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 ( 22 ) it is the enjoyment of a man in bed, tin makes women to marry, which is a ple sure like Paradise; and if you wed with this man, you’ll live and die and never know it.’ ‘ hoo, hoo,’ says Tom, ‘if had got money, I needed not been the way till now.’ ‘Money, you fool,' say the old woman, there’s not such a thing to be got for money in all England, ' Ay,’ says Tom, ' there’s a doctor Newcastle, will make me as able as an other man for ten guineas ’ *'Ten gu- neas,!’ said she, ‘ I’ll give him 50 gu- if he will; but here is twelve, and go him directly, and know first what can do, and come again and wed no child, or she and I will soon die both thy sake.’ Tom having now got twenty guineas more of their money, prepared for his journey, and early next morning set out for Newcastle ; but instead of g0- ing to Newcastle, he came to old Scot- land, and left Polly and her mother think upon him. In about two weeks after, when he was not like to return nor so much as to send them any worry the old woman and Polly got a horse and came to Newcastle in search of him and went through all the Doctor’ sho asking it there came a young man tho about two weeks ago, with a broker