THE DEVIL and the STRUMPET: OR THE Old BAWD Tormented. BEING A True and Amazing Relation of one Jenny Freeman, of Swan-Alley, in East-Smithfield, who having been a Lewd, Notorious, and Wicked Liver for many Years, and Bawd to above 20 young Women, to their utter Ruin. The Devil appeared to her on Wednesday Night last, in a most frightful Shape, bringing her a Knife to cut her own Throat; dragging her out of her Bed, and beating her Black and Blue all over her Body, in a Sad and Dismal manner, leaving her almost Dead in the place: And at another time standing over her with a flaming Sword, for 3 Hours together, and then vanished out at the Window in a Flash of Fire. Being a sad Warning for all Lewd Women, and Wicked Strumpets whatsoever.  
Taken from her own Mouth, and Attested by her at her House, in Swan-Alley, near the Maypole in East-Smithfield, where she now lies in a Sad and Dreadful Condition.  
LONDON: Printed for E. B. near Ludgate.   

THE Old Bawd Tormented, etc.  
JANE FREEMAN, alias Bristeck, alias Philips, of Swan-Alley, near the May Pole, in East-Smithfield, having for several years been a Hackney Jilt, till her Riders thought her not worth throwing their legs over, at last was forced to take to that hodge podge of Wickedness for the Lucre of base pence, to delude poor innocent Creatures, to satisfy the Lust of ungrateful Sinners, almost as bad as herself; and was so dexterous in that part of Devilsim, vulgarly called a Bawd, that (if I am not Misinformed) in a matter of Seven years' time her Baudship made a shift to ruin above 20 young Virgins, whose Maidenheads raised her such vast Contribution-Money, that she soon set up for herself an invincible Nanny-House, in the dark Entry, at the lower end of Butcher-Row, where the Trade of Basket-making went on for a considerable time, but at last, as if the Devil owed her a Shame, for her past Transgressions, what with old Claps, and new ones on the back of them, her Carcase became so obnoxious to her Customers, that she was forced to abandon her Palace, and seek shelter under the Charitable Benevolence of that parish she had done so much damage in, and in order thereto she was placed in Swan-Alley, where the Devil, her old Friend, still visits her, tho' in a more ruder manner than formerly, for about a Month ago he came to her as she was going to Bed, in the shape of a grim old Gentleman, with a White-hasted knife in his Hand, making signs to her to cut her own Throat; but she being affrighted, happened to cry out (which was a Wonder) Lord have Mercy upon me; at which time, old Nick being amazed at such an Expression, from such a Faithful Servant, vanished out of the Window, in a dreadful Flash of Fire; leaving his old Acquaintance in the Dark, to find out the meaning of his uncivil departure; but as an Earnest of his former kindness, he left behind him such a horrid Stink of Brimstone and Smoke, that had not her Nose been well seasoned with the perfumes of the Pox many years before, it had been enough to have ended her Days by Suffocation.  
And in this manner, his Devilship has since appeared to her several times; but instead of working a Reformation in her, it makes her worse and worse, insomuch that when any of her Neighbours desired her to send for a Minister to pray by her, she Curses and Damns in the dreadfullest manner that ever was heard of, without any Remorse of Conscience for her past Wickedness, the Devil having hardened her Heart to such a terrible Degree, that all good Counsel is ineflectual; telling the Ministers that come to visit her, that she has no business with such black disembling Hypocrites as they are.  
But the most amazing appearance the Devil made, was a Wednesday Night last, about 12 a Clock in the Night, which I had from her own Mouth, viz. she being in Bed wide awake, saw the Devil stand before her with a Sword drawn, at which time being very much astonished at his great Saucer Eyes, that Shined like Fire, she shrunk down under the , thinking by that means to hid herself from him, she had no sooner done so, but all the  were pulled off with such swift Violence, that she thought a Whirlwind had done it, and at the same time her Devil of a Master took her by the Legs, and dragged her about the Room for a considerable time, till she thought the Bones of her Body had been broke in pieces. After which, throwing her with great Violence towards the Chimney Corner, she lay as Dead from some time; but at last coming to herself, and opening her Eyes, she saw to her Amazement the Ghastly Fiend standing