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MADAM,
I Do not wonder that there are Pimps or Bawds, for Base Vices and Wicked Base∣ness are too Frequent in this Age, to be Wonder'd at, and certainly the like is in e∣very Age, for the Composition of Mankind is not so Pure, but there are both Scum and Dregs, the which are for the most part the In∣feriour sort of People, but which I wonder at, is, that the Lord P. B. should be a Pimp, and the Lady B. B. a Bawd, Persons of
such Quality, where it was more likely that some Inferiour Persons should Pimp and Bawd for Them, that they should be so Low, as to Pimp and Bawd for Others; But perchance some can tell, that they do make use of such Inferiour Persons for their Own turn, as they are for the turn of Others; howsoever the Actions of this Lord and La∣dy shew, that their Births were better than their Breeding, or that Fortune hath Fa∣vour'd them more with Titles, than Nature hath Indued them with Noble Dispositions; and thus having more Honour from Fortune than Nature, more Antiquity by Birth than Virtue by Breeding, 'tis the Cause that the Practice of their Lives is not answera∣ble to the Degree of their Dignities; but for the most part such Base Actions are pro∣duced either out of Extreme Poverty, or Covetousness of Presents, or Ambition of Preferments, for Bauding and Pimping is seldom done Gratis; But those that are tru∣ly Noble, that is, have Noble Souls and Honourable Natures, can never be Forced, Perswaded, or Inticed to do a Base Action, insomuch as they will rather choose to do a more Wicked Action (as we hold it) which is not mixt with Baseness, as Heroi∣cally to Kill themselves, than Basely Betray Chastity, and Beastly Procure Wanton A∣mours, for where Honour and Virtue takes a thorow Possession, they never leave their
Habitation, no more than my Friendship with your Ladiship, for I am, and will ever be,
Madam,
Your Ladiships faithful Friend, and humble Servant.