Mrs. Margery Two-Shoes.
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She alſo gave Mr. Johnſon ten Guineas a Year, to preach a Sermon annually, on the Neceſſity and Duties of the marriage State, and on the Deceaſe of Sir Charles; ſhe gave him ten more, to preach yearly on the Subject of Death; ſhe had put all the Pariſh into Mourning for the Loſs of her Huſband; and to thoſe Men who attended this yearly Service, ſhe gave Harveſt Gloves, to their Wives Shoes and Stockings, and to all the Children little Books and Plumb-cakes: We muſt alſo obſerve, that ſhe herſelf wove a Chaplet of Flowers, and before the Service, placed it on his Grave-ſtone; and a ſuitable Pſalm was always ſung by the Congregation.
About this Time, ſhe heard that Mr. Smith was oppreſſed by Sir
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