If
a
Parliament
must
be
summond
,
yet
why
at
Oxford
?
Idle
,
Ill
bread
,
Ignorant
,
Debauch'd
,
Popish
Oxford
?
You
will
wonder
how
I
should
come
to
be
an
Advocate
for
Oxford
,
who
have
railed
at
it
for
above
forty
years
together
,
and
perhaps
upon
better
grounds
than
most
men
do
.
I
was
entred
there
when
the
first
great
difficulties
arose
betwixt
the
old
King
and
Parliament
,
and
as
much
care
was
taken
as
was
usual
in
the
choice
of
a
Tutour
:
But
as
I
came
to
understand
there
was
a
certain
Master
of
Arts
who
was
to
be
the
next
Tutour
of
course
,
and
so
the
next
Gentleman
who
entred
was
to
be
recommended
to
him
in
his
turn
,
it
happened
I
was
the
man
,
who
came
with
tolerable
Parts
and
Learning
at
the
rate
of
a
Gentleman
;
I
had
a
great
reverence
for
the
Person
that
was
to
be
my
Guide
,
and
a
strong
opinion
to
be
made
very
wise
.
It
happened
that
my
Tutour
was
a
great
Philosopher
,
which
made
me
proud
to
hear
of
,
expecting
in
some
short
time
to
be
so
too
:
He
began
at
first
gloriously
with
me
,
to
magnifie
the
advantages
of
a
good
Education
:
How
the
greatest
Conditions
of
Honour
and
Trust
were
supplied
from
the
University
:
What
a
disgrace
it
was
to
the
Nation
,
and
what
an
injury
to
Government
of
Church
and
State
,
that
when
other
Gountries
,
France
,
Poland
,
Scotland
,
&c.
are
studious
to
discipline
their
Nobility
and
Gentry
into
good
Manners
,
Politicks
and
Religion
,
here
eldest
Sons
are
generally
condemned
to
Hawks
and
Hounds
,
and
Wisdom
left
the
Patrimony
of
younger
Brothers
onely
,
and
Poor
mens
Sons
;
That
the
mutual
lustre
of
a
Diamond
beset
with
Gold
was
a
mean
Comparison
to
Wisedom
in
the
breast
of
such
a
man
as
I.
This
ravished
my
rustick
modesty
,
and
made
me
proud
with
the
thoughts
of
what
I
should
hereafter
be
.
I
out-waked
the
Bell
,
and
scorned
to
be
called
to
my
Duty
.
I
attended
every
motion
of
his
Eye
for
a
Summons
to
Philosophy
,
and
thought
every
minute
an
hour
till
I
was
entred
into
that
course
of
study
,
which
was
to
make
me
and
all
my
Relations
happy
.
But
alass
!
the
same
of
his
Parts
and
Learning
had
gained
him
Acquaintance
whose
company
was
dearer
than
mine
;
so
that
a
Lecture
now
and
then
was
a
great
Condescention
(
and
I
most
days
in
the
week
,
when
others
were
carefully
looked
after
,
left
naked
to
infinite
temptations
of
doing
nothing
,
or
worse
;
but
God's
Grace
,
the
good
Example
of
my
Parents
and
a
natural
Love
of
Vertue
,
secured
me
so
far
as
to
leave
Oxford
(
the
troubles
coming
on
)
though
not
much
more
learned
,
yet
not
much
worse
than
I
came
thither
:
I
must
in
justice
say
in
favour
of
the
University
in
general
,
that
the
growing
disturbances
in
Church
and
State
,
and
some
Disputes
in
the
University
,
may
well
be
supposed
an
unhappy
occasion
of
slackening
the
Discipline
there
at
that
time
.
But
this
infinite
Disappointment
did
so
afflict
me
,
that
when
I
came
to
have
Children
,
I
did
almost
swear
them
in
their
Childhood
never
to
be
friends
with
Oxford
.
This
peevishness
of
mine
was
much
increased
by
a
Chaplain
of
my
Sister
's
,
who
was
made
a
Fellow
of
a
College
in
the
late
times
,
and
turned
out
upon
the
Restauration
of
the
King
.
He
sought
occasions
continually
to
rail
at
the
University
for
Ignorance
,
Debauchery
and
Irreligion
,
insomuch
that
I
sent
my
eldest
Son
abroad
,
to
try
what
improvement
might
be
gained
by
travelling
;
at
least
to
divert
.
I
would
willingly
have
sent
him
to
the
Inns
of
Court
but
that
I
had
observed
for
these
last
twenty
years
how
the
Gaiety
and
Frolick
of
the
Court
,
and
the
great
admiration
of
Wit
,
had
softned
the
Souls
of
many
excellent
Persons
into
an
aversion
from
Industry
;
who
made
themselves
no
otherwise
considerable
than
for
assisting
at
a
Ball
,
and
instead
of
adding
Wealth
and
Honour
to
a
Family
by
advancement
through
the
Law
,
impaired
both
;
and
which
is
most
deplorable
of
all
,
at
length
came
off
poisoned
with
such
a
licentiousness
of
Manners
,
shameless
Atheism
,
and
heathenish
promiscuous
use
of
Women
,
that
either
Gentlemen
could
not
persuade
their
eldest
Sons
to
(
the
Confinement
of
)
Marriage
;
or
scarce
find
Ladies
of
Fortune
and
Quality
which
dared
to
venture
to
have
them
for
Hushands
.
Nothing
but
such
Reasons
as
these
can
justifie
my
venturing
my
eldest
Son
so
early
into
the
wide
world
:
And
I
must
confess
that
when
he
returned
from
beyond
Sea
,
I
was
pleased
to
see
the
ruff
boyish
humour
filed
a
little
,
and
shaped
into
much
of
a
Man
.
I
was
infinitely
delighted
with
the
prospect
of
the
Happiness
I
promised
my self
in
the
Conversation
of
an
Heir
who
brought
home
the
same
Innocence
of
Inclinations
he
carried
,
and
by
staring
about
France
and
Italy
,
had
furnished
himself
with
a
Complaisance
very
acc●ptable
where
ever
he
came
.
But
you
must
pardon
two
qualities
he
had
contracted
.
1.
An
humour
of
magnifying
things
abroad
in
comparison
with
his
own
Countrey
.
2.
A
stateliness
of
behaviour
,
and
contempt
of
mean
Acquaintance
.
The
last
of
these
I
did
not
much
discourage
,
finding
him
Just
and
Gharitable
.
For
I
have
often
seen
young
Gentlemen
guarded
from
low
and
base
Actions
and
Company
by
generosity
of
Spirit
.
And
how
many
men
do
you
and
I
know
,
loose
enough
(
God
help
them
)
from
the
Bigotry
of
Conscience
,
and
yet
upon
the
bare
Religion
of
Honour
,
rather
than
disgrace
a
worthy
Family
,
misbecome
a
Character
,
or
faile
the
opinion
of
the
World
,
do
as
much
scorn
a
base
Action
,
will
be
as
true
to
their
Word
,
when
they
might
gain
by
Lying
;
as
far
from
cheating
a
Widow
,
Minister
,
or
Orphan
,
who
cannot
contend
,
or
do
any
ungenteele
thing
,
as
that
man
who
thinks
the
world
to
come
worth
twenty
of
these
.
But
(
Nephew
)
you
are
Rich
and
Great
,
and
therefore
I
must
have
a
care
you
do
not
mistake
me
,
when
I
say
I
would
have
my
eldest
Son
a
little
Stately
:
I
do
not
mean
any
degree
of
that
gross
imperious
Pride
which
God
and
Men
bates
:
That
first-born
Monster
of
Selfishness
,
and
ill-natur'd
Complexion
of
the
Devil
;
Poison'd
and
puff'd
up
with
Envy
of
what
Equals
and
Betters
enjoy
;
which
makes
a
man
think
all
the
World
made
for
his
single
Lust
and
Preasure
:
Overlook
Mankind
,
Rebell
against
Superiours
,
Mal●tious
to
Equals
,
Frants
to
inferiours
Merciless
to
the
Offencour
,
Cruel
to
the
Needy
and
False
to
the
Hireling
:
Kind
only
to
Syc●phants
,
and
Friend
to
None
;
Walk
,
Spread
and
Swell
like
the
mighity
builder
of
Babylon
when
he
was
turning
Brute
.
And
not
only
the
Vileness
of
the
Sin
makes
the
Proud
Man
as
sure
to
be
hated
in
this
World
as
he
is
to
be
Damn'd
in
the
next
;
but
the
Proud
Man
is
a
greater
Fool
than
I
beleive
he
thinks
himself
:
For
he
loseth
what
he
mainly
aims
at
,
instead
of
being
Honour'd
and
Esteem'd
,
he
makes
himself
the
most
Contemptible
thing
alive
.
For
he
is
discovered
by
all
his
Words
,
Actions
and
Designs
,
even
when
he
countersits
Humility
end
Obligingness
:
oh
how
't
is
overdone
,
strain'd
and
formal
.
