xxviii The PREFACE. 



nefs ill defignedy and really afterwards worfe 

 managed. 



I am fure 'tis not Vanity nor lU-wHl that 

 makes me thus expofe thefe wrong Methods, 

 having had too s^reat a Shar^. in the Frowns 

 of an ill-natur'd World, to take pleafure in the 

 publ'fhmg and tiinmphing in the Faults and 

 Miftakes of any Part of Mankind, much lefs 

 Men of my own Profeflion. And I hope the 

 whole Courfe of my Life, and the unguard- 

 ed Opennefs and Freedom with which I Ihall 

 deliver my following Undertakings, will make 

 the contrary appear ^ and tho' it be my Pro- 

 feflion, I fliall endeavour to acquit myfelf 

 faithfully, and without Mercenarinefs or Re- 

 ferve. But an officious Advifer is one of the 

 unweicomeft Guefts that can come to many 

 Perfons (what Occafion foever they may have 

 of it 5 ) for which Reafon I fhali be the fliort* 

 er to them. 



And to Gentlemen of a more lenitive and 

 ingenious Nature, who are pleafed to pardon 

 the Unworthinefs as well as officious Boldnefs 

 of a well-meaning Man, how contrary foever 

 it may be to any former Miflakes, I hope the 

 foregoing Remarks may be of ufe ^ and to make 

 them have the more Effed, 1 beg leave to 

 add the following Advice. 



Firfl then. After the Defign is well laid 

 and confider'd by the Gentleman, and fome ho- 

 ned and experienc'd Workman, that fuch a 

 Perfon be chofe for a Servant, as is Sober, In- 

 genious, and Good-natur'd, ( I may call him 



a Fel- 