over her with a Flaming Sword, grinning and staring in her Face in a strange and frightful manner, continuing in that Devilish Posture, from one of the Clock, till near Four the next Morning, at which time, (to give the Devil his due) he went up stairs, without giving her any more Disturbance but when the Daylight appeared, the old Bawd was forced to call to a Woman who lodged in a Garret, to come down and help her into Bed, having been so buffeted by Satan, that her Thighs, Belly, Legs, Arms, head, Shoulders, Hips, Buttocks, and all parts of her body, were bruised to such a terrible degree, that we was as black as a Shoe all over; but more especially her Arms and Thighs, where in some places the very Flesh and Skin was pulled off as if with Pincers, in the sa●● est manner as ever Eyes beheld, and every thi●● in the Room which stood in order over Night we●● turned Topsie Turvy, the Chairs which was a●● ways by the Bedside were thrown upside down at the Stairs foot, where the Pillow and Bed-cloath were confusedly tumbled together, and every thin● disordered in such a supernatural and unaccountabl● manner, that none but the Devil himself could possibly in one Night's time have laid so few things it such a distracted manner, the very Candlesticks standing with the great ends upwards contrary to the order of Nature.  
She confessed to me that she had been a v●● lewd and beastly Woman, and that she had be●● the Ruin of several young Women, who otherw●● might have lived chaste and modst; and that 〈◊〉 believed the Devil, whom she had so long been a Servant to, was now resolved to pay her her Wages; several Charitable Neighbours, and others, comes daily to see her, to whom she freely imparts the Particulars abovementioned, and desires all Kienappers of Virginity to take Warning by her stinking Fate; for she acknowledged (which I should have told you of before) that while the Devil stood over her with his infernal Weapon; it put her great and small Guts into such horrid disorder with the Fright, that she was obliged to let go at both Holes, for the ease of her rotten Carcase, which then was presumed with such Natural and Artificial Scents, that if the Devil himself had stayed any longer, unless he had lost the Sense of Smelling, he had run the risk of being Poisoned.  
But without Jesting, she is still very strangely haunted with an Infernal Spirit, as she herself Confesses, and what that Spirit should be but the Devil himself, I leave those to judge who are his more intimate Acquaintance; as for this poor Wretch, she has been as great a Whore and Bawd, as perhaps Tower-Hill, Rosemary-Lane, or East-Smithsield ever produced; and 'tis very well known those parts of the World have not been very thin of such : However, 'tis hoped some of them by this wicked Woman's dismal Misfortune, may take warning, and grow better.  
For if the Devil, who first deluded them into ●is Snare, by invisible Wiles and alluring Enticements can't fright them into good Manners, by his ●●gly and frightful appearance nothing will reclaim ●●ch hardened wretches but a halter, which is commonly the Consequence of such bruits.  
'Tis no wonder for such filthy and lustful Prosti●●utes, who having lived to make up the measure of ●heir Wickedness, to be stung with the Gailt of ●●eir own plute Consciences, and every moment ●●mented with the thoughts of that Devil they we so long served; so that from hence we may in●●, that this Infernal Spirit does appear continual before this naked Woman's Eyes, and that by supernatural Motion, may cause her body to be ●●'d against the ground, and receive manifest uses; as several Histories, both Ancient and Modern hath given us plentiful Instances of; but whether the Devil or her own guilty Conscience doth really produce these strange effects, are Queries not yet decided. But this we are sure of, that she has suffered bodily Affliction; and if we many credit her own words, which she delivers, not like a person out of her Senses, that by Divine Permission, the Devil is suffered to torment her in this Life; in order perhaps to bring her to Repentance when all other means fail.  
These are the Comsequences of a vicious and lust full Life, therefore let Youth and Beauty stan● upon their Guard, lest they are unnappily seduced by those Wicked and Debauched Instrument and consequently share in the same Fate, and b● brought to a sorrowful Repentance, under th● same Miseries.  

Let Whores and Bawds their Lives amen  
Lest they come to a Wicked end.   
FINIS.   

Licenced and Entered according to Order.