The Virginia Gazette

May 28. On the First of June, according to Act of Parliament, the vigorous Prosecution against the Houses of ill Fame is to commence: the Justices have now more Power in their Hands to suppress them, and the honest Part of Mankind are in Hopes of finding our Streets clear of those Nuisances.

To suppress the Respirators of Lewdness entirely, in a Place at once so vicious and opulent as this, is impossible. But it is greatly in the Power of the Constables and other Officers of the Night, to stop the wandering Stars in their Process: for every Creature so abandoned as to walk the Streets, in her Air, Dress, and Behaviour.

Behaviour, the Marks of Prostitution so very strong, that a Man any Way acquainted with the Town, can scarcely mistake them. It is from these Wretches that the Calamities of Incontinence are chiefly derived; while People are walking soberly Home to their Houses, and without any Thought of Lewdness, those Enemies of the Species, entrap them as they walk, excite them by affected Blandishments to accompany them Home, and then inflame them to a dangerous Embrace. By these Means the Bodies of our Youth are enervated, their Minds dissipated in luxurious Pleasures, and a general Spirit of Profaneness and Irreligion lays the Foundation of ruining our State.