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The melancholy Story of Parfon Pugh most melancholily related, with a melancholy Song sung with no less melancholy a Tune.

HE next Evening the Company being feated, the Chaplain was defired to relate his Story; which he did in the following Manner.

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"IN South Wales, hur will not tell you the County, pecause hur whill not pring Difgrace upon the Fa"milies of the Shentilmen, nor pe guilty of Indifcrefhons, look you; there whas two Families as "anfhent as any in all South Wales, which whas a creat "teal to fay let me tell you; whan was Squire Price "of Llanvbangel, and the other Squire Lewis of "Llantribent, whan whas a tam'd Whig, and the "other whas creat Tory.

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"You will pelieve there whas no cood Plood pe"tween this two Shentilmen, faith they did maak creat Oppofifhons; whan tid fay whan whas a Rogue, and the other tid fay the other whas a Rogue, "fo that no whan tid know which to pelieve look you, nor which whas Rogue, nor which whas not; put "there whas creat Cholers, and creat Heart purnings, "and creat Indignafhons and Quarrels too, against "whan another.

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SQUIRE Price who whas a Tory I tid fay, notwith landing all this hat whan Son, who whas as prafe a young Shentilman as Heart fhall wish to fee; "he was a prave Scholar and very comely in his Per"fon; he hat fery coot Looks, and whas whell mate, " and has pold as a Lyon.

"SQUIRE Lewis who whas a Whig, nefertheless "faith hat a prafe Tater has ever Heyes did pehold; "the whas as hantfomes as Fenus, her Heyes did fhine "like-like-I cannot tell what, they did fhine, "like, oh 'thwas Timonds, faith her Heyes tid fhine "like Timonds; hur Cheeks whas has ret has the Rofe

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-not the White-rofe, but the Ret-rofe, and hur

Skin has white has the Heat of a Leek; her Cheeks too whas full of Timples like the Whirlpools in the "River Tivy, and she tid fmile ant smile like- -like -Codamochee, fhe dit fmile like a Meadow full "with Primroses, ant Taifies, and Cowflips to poot, "ant the tid finell has fweet, look you.

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"Now faith young Squire Tavy Price, tho' his "Father whas a Tefil of a Tory, tid fall in Love with "Mifs Winnifred Lewis, tho' hur Father whas the "Tefil of a Whig; Lof is of no Party I to peliefe fo, "hur cannot fay, I to think fo, hur will not fware to hit inteed, put I peliefe that Lof whas of no Party.

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"THIS young Shentilman, as I tid fay, tid caft his "Affections upon Mifs Whinny Lewis, and whas tredfully fmitten inteed with Lof of her fair Perfon, "and Mifs Whinny whas has creatly in Lof with Squire Tavy Price; cot plefs her there was fat toings "inteed, and the two Fathers, tho' they whas two

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Neighbours not two Miles afunter, (inteed it whas "Welch Miles pretty long Miles, but not more has two "Welch Miles) tid hate one tother has two Tifles, "has much has hif they hat peen twenty Miles afunter, "look you.

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"FAITH I tid pity the poor young Shentilman, he "tid thell me his Woes and his Misfortunes, ant his "Criefs, ant his Calamities, ant his Lofes, ant he tid fay, Parfon Pugh I fhall preak my Heart, I fhall preak my Heart for the Lof of Mifs Whinny Lewis; "and faith I tid give him Confolafhons and tid preach Pafhence, and repeat the Scriptures, and thell him "of Jope, and all whas whan, he tid ftill teclare he "fhould tie for Mifs Whinny Lewis.

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"THEN I tid learn that the poor young Laty whas "in creat Tiftrefs for Squire Tavy Price, and the "Ret-rose whas con, ant her Cheeks was has pale "has the Leek, ant fhe tid pine by the Prook ant

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fing Madrigals and Melancholies, ant pine ant pine, "and whas in fery fat takings look you, inteed.

"Ан, fays I, Squire Tavy Price, this Lof is the "Tefil, for hur whas whilling to comfort him; hur was atvife you to trafel to Lonton and to fee Tiver“shons,'

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"fhons, and shows, and Stage-plays, to cure your "Melancholies and Fagaries; put it whas all whan, "wherever he tid co Lof tid co with him, and Mifs Whinny Lewis whas efer prefent py Night ant py Tay, alone ant in Company, in Sickness ant in "Health, fo he tid come pack has he went out, most treadfully in Lof.

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"PUT I hat forcot to tell you, that turing this "Time they did write Lof-letters to one another; young Squire Tavy Price to Mifs Whinny Lewis, "ant Mifs Whinny Lewis to young Tavy.

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"ANT when young Tavy Price tid receive a Let"ter, O Codamochee, how he tid kiss her sweet "Naame, ant there he tid reat it, and reat it, ant reat it all the Day long, a Cod hur whas nefer fatis"fied in reating it, and then he would kiss it acain; "faith hur tid nefer fee the like, and I tid fay fy for "Shame, Squire Tavy, aye faith you play Poys Tricks "in Cot's Name, what the Tefel is in you; but he tid play the fame Tricks and write Lof-letters to her "all the tay long.

