Pattin with which he was knocked down was his own Workmanſhip. Had he been at that Time ſinging Pſalms in the Church, he would have avoided a broken Head. Miſs Crow, the Daughter of a Farmer; John Giddiſh, himſelf a Farmer; Nan Slouch, Eſther Codling, Will Spray, Tom Bennet; the three Miſſes Potter, whoſe Father keeps the Sign of the Red Lion. Betty Chambermaid, Jack Oſtler, and many others of inferior Note, lay rolling among the Graves.
Not that the ſtrenuous Arm of Molly reached all theſe; for many of them in their Flight overthrew each other.
But now Fortune, fearing ſhe had acted out of Character, and had inclined too long to the ſame Side, eſpecially as it was the right Side, haſtily turned about: For now Goody Brown, whom Zekiel Brown careſſes in his Arms; nor he alone, but half the Pariſh beſides; ſo famous was she in the Fields of Venus, nor indeed leſs in thoſe of Mars. The Trophies of both theſe, her Huſband always bore about on his Head and Face; for if ever human Head did by its Horns diſplay the amorous Glories of a Wife,Zekiel’s
