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 him; at length he fell ſick at Bloomſ- bury, in a houſe he had taken for his wife and family. But, upon his re- covery: I found I was ſlighted, no doubt through remorſe of conſcience, yet, he ſent a letter with a bank note of fifty pounds, promiſing to take care of my little boy, the other two being dead. I wanting to get another fifty pounds from him, ſigned a gen- eral releaſe, which put an end to that affair. Not long after, I got acquainted with a clerk belonging to the Bank, whoſe wife having made him a cuc- kold, by the help of an officer of the army, and after that, with a draper's apprentice. I had like to have become his bride, he promiſing on that account to ſue for a divorce from his wife: But while this was tranſacting, I going down into Lancaſhire, and paſſing for a fortune of L. 15,000,- was married to an Iriſh gentleman by a Romiſh clergyman. But finding that I had no ſuch ef- fects as had been repreſented, nor he any eſtate more than what he had ſpent upon his equipage in courting