 been very far from deserving.
    I return'd an Answer to this Letter, and dated it at Liverpool, but sent it
by a Messenger, alledging, that it came in cover to a Friend in Town; I gave him
Joy of his Deliverance, but rais'd some Scruples at the Lawfulness of his
Marrying again, and told him, I suppos'd he would consider very seriously upon
that Point before he resolv'd on it, the Consequence being too great for a Man
of his Judgment to venture rashly upon; so concluded wishing him very well in
whatever he resolv'd, without letting him into any thing of my own Mind, or
giving any Answer to his Proposal of my coming to London to him, but mention'd
at a distance my Intention to return the latter end of the Year, this being
dated in April.
    I was brought to Bed about the middle of May, and had another brave Boy, and
my self in as good Condition as usual on such Occasions: My Governess did her
part as a Midwife with the greatest Art and Dexterity imaginable, and far beyond
all that ever I had had any Experience of before.
    Her Care of me in my Travail, and after in my Lying-In, was such, that if
she had been my own Mother it could not have been better; let none be encouraged
in their loose Practices from this Dexterous Lady's Management, for she is gone
to her place, and I dare say has left nothing behind her that can or will come
up to it.
    I think I had been brought to Bed about twenty Days when I receiv'd another
Letter from my Friend at the Bank, with the surprising News that he had obtain'd
a final Sentence of Divorce against his Wife, and had serv'd her with it on such
a Day, and that he had such an Answer to give to all my Scruples about his
Marrying again, as I could not expect, and as he had no Desire of; for that his
Wife, who had been under some Remorse before for her usage of him, as soon as
she heard that he had gain'd his Point, had very unhappily destroy'd herself
that same Evening.
    He express'd himself very handsomly as to his being concern'd at her
Disaster, but clear'd himself of having any hand in it, and that he had only
done himself Justice in a Case in which he was notoriously Injur'd and Abus'd:
However, he said that he was extremely afflicted at it
