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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36897	The case of John Dunton, citizen of London with respect to his mother-in-law, Madam Jane Nicholas, of St. Albans, and her only child, Sarah Dunton : with the just reasons for her husband's leaving her : in a letter to his worthy friend, Mr. George Larkin, Senior : to which is added his letter to his wife.	Dunton, John, 1659-1733.; Nicholas, Jane, d. 1708.; Larkin, George, Sr.	1700 (1700)	Wing D2621; ESTC R17041	18,955	12

coming home So 〈◊〉 I cann't imagine what your Mother means by the mighty Presents she talks of For I don't think all that she ever gave us besides the Thousand Pound ever amounted to Ten Pounds For as to the 40 l. she paid for your Admittance to my Copyhold-Land 't was no Service to me as I then told her but Money purely flung in the dirt for I was Admitted before I knew her So that I had but a Thousand Pound tho she boasts of more and that Thousand is a dear Purchase if my Ruine must pay for 't All that I shall add is That you must not blame me for what Methods I shall take For 't will look very Ridiculous for you or your Mother either to blame me for that which you can prevent but won't And what-ever you may think of the matter I cann't see that my Love to you will acquit me from being Iust to those 〈◊〉 whom I am Indebted I have thought fit to send these Lines by Mr. Larkin as well to perswade you to what is both your Duty and Interest as to acquaint you that I will be with you my self by and by to make the Last Offers that so if possible Things may be Accommodated before it be too late For if my Reputation be once Publickly Expos'd it wll be to no purpose to talk of Terms Which is all till I see you from him who resolves in spite of all your Unkindness to continue Your most Affectionate Husband till Death IOHN DVNTON Dec. 10. 1699. My Wife upon reading of this Letter shew'd her self as inexorable as her Mother telling Mr. Larkin as she did me afterwards That her Mother made her swear before she was Married that she wou'd never suffer her Husband to take up a Penny upon her Ioynture in case of the greatest Necessity and threatning that if she did she wou'd never leave her a Farthing of what she had The CONCLVSION MY Letters meeting with no Success either from Mother or Daughter I was then resolved to go my self which accordingly I did For tho my Letters were sent in vain yet I did not know but by going in PERSON I might move Compassion if not in my Mother yet at least in my Wife who in several Letters had so passionately desir'd to see me yet still my Fears were more than my Hopes for I knew how their Hearts were GLV'D to the World and therefore cou'd not expect to see much Affection or that Tenderness which ought to be between a Man and his Wife So that methoughts I went to my own House whither some years ago I went with such Pleasure and Delight as being sure to be receiv'd with a thousand Welcomes just like a man going to his Execution and so it accordingly happen'd for when I came to my House whither I was accompany'd by several Friends which render'd my Farwel the more dismal I found both Mother and Daughter in the same Mind Mr. Larkin had done before my Mother declaring to those Persons then present That she wou'd be pull'd Limb frem Limb before she wou'd lend a Farthing or suffer me to take up a Penny upon my Estate my Wife at the same time declaring SHE WOV'D BE BVRN'D BEFORE SHE 'D LET ME which I confess put me into a Great Passion for I am but Flesh and Blood and tho I can bear long cann't bear always So that now for about Five Hours which I cou'd ne'er say before since my Second Marriage I was Sole Master of my own House Having staid with 'em about five Hours and heard a great deal of Raving I was so sick on 't that I cou'd stay no longer So I took my leave for that Night in the following words Mother 'T is now but a few hours before my Reputation will be Slurr'd which seeing neither you nor my Wise will prevent I have only to add I pray God bless you Both and so with thanking you for my Ruine bid you Farwel not doubting but the GOD of my Life who knows the Sincerity of my Heart and Designs to pay my Debts and in all things to keep a Conscience void of offence towards GOD and Man will notwithstanding all your Vnkindness inable me to accomplish what I so earnestly desire After uttering these Words to shew I was in Charity with them I Saluted 'em both and gave 'em a Second Farwel and at parting I told my Mother the Story of Midas who as the Poets feign starv'd in the midst of Plenty And so Mother said I do you deal with me And with those words I took leave of both Wife and Mother and then bid Farwel to the Black Raven the most Pleasant House that I ever dwelt in I know some that can creep for Interest