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, which till strengthens my Aertion, that the Law in this Intance is hard, since it hews it to be againt the general Sene and Humanity of Mankind to go to the Extent of it.

Obj. V. The Laws obliging Men to pay their Wives Debts contracted before Marriage is as hard upon them.

I believe not; Womens Debts being more eaily known than Mens, they having many ways of concealing and mirepre{{ls} }enting their Circumtances which Women have not.

All Men in Trade have their Affairs o complicated, that it is an hard Matter to find out what their Debts are.

A Man may by the treacherous Kindnes of a Friend be put in Poeion of a Fortune in Order to obtain a Woman with Money, and ecretly contract to pay it all back again as oon as he is married. That is, as oon as he has got her Money, that being all which he conidered.

A Spend-thrift may buy a young Heires of thoe about her, and afterwards pay the purchae money out of her Etate.

Obj. VI. Thee are Tricks and Cheats, which the Law neither ordains, nor is anwerable for. I