on the Account of that affection which she had for him, and of the Pleasure
which she took in his Embraces; and that he might be satisfy'd 'twas so,
she did engage the next Morning to present him with his Fifty Guineas,
which, she was sorry that she had took of him: And as a further Testimony
of it, if he could but procure things necessary for the picking of the
Locks belonging to her Husbands Cabinet, she'd give him back the Diamond
Ring he gave her Husband as a Pledge for fifty Guineas; and, as occasion
offer'd, wou'd be very grateful to him otherways.

These _Generous Offers_ overcame the Spark to all Intents and purposes; and
he wou'd fain have been a dabling with her then; But she forbid him, and
told him 'twas not at that time convenient, but she had order'd matters so,
that when he came on _Thursday-night,_ there shou'd be nothing that shou'd
interrupt them. Telling him further, she had made the Maid acquainted with
their Secrets, who was intirely in their Interests, and that it wou'd not
be amiss to give her something as an Encouragement: And thereupon, calling
the Maid to fetch a Bottle of Wine, he gave her half a Guinea, and told
her, _that was but an Earnest of that which he intended her to
Morrow-night_. And then drinking his Wine up, he gave his Mistress a
Salute, and took his leave; she bidding him besure not to forget to bring
the _Picklocks_ with him, that she might help him to the Ring.

The Plot being thus laid, on _Thursday-Morning_, she prepares to meet her
Husband; having before acquainted her Maid with her Design, who mightily
commended both her Honesty and Ingenuity, for she knew nothing of what had
before past between 'em.

Being come to _Hammersmith_, and meeting with her Husband there, she told
him she had something to say to him privately that did as much concern his
Honour as her own: And then, as they were walking together in the Garden