A Farewell to ENGLAND . I. FArewell my Country and my Friends , My Mistress , and my Muse ; In distant Regions , diff'rent Ends My Genius now pursues . Those Blessings which I held most dear , Are by my stubborn Destiny , ( That uncontroul'd Necessity ) Abandon'd from me , and no more appear . II. Despair of Fortune makes me bold , I can in Tempests Sleep ; And fearless of my Fate , behold The Dangers of the Deep . No Covetous Desire of Life , Can now my Careless Thoughts imploy , Banish'd from Friendship , Love , and Joy , To view the Waves and Winds at equal Strife . III. O'er threatning Billows can I fly , And , unconcern'd , conceive , 'T is here less difficult to Die , Than 't was on Land to Live : To me 't is equal , Swim or Sink ; I smiling to my Fate can bow , Bereft of Joy , I think it now No more to Drown , than 't was before to Drink . IV. Dear Friends with Patience bear the Load Of Troubles , still to come , You Pity us who range Abroad , We Pity you at Home . Let no Oppression , Fears , or Cares Make us our Loyalty Disband , Which , like a well-built Arch , should stand The more secure , the greater Weight it bears . V. Farewell Applause , that vain Delight The Witty fondly seek ; He 's Blest who like a Dunce may Write , Or like a Fool may Speak : What ever Praise we gain to day , Whether deservedly or no , We to the Worlds Opinion owe , Who does as oft Mis-take the same away . VI. Something there is , which touches near , I scarce can bid Adieu ; 'T is all my Hope , my Care , my Fear , And all that I pursue : 'T is what I Love , yet what I Fly , But what I dare not , must not Name , Angels Protect the Sacred Frame , Till I to England shall Return , or Die .

Towards the Evening the Captain came on Board , with the rest of our Fellow-Travellers , who , when we were altogether patch'd up as pretty a Society , as a Man under my Circumstances would desire to tumble into : There was Three of the Troublesome Sex , as some call them , ( tho' I never thought 'em so ) whose Curteous Affabillity , and Complaisance of Temper , admitted of no other Emulation , but to strive who ( within the bounds of Modesty ) should be most Obliging . One Vnfortunate Lady was in pursute of a Stray'd , Husband , who in Jamaica , had Feloniously taken to Wife ( for the sake of a Plantation ) a Lacker-Fac'd Creolean , to the great dissatisfaction of his Original Spouse , who had often declar'd ( thro' the Sweetness of her Disposition ) That if he had Marri'd another Handsomer than her self , it would never hav'd vex'd her ; but to be Rival'd by a Gipsy , a Tawny Fac'd Moletto Strumpet , a Pumpkin colour'd Whore , no , her Honour would not suffer her to bear with patience so coroding an Indignity . The other Two were a pretty Maid , and a Comely Widow ; so that in these three , we had every Honourable State of the whole Sex : One in the State of Innocency , another of Frution , the third of Deprivation ; and if we 'd had but one in the State of Corruption , a Man might have pleas'd himself as well in our Little World , as you Libertines can do in the Great One.

I shall be too tedious if I at large Particularize the whole Company , I shall therefore Hustle them together , as a Moorfields Sweetner does Luck in a Bag , and then you may Wink and Choose , for the Devil a Barrel the better Herring amongs us . We had one ( as I told you before ) Cherubimical Lass , who , I fear , had Lost her Self , two more of the same Gender , who had lost their Husbands ; two Parsons who had lost their Livings ; three Broken Tradesmen , who had lost their Credit ; and several , like me , that had lost their Wits ; a Craeoland Captain , a Superanuated Mariner , an Independant Merchant , an Irish Kidnapper , and a Monmothean Sythe-man , all going with one Design , to patch up their Decay'd Fortunes .

Every thing being in order for Sailing , the Pilot came on Board who put on such a Commanding Countenance , that he look'd as Stern as a Sarazins Head ; and the Sins of his Youth having crept into his Pedestals , he Limp'd about the Quater-Deck , like a Cripple in Forma Pauperis upon a Mountebanks Stage , making as great a Noise in his Tarpaulin Cant , as a Young Councel in a Bad Cause , or a Butcher at a Bear-Garden . As soon as we had weigh'd Anchor , under the doleful Cry and hard Service of Haul Cat haul , there was nothing heard till we reach'd the Downs , but About Ship my Lads , bring your Fore Tack on Board , haul Fore-Sail haul , Brace about the Main Yard , and the Devil to do , That I was more Amaz'd than a Mouse at a Throsters Mill , or the Russian Ambassador , at a Clap of Thunder .