It
was
always
thought
a
great
measure
of
Folly
to
be
able
to
be
Flattered
,
and
of
all
men
living
if
you
meet
with
a
Proud
Man
,
you
have
him
at
your
mercy
;
It
is
but
to
magnifie
his
Ancient
Family
,
thoperhaps
his
Great
Grandfather
could
not
Write
and
Read
;
The
Splendour
of
his
Living
,
when
perhaps
the
hired
Livery-men
dare
not
drink
once
in
a
month
in
his
House
:
His
Wit
,
when
perhaps
it
is
most
shewn
by
holding
his
tongue
,
&c.
do
but
all
this
and
keep
your
Countenance
,
ask
what
you
will
he
never
denies
the
man
that
understands
Worth
.
And
you
must
be
sure
also
to
sune
your
cringing
Muscles
by
a
French
Fiddle
,
Shrugg
,
and
make
your
honour
punctualy
,
you
may
lead
the
great
Thing
to
and
fro
as
if
he
had
a
Ring
in
his
Nose
.
But
to
come
to
my
Son
again
.
It
quickly
appeared
how
sad
is
the
condition
of
a
Gentleman
without
Learning
.
For
wanting
some
ingenuous
Diversion
to
fill
the
deal
of
void
time
young
Gentlemen
have
in
the
Countrey
,
and
being
ashamed
to
be
still
obliged
to
Silence
in
all
discourses
of
Learning
and
State
,
for
want
of
more
Knowledge
;
he
fell
into
such
an
immoderate
love
of
Sports
that
he
was
never
well
but
when
he
was
managing
or
talking
of
his
Dogs
:
and
in
a
little
time
became
fit
company
for
nothing
else
:
Debauched
,
and
wholly
useless
to
King
&
Country
,
and
his
Family
,
and
if
I
had
not
been
alive
to
to
secure
the
Estate
,
he
prov'd
as
likely
to
have
made
a
Gentleman
of
his
Steward
as
any
Man
in
England
.
I
know
I
am
blam'd
(
but
my
Wife
must
bear
her
share
)
for
breeding
him
up
at
a
mean
School
:
For
she
pretending
the
danger
in
great
Schools
of
growing
a
Man
too
soon
,
and
learning
ill
Tricks
(
but
in
Truth
,
because
this
place
was
near
,
and
she
could
see
him
,
and
hear
from
him
often
)
would
hear
of
no
other
Master
.
And
really
the
Countrey
Gentlemen
are
somewhat
hardly
dealt
withal
in
this
point
:
For
sometimes
very
mean
Persons
are
licensed
to
ruine
our
Children
,
to
the
great
Prejudice
of
Church
and
State
;
a
School-master
being
the
best
or
worst
Subject
in
the
Nation
:
not
but
that
we
have
now
as
many
worthy
School-masters
as
ever
;
but
one
Ignorant
one
doth
mischief
enough
.
The
Parliament
hath
used
all
the
Prudent
Caution
imaginable
,
by
referring
that
Affair
to
the
Inspection
of
the
Ordinary
:
It
cannot
be
objected
,
that
we
do
not
give
encouragement
enough
to
maintain
fit
Persons
;
for
I
am
bold
to
say
,
no
Gentleman
is
so
weak
,
as
not
Plentifully
to
gratifie
that
Person
,
who
is
to
contribute
to
the
Prosperity
of
a
whole
Family
,
by
spending
all
his
Thoughts
,
Pains
,
and
Time
in
studying
the
various
Tempers
and
Inclinations
of
Youth
as
he
must
do
,
if
he
will
be
just
to
our
Expectations
.
But
very
Mean
was
that
Person
to
whom
I
sent
my
Son
,
upon
my
Wife's
Importunity
.
And
perhaps
,
hereafter
you
may
find
it
a
very
hard
matter
,
not
to
be
guided
by
a
Wife
in
the
breeding
your
Children
.
For
that
Fondness
,
which
is
a
just
debt
from
all
to
a
Wife
,
and
is
in
some
by
Nature
excessive
,
if
she
be
cunning
enough
to
humor
it
well
with
a
few
Tears
or
a
pretended
Fit
,
will
melt
your
sweet
Disposition
.
Mistake
me
not
,
I
speak
this
only
by
way
of
Caution
,
that
when
you
Marry
and
grow
fond
,
you
may
manage
your
uxoriousness
more
warily
than
I
have
done
,
for
your
own
Credit
,
and
the
good
of
your
Children
.
I
do
not
speak
this
to
discourage
Marriage
.
For
I
will
sincerely
aver
,
that
where
the
choice
of
Quality
,
Temper
,
and
Fortune
,
is
tolerably
Prudent
,
there
is
a
great
deal
more
Happiness
than
in
a
discontented
,
loose
,
unsatisfied
single
Life
,
unless
to
those
Persons
whose
Callings
oblige
them
to
a
continual
Thoughtfulness
and
moderation
of
Diet.
I
cannot
but
speak
upon
this
Subject
with
a
great
Concern
;
For
,
I
believe
,
if
I
had
Married
my
Son
immediately
after
his
return
from
Travel
,
while
he
was
a
stranger
to
bad
Company
,
and
the
Vices
in
fashion
,
I
might
have
prevented
his
Extravagances
,
and
fixed
the
Mercury
.
But
afterwards
,
too
late
,
when
I
had
provided
an
agreeable
Match
,
his
Comrades
had
instilled
into
him
such
an
Aversion
,
and
taught
him
to
rail
at
Matrimony
in
the
Language
of
the
Stews
,
that
the
design
of
Happiness
to
my
Family
,
was
utterly
descated
:
And
once
,
I
remember
,
full
of
Grief
,
upon
that
Account
,
I
was
visited
by
a
Friend
,
who
condoled
the
mischief
of
such
Evil
Principles
,
and
the
sinful
Consequences
of
them
.
And
,
the
better
to
relieve
the
Burthen
I
was
oppressed
with
,
and
prate
some
of
my
Thoughtfulness
away
;
I
ask'd
him
,
what
he
conceived
were
the
Occasions
of
the
present
great
Contempt
of
Matrimony
.
He
smiled
,
and
told
me
,
that
he
had
no
great
skill
in
the
business
of
Matrimony
,
but
the
Contempt
of
it
,
he
thought
,
arose
,
1.
From
the
Influence
the
Devil
hath
upon
the
wild
Libertinism
of
Nature
,
for
want
of
the
fear
of
God
,
Gen.
20.11
.
and
our
cross-grain'd
Appetite
,
still
to
the
Forbidden
Fruit.
2.
The
frequency
of
leud
Examples
,
which
have
baffled
the
Courage
of
Ecclesiastical
Censure
.
3.
The
popular
notion
of
Matrimony
being
a
slavish
confinement
:
It
is
voluntary
,
and
therefore
the
less
to
be
complain'd
of
,
and
sometimes
it
proves
better
to
have
business
to
do
than
to
be
Idle
;
An
Huntsman
,
no
doubt
,
if
he
should
see
a
Shop-Keeper
walking
all
the
day
long
in
a
little
Room
,
would
think
it
a
damnable
Confinement
,
and
the
other
Man
makes
it
his
Happiness
.
4.
The
Women
Govern
:
The
Wiser
they
:
But
I
fansie
that
the
Women
never
govern
where
the
Man
hath
Wit
enough
to
do
it
himself
;
and
I
hope
you
would
not
have
Government
dye
?
5.
False
notions
of
the
Instances
and
Allowances
in
the
Old
Testament
.
6.
Some
peevish
Expressions
against
Marriage
,
in
the
good
Old
Primitive
Fathers
,
not
to
say
any
thing
of
Modern
Writers
.
7.
The
barbarous
forcing
Matches
upon
Children
,
without
their
own
Consent
;
and
sad
consequences
of
that
.
8.
The
everlasting
Din
of
Mother-in-law
.
9.
The
hard
usage
of
the
first
Brood
,
if
they
Marry
again
.
10.
The
Railery
of
such
who
either
voluntarily
undertake
Coelibacy
,
or
whose
Condition
of
Life
obligeth
them
to
it
.
11.
The
easie
Cure
of
the
French
Complement
;
otherwise
the
sense
of
Honour
,
and
care
of
Health
would
make
many
a
Gentleman
like
his
Own
Lodging
.
There
are
many
other
Reasons
of
the
contempt
of
Matrimony
,
which
you
may
find
in
the
Lady's
Calling
,
and
in
another
Waggish
Book
,
which
I
dare
not
name
for
fear
of
displeasing
an
excellent
Mistress
I
have
in
the
World
,
and
because
,
I
hope
,
he
wrongs
new
Married
Ladies
.
These
,
Nephew
,
we
both
agreed
,
were
the
common
Occasions
of
that
Contempt
,
under
which
Matrimony
now
labours
,
to
the
great
inconvenience
of
the
Nation
by
Immortality
,
to
Families
for
want
of
Heirs
,
and
good
young
Ladies
for
want
of
Husbands
.
This
I
thought
fit
to
Write
to
you
;
for
whom
we
have
provided
an
admirable
March
,
a
Lady
of
all
the
good
Qualities
I
would
desire
,
if
I
were
of
your
Age.
