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a Fellow-Companion in this delightful Em- 

 ploy) the more he knows is certainly the 

 better ^ but of the two, the firft is the beft 

 Qualification 5 becaufe if he abounds in the 

 one, a little Experience and good Ufage will 

 foon make him capable of the other ; but an 

 ignorant, conceited Perfon isoneof the moft 

 incorrigible of Mortals 5 and God knows there 

 are too many of thefe that ftrole about with 

 this unhappy Mark 5 and the greateft Mif- 

 fortune of all is, the older they grow, the 

 worfe they are. 



He ought to be one that has fome Senfe of 

 Religion, Virtue and good Manners ^ this, if 

 well encouraged, will in time be of great 

 Ufe to the Matter 5 and from fuch a Servant 

 he may expeft all reafonable Duty. To this 

 End his Stipend ought to be equal to that of 

 the beft Servant, and above all, that he be 

 well paid 5 fo that he may have no Reafoa 

 to take indireft Means to maintain his pri- 

 vate Affairs, (free from the Domineering of 

 fuch haughty, imperious Fellow-Servants as 

 are too often found in great Families.) All 

 thefe put together, cann't but be of excellent ^ 

 Ufe towards the fettling him eafiiy and qui- 

 etly in his Service, and encouraging him in 

 the purfuit of that which he has an honou- 

 rable Afliirance of long enjoying, in fome 

 meafure, as well as his Lord and Mafter. 



I have obferv'd the contrary Ufage to have 

 the contrary EfTeds 5 and the tolling of Gar- 

 deners about from one Place to another, is 



the 



