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THE
STORY
OF THE
INJURED LADY:
WRITTEN BY HERSELF,
IN A LETTER TO HER FRIEND.
WITH HIS ANSWER.
SIR,
BEING ruined by the inconstancy and unkindness of a lover, I hope a true and plain relation of my misfortunes may be of use and warning to credulous maids, never to put too much trust in deceitful men.
A gentleman[1] in the neighbourhood had two mistresses, another and myself[2]; and he pretended honourable love to us both. Our three houses stood pretty near one another; his was parted from mine by a river[3], and from my rival's by an old broken wall[4]. But before I enter into the particulars of this gentleman's hard usage of me, I will give a very just and impartial character of my rival and myself.
As to her person, she is tall and lean, and very ill
