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verfe together but ti; right, I fhould 

 leave you poffeiTd with the fame 

 happie thoughts that now poileffe 

 me ; not cnely for the Antiquitie 

 of it, but that it deferves com- 

 mendations; and that 'tis an Art ; 

 and worthy the knowledge and 

 pra&ice of a wife, and a ferious 

 man. 



Viat. Sir, I pray ipeak of them 

 what you fhall think fit ; for wee 

 have yet five miles to walk before 

 wee (hall come to the Tbattbtboufe. 

 And, Sir, though my infirmities 

 are many, yet I dare promife you, 

 that both my patience and atten- 

 tion will indure to hear what you 

 will fay till wee come thither: and 

 if you pleafe to begin in order 

 with the antiquity, when that is 

 done , you iliall not want my 

 attention to the commendations 

 and accommodations of it: and 

 laftly, if you fhall convince me that 

 'tis an Art, and an Art worth learn- 

 ing 