By the help of Providence , the Pilot's Care , and Seamens Industry , we pass'd safe to Deal , where we Anchor'd three or four Days for a fair Wind. In which interim , the Prince of the Air had puff'd up an unwelcome Blast in the Night , which forc'd a Vessel upon the Goodwin . The next Morning the Salvages Man'd out a Fleet of their Deal Skimming-Dishes , and made such unmerciful work with the poor distress'd Bark , that a Gang of Bayliffs with an Excecution , or a Kennel of Hounds upon a Dead Horse , could not have appear'd more Ravenous . From thence with a prosperous Gale , we made the best of our way into the wide Ocean , which Marriners say , is of such Profundity , that , like a Misers Conscience , or a Womans Concupiscence 't is never to be Fathom'd .

'T was in the midst of Winter , and very Cold Weather , when we set out ; but in a Fortnights time we were got into a comfortable Climat , which yielded us so pleasant a warmth , that a Man might pluck off his Shirt upon Deck , and commit Murthor upon his own Flesh and Blood till he was weary , without the danger of an Ague .

I happen'd one Morning to hear two Tar-Jackets in a very high Dispute ; I went to them , and ask'd the reason of their Difference . Why Sir , says one , I 'll tell you , there was my Master Whistlebooby , an old Boatswain in one of his Majesties Ships , who was Superhanded , and past his Labour and the Ambaralitie Divorc'd him from his Ship , and the King allow'd him a Suspension , and this Lubberly Whelp here says I talk like a Fool ; and sure I have not used the Sea this Thirty Years , but I can Argufie any thing as proper as he can .

The chief Sports we had on Board , to pass away the tedious Hours , were Hob , Spie the Market , Shove the Slipper , Dilly Dally , and Back-Gammon ; the Latter of which prov'd as serviceable to me , as a Book of Heraldy to a Gentleman Mumper , or a Pass to a Penniless Vagabond : For ( like the Whore who boasted of her Industry ) I us'd to make my Days Labour worth Two Shillings , or Half a Crown , at Two Pence , or a Groat a Bout . The most powerful Adversary I engag'd with , was a Parson , who , when the Bell Rung to Prayers , would start up in the middle of a Hit , desire my Patience whilst he step'd into the Great Cabin , and gave his Sinful Congregation a Dram of Evangelical Comfort , and he would wait upon me presently . But that Recreation in which we took a more peculiar delight , was the Harmony we made by the assistance of the two Heaven-drivers , in Lyricking over some Antiquated Sonnets , and for varieties sake , now and then a Psalme , which our Canonical Vice-Whippers Sung with as Penitential a grace , as a Sorowful Offender in his Last Night-Cap .

To please my self at a Spare-Hour , I had taken with me a Flute , and there being on Board a Spanniel Dog , who ( Seaman-like ) had no great kindness for Wind-Musick , for when ever he heard me Tooting , he 'd be Howling , which , together made a Noise so surprising , that it frighted away a Quotidean Ague , from a Young Fellow who had been three Weeks under the hands of our Doctor .

One Night after we had well Moisten'd our Drouthy Carcasses with an Exhilerating Dose of Right Honourable Punch , there arose a Storm , for which I had often wish'd , that I might not be a stranger to any Surprising Accident the Angry Elements , when at Variance , might afford me . The Heavens all round us ( in as little time as a Girle might loose her Maidenhead ) had put on such a Malignant Aspect , as if it threaten'd our Destruction ; And Aeolus gave such unmerciful Puffs , and Whiffs , that I was fearful to stand upon the Quarter Deck , lest , before my time , I should be snatch'd up to Heaven in a Whirle-Wind . From all the Corners of the Skie there darted forth such Beams of Lightning , that I Vow and Protest the Fire-works in St. James's - Square , were no more to be compar'd to 't , than a Gloworms Arse to a Cotten Candle , which were Instantly succeeded with such Vollys of Thunder , from every side , that you would have thought the Clouds had been fortified with Whole Cannon , and weary of being tost about with every Wind , were Fighting their way into a Calmer Region , to enjoy their Rest , Then fell such an excessive Rain , that as we had one Sea under us , we fear'd another had been tumbling upon our Heads ; for my part , I fear'd the very Falling of the Skie , and thought of nothing but Catching of Larks . My Spirits being a little deprest , by the apprehensions of the Danger we were under , I went down into the Gun-room , to consult my Brandy-Cask about taking of a Dram ; where one of our Ladies , thro' want of better Accomodation , was forc'd to be Content with a Cradle , in which she was Praying , with as much Sincerity , for Fair Weather , as a Farmer for a Kind Harvest , or an Old Maid for a Good Husband : And I being greatly pleas'd at her most Importunate Solicitations , have given you a Repetition of one part , viz. And if Thou hast Decreed , that we shall Perish in this Tempest , I most humbly beseech Thee to Punish with Pox , Barrenness , and Dry-Belly-Ach , that Adulterous Strumpet , who , by Robbing me of my Husband , hath been a means of bringing me to this Vntimely End ; may her whole . Life be a continued course of Sin without a moments Repentance , that she may Die without Forgiveness , and be Damn'd without Mercy . In which Interim , a Sea wash'd over our Fore-Castle , run Aft , and came down the Whip-scuttle , she concluding we were going to the Bottom , Shreek'd out , and fell into a Fit ; whilst I , thro' my Fear , together with my Modesty , scorn'd to take the Advantage of so fair an Opportunity .

