Dr. Madan, wearing bands, seated in an arm-chair, receives a deputation of six women whose leader presents a paper: 'Petition \ Sir \ We humbly Crave \ that Two husbands \ each may \ Have.' A label issues from the mouth of each, containing a single line of verse, the first two: 
<p><br><br>'For One alone Cannot our want's supply. 
<br>Nor Half our Wishes Gratify.' 
<br><br>Beneath the design: 'The humble Petition of Mrs Mary Mouthwater, . . . (&amp;c., &amp;c.) to the Revd Dr Thelypthora, praying to reverse the doctrine of Polygamy &amp; to prove from deep Antiquity that every Woman ought of right to have two Husbands, instead of permitting each man to take two Wives.'  1 January 1784
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1784<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1784-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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