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The doctor advifed the hufband to go

into the country, and ftay with his uncle

for a fortnight, and then return home:

but he ordered it fo, that the laft day's

journey might be an eafy one; and the

wife had notice of his coming and dreffed

herfelf in all the gaiety fhe could ;

and had a good fupper of light digeftion,

ready to put on the table at his arrival;

expofing to his view her fine ivory neck

and lily bofom bare. And three hours

after fupper fhe counfelled him to bed,

there to take his reft awhile. Then be-

ing born awake, he laid his hand upon

the mount of Venus, and talked to her all

the foft things which love could dictate •

him ; and when he, by fuch amorous dif-

couries, had wrought his fpirits up to the

higheft pitch, then to fall on and feaft

himfelf with love’s delightful In

fhort, the doctor’s counfel was obferved

to a nicety, and the fuccefs anfwered their

expectation ; and not themfelves alone,

but others too have found its efficacious

effects.

Now tell me all ye enemies to Mar-

riage, what pleafure can a man imagine is

greater than for a man thus to give his