Of Anne Bonnt. i6g 



it ivould produce : Aft^r fhe had been a Bed fome 

 Time, thinking on what had pafsM, for Jealoufy 

 kept her awake/ flie heard fome Body enter the 

 Room at firft fhe apprehended it to be Thieves, 

 and was fo frJght'ned, flie had not Courage enough 

 to call out'-> but when fhe heard thefe Words, Mary, 

 are you awake ? She knew it to be her Husband's 

 Voice ^ then her Fright was over, yet ihe made no 

 Anfvver, leaft he fhould find her out, if flie fpoke, 

 therefore ftie refolved to counterfeit Sleep, and take 

 what followed. 



The Husband came to Bed^ and that Kight 

 play'd the vigorous Lover-, but one Thing fpoiPd 

 the Diverfion on the Wife's Side, which was, 

 the Refleftion that it was not defign'd for her • 

 however Ihe was very pallive, and bore it like a 

 Chriftian. Early before Day, flie ftole out of 

 Bed, leaving him afleep, and went to her Mother 

 in Law, telling her what had paffed, not forgetting 

 ^ how he had ufed her, as taking her for the Maid 5 

 the Husband alfo ftole out, rot thinking it conve- 

 nient to be catch'd in that Room in the mean Time, 

 the Revenge of the Miftrefs was ftrongly againft 

 the Maid, and without confidering, that to her ihe 

 ow'd the Diverfion of the Night before, and that 

 one good Turri lliould delerve another Oie fent for 

 a Conftable, and charged her with ftealing the 

 Spoons : The Maid's Trunk was broke open, and 

 the Spoons found, upon which fhe was carried be- 

 fore a Juftice of Peace, and by him committed to 

 Goal. 



The Husband loiterM about till twelve a Clock 

 at Noon, then comes Home, pretended he was 

 juft come to Town as foon as he heard what had 

 paffed, in Relation to the Maid, he fell into a great 

 Paflion with his Wife this fet the Thing into a 

 greater Flame, the Mother takes the Wife^s Part 

 againft her own Son, infgmuch that the Quarrel 



^ increa- 



