the honeft, who make a reasonable Profit, both for the Advantage of themfelves and thofe they deal with, are Goldfmiths; but thofe who tear unjustly all they can, Coppersmiths. At the fame Time I defire him who is moft guilty, to fit down fatisfied with Riches and Contempt, and be known by the Title of, The Copperfmith; as being the Chief of that refpected, contemptible Fraternity.

THIS is the Cafe of all others mentioned in our Lucubrations, particularly of Stentor, who goes on in his Vociferations at St. Paul's with fo much Obftinacy, that he has received Admonition from St. Peter's for it from a Perfon of eminent Wit and Piety; but who is by Old Age reduced to fleeping at a Service, to which he has been Fifty Years attentive, and whofe Death,whenever it happens, may, with that of the Saints, well be called, Falling afleep; for the Innocence of his Life makes him expect it as indifferently as he does his ordinary Reft. This gives him a Chearfulness of Spirit to rally on his own Weakness, and hath made him write to Stentor to hearken to my Admonitions. Brother Stentor (faid he) for the Repofe of the Church, hearken to Bickerstaff, and confider that while you are fo deyout at St Paul's, we cannot fleep for you at St. Pe

ter's.

From my own Apartment, August 29,

THERE has been lately fent me a much harder Question than was ever yet put to me fince I profeffed Aftrology; to wit, How far, and to what Age, Women ought to make their Beauty their chief Concern The Regard and Care of their Faces and Perfons are as variously to be confider'd, as their Complexions themfelves differ; but if any one tranfgrefs against the careful Practice of the Fair Sex fo much as to give anOpinion against it, I humbly prefume, that lefs Care, better apply'd, would increafe their Empire, and make it laft as long as Life. Whereas now, from their own Example, we take our Efteem of their Merit from it; for it is very juft, that she who values herself only on her Beauty, fhould be regarded on no other Confideration.

THERE is certainly a liberal and pedantick Educa tion among Women as well as Men, and the Merit lafts

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accordingly. She therefore that is bred with Freedom, and in good Company, confiders Men according to their respective Characters and Distinctions; while fhe that is lock'd up from fuch Obfervations, will confider her Father's Butler, not as a Butler, but as a Man. like Manner, when Men converfe with Women, the Well-bred and Intelligent are look'd upon with an Obfervation fuitable to their different Talents and Accomplishments, without Refpect to their Sex; while a meer Woman can be obferved under no Confideration but that of a Woman; and there can be but one Reason for placing any Value upon her, or lofing Time in her Company. Wherefore I am of Opinion, that the Rule for pleafing long, is, to obtain fuch Qualifications as would make them fo were they not Women.

LET the beauteous Cleomira then fhew us her real Face, and know, that every Stage of Life has its peculiar Charms, and that there is no Neceffity for Fifty to be Fifteen: That childish Colouring of her Cheeks is now as ungraceful, as that Shape would have been when her Face wore its real Countenance. She has Senfe,and ought to know,that if she will not follow Nature, Nature will follow her. Time then has made thaţ Perfon which had (when I vifited her Grandfather) an agreeable Bloom, fprightly Air, and foft Utterance, now no lefs graceful in a lovely Afpect, an awful Manner, and maternal Wisdom. But her heart was fo fet upon her first Character, that she neglects and repines at her prefent; not that she is against a more stay'd Conduct in others, for fhe recommends Gravity, Circumfpection, and Severity of Countenance, to her Daughter. Thus, against all Chronology,, the Girl is the Sage, the Mother the fine Lady.

BUT these great Evils proceed from an accounta

ble wild Method in the Education of the better half of the World, the Women. We have no fuch Thing as a Standard for good Breeding. I was the other Day at my Lady Wealthy's, and asked one of her Daughters, How fhe did? She answer'd, fhe never convers'd with Men. The fame Lady I vifited at my Lady Plantwell's, and ask'd her Daughter the fame Question. She an

fwers,

fwers, What's that to you, you old Thief? And gives me a Slap on the Shoulders.

