wou'd have him to the true Mrs. _Pierpoint_, from whom
he engag'd he shou'd meet with better entertainment than he did from the
Counterfeit one.
_Thus still the Bawd does her old Game pursue;_
_Her End's the same, altho' her Method's New._
_Her Baits are various, which she still does suit_
_To ruin those that love forbidden Fruit._
_And by her Management of things we find,_
_She's one knows how to Sail with every Wind._
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CHAP. VII.
_How a Citizen went to a Bawdy-House for a Whore, and the Bawd helpt
him to his own Wife._
A Certain Citizen in _London_, in the late times had a very fine Woman to
his Wife; and had but her Vertue been equal to her Wit and Beauty, she
might have deserved the first rank among Women: But Lust had so great an
Ascendant in her, that her Husband was unable to Satisfie her over strong
desires to the Delights of _Venus_: And therefore having Communicated her
Thoughts to an Old Bawd that kept a House of Private Entertainment for the
Accommodation of Persons of Quality of both Sexes, she told her that for a
Guinea in hand to her, and two Guinea's for the drawing of her Picture, she
might be enter'd into her Accedamy; whereby (says the Bawd) you may both
receive the Satisfaction you want, and gain Money likewise; for the first
Charge is all you will be put to, which will be but three Guinea's, and Ten
Shillings to the Attendants, who by the Services they will do you, will
very well deserve it: Then she enquir'd of the Bawd what the Custom of the
House were, and how she must manage herself in that Affair? And then she
cou'd the better tell her whether she cou'd order Matters so as to comport
therewith.
To this, the Bawd return'd this Answer:
_I have as genteel a House as most in _London_, with several Chambers very
well furnish'd for accomodation of Gentlemen and Ladies: and a
Looking-glass in each Chamber so conveniently plac'd, that those who have a
mind to't, may see what they do: For some take as much delight in seeing as
in doing: My House goes under the Notion of being Let out in Lodgings, and
every Gentlewoman than is enter'd, has her Picture drawn, which hangs up in
the Dining Room; where when Gentlemen come, they chuse which Person they
please by the Picture; and for a Guinea paid to me, they are admitted to
her, with whom they make what Bargain they can agree upon. And by this
means we are sure that none but Persons o
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