« At night W. Batelier
comes and sups with us ; and after supper, to have my head combed by Deb, which
occasioned the greatest sorrow to me that ever I knew in this world ; for my
wife, coming up suddenly, did find me imbracing the girl con my hand sub su
coats ; and endeed, I was with my main in her cunny. I was at a wonderful
loss upon it, and the girl also ; and I endeavoured to put it off, but my wife
was struck mute and grew angry, and as her voice came to her, grew quite out of
order ; and I do say little, but to bed ; and my wife said little also, but
could not sleep all night ; but about 2 in the morning waked me and cried, and fell
to tell me as a great secret that she was a Roman Catholique and had received
the Holy Sacrament ; which troubled me but I took no notice of it, but she went
on from one thing to another, till at last it appeared plainly her trouble was
at what she saw ; but yet I did not know how much she saw and therefore said
nothing to her. But after her much crying and reproaching me with inconstancy
and preferring a sorry girl before her, I did give her no provocations but did
promise all fair usage to her, and love, and foreswore any hurt that I did with
her – till at last she seemed to be at ease again. »