"In the morning, after my wife's mother came back, we all breakfasted together at her lodgings. After breakfast, I went to Mr. _Clark_, Timber Merchant, in _St. Mary Axe_, to solicit for some _India Company's_ work: from whence I went to the _Mansion House_ alehouse, and drank a pint of beer. I then intended to go to work at Mr. _Perry's_ in _Noble-street_, but it being near dinner time, I stopped at the _Bell_, opposite his house, for another pint of beer, where meeting some acquaintance eating beef-stakes, I dined with them. As I was eating, in came my wife and her mother; she at first abused me for being at the alehouse, but they afterward, in great seeming good humour, drank with me, and as they wanted money, I gave my wife two shillings, and lent her mother a six and ninepenny piece, which I had just received in change for half a guinea, from the master of the public house. As the day was now far spent, and as I was pleased with the prospect of working for the _East-India Company_, I thought it not worth while to begin a day's work so late. I therefore went to _Smithfield_, to see how the horse-market went. From thence I went to _Warwick-lane_, to see for a young man, whom I had promised to get to work for the company also. I took him to Mr. _Clark_, in _St. Mary Axe_; and afterward went with him to two or three places more, the last place was the _Nagg's Head_ in _Hounsditch_; and about half an hour after nine o'clock went home. "When I came there, I went in at the back door, which is under the gateway; and which used to be only on a single latch, for the conveniency of my lodgers: I went up to my room door, but finding it fast, came down stairs again. There was then some disturbance over the way in _Aldersgate-street_, which I walked over to see the meaning of, imagining my wife might chance to be engaged in it. Not finding her in the croud, I returned, and went up stairs again; while I was on the stairs, I heard my wife cough, by which I knew she was at home. Finding my door still fast, I knocked and called again; still she would not answer. I then said "_Sally_, I know you are at home, and I desire you would open the door, if you will not I will burst it open." Nobody yet answering, I set my back against the door, and forced it open. Upon this she jumped out of bed; I immediately began to undress me, by slipping off my coat and waistcoat, saying at the same time "_Sally_, what makes you use me so? you follow me wherever I go to abuse me, and then lock me out of my lodging; I never serve you so." On this she flew upon me, called me a scoundrel dog, said she supposed I had been with some of my whores; and so saying, tore my shirt down from the bosom: on this, I pushed her down. She then ran to the chimney corner, and snatched up several things, which I successively wrested from her: in the skuffle a table and a screen tumbled down. At length she struck me several blows