be maintain'd like a Gentlewoman;
For we'll maintain you; and the Money you shall have, shall be for your own
Occasions, and to find you New Cloths. _Well, Sir, says I, for such things
we shou'd not differ; but we in the Country think 'tis a Wicked thing to
lye with Folks, unless they be Married; and then they mun be married but to
one nother: And so that mun not be, Sir._ I know not what you do in the
Country, _says one of the Sparks_, but here in _London_ 'tis as common as
Washing of Dishes. And People of the best Quality do it. Look ye,
_continued he_, to Encourage you, we will give you Thirty Pounds a Year:
And Maintain you besides. We cou'd have enow in Town to serve us, and thank
you too; but we look upon you to be an Innocent Country Maid, and for that
reason we had rather have you than another: Are you sure you are a Maid,
_said the other_? _Sure!_ said I? _Yes, I think I am._ Yes, yes, _said the
other_, I believe she is: _But I believe_, said I, _You but taak'n all this
while, for no Body mun do such things._ No, I'll assure you, _says the more
serious of the two_, We are in Earnest; and we'll pay you down half your
Money, fifteen Pounds now, to put your self in a good Garb, fit for a
Gentleman's Mistress. _But what mun I do for't_, said I? _Let's agree upon
that first. You shall be Mistress to us both_, said they: _And let one of
us lye with you one time, and the other another: And we'll now go along
with you, and take a Lodging for you; and you shall go under the Notion of
our _Sister_, and we will be your _Brothers_; And so no Notice shall be
taken of it._--_But not to trouble you longer, _Madam_, with the
Particulars, we at last agreed the matter; and I had fifteen Pounds paid me
down for half a Years Pay: And my two Sparks cast Lots, to decide the
Important Controversie of who should lie with me first: And it happened to
him that was the most Civil of the Two; And he was to tarry with me till
Ten a Clock at Night, at my New Lodgings, and then to go home, for he cou'd
not stay all Night. So to it we went, and I gave him all the Satisfaction
he desir'd; counterfeiting the matter so well, that he was mightily pleased
with the Enjoyment he had: And went home very well satisify'd; telling me,
he wou'd acquaint his fellow-Prentice that was to come the next Night, that
he had found me all Love and Charms. And so took his Leave of me._

When my young Gallant was gone, I began to consider that I had all I was
like t