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 15                 as likewise did all those that were then pre- sent, and immediately dismissed him, with out any punishment. His master seeing him discharged so, and himself made the object of all his neighbours sport and laughter, made what haste he could home, and told his wife in                 a great rage, That if ever she let Tom lie with her again, he would turn them both out of doors, and put them to seek for fresh quarters: but if she would promise never to lie with him again, all should be                 well, and he would forgive all whatever was past. She made a thousand protesta- tions to obey his commands, and never more to offend in the like nature; yet, notwithstanding of all her promises, she made use of all opportunities to steal into the sweet embraces of her pretty Tom. CHAP. III.

Shewing how Tom was revenged on the maid for not telling him his Master's Design in taking him and his ''Mistress in the Bed together. Of his Mistress's Death;'' and of his being turned out of doors.

WHEN this quarrel was over, and all things quiet, Tom studied how to                  be revenged on the maid for not acquaint- ing him and his mistress of his master's                  plot, in catching him with his mistress. Tom at length imagined she and his fellow