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 Fits of Love and Jealouy, nay, even denies herelf any Pleaure, to diturb and prevent thoe of her Huband; and he again, in return, puts frequent Retraints on himelf, and tays at home in Company which he dilikes, in order to confine his Wife to what he equally detets. Hence too mut flow thoe Tears which a Widow ometimes o plentifully heds over the Ahes of a Huband with whom he led a Life of contant Diquiet and Turbulency, and whom now he can never hope to torment any more.

But if ever any Couple enjoyed this Pleaure, it was at preent experienced by the Captain and his Lady. It was always a ufficient Reaon to either of them to be obtinate in any Opinion, that the other had previouly aerted the contrary. If the one propoed any Amuement, the other conlantly objected to it. They never loved or hated, commended or abued the ame Peron. And for this Reaon, as the Captain looked with an evil Eye on the little Foundling, his Wife began now to cares it almot equally with her own Child.

The Reader will be apt to conceive, that this Behaviour between the Huband and