She
is
very
Beautiful
,
and
not
Proud
;
She
is
Well
.
shap'd
,
and
not
Stiff
;
She
is
Witty
,
and
not
Impertinent
;
She
is
Familiar
,
but
not
Fond
;
Good-natur'd
but
not
Easic
.
;
Rich
,
but
not
Imperious
;
Young
,
but
not
Foolish
;
Religious
,
but
not
Fantastical
:
She
wants
but
one
good
Character
more
,
that
is
,
being
Your
Wife
.
And
,
I
hope
,
we
shall
not
find
you
so
difficult
to
the
wishes
of
your
best
Friends
,
as
my
ungovernable
Son
,
my
incurable
Son
hath
prov'd
,
utterly
undone
for
want
of
Education
.
But
(
God
be
thanked
)
a
better
Instruction
fell
to
your
share
:
And
though
I
was
against
your
going
to
Oxford
,
yet
the
little
Time
you
spent
there
,
was
to
so
good
purpose
,
that
I
am
sorry
for
the
Occasion
of
your
not
continuing
longer
,
(
which
,
I
perceive
,
you
will
never
forgive
the
University
.
)
But
now
it
may
be
hoped
,
that
you
are
of
Age
to
consider
,
that
Conscience
and
Care
could
not
but
oblige
the
Head
of
your
House
and
Tutor
,
to
send
home
the
first
Alarm
of
Danger
,
when
a
Person
of
so
great
Hopes
and
Fortune
,
out
of
Youth
and
Goodness
of
Disposition
,
was
like
to
become
a
Prey
.
Sure
I
am
,
the
sense
of
Vertue
and
Religion
,
and
industrious
Inclinations
you
brought
thence
,
deserves
Thanks
,
which
my
Son
wanted
Thanks
to
a
foolish
Father
and
Mother
.
Well
,
whether
I
or
my
Wife
were
most
Guilty
,
it
is
now
only
matter
of
Repentance
;
But
our
School-Master
(
as
appeared
)
by
reason
of
Ignorance
,
was
never
able
to
proceed
to
a
Degree
in
the
University
,
and
set
up
his
Staff
for
a
Livelihood
,
which
fell
toward
a
Country-School
.
He
riggs
himself
out
with
a
new
Suit
,
broad
Hat
,
and
Silver
headed
Staff
,
and
being
secure
from
all
Censure
in
point
of
Learning
,
his
business
with
us
was
only
to
counterfeit
a
wise
and
a
good
man
,
the
first
he
gained
the
esteem
of
by
an
affected
Gravity
,
and
a
wary
Silence
in
Company
;
the
second
he
was
secure
of
in
our
Country
,
by
acting
an
extraordinary
Preciseness
and
disgusting
the
imposed
use
of
Ceremonies
,
confounding
the
Order
of
Bishop
and
Presbyter
,
magnifying
the
Advantages
of
a
Common-wealth
,
railing
at
the
Bishops
Courts
,
and
pitying
the
Hardships
of
taking
Oaths
,
and
being
forced
to
Church
.
And
having
Wit
enough
to
cringe
to
every
Person
,
and
comply
with
his
Betters
in
all
Discourse
without
the
least
Contradiction
,
he
gain'd
the
Character
of
an
humble
and
meek
Man
.
So
that
now
Employment
quickly
came
on
,
and
happy
was
the
Gentleman
who
could
welcome
this
great
Gamaliel
with
the
first
tender
of
his
Respect
,
that
is
,
the
Sacrifice
of
an
Eldest
Son
.
Being
settled
in
his
Dominion
,
lest
the
forementioned
humility
and
want
of
Learning
(
which
Children
are
apt
to
smell
out
)
should
end
in
Contempt
.
He
puts
on
a
great
self-conceit
,
ruffles
amongst
the
trembling
Boys
with
a
Fantastical
Imperiousness
,
and
procures
the
name
of
a
strict
and
careful
Man
by
a
partial
Cruelty
to
poor
Mens
Children
,
for
he
knew
Mothers
had
somewhat
as
soveraign
as
Crabs-Eyes
to
sweeten
the
Choler
,
lest
the
dearly
beloved
Eldest
Son
should
come
to
a
mischance
.
For
a
long
time
I
stood
by
and
look'd
on
,
but
my
Wife
did
so
hale
and
pu'l
me
to
send
my
Child
to
so
near
a
School
,
that
I
saw
no
hopes
of
Peace
,
till
I
complied
;
I
had
the
Flattery
of
several
Years
,
of
the
Dutifulness
and
Proficiency
of
my
Son
,
which
my
Wife
never
doubted
of
;
seeing
her
Son
kept
sweet
,
neat
in
Cloaths
,
and
Sheepish
(
which
she
called
Good-Manners
.
)
This
Sheepishness
,
or
over
Bashfulness
of
his
,
I
was
troubled
at
,
and
endeavoured
to
mend
,
because
of
an
Accident
which
I
knew
had
befallen
a
young
Gentleman
my
Neighbour
:
He
was
a
genteel
Youth
,
very
fine
in
Parts
and
Dispofition
;
his
Mother
was
sensible
of
this
,
and
fond
enough
;
and
so
jealous
of
every
Action
,
imperious
and
rigid
to
an
hair's
breadth
of
Duty
,
loud
and
noisy
at
every
small
miscarriage
,
(
and
sometimes
at
none
.
)
This
made
the
near
Youth
dread
the
place
where-ever
his
Mother
was
:
timorously
perform
every
Duty
for
fear
of
being
chidden
,
and
at
last
so
far
dispirited
,
that
when
he
grew
up
,
and
for
Age
and
Knowledge
was
thought
fit
to
be
courted
by
the
best
sort
of
Acquaintance
,
he
was
quite
over-grown
with
that
Curb
of
just
and
publick
Actions
call'd
Infirmitas
frontis
;
he
would
behave
himself
so
diffidently
,
that
sense
and
words
would
fail
him
;
and
if
his
Mother
came
into
the
Room
he
was
presently
struck
dumb
.
Another
Youth
(
exactly
such
)
I
knew
whose
Schoolmaster
was
rough
and
hasty
,
so
that
whenever
he
came
into
the
School
the
gentle
Boy
trembled
,
his
heart
constantly
aked
for
fear
,
and
at
last
contracted
such
an
incurable
Hectick
as
destroyed
him
.
These
two
Instances
give
me
an
unavoidable
occasion
of
recommending
the
Practice
of
the
School-master
I
was
bred
up
under
:
He
was
a
plain
man
,
skill'd
in
his
Profession
,
industrious
and
undesigning
H●s
way
was
this
;
First
to
sift
the
Temper
of
every
Youth
;
if
he
found
a
Boy
ruggish
and
untractable
,
quickly
to
ease
himself
of
the
uncomfortable
duty
of
Severity
:
But
if
they
were
tractable
and
easie
,
what
ever
were
their
Parts
or
Learning
,
to
make
the
best
of
both
,
encourage
the
Children
with
Civility
and
Kindness
:
He
knew
there
was
a
Generosity
in
Gentlemen
,
and
that
what
Imperiousness
could
not
do
,
Courtesie
might
,
and
out
of
Gratitude
,
and
a
sense
of
Love
and
Care
,
he
found
better
success
than
if
he
had
affrighted
them
into
Duty
.
Well
,
when
my
Boy
grew
toward
a
Man
,
I
took
him
away
,
and
upon
Examination
,
I
found
that
he
had
sent
me
home
nothing
but
the
very
shell
of
a
Gentleman
,
spruce
indeed
in
Habit
,
handsome
and
well
natur'd
,
but
infinitely
void
of
all
Knowledge
,
either
of
Words
or
Things
.
It
is
true
,
I
got
him
turn'd
out
;
but
in
the
mean
time
,
my
hopes
were
lost
,
so
that
it
became
no
small
Concern
of
mine
to
take
better
Care
for
the
second
Son
,
who
had
smarted
for
a
better
share
of
Learning
somewhat
than
his
Brother
,
at
a
greater
School
.
Him
therefore
I
was
resolved
not
to
condemn
(
as
Gentlemen
phrase
it
)
but
to
prefer
to
a
Profession
.
But
what
Course
to
take
,
I
was
at
a
loss
.
Cambridge
was
so
far
off
,
I
could
not
have
an
Eye
upon
him
,
Oxford
I
was
angry
with
.
There
was
in
the
Neighbour-hood
an
old
grave
Learned
Divine
(
a
rigid
Church-man
)
and
therefore
thought
me
not
Zealous
enough
:
but
yet
the
great
Integrity
and
Simplicity
of
this
Life
,
and
the
Inoffensiveness
of
a
free
converse
in
matters
of
Indifferency
,
was
Reason
enough
to
me
of
standing
by
his
Judgment
in
this
great
Confusion
of
mine
own
Thoughts
.
I
desired
his
advice
in
the
choice
of
a
Profession
,
for
I
thought
the
Gentry
and
Nobility
of
this
Nation
,
the
most
mistaken
Men
alive
.
First
,
for
breeding
the
Elder
and
Younger
Sons
at
one
common
Idle
rate
,
as
if
both
were
to
Inherit
equally
,
so
that
afterwards
when
they
grow
Men
,
and
a
Distinction
must
of
necessity
be
made
,
it
always
breeds
ill
Blood
,
and
sometimes
proves
dangerous
.
