Follywit meets the Courtesan in the street and immediately falls in love. He tries to court her, but she resists his advances, which only makes him more determined. He speaks with her Mother, who tells him her daughter is an extremely bashful virgin, paranoid about losing her honour. These qualities seem to make Follywit desire her even more: "Give me a woman as she was made at first before the Fall, simple of herself pure, without sophistication, like this wench. I cannot abide them when they have tricks, set speeches and artful entertainments."