The
English
Womens
Chastity
;
OR
,
The
last
SUNDAY
Nights
Frolick
:
Being
a
very
True
ACCOUNT
of
Three
Eminent
Citizens
of
London
.
Who
by
a
sttange
Mistake
,
unfortunatly
Pickt
up
their
own
WIVES
,
last
SUNDAY-Evening
,
in
St.
JAMES's
Park
;
Whom
they
Treated
with
a
Supper
very
Splendidly
,
at
an
Eminent
Tavern
,
near
CHARING-CROSS
:
With
the
Manner
of
their
Discovery
;
and
of
the
great
Confusion
of
the
whole
Company
thereupon
.
Being
,
indeed
,
not
only
a
very
Pleasant
,
but
also
a
True
Relation
.
IT
was
upon
a
Sunday
Night
(
to
sanctifie
the
Deed
)
when
three
Strowling
Citizens
,
of
superior
Note
,
releas'd
from
Purgatory
of
a
Compter
,
determin'd
to
gratifie
their
Lungs
with
a
little
fresh
air
,
and
after
the
duty
of
the
day
was
over
,
which
no
doubt
they
had
performed
with
the
usual
City
devotion
,
they
very
amicably
took
a
Walk
into
St.
James's
Park
:
The
Matrons
at
home
,
being
Ladies
of
singular
Intelligence
▪
were
timely
enough
acquainted
with
their
Husbands
determination
,
Mrs.
A
—
having
the
first
advice
brought
to
her
,
posted
away
with
mighty
Expedition
to
Mrs
E
—
's
,
where
the
matter
was
not
long
a
debating
,
being
Ladies
of
an
admirable
invention
;
and
the
Resolve
was
,
that
they
should
put
on
disguises
,
and
go
incognito
in
pursuit
of
their
Husbands
,
that
care
and
pleasure
should
separatly
occupy
the
Family
.
The
Ladies
thus
equipped
,
pursued
their
Stratagem
in
Masquerade
,
and
soon
arrived
at
the
Park
;
where
they
were
often
attacked
by
the
Beaux
and
Sparks
,
but
they
being
in
quest
of
a
Nobler
Game
(
tho
naturally
coming
and
complying
enough
)
did
very
tyranically
repulse
all
the
Courtship
and
Solicitations
of
these
Gallants
▪
and
very
bravely
made
good
their
way
,
till
at
length
they
came
in
view
of
their
appointed
Quarry
,
and
drawing
towards
them
with
all
the
Tricks
and
Artifices
of
Women
of
the
Town
.
Mr.
A
—
made
the
motion
to
meet
them
,
and
carry
them
to
a
Glass
of
Wine
,
being
of
an
even
number
,
and
promising
well
enough
to
deserve
their
fare
,
the
motion
was
agreed
to
by
the
other
two
,
and
referred
to
Mr.
A
▪
being
a
Man
of
the
greatest
Assurance
and
Presence
of
Mind
)
to
manage
;
and
accordingly
,
Don
Formali●oso
,
with
a
Spanish
Stiffness
,
makes
up
to
the
Ladies
,
and
accosts
them
with
Tropes
and
Figures
,
and
a
dull
Harangue
of
Costive
Rhetorick
,
(
his
natural
Stile
,
wherein
he
excuseth
the
Modestly
and
Bashfulness
of
his
two
friends
,
tho'
Citts
,
and
Married
too
;
yet
for
them
and
him self
he
gave
them
a
hearty
invitation
to
a
Glass
of
Wine
.
The
Ladies
gave
their
consent
by
their
Silence
;
or
by
saying
very
little
at
most
,
being
sparing
of
their
specch
,
for
fear
of
Discovering
themselves
;
so
,
in
short
,
every
on
takes
his
Bird
,
and
hastes
to
a
certain
Tavern
at
Charing-Gross
;
knowing
the
nights
being
short
,
their
Wives
would
look
for
them
home
in
good
time
,
or
else
lead
'em
a
weary
Life
all
the
week
after
,
with
hard
service
in
bed
and
hard
Bargains
i'
th
Shop
,
as
soon
as
they
came
to
the
Tavern
,
like
generous
Hearts
,
they
spoke
for
a
Supper
of
a
Price
,
and
orderd
it
to
be
hastned
with
all
Speed
,
and
in
the
mean
time
call'd
most
incontinently
for
Wine
,
and
drank
very
freely
whilst
Supper
was
making
ready
;
But
here
was
the
most
deverting
Scene
as
Fortune
would
have
it
,
who
seldom
stumbles
over
or
interupts
such
intrigues
,
each
makes
choise
of
his
own
wife
,
whither
for
Rallary
,
or
the
last
Favours
I
know
not
,
(
an
unhappy
choise
and
a
sign
that
they
did
not
know
them
;
And
here
they
all
strove
for
the
most
soft
and
engaging
Expressions
of
Love
,
and
here
they
boasted
and
bounced
of
strenuous
Vigour
,
and
youthful
performances
,
which
these
disguised
Ladies
had
too
often
found
experimentally
false
,
in
the
disconsolat
and
legitimate
bed
,
and
yet
perhaps
these
Gentlemen
might
have
been
sincere
too
,
For
some
can
never
do
the
Trick
to
Perfection
,
but
in
a
Baudy
bouse
.
But
,
by
this
time
Supper
was
brought
up
,
and
the
conditions
ended
that
they
must
now
Unmask
,
which
when
the
waiters
were
commanded
to
retire
,
they
performed
,
and
put
an
end
to
the
Farce
by
discovering
themselves
to
be
their
wives
,
and
the
whole
company
3
whole
pair
of
Legitimate
Upholders
of
the
race
man
,
Tho
I
think
they
had
not
been
very
successfull
neither
.
But
here
you
may
imagine
what
a
surprize
&
confusion
arose
in
the
whole
company
,
&
had
not
the
sparks
been
very
generous
in
their
entertainment
,
they
had
not
been
considerable
sufferers
with
the
pleasure
of
the
Discovery
,
and
the
Diversion
of
good
Wine
,
and
a
Supper
,
which
in
the
midst
of
all
their
Passion
,
they
were
too
wise
to
spoil
,
the
Ladies
were
so
far
mitigated
as
to
keep
the
King's
Peace
,
and
their
Fingers
off
their
Husbands
Faces
.
So
,
in
short
the
Company
soon
broke
up
,
and
they
all
parted
,
the
Wives
to
the
Triumph
of
their
Discovery
,
and
the
Husbands
to
the
Severest
Discipline
that
ever
Men
,
besides
Cools
,
Culles
,
and
Cits
,
were
exposed
to
▪
This
Frolick
was
performed
on
Sunday
last
.