In a doubtful Condition , between this World and the next , we labour'd till near Morning , about which time the Storm abated ; But as soon as Day-light appear'd and the serenity of the Weather had turn'd our Frightful Apprehensions into a little Alacrity , some of the Men , from Aloft , Spi'd a Sail bearing after us with all Expedition ; and being no great distance from the Coast of Sally , a jealousie arose amongst our Officers , of her being a Man of War belonging to that Country , they having upon the Conclusion of the late Peace with France , Proclaim'd a War with England ; so that we thought our selves now in as great danger of being knock'd on the Head , or made Slaves , as we were before of being Drown'd . This Alaram kindled up amongst us new fears of approaching Danger , more Terrible than the former we had so happily surviv'd .

Command was given by our Captain , to prepare for a Fight ; down Chests , up Hammocks , bring the small Arms upon the Quarter , an every Man directed to his Post , by orders fix'd upon the Mizzen-mast in the Steerage ; the Bulkhead and Cabins nock'd down , the Deck clear'd Fore and Aft , for every Man to have free access to his Business . When all things were in readiness to receive an Enemy , I took a walk on purpose to look about me , and was so animated which the Seamens Activity and Industry , together with the smell of Sweat , Match , and Gun-powder , that like 'Squire Witherington in Chevy Chase , I could have Fought upon my Stumps . By this time our suppos'd Enemy was almost come up with us , under English Colours , but his keeping close upon our Quarter , and not bearing off , gave us still reasons to mistrust him ; but seeing him a small Ship , and ours a Vessel of 400 Tuns , 28 Guns , and about 50 Men , we Furl'd our Main-Sail with all our Hands at once , as a stratagem to seem well Man'd ; put our Top-Sailes aback , and lay by , to let 'em see we were no more Afraid than Hurt . We had on Board an Irish-man going over a Servant , who I suppose was Kidnap'd ; I observ'd this Fellow , being quarter'd at a Gun , look'd as pale as a Pickpocket new taken : I ask'd him why he put on such a Cowardly look ; and told him 't was a shame for a Man to shew so much Fear in his Countenance . Indeed Sir ( said he ) I cannot halp et , I love the bate of a Drum , the Pop of a Pistol , or the Bounch of a Mushket wall enough , but , by my Shoul , the Roaring of a Great Gun always makesh me start . I ask'd him whose Servant he was . By my Fait , said he , I cannot tell ; I wash upon Change looking for a good Mashter , and a brave Gentleman came to me and ask'd me who I wash ; and I told him I wash myn nowm shelf , and he gave me some good Wine and good Ale , and brought me on Board , and I have not sheen him sinch . By this time our Adversary was come within hearing , and upon our Hailing of him , prov'd a little ship bound to Guinea , which put an end to our Fears , and made us fly to the Punch-Bowle with as much Joy as the Mob to a Bonfire upon a State - Holyday .

After we had chas'd away the remembrance of our past Dangers , with a reviving draught of our Infallible Elixir , we began to be Merry as so many Beggars ( and indeed were before as Poor ) beginning to turn that into Ridicule , which so lately had chang'd our Jollitry into Fear and Sadness . When we had thus refresh'd our Bodies , and strengthen'd our Spirits , by passing round a Health to our Noble Selves , &c. 't was thought high time by our Reverend Pastors , to return Thanks for our great Deliverance from the hands of our Enemies , tho' we had none near us , which was accordingly perform'd with all the Solemnity a parcel of Merry Juvenal Wags could compose themselves to observe .

