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 A. Nothing.

Q. How do you anſwer them?

A. In theſe dictates of charity, They muſt go to their own pariſhes; and ſometimes they give me the trouble to ſend for the beadle to carry them hither.

Q. Then, Madam, ſince you are ſo religious and charitable, how do you carry yourſelf towards your neighbours?

A. Sir, I ſcorn my poor neighbours, and backbite the rich.The rich I invite to dinner becauſe they do not want it, and I deny the poor becauſe they do.

Q. How do you govern your family?

A. As other Ladies do. I love gameing, and therefore tolerate it among my ſervants, for the ſame reaſon I leave them to their own licentious appetites, to ſwear, curſe, riot, drink, and do what they pleaſe. I give them a great deal of liberty and little wages. And if my ſteward happens to get my houſe-keeper with child, I make my coachman marry her; turn away my footman for aſpiring to my maid, and