In the protagonist's ability to disguise herself as different identities of women, I think it is apparent that men change how they interact with women based on what they are trying to gain from them.
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hree or four Times did she open her Mouth to confess her real Quality; but the influence of her ill Stars prevented it, by putting an Excuse into her Head, which did the Business as well, and at the same Time did not take from her the Power of seeing and entertaining him a second Time with the same Freedom she had done this.
She's lying to him about who she is; I am assuming he does not know that she is a prostitute. She claims she has been trying to tell him, but she does not find the right words or time to do so.
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Gad, she is mighty like my fine Lady Such-a-one, – naming her own Name.
Gentlemen are comparing her—the prostitute—to their own wives or women they know, which speaks volume about the kind of men they are. Prostitution was very common during this time period, unfortunately, and led to a large amount of infant deaths and adolescent deaths, as the prostitutes were young women/teenage girls, essentially.
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A Crowd of Purchasers of all Degrees and Capacities were in a Moment gather’d about her, each endeavouring to out-bid the other, in offering her a Price for her Embraces.
Prostitute has customers; she is successful.
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