FAB. CCLXIX.

A _Wench_ Parting with her _Sweet-Heart_.

A Common Wench was Wringing her Hands, and Crying her self to Death

almost; and what was the Business forsooth, but she had Newly Parted

with her Sweet-Heart. Away, ye Fool you (says one of her Neighbours) to

Torment your self out of your Life for such a Fellow as This! Nay, says

the Lass, I am not so much Troubled at Parting with the Man; but he has

Carry’d away his Coat too; and truly, when he had given me All he had in

the World beside, methinks I might e’en have had That too as well as All

the Rest.

The MORAL.

_Here’s a Mercenary Prostitute Drawn to the very quick, that lays her

Profit more to Heart then her Love._

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