The secret history of Betty Ireland Who was trepanned into marriage at the age of fourteen, and debauched by Beau M-te at Fifteen, by whom she had one Son; the vile Injury she did to that Gentleman, and her turning Prostitute; her Amour with the Lord M-d when she came to London; and her Ingratitude to that Nobleman. Her Incest with her own Son, by whom she conceived and brought forth a Daughter, on whom she settled a handsome Annuity; her taking a House and selling Punch, &c. her being carted for a Bawd; her Revenge on one of the Justices who was principally concerned in causing her to undergo that Shame. Her Amours with a Jew, whom she caused to be arrested for 300l. and with three Merchants (who were Brothers) to each of whom she was married in seven Days, without the Knowledge of either; and afterwards separated upon Articles of Agreement. Her Behaviour in Yorkshire; particularly in Relation to the aforesaid Justice of Peace; her Liberality in that County; her being robbed on Epping-Forest, having first shot one of the Highwaymen, and being afterwards shot in the Shoulder by another; her taking a House and intriguing with Smutty-Will, an Irishman, who lived by Sharping. His Tricks with several Tradesmen; his Confinement and Death in Newgate. Her associating with Shoplifters; her being taken in the Fact; and the Stratagem she used to escape a Prosecution. Her inveigling a young Man to sell his Patrimony before he came of Age; her turning a Strolling Player, with the Manner how she made herself Mistress of the Company; her enticing her Daughter to leave her Father; their Arrival at Cork in Ireland, after they had escaped a violent Storm; their Success there for some Years, with an Account of her sudden Death
Format: | eBook |
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Language: | English |
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London
printed for John Lever, at Little Moorgate, next London-Wall near Moorfields
1770, [1770?]
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Edition: | The ninth edition |
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Collection: | Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Item Description: | Braces in title. - English Short Title Catalog, T179873. - Price from imprint: price Six-Pence. - Reproduction of original from British Library |
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Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (48p.,plate) 8° |