By this time we were got into so warm a Latitude , that ( God be thanked ) a Louse would not live in it : We now began to thin our Dress , and , had not Decency forbid it , could have gladly gone Naked , as our first Parents . Kissing here grew out of Fashion ; there 's no joyning of Lips , but your Noses would drop Sweat in your Mouths . The Sea , and other Elements , began now to entertain us with Curiosities in Nature worth observing , as Grampos , Sharks , Porpus , Flying-Fish , Albacores Bonetta's , Dolphin , Bottle-noses , Turtle , Blubber , Stingrays , Sea-Adders , and the Devil and all of Monsters without Names , and some without Shape . As for Birds , Noddys , Boobies , Shearwaters , Shags , Pitternells , Men of War , Tropick Birds , Pellicans , &c. I shall not undertake here to describe these Creatures , because some of them are so Frightfully Ugly , that if any Friends Wife with Child should long for the Reading of my Book , it should chance to make her Miscarry . But that which I thought most worthy of Observation , were the Clouds , whose various Forms , and beauteous Colours , were Inimitable by the Pencil of the greatest Artist in the Universe , Cities , Palaces , Groves , Fields , and Gardens , Monuments , Castles , Armies , Bulls , Bears , and Dragons , &c. as if the Air above us had been Frozen into a Looking-Glass , and shew'd us by Reflection , all the Rarities in Nature .

By this time we had gain'd the Tropick , and come into a Trade-Wind ; the greatest of our fears being now a Calm , which is fine weather to please fearful Tempers ; but it brings us more in danger of being Starv'd , than a Storm does of being Drown'd : Tho' it was our Fortune in a few Days after , to make the Leward-Islands , and put us past the dread of so terrible a Catastrophe , those we pass'd in sight of , were , Descado , a rare place for a Bird-catcher to be Governour of , Birds being the only Creatures by which 't is inhabited ; Montserat Antego , Mevis , possess'd by the English ; St. Christophers , by half English half French ; Rodunday , an uninhabitable high Rock . From amongst these Caribbee Islands , in a few days , we got to Hispaniola , without any thing remarkable ; and from thence , in 24 Hours , with a fresh Gale , within sight of Jamaica , which ( without Malice or Partiallity ) I shall proceed to give you some Account of .

A Character of JAMAICA .

THE Dunghill of the Universe , the Refuse of the whole Creation , the Clippings of the Elements , a shapeless pile of Rubbish confus'dly jumbl'd into an Emblem of the Chaos , neglectect by Omnipotence when he form'd the World into its admirable Order . The Nursery of Heavens Judgments , where the Malignant Seeds of all Pestilence were first gather'd and scatter'd thro' the Regions of the Earth , to Punnish Mankind for their Offences . The Place where Pandora fill'd her Box , where Vulcan Forg'd Joves Thunder-bolts , and that Phaeton , by his rash misguidance of the Sun , scorch'd into a Cinder . The Receptacle of Vagabonds , the Sanctuary of Bankrupts , and a Close-stool for the Purges of our Prisons . As Sickly as an Hospital , as Dangerous as the Plague , as Hot as Hell , and as Wicked as the Devil . Subject to Turnadoes , Hurricans , and Earthquakes , as if the Island , like the People , were troubled with the Dry Belly-Ach .

Of their Provisions .

THE chiefest of their Provisions is Sea Turtle , or a Toad in a shell , stew'd in its own Gravy ; its Lean is as White as a Green-sickness Girl , its Fat of a Calves-turd Colour ; and is excellently good to put a stranger into a Flux , and purge out part of those ill Humours it infallibly creates . The Belly is call'd Callipee , the Back Callipach ; and is serv'd up to the Table in its own Shell , instead of a Platter . They have Guana's , Hikceries , and Crabs ; the first being an Amphibeous Serpent , shap'd like a Lizard , but black and larger , the second a Land-Tortoise , the last needs no Description , but are as numerous as Frogs in England , and Borrough in the Ground like Rabbets , so that the whole Island may be justly call'd , A Crabb-Warren . They are Fattest near the Pallasadoes , where they will make a Skelleton of a Corps in as little time as a Tanner will Flea a Colt , or a Hound after Hunting devour a Shoulder of Mutton . They have Beef without Fat , Lean Mutton without Gravy , and Fowles as dry as the Udder of an Old Woman , and as tough as a Stake from the Haunches of a Superanuated Car-Horse .

