know the bottom of this intrigue) follow’d them
into the same Tavern; and bid the Drawer, if it was
possible, let them have the next Room to that which
the Gentlewoman had, who came in just before ’em
with a Waterman following her: The Drawer
told ’em there was Company in the next Room then,
but they were paying there Reckoning, and would be
gone immediately; and in the mean time desir’d
’em to walk into a Box in the Yard, which they
accordingly did; and whilst they sat there, they saw
the Waterman go out again. Presently after the
Drawer came and told ’em that the Room was now
empty, which they forthwith went into, and had the
conveniency through a hole in the Wall, to see the
Gentlewoman unseen, who sat leaning her Arm upon the
Table, in a very melancholy Posture, as one much dissatisfy’d;
having a Glass of Wine before her, and Pen, Ink and
Paper. Soon after the Waterman comes in again,
and tells her the Gentleman had not been at home since
Morning, nor did they know where he was. Where’s
the Note that I gave you, says she? Which he
giving her, she took and tore it, and then burn’d
it, Then taking the Glass, what’s your Name,
Waterman, said she? An’t please you, Madam,
my Name’s John: Well, then honest
John here’s to ye, says she; and drank
off her Glass, and made John fill a Brimmer
and drink it off. And then John offering
to go, she said, No, John, you shan’t
go yet, I have something to eat, and you shall stay
and eat with me: Don’t be uneasie John,
for I’ll pay you well for your time. Presently
up comes the Drawer and brings a Lobster and
a Piece of Sturgeon, with him; then bidding
the Drawer bring a Quart of Canary up, she ask’d
John whether he lov’d Lobster
and Sturgeon? Yes, very well, Madam, reply’d
John, but they are too good for my common Eating.
After the other Quart of Canary was brought
up, and the Drawer gone down, she bid John come
nearer and sit down; and at last having both eat and
drank Plentifully, she pull’d John close
to her, and told him he look’d like a clever
well-made Fellow, and ask’d him, if he did’nt
think himself capable of doing a Ladies Business?
which put John so much out of Countenance he
did’nt know what to say to her: Upon which,
first Embracing the Dull Fool in her Arms, Come, says
she, let’s see how well you’re furnish’d:
And then putting her Hand into his Breeches, John
began to think she was in Earnest, and made as bold
with her; giving her what she wanted; and then calling
for another Quart of Wine, and having drank and repeated
their Amorous Embraces two or three times, she gave
John a Guinea; and told him she lik’d
him so well, that she would go by Water with him that
day Sennight; and charg’d him to meet her then
at five a Clock, at Paul’s Wharf; and
she wou’d then give him such another Treat.
Which John promis’d her to do, and so
went away very well Satisfied. The two Gentlemen
who (unseen of her) had seen and heard all those Passages;
were resolv’d to make a further Discovery of
the Gentlewoman and so dogg’d her home to her
own House, which happen’d to be at a Woollen-Drapers
in St. Paul’s Church-Yard. Having
thus seen her at her own House they left her, and
went to their own Lodgings.


