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16 thing of it, many a time I have loſt my maidenhead with great pleaſure, and it ay came back again to its ain place, but I'll never gather up my milk.

A drover who frequented a public inn in the north of England, as he paſſed and repaſſed, agreed with the ſervant maid of the houſe for a touch of love for which he gave her a ſix and thirty ſhilling piece : On the next morning he mounted his horſe, without aſking a bill or what was to pays but ſir, ſaid the landlord, you forgot to pay your reckoning: Well minded, ſir, I forgot my change; the maid was called in all haſte; yes, ſaid ſhe I got it, but it was not for that, throws it down and off the goes: her miſtreſs gave her the challenge, ſhe told her it was ſo, but ſhe ſhould be up with him Twelve months after, he coming paſt with his drove, puts up at the ſame inn, as formerly. The girl then goes to a neighbour woman, who had a young child about three months old, lays it on the table, ſaying, ſir, there's the change of your ſix and thirty and