beholden to the World's Good-will. Nothing is more frequent than for the People, by their common Discourse, Flouts, Jeers, and Gibing, to promote those Jealousies, and (if the married Couple have no more Wit) to raise and encrease them.