Vulgar words in Shakespearean Playhouses - A History of English Theatres from the Beginnings to the Restoration (Page 1)
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Aroused by this noise, "James Burbage, her husband, looking out a window upon them, called the complainant [Widow Brayne] murdering whore, and ... the others villaines, rascals, and knaves."
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Here a servant "of the Newgate variety" shows him the sights of the city: Brought him to the Bankside where bears do dwell, And unto Shoreditch where the whores keep hell.]
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Thence ... home, and got thither by 12 o'clock, knocked up my boy, and put myself to bed.