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and to-morrow until mid-day; and their beats were, who had the lovingeſt wife: So they agreed, for a trial of their good nature, that every man ſhould do whatever his wife bade him do, as ſoon as ever he went home; or he who did not as ſhe ordered him, was to pay all the reckoning, which was Seven & Sixpence; or, if all did as their wives, back them, then they were to pay all alike: So, on this agreement, they all came away, and went firſt to the hatter's houſe, and in he goes like a madman, dancing and jumping round the floor; his wife, at the very time, was taking off the pot, and ſetting it on the floor, he ſtill dancing about. Now, ſays the wife, ding over the pot with thy madneſs: So me gives it a kick, and over it went, and that ſaved him.-Then away they went to the taylor's houſe, and he goes dancing likewiſe; but his wife fell a ſcolding him: O ſays he, my dear, give me a kiſs: Kiſs my arſe, you drunken rogue, ſaid ſhe: Then to her he ſlies, and whips her in over the bed, up with her petticoats, and then kiſſes her arſe before them all, and that ſaved him. Then they went to the ſhoemaker's, and in he goes