Last Sundays night frollick being a very true account of three eminent citizens of London, who, by a strange mistake, unfortunately pickt up their own wives, last Sunday evening, in St. James's Park, whom they treated with a supper very splendidly, at an eminent tavern, near Charing-Cross : vvith the manner of their discovery, and of the great confusion of the whole company thereupon : being indeed, not only a very pleasant, but also a true relation.

Last Sundays night frollick being a very true account of three eminent citizens of London, who, by a strange mistake, unfortunately pickt up their own wives, last Sunday evening, in St. James's Park, whom they treated with a supper very splendidly, at an eminent tavern, near Charing-Cross : vvith the manner of their discovery, and of the great confusion of the whole company thereupon : being indeed, not only a very pleasant, but also a true relation.

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Laſt Sundays Night Frollick: Being indeed, not only a very Pleaſant, but alſo a True Relation.

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Laſt Sundays Night Frollick:
Being indeed, not only a very Pleaſant, but alſo a True Relation.

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Being a very True ACCOUNT of Three Eminent Citizens of London. Who, by a ſtrange Miſtake, unfortunately Pickt up their own WIVES, laſt Sunday Evening, in St. James's Park; whom they Treated with a Supper very Splendidly, at an Eminent Tavern, near Charing-Croſs: VVith the Manner of their Diſcovery; and of the great Confuſion of the whole Company thereupon.

IT was upon a Sunday Night (to ſanctifie the Deed) when Three Strowling Citizens, of Superiour Note, releas'd from the Purgatory of a Compter, determin'd to gratifie their Lungs with a litlte Freſh Air and, after the Duty of the Day was over, which, no doubt they had performed with the uſual City Devotion, they very amicably took a Walk together into St. Jame's-Park.

The Matrons at home, being Ladies of Singular Intelligence, were timely enough acquainted with their Husbands Determination. Mrs. A— having the firſt Advice brought to her, Poſted away with mighty Exedition to Mrs. E—'s Houſe, to acquaint her with the News, where ſhe immediately diſpatched a Confident to Mrs. M— who no ſooner underſtood the matter, but inſtantly repairs to the Congreſs at Mrs. E—'s where the matter was not long a Debating, being Ladies of admirable Invention; and they Reſolve was, That they ſhould put on Diguiſes, and go Incognito in purſuit of their Husbands, that Care and Pleaſures ſhould ſeperately occupy the Family. The Ladies thus Equipped, purſued their Stratagem in Maſquerade, and ſoon arrived at the Park; where they were often attack'd by the Beaux and Sparks, but they, being in queſt of a nobler Game (tho' naturally coming and complying enough) did very Tyrannically repulſe all the Courtſhip and Sollicitations of theſe Gallants, and very bravely made good their way, till at length they came in view of their appointed Quarry; and drawing towards them with all the Tricks and Artifice's of Women of the Town, Mr. A— made the motion to meet them, and cary them to a Glaſs of Wine, being of an even number, and promiſing well enough to deſerve their Fare; the Motion was agreed to by the other Two, and referr'd to Mr. A— being a Man of the greateſt Aſſurance and Preſence of Mind) to manage; and accordingly, Don Formaliteſo, with a Spaniſh Stiffneſs, makes up to the Ladies, and accoſts them with Tropes and Figures; and a dull Harangue of Coſtive Rhetorick, (his natural Stile, wherein he excuſeth the Modeſty and Baſhfulneſs of his two Friends, tho' Gitts and Married too; yet for them and him ſelf he gave them a hearty Invitation to a Glaſs of Wine. The Ladies gave their Conſent by their Silence; or by ſaying very little at moſt, being ſparing of their Speech, for fear of Diſcovering themſelves; ſo, in ſhort, every one takes his Bird, and haſts to a certain Tavern at Gharing-Groſs; knowing the Nights being ſhort, their Wives would look for them home in good time; or elſe lead 'em a weary Life all the Week after, with hard Service in Bed, and bad Bargains i'th' Shop; aſſoon as they came to the Tavern, like generous Hearts, they ſpoke for a Supper of a Price, and order'd it to be haſten'd with all Speed, and in the mean time call'd moſt incontinently for Wine, and drank very freely whilſt Supper was making ready: But here was the moſt diverting Scene as Fortune would have it, who ſeldom ſtumbles over, or interrupts ſuch Intriegues, each Makes choice of his own Wife, whither for Rallery, or the laſt Favours I know not, (an unhappy choice, and a ſign that they did not know them; And here they all ſtrove for the moſt ſoft and engaging Expeſſions of Love; and here they boaſted and bounced of ſtrenuous Vigour, and youthful Performances, which theſe diſguiſed Ladies had too too often found experimentally falſe, in the diſconſolate and legitimate Bed; and yet, perhaps theſe Gentlemen might have been ſincere too, For ſome can never do the Trick to Perfection, but in a Bawdy Houſe.

But, by this time, Supper was brought up, and the Conditions ended that they muſt now Unmask, which, when the Waiters were commanded to retire, they performed, and put an end to the Farce, by diſcovering themſelves to be their Wives, and the whole Company 3 whole Pair of Legitimate Upholders of the Race Man' tho I think they had not been very ſucceſsful neither.

But here you may imagine what a Surprize and Confuſion aroſe in the whole Company; and had [...] the Sparks been very Generous in their Entertainment, they had been conſiderable Sufferers; but what with the Pleaſure of the Diſcovery, and the Diverſion of good Wine and a Supper, which in the midſt of [...] their Paſſion, they were too wiſe to ſpoil, the Ladies were ſo far mitigated as to keep the King's [...] [...]nd their Fingers off their Husbands Faces. So, in ſhort the Company ſoon broke up, and they [...] Wives to the Triumpth of their Diſcovery, and the Husbands to the ſevereſt Diſcipline that ever [...] expos'd to. This Frolick was perform'd on Sunday laſt.

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Last Sundays night frollick being a very true account of three eminent citizens of London, who, by a strange mistake, unfortunately pickt up their own wives, last Sunday evening, in St. James's Park, whom they treated with a supper very splendidly, at an eminent tavern, near Charing-Cross : vvith the manner of their discovery, and of the great confusion of the whole company thereupon : being indeed, not only a very pleasant, but also a true relation.

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— Last Sundays night frollick being a very true account of three eminent citizens of London, who, by a strange mistake, unfortunately pickt up their own wives, last Sunday evening, in St. James's Park, whom they treated with a supper very splendidly, at an eminent tavern, near Charing-Cross : vvith the manner of their discovery, and of the great confusion of the whole company thereupon : being indeed, not only a very pleasant, but also a true relation.,

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