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and if you have it, praise God, and value it next 

 to a good conscience ; for health is the second 

 blessing that we mortals are capable of, a blessing 

 that money cannot buy, and therefore value it and 

 be thankful for it. As for money, which may be 

 said to be the third blessing, neglect it not ; but 

 note that there is no necessity of being rich : for I 

 told you there be as many miseries beyond riches 

 as on this side them ; and if you have a compe- 

 tence, enjoy it with a meek, cheerful, thankful 

 heart. I will tell you, scholar, I have heard a 

 grave Divine say that God has two dwellings, 

 one in heaven and the other in a meek and thank- 

 ful heart, which Almighty God grant to me and 

 to my honest scholar ! And so you are welcome 

 to Tottenham High-Cross. 



Ven. Well, master, I thank you for all your 

 good directions, but for none more than this last 

 of thankfulness, which I hope I shall never forget. 

 And pray, now, let 's rest ourselves in this sweet, 

 shady arbor, which Nature herself has woven with 

 her own fine fingers ; 't is such a contexture of 

 woodbine, sweetbrier, jessamine, and myrtle, and 

 so interwoven, as will secure us both from the 

 sun's violent heat and from the approaching 

 shower. And being sat down, I will requite a part 

 of your courtesies with a bottle of sack, milk, 

 oranges, and sugar, which, all put together, make 

 a drink like nectar, indeed, too good for any- 

 body but us anglers. And so, master, here is a 

 full glass to you of that liquor ; and when you have 