Secondly
,
For
thinking
it
somewhat
beneath
Persons
of
Quality
to
gain
a
Livelihood
by
the
industry
of
a
Profession
,
such
as
a
Child's
inclination
points
to
.
Physick
we
both
did
own
to
be
in
the
speculation
very
pleasant
,
and
in
the
Practice
gainful
;
but
forasmuch
as
Eminency
in
that
Study
requires
a
more
than
ordinary
Knowledg
in
many
sorts
of
Learning
,
and
is
so
full
of
Care
and
Hardship
,
we
left
that
to
such
who
were
furnished
with
more
Learning
,
and
invited
by
a
strong
natural
Propensity
thereunto
.
Civil
Law
,
was
then
proposed
as
a
genteel
sort
of
Study
,
but
when
I
considered
into
how
few
hands
the
Gains
of
that
Profession
falls
,
and
how
few
Offices
of
Preferment
there
are
;
I
laid
aside
all
thoughts
of
that
Learning
,
though
most
Honourable
of
any
next
to
Divinity
.
My
Neighbour
spake
well
and
largely
of
Divinity
;
and
such
was
the
honesty
and
clearness
of
his
Humour
,
that
he
franckly
told
me
,
that
,
〈◊〉
not
favouring
Episcopacy
much
,
would
hardly
encourage
a
Son
to
be
a
Divine
:
I
was
not
angry
with
his
undesigning
plainness
,
but
grievously
afflicted
not
to
be
more
truly
known
to
him
;
and
with
some
kind
of
trouble
in
Spirit
,
I
made
him
my
Confessor
.
I
told
him
,
That
it
did
please
God
,
out
of
a
Sense
of
human
Infirmity
,
I
was
naturally
of
a
disposition
prone
to
great
Pity
and
Compassion
to
such
as
were
Poor
,
most
of
all
to
such
as
I
saw
Honest
in
their
Morals
,
and
,
as
I
thought
,
sincere
in
Religion
.
And
that
once
(
out
of
Curiosity
)
I
went
to
a
notorious
Meeting
,
upon
the
fame
of
an
extraordinary
gifted
Preacher
.
I
would
,
I
confess
,
willingly
,
being
a
Member
of
that
Parliament
(
which
made
the
Act
of
Uniformity
)
have
contracted
my self
,
and
not
have
been
known
to
appear
so
much
in
opposition
to
it
,
but
that
could
not
be
;
and
yet
I
was
resolved
to
see
what
matter
of
moment
there
was
,
to
encourage
my
favouring
of
Dissenters
,
being
Born
of
Parents
,
who
paid
dear
for
their
Loyalty
in
the
late
times
.
When
the
Meeters
had
given
me
the
invidious
unacceptable
deference
of
Place
,
up
springs
a
Man
with
a
briskness
of
Look
,
fit
to
have
domineer'd
in
the
best
Auditory
in
England
.
He
throws
his
gaping
Eyes
about
upon
the
numerous
throng
.
He
had
no
sooner
named
his
Text
,
but
about
the
Leaves
and
the
blew
Strings
of
the
Dutch
Bible
flew
,
happy
was
the
man
whospit
upon
his
Thumb
,
and
first
found
the
Chapter
.
He
began
(
I
suppose
upon
a
mistake
of
his
Auditory
)
with
Address
,
Language
,
Rhetorick
,
and
thought
as
if
he
had
been
an
Angel
;
and
I
never
in
all
my
Life
time
prepared
my self
so
much
for
attention
;
no
not
in
the
House
of
Commons
:
But
he
Correcting
himself
,
descended
to
such
a
lamentable
meanness
of
Looks
,
W●●●●
,
and
Thoughts
,
a
plainly
affected
Wink
,
Shrugg
and
Whine
,
that
I
was
altogether
as
much
Ashamed
to
be
a
Witness
of
what
the
Women
sigh'd
at
and
admir'd
:
And
coming
home
to
my
Lodging
,
sent
to
speak
one
Word
with
the
Preacher
,
who
enquiring
what
I
was
;
and
understanding
me
a
Member
of
Parliament
,
shifted
his
Lodgings
.
This
afterwards
,
I
complained
of
in
the
House
of
Commons
,
freely
confessing
my
Curiosity
,
and
excusing
the
same
by
the
Design
I
had
in
it
.
But
I
perceived
that
some
of
the
most
clamorous
Members
,
against
Conventicles
,
laughed
at
the
Story
,
and
found
out
business
of
another
kind
to
stop
any
reflection
upon
the
Circumstances
I
related
,
from
which
time
I
began
to
be
jealous
of
Conventicles
,
which
before
I
pittied
.
I
went
on
,
and
told
him
farther
,
that
I
thought
,
if
at
the
Restauration
,
some
things
had
been
left
out
of
the
Liturgy
;
and
others
added
,
it
might
perhaps
have
bated
many
exoeptions
which
are
now
made
,
but
never
in
my
Life
thought
an
Alteration
of
it
afterwards
safe
for
the
Kingdom
.
That
I
go
to
Church
with
as
much
Affection
as
any
Man
breathing
,
admire
the
simple
,
full
,
and
significant
style
of
the
Liturgy
,
and
the
distinction
of
short
Collects
as
an
ease
to
tyred
Devotion
;
Pictures
in
Churches
and
frequent
bowings
I
never
was
fond
of
,
but
as
a
Gentleman
of
breeding
,
where-ever
I
saw
others
bow
,
I
did
so
too
,
thinking
singularity
stiff
and
ungenteel
.
And
as
for
change
of
the
Monarchy
into
a
Common-wealth
,
I
scarce
ever
heard
,
I
am
sure
never
endured
,
any
Discourse
tending
that
way
.
Alas
!
I
remember
the
Protectorship
of
a
fortunate
Officer
,
and
the
Tyranny
of
Major-Generals
:
and
were
not
I
fit
to
be
begged
for
a
Madman
or
a
Fool
,
if
I
should
encourage
a
Tumult
wherein
't
is
Cross
and
Pile
but
some
Varlet
or
other
whom
I
have
laid
by
the
Heels
for
tearing
Hedges
,
shall-swagger
at
the
head
of
twenty
men
worse
than
he
,
rob
my
Study
,
fire
my
House
,
ravish
my
Children
,
and
cut
my
Throat
.
Let
the
faults
of
Governours
(
said
I
)
and
Government
be
what
they
will
,
it
is
much
safer
to
bear
these
faults
than
to
venture
a
Change
:
which
I
consess
many
an
innocent
undesigning
man
may
contribute
to
accidentally
,
but
on
purpose
and
studiously
,
none
but
such
as
either
disgorged
King
and
Church
Lands
at
the
Restauration
,
or
such
as
fail'd
in
expectation
of
great
Places
,
or
were
dispossessed
from
them
,
or
such
whose
Vices
have
consumed
a
large
Patrimony
,
and
disgraced
an
ancient
Family
,
shall
attempt
a
Reparation
from
King
or
Church
:
all
which
I
and
my
Ancestours
have
ever
abhorred
;
and
now
said
I
,
Sir
,
with
the
great
freedom
you
began
,
pray
tell
me
what
I
am
sick
of
,
that
the
best
Church-men
should
bid
such
a
man
as
I
stand
off
,
and
cry
unclean
,
unclean
.
Upon
this
the
honest
man
replied
,
that
I
was
a
better
Church
of
England
man
that
himself
:
And
yet
notwithstanding
all
this
I
was
resolved
against
making
my
Son
a
Divine
,
though
for
reasons
not
to
the
discredit
but
to
the
honour
of
the
Church
.
I
look
on
it
(
said
I
)
as
an
incomparable
advantage
of
that
Profession
to
have
for
its
single
especial
Calling
what
is
the
concern
of
all
mankind
,
namely
,
the
study
of
the
knowledge
of
our
duty
toward
God
and
Man
:
from
which
all
other
Professions
,
some
more
,
some
less
,
afford
great
Avocations
and
incredible
Hinderances
.
Nay
,
if
temporal
advantages
were
a
man's
design
,
a
Child
could
not
be
placed
in
more
probable
circumstances
(
having
Friends
to
lend
a
helping
hand
)
of
an
early
plentiful
fortune
than
holy
Orders
.
And
having
mentioned
the
Temporal
Advantages
of
the
Clergy
,
I
cannot
forbear
on
this
occasion
giving
you
,
Nephew
,
my
advice
concerning
the
disposal
of
your
great
Living
of
C.
which
I
am
told
is
likely
to
be
void
by
the
death
of
the
Doctor
who
is
now
past
all
hopes
of
Recovery
.
You
must
expect
infinite
solicitations
when
so
great
a
preferment
falls
;
and
if
you
have
any
value
for
one
who
resolves
to
spend
all
his
wisdome
upon
you
,
let
me
beg
you
to
act
like
an
English
Gentleman
:
it
is
reported
that
Master
H.
your
Bailiff
hath
a
Kinsman
very
fit
to
be
recommended
:
Others
say
that
your
Mother's
Nurse's
Daughter
knows
a
man
very
deserving
;
and
some
report
that
his
Grace
the
D.
of
—
intends
to
oblige
you
by
giving
you
this
fair
occasion
of
owning
the
favour
of
his
Grace's
condescension
to
be
acquainted
with
you
,
by
making
his
Friend
Rectour
of
500
li.
a
year
.
