CANTO V.

"The dismal consequence behold,

Of wedding girls of _London_ mould;

The Husband is depriv'd of life,

In striving to detect his Wife;

The Lawyer naked, in surprize,

Out of the Bagnio window flies:

Whilst Madam, leaping from the bed,

Doth on her knee for pardon plead."

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