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A YORK DIALOGUE11 it is with you, as with moſt of your neighbours, your wife is the maſter?

Ned. Faith, Harry, not much maſter, (ſcratching his head) but I doubt ſhe'll come and find us together, and then there will be

Harry. What then, Ned, let her come, I have a mug or two of ale at her ſervice, and ſhall be glad to ſee her?

Ned. So ſhall not I, Harry.

Harry. Why, Ned, how can ſhe be angry with you, when ſhe ſees you with an old acquaintance you have not ſeen this two or three years?

Ned. That's nothing.

Harry. What, Ned, do you not agree then really, and has been married but three years; ſuppofe ſhe ſhould come, what would or could ſhe ſay to you?

Ned. Dear Harry, do not deſire me to tell you, for if I would, and you ſhould happen to tell it again, and it ſhould come to her ears, that it was I that told you, I might as well run my country as ſtay at home.

Harry. Ned, my ſervice to you, upon my honour, as the gentlemen