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 Ladyhip ays, if he was deceived by ome wicked Man, the poor Wretch is to be pitied. And to be ure, as your Ladyhip ays, the Girl hath always appeared like a good, honet, plain Girl, and not vain of her Face, forooth, as ome wanton Hueys in the Neighbourhood are.’

‘You ay true, Deborah, aid Mrs. Bridget, if the Girl had been one of thoe vain Trollops, of which we have too many in the Parih, I hould have condemned my Brother for his Lenity towards her. I aw two Farmers Daughters at Church, the other Day, with bare Necks. I protet they hock’d me. If Wenches will hang out Lures for Fellows, it is no matter what they uffer. I detet uch Creatures; and it would be much better for them, that their Faces had been eamed with the Small-Pox; but I mut confes, I never aw any of this wanton Behaviour in poor Jenny; ome artful Villain, I am convinced, hath betrayed, nay perhaps forc’d her; and I pity the poor Wretch with all my Heart.’

Mrs. Deborah approved all thee Sentiments, and the Dialogue concluded with a general and bitter Invective againt Beauty, and with many compaionate Conidera-