l-jgi. ON COMMAND OF TEMPER. 6l 



Yo ths Editor of the Bee. 



On Command of temper. 



Sir, 



Command of temper is a quality fo exceedinly defira- 



' ble, and fo important to happinefs, that every recipe 



for obtaining it, muft be an acceptable donation to the 



public. Pleafe take the following. 



Cardinal Alberoni was often fo agitated by pafTion, 

 that he took fteps from the fpur of the t>ccalion, 

 jhat were ruinous to his mailer and to his country. 

 But he had a chaplain, an athletic little man, who was 

 well acquainted with public bufinefs, and very much 

 attached to his patron ; '.vl,o, when the Cardinal loft 

 himfelf in fury, and \v ii ;.:jout to acl in confequence 

 of it, ufed to collar lii : old gentleman, and tofs hitn 

 into his feat with great rudenefs nnd violence ; the 

 fhock and revulfion of ivhich ufage brought the Cardi- 

 nal to his fenfes, after which he proceeded with tolera- 

 ble prudence. The Cardinal was fo ^enliblc of his 

 obligations to his chaplain, that he never chofe to be 

 without him when he had any bufinefs to tranfaft. 



As many fani'lies, as well as individuals, are ruined 

 by the efFefts of unbridled paffion, I beg leave to re- 

 commend fome fuch remedy as this, particularly in def- 

 perate cafes. 



A ftrong chaplain or butler in noble families, may 

 thus, under proper direftion, prove an ineftimable 

 blefTmg ; and a flout Abigail, may render fimilar fer- 

 vice to their impetuous miilrciTes, efpccially, as in all 

 love affairs, I am perfuad^d, that a thra(hing or pom- 

 Hielling, may give time for due confideration, and the 



