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his adulteress to death ; if she is caught in the 

 fact, the rival becomes debtor to the cornuted hus- 

 band, in a certain quantity of trifles, valuable 

 amongst them, which he pays as soon as discharg- 

 ed, and then all animosity is laid aside betwixt 

 the husband and his wife's gallant. The man 

 proves often so goodhumored as to please his 

 neighbor and gratify his wife's inclinations, by 

 letting her out for a night or two, to the embraces 

 of some other, which perhaps she has a greater lik- 

 ing to, though this is not commonly practiced. 



They set apart the youngest and prettiest faces 

 for trading girls ; these are remarkable by their 

 hair, having a particular tonsure by which they are 

 known and distinguished from those engaged to 

 husbands. They are mercenary, and whoever 

 makes use of them, first hires them, the greatest 

 share of the gain going to the king's purse, who 

 is the chief bawd, exercising his prerogative over 

 all the stews of his nation, and his own cabin 

 very often, being the chiefest brothel house. As 

 they grow in years, the hot assaults of love grow 

 cooler ; and then they commonly are so staid, as 

 to engage themselves with more constancy to each 

 other. I have see*n several couples amongst them 

 that have been so reserved, as to live together for 

 many years, faithful to each other, admitting none 

 to their beds but such as they owned for their 

 wife or husband, so continuing to their life's end. 



At our "Waxsaw's landlord's cabin, was a wo- 

 man employed in no other business than cookery, 



