fervants fhould affift one another, fince it is for all their Master's Honour, which is the chief Point to be confulted by every good Servant, and of which he is the best Judge.

When you step but a few Doors off to tattle with a Wench, or take a running Pot of Ale, or to see a Brother Footman going to be hanged, leave the Street-door open, that you may not be forced to knock, and your Mafter difcover you are gone out; for a Quarter of an Hour's Time can do his Honour no Injury. When you take away the remaining Pieces of Bread, after Dinner, put them on foul Plates, and press them down with other Plates over them, fo as nobody can touch them; and thus they will be a good Perquifite to your Blackguard-boy in ordinary.

When you are forced to clean your Master's Shoes with your own Hands, use the Edge of the sharpest Cafe-knife, and dry them with the Toes an Inch from the Fire, because wet Shoes are dangerous; and, befides, by these Arts, you will get them the fooner for yourself.

In fome Families the Master often fendeth to the Tavern for a Bottle of Wine, and you are the Meflenger; I advise you, therefore, to take the smallest Bottle you can find; but, however, make the Drawer give you a full Quart; thus you will get a good Sup for yourself, and your Bottle will be filled. As for a Cork to top it, you need be at no Trouble,

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In all Difputes with Chairmen and Coachmen, for demanding too much, when your Master sendeth you down to chaffer with them, take Pity of the poor Fellows, and tell your Mafter, that they will not take a Farthing lefs; it is more for your Intereft to get Share of a Pot of Ale, than to fave a Shilling for Mafter, to whom it is a Trifle.

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When you attend your Lady, in a dark Night, if the ufeth her Coach, do not walk by the Coach Side, fo as to tire and dirty yourfelf, but get up into your proper Place, behind it; and fo hold your Flambeau, floping forward, over the Coach Roof; and, when it wanteth fnuffing, dash it against the Corners.

When you leave your Lady at Church, on Sundays, you have two Hours fafe to spend with your Companions at the Ale-house, or over a Beef-stake and a Pot of Beer, at home, with the Cook, and the Maids; and, indeed, poor Servants have fo few Opportunities to be happy, that they ought not to lose any.

Never wear Socks when you wait at Meals, on the Account of your own Health, as well as of theirs who fit at Table; because, as most Ladies like the Smell of young Mens Toes, fo it is a fovereign Remedy against the Vapours. Chufe a Service, if you can, where your Livery-colours are leaft tawdry and diftin

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guishing Green and Yellow immediately betray your Office; and fo do all Kinds of Lace, except Silver, which will hardly fall to your Share, unless with a Duke, or fome Prodigal just come to his Estate. The Colours you ought to wish for, are Blue, or Filemot, turned up with Red; which, with a borrowed Sword, a borrowed Air, your Master's Linen, and a natural and improved Confidence, will give you what Title you please, where you are not

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When you carry Dishes, or other Things, out of the Room, at Meals, fill both your Hands as full as poffible; for, although you may fometimes fpill, and fometimes let fall, yet you will find, at the Year's End, you have made great Dispatch, and faved Abundance of Time.

If your Master, or Mistress, happen to walk the Streets, keep on one Side, and as much on the Level with them as you can, which People obferving, will either think you do not belong to them, or that you are one of their Companions; but, if either of them happen to turn back, and speak to you, so that you are under the Neceffity to take off your Hat, ufe but your Thumb and one Finger, and scratch your Head with the rest.

In Winter-time light the Dining-room Fire but two Minutes before Dinner is ferved up, that your Mistress may fee, how faving you are of her Coals,

When you are ordered to ftir up the Fire, clean away the Ashes, from between the Bars, with the Fire-brush.

When you are ordered to call a Coach, although it be Midnight, go no further than the Door, for fear of being out of the Way when you are wanted; and there ftand bawling, Coach, Coach, for half an Hour.

Although you Gentlemen, in Livery, have the Misfortune to be treated scurvily, by all Mankind, yet you make a Shift to keep up your Spirits, and sometimes arrive at confiderable Fortunes. I was an intimate Friend to one of our Brethren, who was a Footman to a Court Lady; she had an honourable Employment, was Sifter to an Earl, and the Widow of a Man of Quality: She obferved fomething fo polite in my Friend, the Gracefulness with which he tripped before her Chair, and put his Hair under his Hat, that the made him many Advances; and one Day, taking the Air in her Coach, with Tom behind it, the Coachman mistook the Way, and stopped at a priviledged Chapel, where the Couple were married, and Tom came home in the Chariot by his Lady's Side: But he unfortunately taught her to drink Brandy, of which she died, after having pawned all her Plate to purchase it; and Tom is now a Journeyman Malfter.

Boucher, the famous Gamefter, was another of our Fraternity; and, when he was worth thirty thousand Pounds, dunned the Duke of Bm

Bm for an Arrear of Wages in his Service: And I could inftance many more; particularly another, whofe Son had one of the chief Employments at Court, and is sufficient to give you the following Advice; which is, to be pert and faucy to all Mankind, especially to the Chaplain, the Waiting-woman, and better Sort of Servants, in a Person of Quality's Family; and value not now and then a Kicking, or a Caning; for, your Infolence will, at laft, turn to good Account, and, from wearing a Livery, you may probably foon carry a Pair of Colours.

When you wait behind a Chair, at Meals, keep conftantly wriggling the Back of the Chair, that the Perfon behind whom you ftand, may know you are ready to attend him.

When you carry a Parcel of China Plates, if they chance to fall, as it is a frequent Misfortune, your Excufe muft be, that a Dog ran across you in the Hall; that the Chambermaid accidentally pushed the Door against you; that a Mop stood across the Entry, and tripped you up; that your Sleeve ftuck against the Key, or Button of the Lock.

When your Mafter and Lady are talking together in their Bed-chamber, and you have some Sufpicion, that you, or your Fellow-fervants, are concerned in what they say, listen at the Door, for the publick Good of all the Servants; and join all, to take proper Measures,

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