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CHAP. I.—Mrs Bull's Vindication of the indispensable Duty of Cuck-

oldom, incumbent upon Wives in case of tyranny, infidelity, or

insufficiency of Husbands: being a full Answer to the Doctor's

Sermon against Adultery,

CHAP. II.-The two great parties of Wives, the Devotoes and the

CHAP. III.-An Account of the Conference between Mrs Bull and Don

Articles of Agreement between John Bull, Clothier, and Nicholas

Frog, Linen-draper,

CHAP. IV. How the Guardians of the deceased Mrs Bull's three

Daughters came to John, and what Advice they gave him; wherein

are briefly treated the Characters of the three Daughters; also

John Bull's Answer to the three Guardians,

CHAP. V.-Esquire South's Message and Letter to Mrs Bull,

PART THIRD.

The Publisher's Preface,

CHAP. I.-The Character of John Bull's Mother,

CHAP. II.—The Character of John Bull's Sister Peg, with the Quar-

rels that happened between Master and Miss in their Child-

CHAP. III.-Jack's Charms, or the Method by which he gained Peg's

CHAP. IV.-How the Relations reconciled John and his Sister Peg,

and what return Peg made to John's Message,

CHAP. V. Of some Quarrels that happened after Peg was taken into

CHAP. VI. The Conversation between John Bull and his Wife,

CHAP. VII. Of the hard Shifts Mrs Bull was put to, to preserve the

Manor of Bullock's Hatch; with Sir Roger's Method to keep off

importunate Duns,

CHAP. VIII.-A Continuation of the Conversation between John Bull

CHAP. IX.-A Copy of Nic. Frog's Letter to John Bull,

CHAP. X.-Of some extraordinary Things, that passed at the Saluta-

tion Tavern, in the Conference between Bull, Frog, Esquire

South, and Lewis Baboon,

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CHAP. I. The Apprehending, Examination, and Imprisonment of

Jack for Suspicion of Poisoning,

CHAP. II.-How Jack's Friends came to visit him in Prison, and what

Advice they gave him,

CHAP. III.-How Jack hanged himself up by the persuasion of his

Friends, who broke their Words, and left his Neck in the

CHAP. IV. The Conference between Don Diego and John Bull,

PART FIFTH.

Remarks of the Editor,

CHAP. I.-The Sequel of the Meeting at the Salutation,

CHAP. II. HOW John Bull and Nic. Frog settled their Accounts,

CHAP. III. How John Bull found all his Family in an Uproar at

CHAP. IV. How Lewis Baboon came to visit John Bull, and what

passed between them,

CHAP. V. Nic. Frog's Letter to John Bull; wherein he endeavoured

to vindicate all his Conduct with relation to John Bull and the

CHAP. VI.-The Discourse that passed between Nic. Frog and Esquire

South, which John Bull overheard,

CHAP. VII.-The Rest of Nic.'s Fetches to keep John out of Eccles-

CHAP. VIII. Of the great Joy that John expressed when he got pos-

session of Ecclesdown,

The Present State of Wit. In a Letter to a Friend in the Country, 164

Proposals for Printing a very curious Discourse, entitled VETAOAOria

ПомITIKн; or, the Art of Political Lying,

The Art of Political Lying,

The Address of the House of Lords to the Queen. April 9, 1713,

A modest Inquiry into the reasons of the Joy expressed by a certain

set of People, upon the spreading of a Report of her Majesty's

List of Tracts composed by Swift, in support of Lord Oxford's Admi-

TRACTS RELATIVE TO IRELAND.

A Tripos, or Speech, delivered at a Commencement in the University

of Dublin, held there, July 11, 1688, by Mr John Jones, then

A. B., afterwards D. D.,

A Letter to a Member of Parliament in Ireland, on choosing a new

A Proposal for the universal Use of Irish Manufacture, in Clothes

and Furniture of Houses, &c. Utterly Rejecting and Renoun-

cing everything wearable that comes from England,

An Essay on English Bubbles,

Subscribers to the Bank. Placed according to their Order and Qua-

lity, with Notes and Queries,

A Letter from a Lady in Town to her Friend in the Country, con-

cerning the Bank; or, the List of the Subscribers farther ex-

The Swearer's Bank; or, Parliamentary Security for Establishing a

new Bank in Ireland. Wherein the Medical Use of Oaths is Con-

sidered,

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A Letter to the King at Arms, from a Reputed Esquire, one of the

Subscribers to the Bank,

The Last Speech and Dying Words of Ebenezer Elliston, who was

Executed the Second day of May, 1722. Published, at his de-

sire, for the Common Good,

Right of Precedence between Physicians and Civilians Inquired into,

THE DRAPIER'S LETTERS.

REMARKS BY THE EDITOR,

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LETTER I. To the Tradesmen, Shopkeepers, Farmers, and Country-

People in general, of the Kingdom of Ireland, concerning the Brass

Halfpence Coined by one William Wood, Hardwareman, with a

Design to have them Pass in this Kingdom: wherein is shewn

the power of his Patent, the value of his Halfpence, and how far

every person may be obliged to take the same in Payments, and

how to behave himself, in case such an attempt should be made

by Wood, or any other Person,

LETTER II.—To Mr Harding, the Printer, on occasion of a Para-

graph in his Newspaper of Aug. 1, 1724, relating to Mr Wood's

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