Milk is so plenty , you may buy it for Fifteen Pence a Quart ; but Cream so very scarce , that a Firkin of Butter , of their own making , would be so costly a Jewel , that the Richest Man in the Island would be unable to purchase it . They value themselves greatly upon the sweetness of their Pork , which is indeed lushious , but as flabby as the Flesh of one just risen from a Flux , and ought to be forbid in all hot Countries ( as amongst the Jews ) for the prevention of Leprosie , Scurvy , and other Distempers , of which it is a great occasion .

There is very little Veal , and that Lean ; for in England you may Nurse four Children much cheaper than you can one Calf in Jamaica . They have course Teal , almost as big as English Ducks ; and Moscovy Ducks as big as Geese ; But as for their Geese , they may be all Swans , for I never saw one in the Island .

There are sundry sorts of Fish , under Indian Names , without Scales , and of a Serpentine Complexion ; they Eat as dry as a Shad , and much stronger than stale Herrings or Old Ling ; with Oyl'd Butter to the Sawce as rank as Goose-Grease , improv'd with the palatable Relish of a stinking Anchovie .

They make a rare Soop they call Pepper-pot ; it 's an excellent Breakfast . for a Salamander , or a good preparative for a Mountebanks Agent , who Eats Fire one day , that he may get better Victuals the next . Three Spoonfuls so Inflam'd my Mouth , that had I devour'd a Peck of Horse-Radish , and Drank after it a Gallon of Brandy and Gunpowder , ( Dives like ) I could not have been more importunate for a Drop of Water to cool my Tongue .

They greatly abound in a Beautiful Fruit , call'd a Cussue , not unlike an Apple , but longer ; it 's soft and very Juicy , but so great an Acid , and of a Nature so Restringent , that by Eating of one , it drew up my Mouth like a Hens Fundament , and made my Pallat as Rough , and Tongue as Sore as if I had been Gargling it with Allom-Water : From whence I conjecture , they are a much sitter Fruit to recover Lost Maiden-heads , properly apply'd , than to be Eaten . Of Water-Mellons and Mus-Mellons they have plenty ; the former is of as cold a quality as a Cucumber , and will dissolve in your Mouth like Ice in a hot Frying-pan , being as Pleasant to the Eater ( and , I believe , as Wholsome ) as a Cup of Rock-Water to a Man in a Hectick Feavour : The latter are large and lushious , but much too watery to be good .

Coco-Nuts , and Physick-Nuts are in great esteem amongst the Inhabitants ; the former they reckon Meat , Drink , and Cloth , but the Eatable part is secur'd within so strong a Magazine , that it requires a Lusty Carpenter , well Arm'd with Ax and Hand-saw , to hew a passage to the Kernel , and when he has done , it will not recompence his Labour . The latter is big as a Filbert , but ( like a Beautiful Woman well Drest , and Infectious ) if you venture to Taste , is of ill consequence : Their Shell is Black , and Japan'd by Nature , exceeding Art ; the Kernel White , and extream Pleasant to the Palat , but of so powerful an Operation , that by taking two , my Guts were Swept as clean , as ever Tom-T — d-man made a Vault , or any of the Black Fraternity a Chimney .

They have Oranges , Lemonds , Limes , and several other Fruits , as Sharp and Crabbed as themselves , not given them as a Blessing , but a Curse ; for Eating so many sower things , Generates a Corroding Slime in the Bowels , and is one great occasion of that Fatal and Intolerable Distemper , The Dry Belly-Ach ; which in a Fortnight , or Three Weeks , takes away the use of their Limbs , that they are forc'd to be led about by Negro's . A Man under this Misery , may be said to be the ‛ Scutchion of the Island , the Complection of the Patient being the Field , bearing Or , Charg'd with all the Emblems of Destruction , proper ; supported by Two Devils , Sable ; and Death the Crest Argent . Many other Fruits there are , that are neither worth Eating , Naming , or Describing : Some that are never tasted but in a Drouth , others in a Famine .

Of Port Royal.

