it would produce: After ſhe had been a Bed ſome Time, thinking on what had paſs’d, for Jealouſy kept her awake, ſhe heard ſome Body enter the Room; at firſt ſhe apprehended it to be Thieves, and was ſo fright’ned, ſhe had not Courage enough to call out; but when ſhe heard theſe Words, Mary, are you awake?
She knew it to be her Husband’s Voice; then her Fright was over, yet ſhe made no Anſwer, leaſt he ſhould find her out, if ſhe ſpoke, therefore ſhe reſolved to counterfeit Sleep, and take what followed.
The Husband came to Bed, and that Night play’d the vigorous Lover; but one Thing ſpoil’d the Diverſion on the Wife’s Side, which was, the Reflection that it was not deſign’d for her; however ſhe was very paſſive, and bore it like a Chriſtian. Early before Day, ſhe ſtole out of Bed, leaving him aſleep, and went to her Mother in Law, telling her what had paſſed, not forgetting how he had uſed her, as taking her for the Maid; the Husband alſo ſtole out, not thinking it convenient to be catch’d in that Room; in the mean Time, the Revenge of the Miſtreſs was ſtrongly againſt the Maid, and without conſidering, that to her ſhe ow’d the Diverſion of the Night before, and that one good Turn ſhould deſerve another; ſhe ſent for a Conſtable, and charged her with ſtealing the Spoons: The Maid’s Trunk was broke open, and the Spoons found, upon which ſhe was carried before a Juſtice of Peace, and by him committed to Goal.
The Husband loiter’d about till twelve a Clock at Noon, then comes Home, pretended he was juſt come to Town; as ſoon as he heard what had paſſed, in Relation to the Maid, he fell into a great Paſſion with his Wife; this ſet the Thing into a greater Flame, the Mother takes the Wife’s Part againſt her own Son, inſomuch that the Quarrel
