I  have  an  honest  Dairy  Maid,  that  crosses  their  Hands  with  a
Piece  of  Silver  every  Summer,  and  never  fails  being  promised  the
handsomest  young  fellow  in  the  Parish  for  her  Pains.  Your  Friend
the  Butler  has  been  Fool  enough  to  be  seduced  by  them ;  and,
though  he  is  sure  to  lose  a  Knife,  a  Fork  or  a  Spoon  every  time
his  fortune  is  told,  generally  shuts  himself  up  in  the  Pantry  with  an
old  Gypsie  for  above  half  an  Hour  once  in  a  Twelvemonth.  Sweet-
hearts are  the  things  they  live  upon,  which  they  bestow  very  plenti-
fully upon  all  those  that  apply  themselves  to  them.  You  see  now
and  then  some  handsome  young  Jades  among  them  :  The  Sluts
have  often  white  Teeth  and  black  Eyes.' '

The  laws  were  cruelly  severe  against  them,  as  Misson  notes.
