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 it would produce: After he had been a Bed ome Time, thinking on what had pas’d, for Jealouy kept her awake, he heard ome Body enter the Room; at firt he apprehended it to be Thieves, and was o fright’ned, he had not Courage enough to call out; but when he heard thee Words, She knew it to be her Husband’s Voice; then her Fright was over, yet he made no Anwer, leat he hould find her out, if he poke, therefore he reolved to counterfeit Sleep, and take what followed.

The Husband came to Bed, and that Night play’d the vigorous Lover; but one Thing poil’d the Diverion on the Wife’s Side, which was, the Reflection that it was not deign’d for her; however he was very paive, and bore it like a Chritian. Early before Day, he tole out of Bed, leaving him aleep, and went to her Mother in Law, telling her what had paed, not forgetting how he had ued her, as taking her for the Maid; the Husband alo tole out, not thinking it convenient to be catch’d in that Room; in the mean Time, the Revenge of the Mitres was trongly againt the Maid, and without conidering, that to her he ow’d the Diverion of the Night before, and that one good Turn hould deerve another; he ent for a Contable, and charged her with tealing the Spoons: The Maid’s Trunk was broke open, and the Spoons found, upon which he was carried before a Jutice of Peace, and by him committed to Goal.

The Husband loiter’d about till twelve a Clock at Noon, then comes Home, pretended he was jut come to Town; as oon as he heard what had paed, in Relation to the Maid, he fell into a great Paion with his Wife; this et the Thing into a greater Flame, the Mother takes the Wife’s Part againt her own Son, inomuch that the Quarrel increa-