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23 I ſhould, with licence, yield you much delight-

You that of times claim'd doubts of me muſt ſtay.

For I'm reſolv'd myſelf to double pay, Could you to much a fool think me to be, To take one that's ſo old and cold as thee? No the cafe is far more juſt as it doth ſtand.

For you too oft had me at your command.

Before his landlady was arrived at the place appointed there overtook her firſt one fuppoſed maid, with a red ribbon under her chin, then another and another, until eleven paſsed by. The old woman decing ſo many paſs by with ribbons under their chins, wondered very much till at length ſhe came unto the ſtyle, where ſhe ſaw all thoſe that had paised by her; and five more, all sighing and wondering at each other.

At length they eſpied a man coming towards then and made what haſte they could to meet him, But when they ſaw it was not him, none broke silence, for fear of betraying themſelves. The man ſpeaking to them, ſaid, I have a meſsage to deliver to you, but was charged not to declare it, till I approach the ſtyle. And