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                                       8 her in this sort; Bright madam, your Matchless beauty bath captivated my                     senses; and if you will but vouchsafe to                      honour me with thy sweet and delightful company, I shall think myself more happy than Paris, who enjoyed the Grecian queen. To which she replied, Dear sir, command me as your own while you remain here: nay, your sweet looks have so charmed me, that I could die in your arms. She yielding herself so wholly to him, he en- tertained her with all the choice dainties the house could afford: But as he was taking his repose with her he slipped a pair of scissars out of his pocket, and cut off a                     piece of her best petticoat; and after he                      had enjoyed her, he made what haste he                      could and discharged the reckoning, and departed. At his departure, she hoped to                     have his company there again such a day of the following week; to which he con- sented, promising not to fail. Tom made haste and shifted his clothes, and went home laughing, to think how he had served his mistress,, and how he                     would have her at his back. Tom's mistress, after she had missed the piece of her petticoat, thought he had been some gentleman her husband had sent (fearing he had heard where she was) on