Come
,
come
,
act
like
a
man
who
understand
and
deserves
the
true
name
of
Patron
,
that
is
wisely
dispose
the
Living
,
and
then
Protect
the
Minister
in
his
Rights
and
Privileges
,
neither
wrong
him
your self
,
nor
suffer
other
to
doe
it
:
Do
not
hamper
him
and
call
him
ungratefull
fellow
if
he
refuse
to
compound
for
twenty
per
Cent.
Perhaps
while
you
are
warm
with
Pride
and
Prosperity
,
Repentance
may
look
Cowardly
,
and
Restitution
Ungenteel
.
Acts
of
Injustice
may
go
down
easily
,
but
they
will
rattle
in
your
Throat
when
you
come
to
Die
.
You
are
secure
from
my
Begging
,
for
my
Son
shall
not
be
a
Divine
;
For
in
Truth
,
the
Knowledge
real
or
Pretended
of
Scripture
and
Divinity
which
the
Wise
sort
of
all
Professions
now
pretend
to
,
and
the
great
Controversies
and
variety
of
Opinions
which
of
late
have
been
set
on
foot
;
Make
it
absolutely
necessary
,
for
a
Divine
to
be
furnished
with
deeper
Learning
than
ordinary
,
and
the
want
of
strictness
in
the
Education
of
a
Son
of
a
great
Family
;
will
render
the
Confinement
in
that
Severe
Profession
irksom
to
such
a
Youth
as
mine
,
and
without
which
he
can
never
adorn
his
Function
.
At
last
,
I
plainly
owned
,
that
the
Common
Law
was
my
design
,
having
observed
,
that
critical
Learning
was
not
required
,
and
I
desired
my
Neighbour's
Opinion
and
Direction
hereunto
.
He
did
Confess
,
That
he
thought
it
a
Study
so
Laudable
,
that
he
would
willingly
have
spent
some
time
in
it
himself
,
but
that
the
loss
of
so
much
time
must
needs
have
intrench'd
upon
his
proper
Calling
.
He
look'd
upon
each
great
Lawyer
capable
of
signal
Service
to
the
State
,
and
infinite
Acts
of
Charity
to
private
Persons
;
and
that
it
must
be
impossible
twenty
Years
hence
,
for
a
good
Lawyer
to
want
Preferment
.
But
he
offered
many
things
to
be
considered
before
the
Law
was
to
be
attempted
.
1.
Whether
my
Son
had
Strength
of
Constitution
,
to
undergo
the
Drudgery
of
six
or
seven
Years
close
Study
.
2.
Whether
living
in
an
University
as
a
Gentleman
at
large
,
without
close
confinement
,
would
not
habituate
him
to
Laziness
,
greater
than
that
Study
is
consistent
with
.
3.
Great
care
must
be
taken
,
to
give
him
sound
Notions
of
Justice
and
Charity
.
Because
,
though
neither
the
Law
nor
any
other
Profession
brings
any
necessity
on
a
Man
,
or
irresistible
Temptations
to
be
injurious
,
yet
in
all
Professions
there
are
some
,
and
in
the
Law
,
from
the
shew
of
Parts
,
being
able
to
carry
a
doubtfull
Cause
:
And
I
verily
believe
(
said
he
)
that
many
a
good
Man
at
the
hour
of
Death
,
doth
repent
of
having
served
the
interest
of
an
ill
Suit
,
notwithstanding
the
excuse
of
being
obliged
by
the
Calling
to
speak
,
having
received
his
Fee
.
After
all
this
,
if
I
did
stand
it
out
in
favour
of
the
Law
,
then
Logick
,
for
a
year
or
two
in
some
University
would
be
usefull
,
because
frequent
formal
disputation
makes
a
Youth
more
attentive
to
a
Discourse
,
and
more
quickly
apprehensive
of
a
false
or
weak
Reasoning
.
And
when
I
Objected
my
Prejudice
against
Oxford
,
from
my
own
experience
formerly
,
and
from
the
Suggestions
of
my
Sister's
Chaplain
,
just
before
and
after
the
King
came
in
:
the
first
,
he
could
not
answer
for
,
the
latter
,
he
confessed
in
part
was
true
,
at
the
time
it
points
out
.
For
of
all
places
,
the
University
being
fast
to
the
Monarchy
,
suffering
most
,
and
being
most
weary
of
the
Usurpation
,
when
Oliver
was
Dead
,
and
Richard
Dismounted
,
they
saw
through
a
maze
of
Changes
,
that
in
little
time
the
Nation
would
be
fond
of
that
Government
,
which
twenty
years
before
they
hated
.
The
hopes
of
this
made
the
Scholars
talk
aloud
,
drink
Healths
,
and
Curse
Meroz
in
the
very
Streets
:
Insomuch
that
when
the
King
came
in
,
nay
,
when
the
King
was
but
Voted
in
,
they
were
not
onely
like
them
that
Dream
,
but
like
them
who
are
out
of
their
Wits
,
Mad
,
stark
staring
Mad
;
to
Study
was
Fanaticism
,
to
be
Moderate
was
down-right
Rebellion
,
and
thus
it
continued
for
a
Twelve-Month
,
and
thus
it
would
have
continued
till
this
time
,
if
it
had
not
pleased
God
to
raise
up
some
Vice-Chancellors
,
who
stemmed
the
Torrent
which
carried
so
much
filth
with
it
,
and
in
defiance
of
the
Loyal
Zeal
of
the
Learned
,
the
Drunken
Zeal
of
Dunces
,
and
the
great
Amazement
of
Young
Gentlemen
,
who
really
knew
not
what
they
would
have
,
but
yet
made
the
greatest
noise
,
reduced
the
University
to
that
temperament
,
that
a
Man
might
Study
and
not
be
thought
a
Du●ard
;
might
be
Sober
,
and
yet
a
Conformist
;
a
Scholar
,
and
yet
a
Church
of
England
Man
;
and
from
that
time
the
University
became
Sober
,
Modest
,
and
Studious
,
as
perhaps
any
University
in
Europe
.
And
,
if
after
all
this
,
I
thought
well
of
an
University
,
he
advised
me
not
to
avoid
this
or
that
House
,
because
a
Vicious
Debauch'd
Person
came
thence
,
not
to
be
fond
of
an
House
because
I
my self
was
of
it
,
or
because
the
Head
thereof
was
a
Fam'd
Man
:
These
,
said
he
,
many
times
prove
very
fallacious
Measures
:
The
only
sure
Method
to
proceed
by
was
the
known
Integrity
and
Prudence
of
a
Tutor
,
who
would
improve
him
if
he
were
regular
,
if
not
,
would
certainly
tell
me
it
.
Such
an
one
he
told
me
he
knew
,
and
would
write
unto
.
Now
,
full
of
Instruction
,
I
was
not
long
in
getting
on
Horse-back
,
but
an
unhappy
accident
at
Oxford
had
almost
spoil'd
all
:
For
at
ten
of
the
Clock
,
in
the
Inn
,
there
was
such
a
Roaring
and
Singing
that
my
Hair
stood
an
end
,
and
my
former
Prejudices
were
so
heightned
,
that
I
resolved
to
lose
the
Journey
,
and
carry
back
my
Son
again
,
presuming
,
that
no
noise
in
Oxford
could
be
made
but
Scholars
must
do
it
:
But
the
Proctour
coming
thither
,
and
sending
two
young
pert
Townsmen
to
the
Prison
for
the
Riot
,
relieved
my
fears
;
and
quickly
came
to
my
Chamber
,
and
perceiving
my
Boy
designed
for
a
Gown
,
told
me
that
it
was
for
the
preservation
of
such
fine
Youths
as
he
,
that
the
Proctours
made
so
bold
with
Gentlemens
Lodgings
.
He
was
a
Man
of
Presence
and
suitable
Address
,
and
upon
my
request
sat
down
;
I
told
him
I
was
glad
to
see
Authority
discountenance
the
publick
Houses
,
because
it
is
an
incredible
scandal
the
University
labours
under
,
from
the
account
that
Countrey
Gentlemen
(
who
come
and
Lodge
in
Oxford
)
give
of
Ranting
in
Inns
and
Taverns
,
as
if
there
was
no
sleeping
in
that
Town
for
Scholars
:
He
civily
reply'd
,
that
things
might
be
better
,
but
he
thanked
God
they
were
no
worse
;
that
Scholars
did
often
bear
the
blame
of
Countrey
Gentlemen
and
the
Townsmens
guilt
,
and
that
absolutely
to
keep
Young
Men
from
publick
Houses
was
impossible
,
but
by
Parents
injunction
to
their
Children
,
by
Tutors
observing
the
Conversation
of
their
Pupils
,
and
every
Head
of
an
House
commanding
home
in
time
all
the
Junior
part
at
least
of
their
Societies
.
