X793* art of life^^^ecbnomy. ^'j 



estimation but hy abitaining Jrom all those that are not 

 absolutely necefsary to your subsistance, and far 

 within the limits of your fortune and estate. 



I recommend unto you the carrying tablets al- 

 ways about with you, whereupon to write and make 

 due entries of the smallest expenditure ; and that 

 you do most religiously write out the same, fair and 

 correctly, (however inconsiderable it may be,) be- 

 fore you sleep. 



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 expendi- 

 ture, and maturely consider how far you have swel- 

 led some, and diminillied others, beyond a reason- 

 able proportion, so that you may be able thereafter 

 to proportion them more to your comfort. 



As if you be plentiful in diet, to be saving in 

 apparel ; and so in the rest. The upfhot 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 ex- 

 pence. Take care that you be not penny wise, 

 and pound foolifli. Beware of beginning charges 

 which once begun, will continue ; but be frank, espe- 

 cially in the giving of rewards for services that will 

 not often return. 



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. 



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