will make ſo free with me; and thereupon gave him another good place, which he quickly brought to ſequeſtration.
But what pleaſes the good old gentlewoman moſt of all is that Billy is a very learned man, and talks Latin and Greek to her now and then, and abuſes the diſſenters, and the bſhop of Bangor, whom ſhe hates like ſo many toads; for to ſay the whole truth, father William knows very well how to pleaſe her, and wheedle her money out of her pockets, he knows, if he gains her heart, he may command her purſe.
Upon the whole, either theſe venerable old mothers muſt have their hands tied behind them, or the nation will run mad.
N. B. Leſt any of the ſqueamiſh criticks, ſo numerous in and about this metropolis, ſhould take offence at my calling father William madam Iſis's beſt boy, and at ſeveral other ſuch expreſſions which ſeem to claſh; know all men by theſe preſents, that children in the univerſities eat pap, and go in leading-ſtrings till they are fourſcore.
