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A Woman that had a good handsom young daughter, sent her to her Land-lord at New-years-tide with a New-years-gift, and he being a lusty Batchellor, and lov'd a pretty Lady besides, see∣ing the Maid to be handsome, with some importu∣nity and some gratuity, got her consent, that she prov'd with-child; for whose maintenance and Mothers too, he paid for: and then hearing of a lu∣sty
young woman and rich, that lived hard by him, he became a Suiter to her in marriage; to which she easily condescended: and on that day that they were to be married, the other that he had got with∣child before, came to the church also to see the wed∣ding with her child in her arms; and all the while they were in the church, that woman would dandle her child up and down in her arms, and somtimes look upon her Landlord and somtimes on her child, with a smileing countenance; which that woman that was that day to be married to him observing, told him plainly, that she would not be married till he gave her satisfaction concerning that woman and her child: he put her off still with excuses, but at last he told her he would tell her the truth if she would not take it ill: No, says she, I will not, let it be what it will. Why then, says he, I got her with∣child, and that is the child in her arms: Puh, says she, is that all, I had one a twelve month ago by a Lon∣doner that lodg'd at our house: Say you so, says he, then I faith I'll marrie a Whore of my makeing rather than of another mans; and so call'd the Woman to him that had the child in her arms, and married her presently.