h he has wrong'd me, and how much I love him: Yes, O ye Powers above,
that have so wonderfully clear'd my Innocency, I do appeal to you how much
I love him, notwithstanding all his Cruelty; for which, O ye Immortal
Powers, I humbly invocate your gracious Pardon, because he did it through
an Excess of Rage, to one whom he Imagin'd had been false._--And then
raising her Voice much higher, she call'd out to her Husband, saying. _Come
down, my Dearest Love, and see and be convinc'd how much you've wronged
your Chaste and Loyal Wife._

The old Gentleman, that lay awake in his Bed and had hear'd all this, knew
not what to think of it: He was sure he had cut off her Nose, and flung it
at her Face, but had not faith enough to think it was set on again; and
therefore thought it was some Trick to be releas'd: However, since she
call'd to him to see and be convinc'd, he was resolv'd to know the Truth of
it, and therefore rising up, and lighting of a Candle, he came down stairs
and went straight to his Wife, and looking on her very earnestly, he sees
her Face was whole and sound; at which he was so much confounded and
amaz'd, that he began to fear lest Heaven, that had shew'd such a miracle
in healing her, shou'd pour its Vengeance down upon his Head, for his
detested rashness and his barbarous Cruelty; and therefore sets her loose
immediately, and presently conveying her to Bed, _O thou that art all
Goodness and all Innocence_ (said the transported Cuckold) _can'st thou
forgive one that has wronged thee at that rate that I have done?_ _Yes, my
dear Husband_ (answer'd the cunning Whore) _Since Heaven has heard my
Prayer and clear'd my Innocence, I forgive all the World, but thee
especially._ And thereupon her Husband made a solemn Protestation, That he
wou'd never more be Jealous of his Wife, let her do what she would.

Thus you see how by the Cunning Contrivance of an Old Bawd, a young Lady
was made a Whore, and an old Dotard a young Cuckold. And also how she can
manage all events to the carrying on of her Pernicious Design; answering
the Character the Wise-man gives of her, _Her ways are moveable that thou
canst not know 'em_.

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CHAP. IV.

_How a Married Man, drawn in by a Bawd, kept a Whore, to the Ruine of
himself and Family._

We have seen in the last chapter how our Bawd drew in a young Married Woman
to deceive her Husband, and wrong the Marriage-Bed: And in this Chapter y