WHatever other Trade fails , the dayly and important Work of Propagation , the fulfilling of the First great Commandement , Increase and Multiply , tho' the other Ten are almost neglected is certain to go on : And indeed , the supplying the Race of Mankind under the Reign of Warrs and Battles , may be no disacceptable Service to the Common-wealth ; whilst the Men are prest away to one Service , 't is fit the Women should be Prest too , for Recruits .

Accordingly , a certain Gentleman of the Long Robe not far remov'd from the famous Temple Cloysters , ( a true Cloysterer , as you 'l find by his Recluse Life ) having cast an Owl-Light Glance upon a certain Fleet street Evening Walker , of the soft Feminine Gender ; very courteously invited the Fair Pilgrim to a private Geil of his call'd his Temple Chamber , for a gentle Nights Repose : The kind Itinerant , not over cold this warm Spring Season , readily embraced the generous Proffer , and with a Hand and Heart , to Have and to Hold , a Bride for a Night , the Match was struck up , and the kind Pair went forward to the grand Importance , Consummation .

As to her Habit , she was pritty well Rigged , tho' a little Vnstay'd , being in a kind of a Loose Bodied Gown , for some particular Reasons , as you 'll find by the sequel . I dare not say , she had a Beau shape , being indeed a little Oversizeable about the Wast : But our brisk Amourist , that stood not upon those Niceties , made at present no other Inquiry than into her upper Tire , the good Face he discovered , as deferring the Examination of her Middle Region till a fitter Opportunity . Hand in Hand they mov'd to his Apartment , where with noe great matter of Ceremony , the Damsel , being full as nimble as himself , Vnpinn'd and Disrobed as quick as the Spark , and got to Bed with as frank an Expediti on as himself ; when he came to the kind Hug , and Amorous Twine , he found her a pritty Plump Armful , being a little more than ordinary round in the Girdings , upon this he seem'd a little startled , but the kind Damsel soon dissipated that Surprize , by assuring him , That as full as he found the Meat in the Pot , there was still Room enough for a Cook in the Kitchin : The Spark was soon satisfyed in that Point , and resolved to Baulk no Manhood on that Score : For now , out of a double Generosity , a little Charity , as well as Love , he remembred he had either heard or read somewhere in Culpepper's Midwivery , or some other such Learned Treatise , that Benevolence helps Production ; and therefore , out of a Principle of more than Common Goodness , he resolv'd to bestir himself rather Brisker than ordinary , on so Generous an Account : It 's true , he could make no new Plantation , where the Crop was so Rank , and the Harvest already so forward ; nevertheless he would not be wanting in all the Good Offices before mentioned ; and if it were not too late , ( if possible ) to put a Nose to the Hans en Kelder ; though he had no other Finger in the Pye .

How heartily he fell on to the Young Turtle , or rather Plump Partridge , I shall not relate ; t is sufficient to tell my Reader , That a stout Nights Exercise created a sound Mornings Sleep . When our tired Gamester , as loudly Snoreing as if he had been at Wages in Lubberland , the poor Girl began a little to gruntle : A certain troublesom Rumble put her to a little more than ordinary Uneasiness . To be short , as much as she had had of the Help of a Man before , she wanted a little Womans Assistance now . But to see how Destiny provides for the Distress'd ! it so fell out , that without the least Motherly Matrons Hand or Aid , she fairly dismantled her whole Load , viz. no less , then a Brace of Lusty Bantlings , with almost as little trouble as droping the Crow a Pudding .

All this while her peaceful Bedfellow slept on ; so far from wakeing , to lend her Back a kind Hand , ( and , no doubt , as little dreaming of this young Nursery laid by his side ) that the whole Mi●wi●rey was performed , before his Eyes were so much as opened .

When fair Broad Day , and the Mounting Sun had un-seal'd his Lids , his First Salutation was the Harmony of a Brace of Dimintive Squealing Pipes ; perhaps , none of the most Grateful , tho' otherwise very Natural Musick : The kind Mother , too , join'd in the Chorus , by wishing him Joy of the Encrease of his Family .

I cannot tell you , ( for indeed , it is almost impossible ) what Astonishment struck our Young Man of Law , at this unexpected Discovery : However , he found , that his Culpepper had spoken Oracles , and himself had play'd an Expert Scholar , under so Gamaliel a Doctor : For the Benevolent Gentleman had made the Productive Experiment , by a Probatum est .

Well , Sweet Meat must have Sow'r Sawce : He has not Danc'd so Briskly , but he must Pay the Fidler as Extravagantly : For , here 's Houshold Charges like to ensue ; and no less than a whole Brace of Jolly Twin Brats , a Young Coke and Littleton , said at his Door , without the Trouble of an Hand-Basket , or any such Slovenly Conveyance : The Mother has fairly Dropt 'em , the Parish is as fairly Cleared of 'em , and the Gallant as fairly Entitled to 'em , by Virtue of her Tenant in Tayl , as the Best Patrimony in the whole Kings-Bench Rolls .