jected to his senses; and by following of dogs and of hawks, and by living with horses and horse-keepers, he will become brutal in his appetites, and unseemly in his manners; changing the celestial image of his Maker, into the likeness of the inferior creatures with whom he herdeth.

Certainly, therefore, as a man of competent riches must have, or seek to have, pleasing Occupations of leisure, that shall exhibit some marks of his own ingenuity or skill in contrivance, none can be more apposite, innocent, or praise worthy, than those of agriculture, horticulture, and plantation.

Yet in all these, as in every other divertisement to which a man may take for his recreation, regard must be had to the worth of the occasion, and to the extent of his fortune.

When I did obtain this manor from Sir Ralph Rowlet, I found it indeed rich in soil, as having been long manured by wealthy churchmen, and abounding in orchyard, but notherwise, from neglect, fallen into rank and useless vegetation.

I did therefore set myself first to prepare a plain but commodious dwelling for myself, and for my servants, and hyndes, and then, as now, to increase both the fertility and amenity of the fields.

But in all this I have been gradual, and have expended no more than I was used to do upon other divertisements, which were now supplanted by the sweeter and more profitable

divertisements of the country. And now, my son, since I am supon the right ordering of expence, and that we have occasion of leisure, I will dilate a little to you, and to your friend Rawley, on this great and important particular of the art of life, without which all other particulars are vain and useless, and do end but in trouble and in vexation of spirit.

The first great maxim of economy is, that a man, in any degree above the lowest, should consider that his ordinary expences, as relating to the mouth, wardrobe, and equipage, do bear but a small proportion unto extraordinaries, which cannot so well bear calculation, and are always estimated much below their outgoings; so that at the last many men forbear looking into their real estates and situations, not so much from culpable negligence, as from thinking thereby to bring themselves into melancholy, in respect that they shall find them broken,

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But wounds cannot be cured without search ing, and he that cannot look into his own estate at all, had need both choose well those whom he employeth, and change them often; to pay as he goeth, and turn all his receipts into certainties, that he may order his economy without the danger of disappointment.

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more, but do thou guard adventures with cer tainties, that may uphold losses.i

Now certainly nothing can so guard you against the evils of poverty, as a strict economy in the management of your affairs, and a shunning of those expensive enjoyments which do not only waste the purse, but enfeeble both the soul and the body.

Another grand maxim therefore in the art of life, touching expence, is to consider well what be absolutely necessary unto comfort and well doing; and not to mar contentment, by giving vain desires any strong holds in your imagination. If a man goeth into a brass founder's shop, or into a market of divers wares, he will bethink himself of many wants, whereof most are needless, and spring from the lust of the eye, and the pride of life, and few, very few indeed, of indispensible utilityr 11

So it is also in the general experience of life, throughout all its departments. When you go out into the world, every day will present new objects that will draw forth your con cupiscence, and you will not be able to marshall them in their due estimation, but by abstaining from all those that are not absolutely necessary to your subsistance, and far within the limits of your fortune and estate.

I recommend unto you the carrying tablets always about with you, whereupon to write and make due entries of the smallest expenditure; and that you do most religiously write VOL. I. P

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out the same, fair and correctly, (however inconsiderable it may be,) before you sleep.i Four times in the year at least, during the great festivals, it will be of high import that you do strictly examine all the entries of your expenditure, and maturely consider how far you have swelled some, and diminished others, beyond a reasonable proportion, so that you may be able thereafter to proportion them more to your comfort.ct to m

As if you be plentiful in diet, to be saving in apparel; and so in the rest. The upshot also of these considerations I would that you commit unto writing, that these tablets may be unto you as a manuel for the right ordering of economy in expence.Take care that you be not penny wise, and pound foolish. Beware of beginning charges, which once begun, will continue; but be frank, especially in the giving of rewards for services that will not often return. 20 19 en bob valut

Cast not away your doublet if it will serve for your other apparel; and be chiefly careful ' in those things, which return daily, and hourly, and are not in the sight and ken of your fellows.

Finally, my son, be substantially great in thyself, and more than thou appearest unto others; and let the world be deceived in thee, as they are in the lights of heaven.

Hang early plummets upon the heels of pride, which engendereth foolish expence ; and let any ambition, save that of virtue, have

but a narrow circuit in thee. Measure not thyself.by thy morning shadow, but by the extent of thy grave. Spread not into the boundless expansions either of designs or desires. 9l. 9. ÞX?

Think not that mankind liveth but for the sport and grandeur of a few; and that the rest are born but to serve those ambitious, which in courtly wars make but flies of men, and wildernesses of whole nations, to serve the turn of a few sceptered families.nd way t A

If thou must needs rule, be one of Zeno's kings, and enjoy the empire of thyself. He who is thus his own auto-crator contentedly sways the scepter of himself, and enjoyeth not the glory of crowned heads, and the dignitaries of the earth!

Thus ended the exhortation of mine excellent father. Joidu f

Oh, how my heart burneth within me, -when I think of these things; and remember when, and from whence they came!***