working out his reformation, ſerved only to heighten his reſentment, ⟨and⟩ to raiſe daily ſquabbles and animoſities between them. Hereupon, Mr Thoroughgood, finding all his good offices hitherto thrown away, ⟨at⟩ length determined no more to meddle in the affair, or even to offer his brotherly advice; but to leave ⟨the⟩ unhappy youth to follow the dictates of his own perverſe will: Being reſolved at the ſame time, to ⟨take⟩ particular care, that he ſhould not, in any of his miſchievous frolics, defraud his Maſter, and thereby caſt an odium upon his fellow-⟨prentice⟩.
The Maſter was choſen Alderman of the Ward, and Mr Thoroughgood was out of his time in the ſame year; and from his faithful ſervice, and unblameable conduct, had now the whole management of the trade, as well abroad as at home, committed to his care and inſpection. This great charge oblig'd him to keep a ⟨stricter⟩ eye over Francis' behaviour,who
