but not the Lawfulness: Can you (said she) make it no sin to God, no dishonour to my Family, no infamy to my Sex, no breach to Virtue, no wrong to Honesty, no Immodesty to my self?He answered, It was lawful by Nature.Sir, said she, It is as impossible to corrupt me, as to corrupt Heaven. But, were you free, I should willingly embrace your Love in lawful Marriage.He told her, They were both young; and his Wife old, almost ripe enough for Death, and a little time more would cut her down: Wherefore, said he, let us enjoy our selves in the mean time; and when she is dead, we will marry.No, said she, I will not buy a Husband at that deer rate; nor am I so evil, as to wish the death of the living for any advantage, unless they were Ene∣mies to Virtue, Innocency, or Religion.But he was so importunate, as she seemed displea∣sed; which he perceiving, left off persisting, lest he might nip off the young and tender Buds of her Affection.But it chanced, not long after, there was a Meet∣ing of many Nobles at a Feast, where Healths to their Mistresses were drank round; and the Prince (who thought it a sin to Love, to neglect that Insti∣tution) offered, with great Ceremony and Devo∣tion, for his Mistress's Health, sprinkling the Altar of the Brain with Fume, and burning the Incense 0