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mated to her, that lie thought of bringing it into Parliament, in order to obtain a dissolution of their Marriage.
This terrified her to the last Degree; she behaved her self to him with great submission, and indeed, more than he desired; frequently, and on all Occasions, protested to him with all possible solemnity, that she had not taken the least Step, or entertained a Thought of doing so, towards any thing of that kind, since her late Fever; assured him of her being fully satisfied that it was unlawful, and that she had committed a great Crime in what she had done before; that it was a Sin against her Husband; that she had injured him in it, dishonoured her self, and offended against the Laws both of God and Man. He could not say more to her than she did to load her self, and managed so well, so humble, upon the main Subject, and so obliging to him, that she convinced him of her Sincerity, and he became fully satisfied of that Part, as indeed he had great Reason to be upon many Accounts.
But for what was pass'd, there was no Answer to be given to it; she hardly knew what she had done, and what she had not done; she did not know what she had taken, except the Names of some of the Drugs, what Effect they might have had, she was as ill able to know as any Body else was to tell her; she might have spoiled her self for ought she knew; nor was she able to give him any Assurance that it was not so.
This left him very uneasy, and, as I said above, he did not fail to let her know it, which extremely afflicted her; for though, as above, he was a very kind Husband yet itwas