As
for
the
Prejudices
we
suffer
under
in
the
Country
,
he
said
there
were
many
reasons
of
that
:
The
constant
Declamations
against
us
of
those
intruding
Members
,
who
were
turned
out
again
in
60
,
the
Hatred
all
Enemies
of
King
and
Church
shew
against
us
for
being
presumed
Parties
,
and
the
Envy
the
Gentry
bear
us
upon
a
false
supposition
of
our
Ease
,
Luxury
,
and
Prosperity
:
To
which
,
we
our selves
(
said
he
)
do
foolishly
contribute
by
treating
Friends
in
our
Chambers
,
as
splendidly
as
if
we
were
worth
thousands
,
when
perhaps
half
a
Fellowship
would
not
pay
for
two
such
Dinners
,
as
are
made
upon
a
slight
occasion
.
And
of
all
Men
Living
,
the
Gentry
ought
not
to
be
against
us
,
or
envy
our
moderate
Fortunes
,
whose
whole
Employment
is
taking
up
in
serving
them
,
by
Breeding
their
Sons
here
,
and
Serving
their
Cures
hereafter
.
Perhaps
it
will
be
said
the
Sons
of
some
of
them
Miscarry
:
It
is
great
Pity
any
one
should
,
but
I
am
sure
that
Person
ought
to
vindicate
us
,
whose
Son
goes
off
Vertuously
Bred
:
they
do
not
know
the
Care
is
taken
to
secure
their
Children
,
and
make
them
happy
.
I
could
willingly
have
heard
him
longer
,
but
that
he
was
to
go
his
Rounds
:
It
was
pleasant
to
see
how
my
Son
trembled
,
to
see
the
Proctour
come
in
,
without
knocking
at
his
Father's
Chamber-door
.
The
next
Morning
,
I
carried
my
Neighbour's
Letter
to
the
Tutor
,
who
express'd
a
just
deference
to
the
Hand
,
but
did
not
seem
fond
of
the
Employment
.
I
thought
to
have
found
him
mightily
Pleased
with
the
Opinion
we
had
of
his
Conduct
,
and
the
Credit
of
having
a
Gentleman's
Son
under
his
Charge
,
and
the
Father
with
his
Cap
in
Hand
:
Instead
of
all
this
,
he
Talked
at
a
rate
,
as
if
the
Gentry
were
Obliged
to
Tutours
,
more
than
Tutours
to
them
.
And
when
I
asked
him
whether
he
thought
me
a
Man
who
did
not
know
how
to
be
grateful
?
No
,
said
he
,
(
with
somewhat
of
sharpness
)
I
never
met
with
a
Gentleman
backward
in
that
in
my
life
;
and
to
tell
you
a
great
Truth
,
if
I
were
of
a
craving
Temper
,
I
would
not
take
half
the
care
I
do
.
For
many
Mothers
(
I
would
say
Fathers
too
,
were
it
not
for
shame
)
are
so
Wise
as
to
think
that
Man
much
more
accomplished
for
a
Tutor
,
who
can
Cringe
solemnly
,
Tattle
in
their
way
,
lead
them
handsomely
over
a
Gutter
,
and
kiss
their
Hands
with
a
good
grace
,
than
a
Man
of
less
Fashion
and
Ceremony
;
who
instead
of
flattering
Parents
,
and
humouring
the
Son
,
sets
carefully
to
work
,
and
lets
the
Youth
know
what
he
comes
up
for
.
Though
,
in
the
mean
time
,
I
do
not
think
Clownishness
a
Vertue
,
but
plain
Dealing
was
always
thought
so
:
And
some
Parents
have
not
Wit
enough
to
distinguish
these
Two
,
especially
when
they
are
a
little
Proudish
:
As
for
Ingratitude
in
Gentlemen
,
I
never
had
any
reason
to
complain
;
nay
,
I
have
often
refused
Presents
,
when
I
thought
my
Pains
over-valued
,
though
I
believe
(
generally
)
an
honest
Tutor
sells
his
Hours
cheaper
than
the
Fencer
or
Dancing-Master
will
.
That
which
I
value
,
is
the
great
success
and
satisfaction
I
have
had
in
the
towardliness
and
proficiency
of
a
great
many
Young
Gentlemen
,
who
,
at
this
day
,
do
the
University
Credit
,
and
the
places
where
they
live
Good
,
by
their
excellent
Example
:
But
,
to
be
in
earnest
,
the
Care
is
Infinite
,
and
the
Fear
they
should
Miscarry
is
very
Afflicting
:
And
yet
,
after
all
this
,
if
the
Divine
you
came
from
,
told
you
,
That
he
thought
I
would
undertake
your
Son
for
his
sake
,
then
I
must
do
it
;
and
your
Son
shall
know
,
before
your
own
Face
,
what
he
must
trust
to
.
I
do
not
see
any
lines
of
Disobedience
in
his
Countenance
.
But
I
must
desire
you
to
lay
your
Commands
upon
him
.
1.
That
he
observe
the
Duties
of
the
House
,
for
Prayers
,
Exercise
,
&c.
as
if
he
were
the
Son
of
a
Beggar
:
for
when
a
young
Boy
is
plumed
up
with
a
new
Suit
,
he
is
apt
to
fansie
himself
a
fine
Thing
:
Because
he
hath
a
penny
Commors
more
than
the
rest
,
therefore
he
ought
to
be
abated
a
penny-worth
of
Duty
,
Learning
,
and
Wisdom
.
Whereas
the
Gentlemen
in
the
University
ought
to
do
more
Exereise
than
others
,
for
they
stay
but
little
Time
there
,
and
ought
to
be
accomplish'd
in
haste
,
because
their
Quality
,
and
the
National
Concern
make
them
Men
apace
.
And
truly
,
if
Men
may
be
heard
in
their
own
Cause
,
the
Gentry
are
too
severe
in
condemning
the
Universities
for
not
sending
home
their
Sons
furnish'd
with
Ethicks
,
Politicks
,
Rhetorick
,
History
,
the
necessary
Learning
of
a
Gentleman
,
Logick
and
Philosophy
,
&c.
and
other
useful
Parts
;
when
they
send
up
their
Sons
for
Two
,
perhaps
Three
Years
only
,
and
suffer
them
to
trifle
away
half
that
time
too
:
It
is
an
ungrateful
task
to
the
Tutor
always
to
be
Chiding
,
the
Father
must
command
greater
Strictness
;
otherwise
,
when
the
Young
Man
,
who
hath
been
long
in
Durance
,
and
here
finds
his
Shackles
knocked
off
,
and
the
Gate
wide
open
,
he
will
Ramble
everlastingly
,
and
make
it
work
more
than
enough
for
us
to
keep
him
Sober
:
whereas
,
if
they
will
take
care
that
he
be
furnish'd
early
at
School
with
Latin
,
come
up
hither
young
and
pliable
,
stay
here
and
study
hard
for
Five
Years
,
then
if
he
prove
not
able
to
do
the
King
and
his
Country
Service
,
I
am
content
it
should
be
our
Fault
.
2.
That
he
writes
no
Letter
to
come
home
for
the
first
whole
Year
.
It
is
a
common
,
and
a
very
great
inconvenience
,
that
soon
after
a
young
Gentleman
is
settled
,
and
but
beginning
to
begin
to
Study
;
we
have
a
tedious
ill-spell'd
Letter
from
a
dear
Sister
,
who
languishes
and
longs
to
see
him
as
much
,
almost
,
as
she
doth
for
a
Husband
:
and
this
,
together
with
rising
to
Prayers
at
Six
a
Clock
in
the
Morning
,
softens
the
lazy
Youth
into
a
fond
desire
of
seeing
them
too
:
Then
all
on
the
sudden
up
Posts
the
Livery-Man
,
and
the
led
Horse
,
enquires
for
the
Colledge
where
the
young
Squire
lives
,
finds
my
young
Master
with
his
Boots
and
Spurs
on
before-hand
,
quarrelling
with
the
Man
for
not
coming
sooner
.
The
next
news
of
him
is
at
home
,
within
a
day
or
two
he
is
Invited
to
a
Hunting
Match
,
and
the
Sickly
Youth
,
who
was
scarce
able
to
rise
to
Prayers
,
can
now
rise
at
Four
of
the
Clock
to
a
Fox-chase
,
then
must
he
be
treated
at
an
Ale-House
,
with
a
Rump
of
Beef
,
Seven
Miles
from
home
,
hear
an
Uncle
,
Cousin
,
or
Neighbour
Rant
and
Swear
;
and
after
such
a
sort
of
Education
for
six
or
eight
Weeks
,
full
of
Tears
and
Melancholy
,
the
sad
Soul
returns
to
Oxford
:
his
Brains
have
been
so
shogged
,
he
cannot
think
in
a
Fortnight
:
And
after
all
this
,
if
the
young
man
prove
Debauch'd
,
the
University
must
be
blam'd
.
And
,
Sir
,
if
you
can
bear
a
Truth
,
I
hope
you
are
not
concerned
in
;
the
first
Question
the
Tutor
should
ask
,
is
,
in
what
kind
of
Family
and
in
what
manner
the
Child
hath
been
bred
up
before
he
comes
to
us
.