I defy any Man in England, except he knows the Family before he enters, to be able to judge whether he fhall be agreeable or not, when he comes into it. You find either fome odd old Woman, who is permitted to rule as long as fhe lives, in Hopes of her Death, and to interrupt all Things; or fome impertinent young Woman, who will talk fillily upon the Strength of looking beautifully. I will not anfwer for it, but it may be, that I(like all other old Fellows) have a Fondnefs for the Fashions and Manners which prevailed when I was young and in Fashion my felf: But certain it is, that the Tafte of Grace and Beauty is very much lower'd. The Fine Women they fhew me now a-days, are at beft but pretty Girls to me who have feen Sachariffa, when all the World repeated the Poems fhe infpir'd; and Villaria, when a youthful King was her Subject. The Things you follow and make Songs on now, fhould be fent to knit, or fit down to Bobbins or Bone-Lace: They are indeed neat, and fo are their Sempftreffes; they are pretty, and fo are their Handmaids. But that graceful Motion, that awful Mien, and that winning Attraction, which grew upon them from the Thoughts and Conversations they met with in my Time, are now no more feen. They tell me I am old: I am glad I am fo: for I don't like your prefent young Ladies.

THOSE among us who fet up for any Thing of De corum, do fo mistake the Matter, that they offend on the other Side. Five young Ladies who are of no small Fame for their great Severity of Manners, and exem plary Behaviour, would lately go no where with their Lovers but to an Organ-loft in a Church, where they had a cold Treat, and fome few Opera Songs, to their great Refreshment and Edification. Whether thefe

prudent Perfons had not been as much fo, if this had been done at a Tavern, is not very hard to determine. 'Tis fuch filly Starts and Incoherences as thefe which undervalue the beauteous Sex, and puzzle us in our Choice of Sweetnefs of Temper and Simplicity of Manners, which are the only lafting Charms of Woman. But I must leave this important Subject at prefent,

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fent, for fome Matters which prefs for Publication; as you will obferve in the following Letter:

Dear Sir,

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IS natural for diftant Relations to claim Kindred with a rifing Family; though at this Time, Zeal to my Country, not Intereft, calls me out. The City-Forces being fhortly to take the Field, all good Proteftants would be pleafed that their Arms and Valour should shine with equal Luftre. A Council of War was lately held, the Honourable Colonel Mortar being Prefident. After many Debates, 'twas unanimously refolved, That Major Blunder, a most expert Officer, fhould be detached for Bromingham to buy. Arms, and to prove his Fire-locks on the Spot, as well to pre-vent Expence, as Difappointment in the Day of Battle.. The Major being a Perfon of confummate Experience, was invefled with a Difcretionary Power. He knew from ancient Story, that fecuring the Rear, and making a glorious Re-. treat, was the most celebrated Piece of Conduct. Accor dingly fuch Measures were taken to prevent Surprize in the Rear of his Arms, that even Pallas her felf, in the Shapeof Ruft, could not invade them. They were drawn into. clofe Order, firmly embodied, and arrived fecurely withous Touch-holes. Great and National Actions deferve popular Applause; and as Praife is no Expence to the Publick, therefore, dearest Kinfman, I communicate this to you, as well to oblige this Nursery of Heroes, as to do Jusrice to my Native Country.

London, Aug. 26.
Artillery-Ground.

I am,
Your most
Affectionate Kinsman,
Offspring Twig.

A War-Horfe, belonging to one of the Colonels of the Artillery, to be Let or Sold. He may be feen adorn'd with Ribbands, and fet forth to the best Advantage, the next Training-Day.

Thurf

White's Chocolate-house, Auguft 31.

HIS Place being frequented by Perfons of Con

to any who fhall want a Pack. It lies not far from, Suffolk-ftreet, and is kept by Two who were formerly Dragoons in the French Service; but left plundering for the more orderly Life of keeping Dogs: Befides that, according to their Expectation, they find it more profitable, as well as more conducing to the Safety of their Skin, to follow this Trade, than the Beat of Drum. Their Refidence is very convenient for the Dogs to whelp in, and bring up a right Breed to follow the Scent. The most eminent of the Kennel are Blood-hounds,, which lead the Van, and are as follows;

A Lift of the Dogs.

Fowler, of a right Irish Breed, called Captain.. Rockwood, of French Race, with long Hair, by the Courtesy of England called alfo Captain.

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Pompey, a tall Hound, kennelled in a Convent in France, and knows a rich Soil.

Thefe Two laft hunt in Couple, and are followed by Ringwood, a French black Whelp of the fame. Breed, a fine open-mouth'd Dog; and an old fick Hound, alwaysin Kennel; but of the true Blood, with a good Nofe, French Breed.

THERE is alfo an Italian Greyhound, with good? Legs, and knows perfectly the Ground from Ghent to

Paris.

Ten Setting-Dogs, right English.

Four Mongrels of the fame Nation.

And Twenty Whelps, fit for any Game.".

THESE Curs are fo extremely hungry, thatthey are roo keen at the Sport, and worry their Game before the c Keepers can come in.. The other Day a Wild-Boar

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