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A YORK DIALOGUE.17 Harry. Come, Ned, I treat you this time, becauſe I invited you, it may be you will find your wife in a better humour than you think of.

Ned. I wiſh I may, Harry, I am ſure of it that ſhould make me ſtay at home, and mind my buſineſs a great deal better than I have done of late.

Harry. How many children have you, Ned?

Ned. Two boys, and I believe another coming.

Harry. Well, Ned, ſhe cannot find fault with you, but that you have done family-duty very well to have every year a child.

Ned. Well, Harry, I muſt take my leave of you, and I thank you for me; and if you do not go out of town tomorrow, I hope I ſhall ſee you again; there is a great deal more in a married ſtate than I have told you of, that is, all charges to the huſband, the ſickening-day, the week-day, the chriſtening-day, three-week-day, the churching-day; all theſe days they have their meetings and diſcourſes, which would take half a day to tell them all; and if the huſband be not there, to wait