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8 her in this fort; bright madam, your matchleſs beauty hath captivated my ſenſes, if you will vouchfafe to honor me with thy ſweet and delightful company, I ſhall think myſelf more happy than Paris who enjoyed the Grecian queen. Tо which, ſhe replied, Dear sir, command me as your own, while you remain here; nay, your ſweet looks have fo charmed me, that I could die in your arms. She yielding herſelf ſo wholly to him he entertained her with all the choice dainties the houſe could afford. But as he was taking his repoſe with her, he flipped a pair of ſciſsars out of his pocket and cut off a piece of her beſt petticoat; and after he enjoyed her he made what haſte he could, and paid the reckoning and departed. At his departure, the hoped to have his company there again ſuch a day of the following week, to which he conſented promisg not to fail.

Tom made haſte and ſhifted his clothes, and went home laughing to think how he would have her at his beck.

Tom's miſtreſs, after ſhe had miſsed th piece of her petticoat, thought he had been ſome gentleman her husband had ſen (fearing he had heard where the was) on purpoſe to betray her, never thinking it