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most_o fit_a for_o your_o employment_n my_o dear_a dowzabella_n say_v ricardo_n be_v not_o so_o cruel_a to_o i_o in_o thy_o expression_n hey_o day_n say_v the_o wench_n what_o have_v we_o here_o i_o be_v christen_v mary_n and_o they_o call_v i_o moll_n and_o must_v i_o now_o be_v name_v dowzabella_n now_o i_o wish_v that_o for_o your_o pain_n if_o any_o one_o will_v be_v so_o mad_a as_o to_o marry_v you_o that_o your_o wife_n from_o a_o squire-errant_a will_v advance_v you_o to_o be_v knight_n of_o the_o fork_a order_n and_o so_o sir_n the_o way_n lie_v plain_a for_o you_o to_o be_v go_v for_o your_o room_n will_v be_v more_o acceptable_a to_o i_o by_o far_o than_o your_o company_n ricardo_n hear_v these_o word_n think_v it_o in_o vain_a to_o stay_v any_o long_o there_o and_o therefore_o pay_v the_o farmer_n for_o keep_v his_o horse_n desire_v dowzabella_n to_o retain_v a_o better_a opinion_n of_o he_o he_o mount_v his_o steed_n and_o return_v towards_o his_o master_n chap._n 8._o 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