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12 A YORK DIALOGUE. ſays, I will never ſay any thing of it to any body.

Ned. Well then, Harry, if I be out at any time, as now with you, when I go home, as ſoon as I am got within doors, ſhe'll begin with a pretty tone ſhe has learned of her neighbours. Oh, brave ſir! you are a fine huſband; you mind your buſineſs and ſhop, as you promiſed me before we were married; do you not, you drunken dog, you rogue, you raſcal, where have you been theſe ſix hours, (tho' it were but three) ſirra, give me an account where you have been.

Harry. Well, Ned, do you give her an account where you was, or what anſwer do you make her.

Ned. All that I ſay to her is, Pray my dear, be not in ſuch a paſſion, for I was with an old friend, that I have not ſeen this two or three years. A pox on your old friends, ſays ſhe, and you too, muſt you go and fill your belly with good meat and drink, and I and my poor children ſtarve at home, with only a little bread and cheeſe, a curſe on the firſt day I ſaw you.

Harry. Why, Ned, I hope your