For
,
where
Parents
give
good
Examples
themselves
,
and
keep
good
Order
in
a
Family
,
the
Vniversity
Business
is
half
done
to
our
hands
:
But
if
he
shall
come
out
of
a
Sty
or
a
Den
,
see
his
own
Father
carried
up
three
times
a
Week
to
Bed
;
hear
nothing
but
Oaths
and
ill
Language
from
Servants
,
&c.
it
must
needs
Vitiate
the
Virgin
Soul
;
he
comes
up
Diseased
,
and
it
will
require
very
skilful
Application
to
correct
an
Error
in
that
first
Concoction
.
3.
That
he
frequent
not
Publick
Places
,
such
as
are
Bowling-Green
,
Racket-Court
,
&c.
for
,
beside
the
danger
of
firing
his
Blood
by
a
Fever
,
heightning
Passion
into
Cursing
and
Swearing
,
he
must
unavoidably
grow
acquainted
with
Promiscuous
Company
,
whether
they
are
,
or
are
not
Vertuous
.
Nay
,
were
his
new
Acquaintance
all
very
good
,
and
of
the
strictest
House
,
the
certainty
of
making
him
Idle
,
by
receiving
and
paying
Treats
and
Visits
is
dangerous
.
I
have
seen
two
sorts
of
Liquor
,
each
of
them
cold
when
they
were
singly
touched
,
but
when
they
were
put
together
,
they
flamed
with
such
a
degree
of
Heat
as
melted
the
Glass
they
were
in
.
Besides
this
,
all
young
Gentlemen
are
not
sent
to
the
University
with
the
same
design
with
your
Son
;
I
know
a
very
Honest
,
Lusty
Countrey
Gentleman
of
four
or
five
Thousand
a
Year
,
who
sent
his
Heir
to
the
University
,
meerly
for
Credit
's
sake
;
and
wisely
bid
him
spend
what
he
would
(
which
the
Youth
dutifully
Obeyed
)
,
required
no
more
of
his
Tutor
than
to
keep
him
from
knocking
his
Head
against
a
Sign-post
,
and
dirting
his
silken
Stockings
at
Nine
of
the
Clock
:
do
you
think
such
a
Man
fit
Company
for
your
Son
,
whom
you
design
to
be
Lord
Keeper
?
4.
Be
sure
that
he
discharge
all
Dues
Quarterly
,
and
not
learn
to
run
into
Debt
,
this
will
make
him
gain
Credit
and
Buy
Cheaper
.
Whatever
he
saves
of
your
Allowance
,
let
it
be
his
own
gain
,
perhaps
that
may
teach
him
Thrift
,
and
if
I
were
fit
to
be
your
Tutor
,
I
would
advise
you
to
double
it
:
for
Prodigality
is
a
little
more
catching
than
Niggardliness
with
Young
Gentlemen
.
I
know
a
Person
in
the
World
who
lived
with
as
much
Credit
in
Oxford
as
any
Man
,
always
Genteel
in
Habit
,
and
where
Entertainments
were
,
becoming
always
Generous
;
and
yet
carried
away
with
him
a
good
Sum
of
Money
,
saved
out
of
his
Father's
Allowance
,
and
if
he
would
give
me
leave
,
I
would
propose
him
as
an
Example
to
the
Gentry
of
the
University
.
5.
What
ever
Letters
of
Complaints
he
writes
home
,
I
desire
you
to
send
me
a
Copy
:
for
ill-natur'd
untoward
Boys
,
when
they
find
Discipline
sit
hard
upon
them
,
they
then
will
learn
to
Lye
,
Complain
and
Rail
against
the
University
,
the
Colledge
,
and
the
Tutor
,
and
with
a
whining
Letter
,
make
the
Mother
,
make
the
Father
believe
all
that
he
can
invent
,
when
all
this
while
his
main
design
is
to
leave
the
University
,
and
go
home
again
to
spanning
Farthings
.
6.
I
understand
,
by
one
of
your
Daughters
,
that
you
have
brought
him
up
a
fine
Padd
to
keep
here
for
his
Health's
sake
,
now
I
will
tell
you
the
use
of
an
Horse
in
Oxford
,
and
then
do
as
you
think
fit
.
The
Horse
must
be
kept
at
an
Ale-House
or
an
Inn
,
and
he
must
have
leave
to
go
once
every
day
to
see
him
eat
Oats
,
because
the
Master's
Eye
makes
him
Fat
:
and
it
will
not
be
Genteel
to
go
often
to
an
House
and
spend
nothing
;
and
then
there
may
be
some
danger
of
the
Horse
growing
resty
,
if
he
be
not
used
often
,
so
that
you
must
give
him
leave
to
go
to
Abingdon
once
every
Week
to
look
out
of
the
Tavern
Window
,
and
see
the
Maids
sell
Turnips
:
and
in
one
Month
or
two
come
home
with
a
surfeit
of
Poysoned
Wine
,
and
save
any
farther
charges
by
dying
:
and
then
you
will
be
troubled
to
send
for
your
Horse
again
:
This
was
the
unhappiness
of
a
delicate
Youth
,
whose
great
misfortune
it
was
to
be
worth
Two
Thousand
a
Year
before
he
was
One
and
Twenty
.
7.
That
he
go
constantly
to
the
Vniversity
Church
on
Sundays
.
Before
I
came
to
be
a
Tutor
,
curiosity
and
a
natural
share
of
Thoughtfulness
made
me
observe
the
Tempers
of
the
Youth
of
the
University
,
such
as
either
Necessity
or
Accident
had
brought
me
acquainted
with
:
and
I
found
one
too
common
an
humour
,
which
from
the
beginning
,
I
did
Lament
,
foreseeing
,
even
then
,
a
very
unhappy
consequence
of
it
.
You
should
see
young
Gentlemen
mighty
forward
to
hasten
to
St.
Mary's
,
and
happy
the
Man
who
could
get
the
foremost
place
in
the
Gallery
:
but
if
the
Preacher
,
who
came
up
,
did
not
please
,
either
with
his
Looks
,
his
Voice
,
his
Text
,
or
any
Whimsey
else
,
immediately
a
great
bustling
to
get
out
;
Neighbours
of
each
side
disturbed
to
make
the
Gentleman
room
:
(
who
sometimes
drags
half
a
score
along
with
him
)
especially
if
he
had
a
pointed
Band
,
and
a
silk
Suit
,
and
kept
a
Brace
of
Geldings
;
Well
,
when
they
had
Fought
their
way
out
into
the
Streets
,
they
were
for
venturing
their
Fortunes
at
another
Church
;
but
there
the
Minister
was
practical
,
dull
,
and
plain
,
and
being
uncertain
what
to
doe
,
it
being
not
yet
Dinner
time
,
they
resolved
to
stumble
in
at
one
holy
Threshold
more
,
and
what
with
staring
about
on
the
Auditors
,
talking
aloud
of
,
and
censuring
the
Preacher
,
they
made
a
hard
shift
to
hold
out
till
the
little
greezy
Bells
began
to
Ring
to
Veal
and
Mutton
,
and
then
by
the
modest
admonition
of
going
our
,
put
the
Minister
in
mind
of
being
Civil
to
the
rest
of
the
Hearers
.
Coming
Home
,
they
talk
as
big
as
Bull-Beef
of
each
Man
they
Heard
:
Though
if
you
ask
the
very
Text
,
(
Alas
!
)
He
Talked
so
low
they
could
not
remember
that
.
At
last
,
I
perceived
that
this
Ambulatory
Roving
carelessness
of
Humour
,
begat
an
indifferency
of
going
to
any
Church
at
all
:
And
so
prepared
the
young
Gentry
,
when
they
should
come
to
be
let
loose
into
the
wide
World
,
to
be
no
great
opposers
of
Atheism
.
This
was
unhappily
contributed
to
,
by
the
Disputes
concerning
the
Sabbath
:
Some
contending
for
a
very
Jewish
observation
;
Others
,
disproving
it's
Morality
,
both
brought
contempt
upon
that
Day
,
and
accidentally
upon
Religion
it self
:
As
did
also
the
Levelling
Churches
with
Stables
,
and
making
the
Inward
Worship
of
God
,
oppose
the
Outward
For
whosoever
knows
the
great
Laziness
and
Supidity
of
the
Vulgar
,
need
not
be
told
that
Religion
is
kept
up
by
the
distinction
of
the
Lord's-day
from
other
days
;
and
if
the
Plough
were
stopp'd
,
a
long
Sermon
Preach'd
,
and
a
Psalm
or
two
Sung
,
Religion
,
Name
,
and
thing
,
would
quickly
be
destroyed
,
and
the
Country
Peoples
Hair
and
Nails
would
grow
as
long
as
Nebuchadnezzar's
in
the
fourth
of
Daniel
.
Therefore
,
I
pray
Sir
,
command
your
Son
to
be
true
and
just
to
the
Out-side
of
Christian
Religion
,
and
leave
the
rest
to
God's
Grace
upon
the
use
of
means
.
