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 She was a full fortnight in her paage, during which time, no adventure occurred worthy remembrance. At length he landed at Dartmouth, where he oon provided herelf with linnen, and thence went to Totnes, where he aumed the title of a doctor of phyic, and took lodgings in the houe of one Mrs. Baytree.

Here he oon became acquainted with a young girl, the daughter of one Mr. Ivythorn, who had the green icknes; a ditemper which the doctor gave out he could cure by an infallible notrum.

The doctor had not been long intruted with the care of this young patient before he began to make love to her: for though her complexion was omewhat faded with her ditemper, he was otherwie extreamly pretty.

This Girl became an eay conquet to the doctor, and the day of their marriage was appointed, without the knowledge, or even upicion of her father, or of an old aunt who was very fond of her, and would neither of them have eaily given their conent to the match, had the doctor been as good a Man as the niece thought him.

At the day appointed, the doctor and his mitres found means to ecape very early in the morning from Totnes, and went to a town called Ahburton in Devonhire, where they were married by a regular Licence which the doctor had previouly obtained.

Here they taid two days at a public houe, during which time the Doctor o well acted his part, that his bride had not the leat upicion of the legality of her marriage, or that he had not got a huband for life. The third day they returned to Totnes, where they both threw themelves at Mr. Ivythorn’s feet, who was highly rejoic’d at finding his daughter retor’d to him, and that he was not debauched, as he had upected of her. And being a