will blame me for Publishing This CASE Say they Who wou'd lose such a Fair Estate at the Mannor of Sampsil for want of a little Submission To this I answer A Man may bear till his heart breaks and having us'd all the gentle Methods I cou'd think of to no purpose the Publishing of This Case is the only way I have left to Reform ' em Besides I think it my Duty to prefer a Quiet Life and the doing of Justice to the Fine Mannor of Sampsil for I can be happy without Sampsil but I shou'd never be so shou'd I prove dishonest But say I had a Mind to Sampsil I 'm sure to Publish this Case is the only way to insure it for when my Mother reads it wherein I have conceal'd abundance of things relating to her she 'll find that Sampsil and her Vseless Heaps won't be able to repair that Damage I now suffer by her Matchless Cruelty Besides I 've prov'd already that A PROMISE IS A DEBT and she having promis'd me Sampsil in a solemn manner I cann't see how she shou'd dye with a Safe Conscience 〈…〉 me of it So that I have no fear of 〈◊〉 of Sampsil and for the Houses at St. Albans they were given to my Wife after her Mothers Death who knows she may with as much reason make bold with a Disgust to Protest paying a due Debt to any Person that does not humour or please her as not perform an Absolute Promise and Conscience must needs tell them so that make it 'T is very Ridiculous after a Promise is past to bring in Conditions I might be Endless upon this Subject but as Cowley says I am almost choak'd with the Super-abundance of the matter Too much Plenty impoverishes me as it does them So that I have the same Reasons or greater to expect Sampsil as ever I had And therefore whoever blames me for Publishing of This Case I shan't think 'em my Friends I shall only add There 's not a Line in this CASE but what I 'll prove and assert with my Last Breath and therefore if my Mother or Wife think good to reply to it they cann't do 't in a better time for they have Banish'd me from my House and Home and where I Sojourn I have nothing else to do but to Answer them but let me have the BEST CAVSE in the World I must expect that men of a Narrow Soul will be raising of Lyes and that my Enemies will triumph over me But I bless GOD Ill Husband●● having had no hand in my Ruine I am yet aboue such Treatment for the Sun that Sets will Rise again or if it don 't I have some Friends that have Souls Brave enough to know a Friend in Adversity However I shall now have an opportunity to know who my Friends are which while the World Smil'd I cou'd never discern Or suppose the Worst I can Write away my Melancholy Hours and seeing 't is far better to give some account of Time tho' to little Purpose than none at-all I shall now enter upon Writing The Art of Living and Dying Incognito And there I End To the Reverend Mr. Blackstone in Bull-Head-Court in Iewen-street Dear Sir THE Obligingness of Your Temper and your being a Peace-Maker not only by your Office as a Minister but by your Natural Inclination which together with the good Opinion my Wife and Mother as well as every body else has of you has prevail'd with me to desire that Favour of you as to see if it be possible to bring 'em to a Sense of their Duty and to a Compliance with my Reasonable Demands In order to which I wou'd desire you to read my Case to 'em which I have here sent you in Print and which will be Publish'd to Morrow But if upon hearing it they are willing to grant my Request I do hereby declare to you That upon such an Assurance I will yet Suppress this Paper tho Printed and will Burn the Impression For even Matrimonial Quarrels provided they are heartily Forgiven make the Marry'd Couple but love better The Falling out of Lovers and such Married Folks are or shou'd be is not only the Renewer but Increaser of Love Or if any angry Words shou'd here after arise I 'm for following your Advice to let 'em no more take Air than Fire in a Cellar I 'd not have 'em told so much as to her Mother but let the Pillow alone decide ' em And if we'd yet be happy 't is my Advice so my Self as well as to my Wife That we 're never Angry together For if only one is Angry 't is the Easier to Agree However in This Case I desire we may both learn the Art of Memory and the greater Art of Forgetfulness and we shall not fail of being Happy still that is Remember all the kind things Forget all that 's harsh or ungrateful at least never Repeat 'em which will be the best way to Forget ' em But if they still continue Obdurate to all Advances I have made towards a Comfortable Living with my Dear Wife I am satisfy'd that I have done my Duty and that the Fault will lie at their Doors And this Letter to your self will be a further Testimony against ' em Which is all at present from Reverend Sir Your most Obliged Humble Servant John Dunton Dec. 20 1699.