have known to have had very good Confequences in fome Families.

Never come until you have been called three or four Times; for none but Dogs will come at the first Whistle: And, when the Master calleth [Who's there?] no Servant is bound to come; for [Who's there] is no Body's Name.

When you have broken all your earthern Drinking-Veffels below Stairs, (which is ufually done in a Week) the Copper-pot will do as well; it can boil Milk, heat Porridge, hold Small-beer, or, in cafe of Neceffity, ferve for a Jordan; therefore apply it indifferently to all these Uses, but never wash or scour it, for fear of taking off the Tin.

Although you are allowed Knives for the Servants Hall, at Meals, yet you ought to fpare them, and make Ufe only of your Master's.

Let it be a conftant Rule, that no Chair, Stool, or Table, in the Servants Hall, or the Kitchen, fhall have above three Legs, which hath been the antient and conftant Practice in all the Families I ever knew, and is faid to be founded upon two Reasons; firft, to fhew that Servants are ever in a tottering Condition; and, fecondly, it was thought a Point of Humility, that the Servants Chairs and Tables fhould have at least one Leg fewer than thofe of their Mafters. I grant there hath been an Exception to this Rule, with regard to the Cook, who, by old Custom, was allowed an eafy Chair to fleep in after Dinner; and yet, I have seldom seen them

them with above three Legs. Now, this epidemical Lameness of Servants Chairs, is by Philofophers imputed to two Causes, which are obferved to make the greatest Revolutions in States and Empires: I mean, Love and War. A Stool, a Chair, or a Table, is the firft Weapon taken up in a general Romping or Skirmish; and, after a Peace, the Chairs, if they be not very strong, are apt to fuffer in the Conduct of an Amour, the Cook being ufually fat and heavy, and the Butler a little in Drink,

I could never endure to fee the Maid-fervants fo ungenteel, as to walk the Streets with their Pettycoats pinned up; it is a foolish Excufe to alledge, their Pettycoats will be dirty, when they have fo eafy a Remedy, as to walk three or four Times down a clean Pair of Stairs after they come home.

When you stop to tattle with fome crony Servant in the fame Street, leave your own Street-door open, that you might get in without knocking, when you come back; otherwife, your Mistress may know you are gone out, and you must be chidden.

I do most earnestly exhort you all to Unanimity and Concord: But mistake me not; you may quarrel with each other as much as you pleafe, only always bear in Mind, that you have a common Enemy, which is your Master and Lady, and you have a common Cause to defend. Believe an old Practitioner; whoever, out of Malice to a Fellow-fervant, carrieth a

Tale

Tale to his Mafter, fhall be ruined by a genéral Confederacy against him.

The general Place of Rendezvous for all the Servants, both in Winter and Summer, is the Kitchen; there the grand Affairs of the Family ought to be confulted, whether they concern the Stable, the Dairy, the Pantry, the Laundry, the Cellar, the Nursery, the Dining Room, or my Lady's Chamber: There, as in your own proper Element, you can laugh, and fquall, and romp, in full Security.

When any Servant cometh home drunk, and cannot appear, you must all join in telling your Mafter, that he is gone to Bed very fick; upon which your Lady will be fo good-natured, as to order fome comfortable Thing for the poor Man, or Maid,

When your Mafter and Lady go abroad together, to Dinner, or on a Vifit for the Evening, you need only leave one Servant in the Houfe, unless you have a Blackguard Boy, to anfwer at the Door; and attend the Children, if there be any. Who is to stay at home, must be determined by fhort and long Cuts; and the Stayer at home may be comforted by a Vifit from a Sweet-heart, without Danger of being caught together. Thefe Opportunities must never be miffed, because they come but fometimes; and all is fafe enough, while there is a Servant in the House.

When your Mafter or Lady cometh home, and wanteth a Servant who happeneth to be

abroad,

abroad, your Answer must be, that he but just that Minute stept out, being fent for by a Cou fin who was dying.

If your Mafter calleth you by Name, and you happen to answer at the fourth Call, you need not hurry yourself; and, if you be chid den for ftaying, you may lawfully fay, you came no fooner, because you did not know what you were called for.

When you are chidden for a Fault; as you go out of the Room, and down Stairs, mutter loud enough to be plainly heard: This will make him believe you are innocent.

Whoever cometh to vifit your Mafter or Lady when they are abroad, never burthen your Memory with the Perfon's Name; for indeed you have too many other Things to re member: Befides, it is a Porter's Business, and your Master's Fault that he doth not keep one. And who can remember Names? And you will certainly mistake them, for you can neither write nor read.

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If it be poffible, never tell a Lye to your Mafter or Lady, unless you have fome Hopes that they cannot find it out in lefs than half an Hour, When a Servant is turned off, all his Faults must be told, although most of them were never known by his Mafter or Lady; and all Mischiefs done by others, charge to him. [Inftance them.] And when they afk any of you, Why you never acquainted them before? The Anfwer is, Sir, or Madam, really

really I was afraid it would make you angry and, befides, perhaps you might think it was Malice in me. Where there are little Masters and Miffes in a House, they are ufually great Impediments to the Diverfions of the Servants, the only Remedy is to bribe them with Goody Goodyes, that they may not tell Tales to Papa and Mamma.

If you are fent with ready Money to buy any thing at a Shop, and happen at that Time to be out of Pocket, (which is very ufual) fink the Money, and take up the Goods on your Master's Account. This is for the Honour of your Master and yourself; for he became a Man of Credit on your Recommendation.

When your Lady fendeth for you up to her Chamber, to give you any Orders, be sure to ftand at the Door, and keep it open, fidling with the Lock all the while she is talking to you; and keep the Button in your Hand, for fear you fhould forget to fhut the Door after

you.

If your Mafter or Lady happen once in their Lives to accufe you wrongfully, you are a happy Servant; for you have nothing more to do, than for every Fault you commit while you are in their Service, to put them in Mind of that false Accusation, and protest yourself equally innocent in the prefent Case.

: When you have a Mind to leave your Mafter, and are too bashful to break the Matter, for fear of offending him, your best Way is to

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