Let
him
not
harken
to
the
Whispers
of
such
as
would
insinuate
distastful
Notions
of
Ceremonies
of
Church-Government
;
for
if
he
once
grows
dissetled
in
his
Mind
from
the
Publick
Worship
,
then
he
will
pickeer
out
under
every
Hedge
,
for
a
new
Religion
,
and
finding
himself
disappointed
,
't
is
odds
but
in
a
twelve
Months
time
he
may
magnifie
the
Leviathan
,
and
when
he
comes
to
that
,
if
he
doth
not
cut
your
Throat
(
provided
he
can
doe
it
safely
)
for
fear
you
disinherit
him
,
truly
you
are
beholden
to
him
.
8.
Oblige
him
to
frequency
of
Writing
Home
:
For
coming
to
the
University
is
not
like
going
beyond
Sea
,
where
some
Persons
learn
to
forget
their
Relations
,
and
would
absolutely
Slight
them
,
were
it
not
for
a
Bill
now
and
then
.
Letters
to
and
fro
are
some
kind
of
Guard
upon
a
Youth
:
And
it
will
not
onely
be
an
honest
means
of
filling
up
some
Idle
time
,
but
will
make
him
better
able
to
Write
an
handsom
Letter
which
is
no
disparagment
to
a
Gentleman
,
or
to
Write
a
good
Hand
,
which
few
do
.
Beside
all
this
,
he
who
begins
to
contemn
his
Relations
,
to
whom
he
owes
all
,
will
quickly
reckon
Tutoring
a
Relation
not
so
considerable
and
regardable
as
at
first
he
was
told
.
And
in
a
little
time
Commands
will
look
like
Tyranny
and
Usurpation
;
and
then
Tutour
,
Father
,
and
Vice-Chancellour
,
will
never
be
able
to
balance
the
World
,
the
Flesh
,
and
the
Devil
.
9.
I
would
not
have
him
grow
in
love
with
Cards
and
Dice
.
For
though
at
first
nothing
may
seem
more
harmless
than
to
cheat
a
tedious
hour
or
two
with
the
loss
of
a
Trifle
:
Yet
by
degrees
much
Play
will
beget
Skill
,
and
Skill
will
beget
Emulation
,
this
will
heighten
Wagers
:
Frequent
losses
will
encrease
Passion
:
Frequent
conquests
will
make
him
think
himself
a
greater
Gamester
than
really
he
is
:
And
whenever
he
goes
so
far
that
Passion
blinds
what
Skill
he
hath
,
or
Opinion
makes
him
bold
of
what
Skill
he
hath
not
,
then
it
will
be
time
to
send
him
up
to
London
,
to
help
maintain
the
Wits
of
the
Town
.
Among'st
whom
,
if
he
loseth
,
it
's
likely
he
is
Cheated
;
if
he
wins
,
then
he
must
Fight
the
Man
he
hath
Vndone
:
And
so
stake
2000.
Pounds
a
Year
against
a
Silver
Sword
:
If
you
permit
him
to
be
fond
of
Gaming
while
he
is
young
,
and
this
doth
not
befall
him
,
indeed
it
is
none
of
his
Father's
fault
.
10.
As
for
your
Allowance
and
moderate
Pocket-Money
,
it
must
be
at
your
Discretion
:
Onely
I
desire
that
it
may
go
through
my
hands
,
at
least
the
whole
first
year
,
till
I
can
take
some
measures
of
his
Discretion
.
I
would
not
have
him
allowed
too
little
,
that
he
may
live
like
a
Gentleman
;
and
I
would
not
have
him
allowed
too
much
,
lest
he
should
set
up
for
nothing
else
.
11.
That
he
grow
intimate
with
none
,
but
such
as
I
shall
recommend
to
his
Acquaintance
:
Necessity
,
Good
Manners
,
and
the
customary
Respect
which
is
usually
paid
Strangers
,
will
command
a
friendly
Correspondency
with
the
Members
of
the
same
College
.
But
it
is
of
very
ill
Consequence
,
for
an
unexperienc'd
,
easie-natur'd
Person
of
Quality
,
(
the
better
natur'd
,
the
sooner
undone
)
to
make
himself
fond
of
every
Man
,
who
shall
court
a
constant
Familiarity
,
with
all
the
Civility
of
Address
and
Friendship
.
For
,
if
he
be
a
man
of
great
Acquaintance
,
so
must
you
.
If
he
be
Idle
,
then
,
by
frequent
Avocations
,
he
will
by
degrees
lessen
the
Practice
of
your
Duty
,
and
jest
you
out
of
the
Opinion
of
it
.
Then
Prayers
shall
be
call'd
Loss
of
Time
;
Disputations
,
School-play
;
and
Lectures
,
Pedantry
:
Then
the
Tutor's
Presence
will
become
frightful
,
Advice
useless
,
and
Commands
provoking
.
12.
You
must
leave
him
wholly
to
me
,
for
the
Method
of
his
Study
,
and
the
Books
he
must
read
;
and
expect
an
Account
from
me
,
of
his
Abilities
and
Inclinations
,
in
order
to
a
Course
of
Life
hereafter
.
13.
And
now
,
last
of
All
,
I
must
ingenuously
tell
you
both
,
That
if
he
observes
all
these
things
,
and
doth
it
meerly
out
of
a
Fear
of
your
Displeasure
,
and
not
out
of
a
Sense
of
his
Duty
to
God
,
as
well
as
Man
,
(
and
secretly
wish
,
that
he
had
Liberty
to
be
as
wild
as
the
worst
;
)
it
will
be
but
a
sort
of
Eye
service
,
a
forc'd
Complement
of
good
Nature
,
and
never
come
to
much
.
But
,
if
he
be
a
serious
and
thinking
Youth
,
Vertuously
and
Religiously
inclin'd
;
if
able
to
consider
the
Performance
of
his
Duty
,
as
a
share
of
that
Service
God
requires
for
the
Talents
He
affords
:
Then
he
will
study
without
bidding
,
and
say
his
Prayers
when
no
Man
sees
:
And
a
Voice
then
from
behind
,
shall
bid
him
go
on
,
and
presper
;
and
all
the
Care
and
Kindness
in
the
World
I
will
promise
you
,
shall
be
thought
too
little
.
It
was
very
Comical
,
to
hear
the
differing
Apprehensions
I
and
the
rest
of
the
Company
had
of
this
Discourse
.
For
the
Women
long'd
to
go
,
and
see
the
College
,
and
the
Tutor
.
And
when
he
was
gone
out
of
the
Room
,
I
ask'd
,
how
they
lik'd
the
Person
,
and
his
Converse
?
My
Boy
clung
about
his
Mother
,
and
cry'd
to
go
Home
again
;
And
she
had
no
more
Wit
,
than
to
be
of
the
same
Mind
:
She
thought
him
too
weakly
,
to
undergo
so
much
Hardship
,
as
she
fore-saw
was
to
be
expected
.
My
Daughters
,
who
(
instead
of
Catechism
,
and
Lady's
Calling
)
had
been
us'd
to
read
nothing
but
Speeches
in
Romances
,
and
hearing
nothing
of
Love
and
Honour
in
all
the
Talk
,
fell
into
down-right
scolding
at
him
;
call'd
him
the
Meerest
Scholar
:
and
if
this
were
your
Oxford-Breeding
,
they
had
rather
he
should
go
to
Constantinople
to
learn
Manners
.
But
I
,
who
was
older
,
and
understood
the
Language
,
call'd
them
all
great
Fools
;
and
told
them
,
That
there
was
so
much
plain
,
practicable
Truths
in
what
he
had
said
,
that
if
every
Gentleman
would
effectually
take
such
a
Course
,
it
were
impossible
for
one
Child
in
Forty
to
miscarry
.
But
perceiving
,
by
some
Part
of
the
Discourse
,
that
our
Children
should
be
earlier
furnished
in
the
School
with
Learning
,
and
so
come
sooner
to
the
Vniversity
than
generally
they
do
,
before
they
are
too
much
their
own
Men
,
and
in
sight
of
One
and
Twenty
:
In
behalf
of
a
Young
Noble
man
of
my
near
Acquaintance
,
whose
Eldest
Son
was
about
four
or
five
Years
of
Age
,
and
who
was
very
solicitous
to
manage
his
Education
to
all
the
best
Advantages
,
I
desir'd
him
to
furnish
me
with
some
Instructions
,
serviceable
to
that
Noble
Family
,
in
the
Prevention
of
such
Inconveniencies
,
as
I
my self
had
run
into
.
He
told
me
,
That
he
thought
a
Child
might
,
by
Twelve
Years
of
Age
,
be
furnish'd
with
good
Skill
in
Latin
,
and
some
in
Greek
;
and
then
,
after
Five
Years
stay
in
the
Vniversity
,
be
very
well
prepar'd
for
all
the
Uses
of
Travel
,
according
to
the
Methods
and
Directions
in
the
Book
of
Education
,
and
Gentleman's-Calling
;
which
can
never
be
read
over
too
often
by
the
Gentry
.
The
most
easie
and
common
Advice
,
which
every
Man's
Experience
shews
to
be
most
absolutely
necessary
,
he
bade
me
practise
,
as
follows
.