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 from thinking of making her his Mitres, he now courted her for a Wife.

This was the utmot Wih of her Heart, in hort, they exchanged Promies, and when the Campaign was over, and the Regiment marched into Winter Quarters, they bought Woman’s Apparel for her, with uch Money as they could make up betwixt them, and were publickly married.

The Story of two Troopers marrying each other, made a great Noie, o that everal Officers were drawn by Curioity to ait at the Ceremony, and they agreed among themelves that every one of them hould make a mall Preent to the Bride, towards Houe-keeping, in Conideration of her having been their fellow Soldier. Thus being et up, they eemed to have a Deire of quitting the Service, and ettling in the World; the Adventure of their Love and Marriage had gained them o much Favour, that they eaily obtained their Dicharge, and they immediately et up an Eating Houe or Ordinary, which was the Sign of the Three Hore-Shoes, near the Catle of Breda, where they oon run into a good Trade, a great many Officers eating with them contantly.

But this Happines lated not long, for the Husband oon died, and the Peace of RewickRyſwick [sic] being concluded, there was no Reort of Officers to Breda, as uual; o that the Widow having little or no Trade, was forced to give up Houe-keeping, and her Subtance being by Degrees quite pent, he again aumes her Man’s Apparel, and going into Holland, there takes on in a Regiment of Foot, quarter’d in one of the Frontier Towns: Here he did not remain long, there was no likelihood of Preferment in Time of Peace, therefore he took a Reolution of eeking her Fortune another Way; and withdrawing from the Regiment, hips herelf on Board of a Veel bound for the Wet-Indies. It