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 advice and service to me; and as I had always taken to her more than to any of my female acquaintance, I listen'd the easier to her proposals; and as it happen'd, I could not have put myself into worse, or into better hands in all London; into worse, because keeping a house of conveniency, there were no lengths in lewdness she would not advise me to go in compliance with her customers, no schemes of pleasure, or even unbounded debauchery, she did not take even a delight in promoting: into better, because no body having had more experience of the wicked part of the town than she had, was fitter to advise and guard one against the worst dangers of our profession; and what was rare to be met with in those of her's, she contented herself with a moderate living profit upon her industry and good offices, and had nothing of their greedy rapacious turn. She was really too a gentlewoman born and bred, but through a train of accidents reduc'd to this course, which she pursued: partly through mecessitynecessity [sic], partly through choice, as never woman delighted more in encouraging a brisk circulation of trade, for the sake of the trade itself, or better under-