The English Rogue: Continued in the Life of Meriton Latroon, and Other Extravagants: The Second Part — John Shaqi
The English Rogue: Continued in the Life of Meriton Latroon, and Other Extravagants: The Second PartHead, Richard
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The English Rogue: Continued in the Life of Meriton Latroon, and Other Extravagants: The Second Part
Head, Richard
Rogues and vagabonds -- England -- Fiction
Four of my Guests, _Viz._ The Captain, and three of the rest did employ
themselves in looking after the Ships unlading; but the other two, who
were the youngest (and therefore, as I thought, fittest to take pains)
did still stay at home in my house, or else walk out for their
recreation. This, and some other things that I observed, made me curious
in my observations of them in all their actions, suspecting they were
either personages of greater quality than ordinary, or that there was
some other mystery in the case: but they being as cunning as my self
concealed that from me which I since knew, though I tryed them with
several speeches and discourses, in which I thought my self cunning
enough; I observed this, that these two young men never lay together,
but sometimes the Captain lay with one of them, and another person of
his company with the other. The greatest part of their business being
for the present dispatched, they often times staid at home and feasted,
where they drank off great quantities of _Persian_ Wine, and other the
Country drinks, the best I could get for them. They having all drank one
time to a good height, and being very merry, the Captain asked which was
the best house for handsome Women now. I informed him of the best I
knew; but says he, _yee have no English Girls here_, no said I, seldom
any such blessings come into this Country, we are forced to content our
selves with the brown Natives: _I believe_, said the Captain, _if these
two young men_, William _and_ George (for such was the names of the two
young men I spake of) _were hansomly drest in Womens cloaths, they would
pass for hansom Women_. I then of a sudden turning my eyes towards the
parties he spake of, saw that their cheeks were dy’d of a Vermilion hew,
deeper than lately they had acquired by drinking: This caused me to
distrust something; but the rest of the Company falling into a kind of a
laughter, which I supposed was somewhat forced, they altered their
discourse, and began a fresh health to all their friends in _England_,
which I pledged them with a very good will, telling them that I had
some, whose company I had heartily wished for; _what are they_, said the
Captain; Sir, said I, they are such as I beleeve you love, that is,
hansom Women in general; and of these I had the good fortune to be
particularly and intimately acquainted with several. At the ending of
this discourse, I was called for down to attend some of my guests who
were going, which having done, I again went up, where I found the
Captain and the rest in a standing posture, ready likewise to be gone,
at which I wondred, but let them take their pleasures: So five of my six
guests left me, and he had gone too had he not been a little flustred,
and then a sleep. After they were gone several thoughts possest my mind
of what these two youngest persons should be; and it was long ere I
could hit upon the right, but having one person in the house, with whom
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