Mrs. Medlar, who after two Husbands and a Gallant, is now
wedded to an old Gentleman of Sixty. Upon her making her Report to the
Club after a Weeks Cohabitation, she is still allowed to sit as a
Widow, and accordingly takes her Place at the Board.
The Widow Quick, married within a Fortnight after the Death of
her last Husband. Her Weeds have served her thrice, and are still as
good as new.
Lady Catherine Swallow. She was a Widow at Eighteen, and has
since buried a second Husband and two Coachmen.
The Lady Waddle. She was married in the 15th Year of her Age to
SirSimon Waddle, Knight, aged Threescore and Twelve, by whom she
had Twinns nine Months after his Decease. In the 55th Year of her Age
she was married to James Spindle, Esq.; a Youth of One and Twenty,
who did not out-live the Honey-Moon.
Deborah Conquest. The Case of this Lady is something
particular. She is the Relict of Sir Sampson Conquest, some time
Justice of the Quorum.SirSampson was seven Foot high, and two
Foot in Breadth from the Tip of one Shoulder to the other. He had
married three Wives, who all of them died in Child-bed. This terrified
the whole Sex, who none of them durst venture on SirSampson. At
length Mrs. Deborah undertook him, and gave so good an Account of
him, that in three Years time she very fairly laid him out, and
measured his Length upon the Ground. This Exploit has gained her so
great a Reputation in the Club, that they have added SirSampson's
three Victories to hers, and give her the Merit of a fourth Widowhood;
and she takes her Place accordingly.
The Widow Wildfire, Relict of Mr. John Wildfire,
Fox-hunter, who broke his Neck over a six Bar Gate. She took his Death
so much to Heart, that it was thought it would have put an End to her
Life, had she not diverted her Sorrows by receiving the Addresses of a
Gentleman in the Neighbourhood, who made Love to her in the second
Month of her Widowhood. This Gentleman was discarded in a Fortnight
for the sake of a young Templar, who had the Possession of her for
six Weeks after, till he was beaten out by a broken Officer, who
likewise gave up his Place to a Gentleman at Court. The Courtier was
as short-liv'd a Favourite as his Predecessors, but had the Pleasure
to see himself succeeded by a long Series of Lovers, who followed the
Widow Wildfire to the 37th Year of her Age, at which time there
ensued a Cessation of ten Years, when John Felt, Haberdasher, took
it in his Head to be in love with her, and it is thought will very
suddenly carry her off.
The last is pretty Mrs. Runnet, who broke her first Husband's
Heart before she was Sixteen, at which Time she was entred of the
Club, but soon after left it, upon Account of a Second, whom she made
so quick a Dispatch of, that she returned to her Seat in less than a
Twelvemonth. This young Matron is looked upon as the most rising
Member of the Society, and will probably be in the President's Chair
before she dies.