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5 Peter. O, Dorothy, to thy ſlander I can very well anſwer, for this is but a ſlander to ſay I abuſe you, for I hate to abuſe my wife. O, Dorothy, I do but pay my debts.

Dor. Your debts with a vengeance, may the devil take ſuch paymatters that pay their debts with blows.

Peter. Amen, Dorothy, but I think the devil will not be troubled with ſuch a one as thou art; I wiſh he would, he would do me a good turn.

Dor. Why, thou brazen fac'd rotterdam cuckoldy rogue, doſt thou think I am too bad for the devil; no, rogue, before go to the devil I will have another bout with thee, and that ſoon too; I will teach you, ſirrah, to reſign your wife to the devil.―ſly braſs! Hold, hold, thou cuckoldy coward! is this thy manhood, to ſtrike now when thou ſeeſt my cudgel in pieces.

Peter. No, no, Dorothy, you ſhall have another if you pleaſe.

Dorothy. Another, rogue! dye and another too, for before I will give in to thee, all the cudgels in the town ſhall fail me; ſirrah, I would have you to think I am not done with you yet, mind that.

Peter. Take this, if we muſt have the other bout.

Dorothy. The other bout, rogue! age and the other bout too; doſt thou think to have thy will of me with thy great words; no, ſirrah, it ſhall never be ſaid that I will yield to thee while there is life in my body, or at leaſt while I am able to lift up my cudgel, and ſo take thee that.

Peter. Lay on as hard as thou canſt, thou bold brazen fac'd ſlut, I ſcorn to aſk thee any favour, and if thou look for any at my hands, thou mayeſt be deceived, except thou mend thy manners; what, have you forgot ſince I found you and the pear-monger in the cellar a kiſſing for a peck of pears; and when I