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in the ſofteſt Terms repreſented his unmanly Treatment of his Wife, and the ſad Effects it had had upon her; and endeavour'd, by all poſſible Arguments, to awaken in his Mind ſome Sentiments of common Humanity towards her; adding, that (with his Leave) ſhe ſhould be welcome to ſtay at his Houſe, till ſhe had recovered her Health, of which he would be at the ſole Expence. But alaſs! how unavailing is Reaſon, and ſoft Perſuasion, when oppoſed to Inſolent Power, and Arbitrary Will. The Huſband inſiſted upon his Right to controul; it was an Invaſion of his Prerogative Royal for his Wife to pretend to expoſtulate, and in ſhort he ordered her Brother to ſend her Home again, or keep her at his Peril. This was the unhappy Creature's laſt Effort; and this ill Succeſs, flung her into a lingering Fever, of which ſhe languiſhed a Fortnight, when her Huſband came in Perſon and demanded his Wife. Her Brother was forced to deliver her up, being as unable to contend with her Huſband, as the Senator of Rome with the Emperor, when he declared he was never aſhamed to give up an Argument to a Man, who was maſter of fifty Legions. Thus the miſerable Wife was carried Home again, where her Huſband, exaſperated by her Complaint, treated her with greater Harſhneſs,