IT is an Island distinct from the Main of Jamaica , tho' before the Earthquake , it joyn'd by a Neck of Land to the Palisados , but was separated by the violence of an Inundation ( thro' Gods Mercy ) to prevent the Wickedness of their Metropolis diffusing it self , by Communication , over all the Parts of the Country , and so call that Judgment upon the Whole , which fell more particularly upon the Sinfulest part .

From a Spacious fine Built Town ( according to Report ) it is now reduc'd , by the encroachments of the Sea , to a little above a quarter of a Mile in Length , and about half so much the Breadth , having so few remains left of its former splendour , I could think no otherwise but that every Traveller who had given its Description , made large use of his License . The Houses are low , little , and irregular ; and if I compare the best of their Streets in Port-Royal , to the Fag-End of Kent-street , where the Broom-men Live , I do them more than Justice .

About ten a Clock in the Morning , their Nostrils are saluted with a Land-Breeze , which blowing o'er the Island , searches the Bowels of the Mountains ( being always crack'd and full of vents , by reason of excessive Heat ) bringing along with it such Sulphureous Favours , that I have fear'd the whole Island would have burst out into a flaming Aetna , or have stifled us with Suffocating Fumes , like that of melted Minerals and Brimstone .

In the afternoon , about Four a Clock , they might have the refreshment of a Sea-Breeze , but suffering the Negro's to carry all their Nastiness to Windward of the Town , that the Nauseous Efluvia's which arise from their stinking Dungills , are blown in upon them ; thus what they might enjoy as a Blessing , they Ingratefully pervert by their own ill management .

They have a Church , 't is true , but built rather like a Market-House ; and when the Flock are in their Pens , and the Pastor Exalted to over-look his Sheep , I took , a Survey round me , and saw more variety of Scare-Crows than ever was seen at the Feast of Vgly-Faces .

Every thing is very Dear , and an Ingenious or an Honest Man may meet with this Encouragement , To spend a Hundred Pounds before he shall get a Penny . Madera-Wine and Bottle-Beer are Fifteen Pence the Bottle ; nasty Claret , half a Crown ; Rhennish , Five Shillings ; and their best Canary , Ten Bits , or Six and Three Pence . They have this Pleasure in Drinking , That what they put into their Bellies , they may soon stroak out of their Fingers-Ends ; for instead of Exonerating they Fart , and Sweat instead of Pissing .

Of the PEOPLE .

THE generality of the Men look as if they had just nock'd off their Fetters , and by an unexpected Providence , escap'd the danger of a near Misfortune , the dread of which , hath imprinted that in their Looks , which they can no more alter than an Ethiopian can his Colour .

They are all Colonels , Majors , Captains , Lieutenants , and Ensigns , the two last being held in such disdain , that they are look'd upon as a Bungling Diver amongst a Gang of Expert Pick-pockets ; Pride being their Greatness , and Impudence their Vertue .

They regard nothing but Money , and value not how they get it , there being no other Felicity to be enjoy'd but purely Riches . They are very Civil to Strangers who bring over considerable Effects ; and will try a great many ways to Kill him fairly , for the lucre of his Cargo : And many have been made Rich by such Windfalls ▪

A Broken Apothecary will make there a Topping Physician ; a Barbers Prentice , a good Surgeon ; a Bayliffs Follower , a passable Lawyer ; and an English Knave , a very Honest Fellow .

They have so great a veneration for Religion , That Bibles and Common Prayer Books are as good a Commodity amongst them , as Muffs and Warming-Pans .

A little Reputation among the Women , goes a great way ; and if their Actions be answerable to their Looks , they may vie Wickedness with the Devil : An Impudent Air , being the only Charms of their Countenance ; and a Lewd Carriage , the Study'd Grace of their Deportment . They are such who have been Scandalous in England to the utmost degree , either Transported by the State , or led by their Vicious Inclination ; where they may be Wicked , without Shame ; and Whore on , without Punishment .

They are Stigmatiz'd with Nick-Names , which they bear , not with Patience only , but with Pride , as Vnconscionable Nan , Salt-Beef Peg , Buttock-de-Clink Jenny , &c. Swearing , Drinking , and Obscene Talk , are the principal Qualifications that render them acceptable to Male Conversation ; and she that wants a perfection in these admirable Acquirements , shall be as much Ridicul'd for her Modesty , as a Plain-dealing Man amongst a Gang of Knaves , for his Honesty .

In short , Vertue is so Despis'd , and all sorts of Vice Encourag'd , by both Sexes , that the Town of Port Royal is the very Sodom of the Universe .

FINIS .