ng set on a chair, cants a very religious thanksgiving to the good
gentlewoman for her kindness, and observed how deplorable it was to be
subject to such fits, which often took her in the street, and exposed
her to many accidents, but every now and then took a sip of the
bottle, and recommended it to the old benefactress, who was sure to
drink a hearty dram. His lordship had another bottle in his pocket
qualified with a Opium, which would sooner accomplish his desire, by
giving the woman a somniferous dose, which drinking with greediness,
she soon fell fast asleep.

His lordship having so far succeeded, and being fired with the
presence of the young wife, for whom he had formed this odd scheme,
his desires became impetuous, which produced a change of colour, and
made the artless creature imagine the fit was returning. My lord then
asked if she would be so charitable as to let him lie down on the bed;
the good-natured young woman shewed him the way, and being laid down,
and staying by him at his request, he put her in mind of her
condition, asking about her husband, whom the young woman painted in
his true colours, as a surly, jealous old tyrant. The rural innocent
imagining she had only a woman with her, was less reserved in her
behaviour and expressions on that account, and his lordship soon found
that a tale of love would not be unpleasing to her. Being now no
longer able to curb his appetite, which was wound up beyond the power
of restraint, he declared his sex to her, and without much struggling
enjoyed her.

He now became as happy as indulgence could make him; and when the
first transports were over, he contrived the escape of this young
adultress from the prison of her keeper. She hearkened to his
proposals with pleasure, and before the old gentlewoman was awake, she
robbed her husband of an hundred and fifty pieces, and marched off
with lord Rochester to the inn, about midnight.

They were to pass over three or four fields before they could reach
it, and in going over the last, they very nearly escaped falling into
the enemy's hands; but the voice of the husband discovering who he
was, our adventurers struck down the field out of the path, and for
the greater security lay down in the grass. The place, the occasion,
and the person that was so near, put his lordship in mind of renewing
his pleasure almost in sight of the cuckold. The fair was no longer
coy, and easily yielded to his desires. He in short carried