both struck with some Amazement at
this unexpected Entertainment; And seeing her a little daunted, I answer'd,
Sir, I shall quickly bring you those that will give you better
Satisfaction. And so rise up to call in a couple of Men-Servants belonging
to my House. Upon which he rise up likewise, and catching me by the Arm,
pull'd out a short Constable's Staff, Commanding me to sit down, or
otherwise I should find it was in his Power to take another Course with me.
This indeed increas'd my surprise, and made me a little mute for the
Present; which he seeing, got between the Door and us, and then was so
uncivil as to tell me, That I was a Vile Woman; and all the difference he
knew between a Bawd and a Procurer, was only such as was between a common
_Tom-Turd-Man_, and a Person of Qualities House-Maid, who Emptied
_Close-Stools_: And then told Mrs _Gertrude_ that the difference between
her and the Trulls that pli'd in the Streets, was no other then betwixt a
common _Vau't_ and a Private _Close-stool_. Upon which she told him that
his Comparisons were very odious; and that such Language didn't become a
Gentleman: But he answer'd, That our Language wanted words to express the
fulsomeness of our Crimes, calling us _Dogs_, and _Swine_, and _Goats_, and
a deal of such _Billingsgate-Stuff_, till he had so provok'd my Passion,
That I told him boldly, That I didn't value his Fanatical Cant, for there
were Men of better Sense than he, thought it no Sin; and that I knew the
Opinion of the greatest Wits in the Town, in those things; and car'd not
what a parcel of Canting Coxcombs said.--To which he reply'd, _My Coming
hither was to do you good, and to turn you (if Possible) from your Wicked
Courses; but seeing you are hardened in it, and will not be reclaimed, I
will take care to have your Quarters beat up, and spoil your Trading here
for time to come._ And so he left us.

This unexpected Adventure put us all to a stand. And after consulting what
was best to be done, I resolved not to venture being expos'd, and so
immediately with-drew, and took down all my Pictures, leaving only a
Servant in the House for some days, to see whether he wou'd be as good as
his word: and in three Days after, a Constable came with a Warrant to
search the House for disorderly Persons; but finding only a Servant there,
he told her he perceiv'd the Birds were flown. The search being over, some
of my Women were for returning again; but I oppos'd it, as not judgi