The London-Bawd: With Her Character and Life: Discovering the Various and Subtle Intrigues of Lewd WomenAnonymous
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The London-Bawd: With Her Character and Life: Discovering the Various and Subtle Intrigues of Lewd Women
Anonymous
Prostitution -- England -- London
at this begins to get up, to be going; but it was now too late, and they
would by no means let him at that time of Night; to which end they urg'd
that it was an obscure place they liv'd in, and it might be very dangerous
(tho his greatest danger was in being there) and that he shou'd have a good
Bed at his Service there: The Gentleman finding himself almost fluster'd,
and thinking he was secure where he was, agreed to stay till the next
Morning: Upon which the t'other Bottle of Wine was brought in, & then he
began to be very frollicksome, and would needs be Kissing Miss _Betty_, who
pretended a great kindness for him; which pleas'd _Brightwel_ so much, that
he wou'd'nt go to Bed without she'd lie with him; which she not only
promis'd, but was as good as her word; yet engages him to take no notice of
it to her Mother, and then as soon as he was a Bed, she'd come to him:
Accordingly, after he was a Bed, she comes to Bed to him, as she before had
promis'd: And after they had both gratify'd their wanton desires, the Whore
professing a great deal of Love to him, and pretending she shou'd never be
happy till they were married, Miss _Betty_ all of a sudden pretends to want
the Chamber-pot, which she desir'd him to help her to, who feeling about
for it for sometime, cou'd'nt find it; upon which she told him she
remember'd the Maid left it in the Window and desir'd him to reach it
there; which he going to do, and treading upon a Trap door, it presently
gave away; and down fell our Amorous Spark into the Alley; his Fall was but
little, and so did but stun him for the present, and his being only in his
Shirt quickly made him sensible of the cold; As soon as he came to himself
he got up, and it being very dark, he knew neither where he was, nor which
way to go; but endeavouring to find a door, he went on till he came to
_Clerken well-green_; where seeing a Light at the Watch-house, he went
thither; a Person all in white being seen by one of the Watch-men, he gave
notice of it to the Constable; who with his whole Watch was very much
affrighted, and began to exorcise this supposed Spirit; who being almost
dead with cold, (for it was cold frosty Weather) told them he was no Ghost,
but Flesh and Blood as they were; but Mr. _Constable_ was loth to believe
him upon his own Word, and therefore commanding him to stand, sent one of
the most Couragious of his Watch-men to see whether it was so or no; who
having found him to be what he said, he was taken into the Watch house, and
put to the Fire, and examined how he came into that condition; who gave the
_Constable_ an account how he met with one Mrs _Pierpoint_ his
Country-woman, by whom he was invited to her House, and what befell him
there, related: But neither _Constable_ nor any of the Watch-men knowing
any such Person, they supposed rightly that he had been drawn in by a Bawd,
and had lain with a Whore, who had together Cheated him of what he had. For
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