“In this Condition I continued till my Husband came, & then began the Tryal of my Faith. Before he reached me he heard I was turned Quaker, at which he stampt, saying “I’d rather heard She had been dead as well as I Love her, for if so, all my comfort is gone.” He then came to me & had not seen me before for four Months. I got up & met him saying, “My Dear, I am glad to see thee,” at which he flew in a Passion of anger & said, “The Divel thee thee, don’t thee me” (161).
Source: Ashbridge, Elizabeth. "Some Account of the Fore Part of the Life of Elizabeth Ashbridge...". Journeys in New Worlds: Early American Women's Narratives. Ed. William L. Andrews, Sargent Bush, Jr., Annette Kolodny, Amy Schrager Lang, and Daniel B. Shea. Madison, WI: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1990.
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