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again, without bearing any Grudge. For, according to them, it ſignifies nothing, that a Man beats his Wife; but they do not like that a Maſter ſhould drub a Servant Maid. Likewiſe they think it heinous that a Mother chaſtizes her Children; and if ſhe falls foul of her Maid, it is with them unpardonable; and ſuch a Woman gets an ill Name.
If one of the Party dies, the Relict, whether Huſband or Wife, is at Liberty to marry again.
Women's Hardineſs in their Child-Bed.The Woman are of a very hardy and ſtrong Nature, which they chiefly ſhew in their Child-bearing; for as ſoon as it is over, they will go to work and do ordinary Buſineſs without any ado. But ſometimes they pay very dear for this Bravery, it conſting them their Lives. The Day after their Delivery they go abroad to work, being girt with a Waiſt-Belt two or three Inches broad, which they alſo wore before their Delivery. As ſoon as the Child is born, theMother