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"BUT Letters was flander tiet for two Lofers, there "whas Kiffes and Preffes, ant empraces, ant Conferfa"tions, ant fqueezes, which was more fubftantial "Tiet".

Ar thefe Words Mrs. Rachael defired the Parfon to remember the Scriptures, and have a Watch upon his Lips.

"A WATCH upon hur Lips and remember the Scrip"tures! whas fine takings inteed; who fhall teach "hur the Scriptures! E Cot hur whill tefy the beft "Teachers of them all to teach hur the Scriptures, "and hur whill teach them, aye Faith, to the Bargain".

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THIS Dispute was ftopt by Mifs Lydia and the Captain, and the Parfon defired to proceed.

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AYE, fays the Divine, where whas hur, oh at "Kiffes and Preffes, ant Empraces, and Conferfations, "and Squeezes, which whas more fubftantial Tiet." At thefe Words Mrs. Rachael retired to the State-room repeating several Scripture Phrafes, and calling loudly on the Name of the Lord.

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"THEY tid therefore." fays Parfon Pugh, "feel "great Cravings to pe in each others Company; there whas luckily or unluckily, I cannot fay which to call "it, lucky at that Time, ant unlucky fince I think, a "Woot in the Neighpoorhoot; I hat forcot to tell you they whas both fery young, he whas Eighteen and the whas Seventeen, fo they could not marry; "whell then in this Woot they tid meet together, "their Parents tid know nothing of it, it whas at a poor Welchman's Houfe, Cot knows he tid think no "Harm of the Matter.

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"OH dammochee, Name o Cot if you tid pehold how tenter they tid look, and kifs, and hug; Squire Tavy tid call her his dear Whinny, his lovely Shewell, "his fweet Sharmer, and he did fwear he should tie if "he did not marry her, ant fhe poor Soul tid look as if "fhe woult fay the fame Thing and tie too, put her "Plushes ant her Modefties woult not let her speak; "faith it tid my Heart cood to pehold fuch faithful

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Lofers, it whas a bleffed Sight look you, ant I tid fay, whell Cot plefs you, Cot plefs you, whas make "a happy Couple; and Cot forgive me I tid whith "in fecret, I tid not fay it inteed, that their Parents "whas tead that they might come together they tid lof fo heartily, for hur whas prefent at the Meeting.

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"AH Parfon Pugh, fays Squire Tavy fighing, fighing, ant looking fo wishfully upon Mifs Whinny, I with you could marry hus two; ant faith fhe tid look as if the tid with fo too. Faith Squire hur with fo too, fays I, put it is the Tefil to pe tranfported as "a wicked Felon, for marrying two honeft lofing People; in the Name of the Lort hur cannot do "that look you, there is hur Wife and hur Shildrens, "faith hur cannot do that.

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"WHELL then it tid fignify nothing for young Squire Price to fpeak to old Squire Price apout the "Marrich; the Elecfhons whas coming hon, ant the two Fathers tid oppose whan tother hall the Tay long like two Tefils; and Squire Price tid fware "that Squire Lewis whas a tamn'd whig Rogue, and "woult ruin his Country; and Squire Lewis did fware

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"that Squire Price whas a tamn'd Jacopite Rogue and woult ruin his Country; for the Whigs to call "all Tories Jacopites to make them otious in the Worlt, which is a creat Lie, that I to know myself, "look you.

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Ar laft as the Tefil would have hit, their Meeting whas tifcofered, oh cha vee what tam'd Tifturpances this tid maak; old Squire Lewis tid fware "that he woult kill his Taughter, if the tid keep Company with young Squire Price; ant old Squire "Price tid fware that if young Squire Price tid marry

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Whinny Lewis, when he whas of Age, he woult "kill him if there was nefer a Rogue more in the "Worlt; but he tid perfwate him to tepautch her "if he coult, for fays he, that will pring the Family "into Tifgrace, ant I fhoult pe glad to fee the olt Rogue in Tifgrace; oh it was Shame upon him, "Shame upon him, inteed it whas wicked Atvice from a Father to his Son.

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THIS Conferfation tid pierce the very Heart of "the young Squire, he could not apide his Father for thinking fo fillainously of him, and that Mifs "Whinny was capable of peing depauched, for Lof "is a fertuous Paffion; and he that woult trife Lof "out of the Worlt, woult trife Firtue out of the "Worlt, let me rell you.

"O cha vee, nothing whas fo wretched has these "two Lofers; young Squire Price tid wheep and "whail and peat his poor Preaft and lament, and "cried, oh Parfon Pugh, Parfon Pugh, hur whas "untone, hur whas untone; I tid fay, Name o' Cot "'twas no fuch matter, taak Courage, Man, taak Courage; put all whas ftill the fame, he cried hur "whas untone.

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"To maak fhort Story of it, Mifs Whinny too "whas tredfully tiftreffed; fhe tid lament in prifate, "and the Ret-rofe in her Sheek whas as pale has a

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Leek, ant her Heyes whas has heavy as Leat, ant "fhe tid pine, pine, pine, like a fick Turkey; ant "fhe tid frequent the Croves ant purling Streams, "and whas has folitary and has melancholy, has an olt Cat on a rainy Tay; ant fhe tid figh, ant

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